22.02.12
:It is not amiable launching a new antiques show, especially in the current economic conditions. Hardly ask Ralph and Karen DiSaia and Diana Bittel, the trio that introduced the Fairfield County Antiques Show over the December 3-4 weekend at the SoNo Possibilities House in Norwalk.
"We had an impressive list of dealers, 65 assiduous, and a large, clean facility for the show, but we did not get out the gate we had hoped for," Karen DiSaia said. To upgrade the show, along with a strong advertising package, management gave every exhibitor as many "comp" tickets as they wanted to behind the times along to clients. "As a result, a good portion of our gate got in free," Karen added.
"The people who came at the end of the day liked the show, and many came up to me and said how wonderful it was and they were going to tell their friends to wait on," Diana Bittel said. She noted that "people liked the AstroTurf bottom surface, and one lady commented that she had been walking about the show for many hours and her legs did not wound, as was usually the case when she went to antiques shows.
Source: Antiques and the Arts Online