Antiques for the Fair

It’s that time of year again when people are thinking about fall weather and the Georgia National Fair.  Not only is entering your antiques in the fair fun but you can also earn some cash prizes!  You can find the Antiques section in the Miller-Murphy-Howard Building in one of the corners of the building.  An authentic antique is considered to be an item that is at least one hundred years old but for fair competition, the item has to be a minimum vintage fifty years old!  This makes me feel old as we will soon be seeing items from the 1970’s that will be eligible in 2020.

Make sure you check this section out during the fair because the Lunchbox Museum from Columbus, Georgia will be sharing a display from their collection that will be fun to view and reminisce.  You can certainly enter your own lunch box in the fair if you are lucky enough to still have it.  

There is still time to enter and if you have over ten items you will need to preregister.  Go the fair website at www.georgianationalfair.com and choose Home Arts and Fine Art and go to antiques.  You will find the rules and information there.  There is a designated time to drop off your entry as well as a time to pick the item up.  

When choosing which items to bring, make sure you bring items that are clean and in good condition and not deteriorating.  Fragile and small items will be kept in locked cases.  If you have information or a story attached to the piece, make sure to fill out a 3 by 5 note card with the info.  I think it is great to get youth interested in entering the fair and learning more about antiques and the history behind them.   The more entries there are the more fun and interesting the displays will be.  If you are not sure what category to enter, you can call the fair for information.  Tonya Morgan is the Antiques Section and Supervisor and she does a great job of displaying the entries and keeping the section fresh and interesting.  It is quite a challenging job because I know from personal experience. 

There is a lot of hard work and volunteers that help to make it all happen and I hope you will join them this year.  Happy Collecting!