The Baby Boomer Antiques & Collectibles Show

It was a time of Barbie, The Beatles, and bomb shelters, and Baby Boomers now comprise the primary buying market in today’s antiques & collectibles world. The Baby Boomer Antiques & Collectibles Show will showcase that nostalgic heritage at the St. Petersburg Coliseum on Saturday, March 22, 2008, with a fun show that focuses on antiques & collectibles from the 1940's through 1970's, with a mix of pop-culture memorabilia.

The Baby Boomer Antiques & Collectibles Show offers "Boomerabilia" such as toys, dolls, Elvis, movie posters, TV & entertainment industry character collectibles, barkcloth fabrics & vintage fashion, retro furnishings & décor, glassware & pottery, bakelite & costume jewelry, linens, magazines, G.I. Joe & militaria, pin-up art, postcards & paperbacks, prints & paintings, old state souvenirs, tobacco collectibles, and much more nostalgia!

Special features at the March 22, 2008 Baby Boomer Antiques & Collectibles Show will include a presentation on 1950's Horror & Monster Collectibles, swing dance demonstrations, and screenings of vintage TV commercials.

The Baby Boomer Antiques & Collectibles Show is produced by Hula Hula Productions, promoter of the upcoming Gulfport Floridiana Festival and The Florida Shows. For info, visit www.hulahula.biz or call 727-321-8454.

Orange City has a shop that offers a one-of-a-kind experience!  Reruns is not a thrift shop, although it’s full of great bargains.  It’s a fun upscale shop with flair and quality items.  There is furniture – antique, vintage, retro – home décor items that thrill decorators – collectibles – art – and more!  Each month, meet a new artist of a different medium – from painting to quilting to stained glass to – you name it!  Need something unusual, just ask.  If it isn’t there today, it probably will be soon.  Unique and hard-to-find items are a challenge for owner Susan Texel.  Visit once, you’ll be a “regular” customer.  Check out the shop where you’ll always find something new – and old – Reruns at 236 E. Graves  Ave. (Just east of  Highway17-92).  Open 9-6 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – 9-7 Friday – 9-8 Saturday and 11-7 Sunday.  Closed Wednesday for restocking.  Stop in and join the Reruns Recycling Party!