Antiques collectibles show in March has opening for more vendors

The Antiques Collectibles and Used Car Parts show will be held next month for the first time in four years.

“Our last show was in 2019,” said Gary Davis, co-ordinator for the Sukanen Ship Museum show.    

"We had one planned ready to go in 2020 and seven days before the show the province closed” because of the Covid-19.

Tables at previous shows have sold out within 10 days of applications being sent to past vendors.

“This year is a little slower,’’ he said.

The show had booked 140 tables out of a potential 175 by midweek last week.

“We’ve lost some vendors. At least six that I know of have passed. Several applications came back undeliverable. So they either moved or passed.”

And two antique dealers are too busy to come.

Davis hopes to sell the remaining 35 table spots, costing $25 each, to new vendors.

“Anything that people collect is potential for a table selling items,” he said. “We don’t encourage trade show type tables.”

“We get about 1,500 people through so there is lots of opportunity to sell things.”

Anyone interested in booking a table should call Davis at 306-692-4755.

Scheduled for March 17 and 18 at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds, the show has been running for decades.

“It started as a used car parts swap meet and morphed into collectibles and antiques.”

Vendors come from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.

“We have one who comes from Victoria, B.C. with Meccano. He is 80 years old.”

Two coin collectors will be among new vendors this year.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net .