Last month, the stately Washington Antiques Show held its last hurrah. As reported by Carol Joynt:
After 55 years of bringing Washington’s collectors and socialites together in a celebration of the rare, the beautiful, or the simply unusual, the Washington Antiques Show has thrown in the towel. A source confirmed, “The Thrift Shop Charities did vote not to continue the Washington Antiques Show next year.” This brings to an end an annual event that was the beginning of the winter social season here.
Joynt later reported that the alleged reason the show was coming to an end was that the Thrift Shop Charities got itself into some tax problems. Worse, the popular thrift shop on P St. would have to be shut down and the building sold. Continue reading
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