International Collectors Fair April 14 & 15, Utrecht the Netherlands

5 huge halls filled with lots of Antique, Design , Vintage, Memorabilia & everything collectable at the International Collectors Fair Utrecht!

This is Europe’s biggest Vintage Fair so don’t miss it. With an incredible 2000 stands spreading across five halls and offering an inspiring range of collectibles. To help visitors find their way around the vast fair the exhibition space is divided into specialist topics including Antiques, Vintage, Art Collectables, Design, Music, Books, Coins, Postcards, Toys, Glass, Archaeological finds, Furniture etc. The Fair continues to attract visitors who love to browse, as well as serious collectors and buyers in specialist fields; the Collectors Fair is an unmissable event in the collectors’ and enthusiasts’ calendar.

Dresses made of pencil sharpeners, Delfts Blue miniatures and autograph session with Darth Vader

Saturday and Sunday April 14 & 15, 2012 the next edition of the International Collectors Fair will take place at the Jaarbeurs Convention Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands. At the 2000 stalls divided over 5 halls you can find the most desirable items worth collecting or to decorate your house, shop or office with. Hundreds of thousands objects like design furniture, vintage clothing, antiques, obscure rarities, toys, glass & pottery and so on will be for sale. At this Spring edition one of the eye catchers is the Fashion Collector’s Catwalk curated by artist Pet van de Luijtgaarden. Some 30 fashion designers created dresses and suits made from a 100 different collections like a dress made of 250 pencil sharpeners. Besides this there is an exhibit of Delfts Blue miniatures compiled by Mr. Simon Hemmes, winner of the Dutch Collector Award 2011. There are showcases with vintage hand games and computers and for collectors of postcards a special pavilion will be created. SciFi lovers will look out to meet the real Darth Vader who will be joining the show both days.

Women who like to wear the latest fashion have to go to Paris or to the attic!

Matchboxes, pencil sharpeners, dinky toys and stickers: anything can be collected and that’s what Pet van the Luijtgaarden does. He collects collections but what to do with it? So he invited some 30 students from the High School of Art Utrecht to create clothing from all his collections. They came up with the most original dresses and suits which will all be showed by mannequins from the same High school. The final presentation on the Catwalk is on Saturday, two shows at 2 and 3 pm, at the stage in hall 7.

Delft’s Blue exhibition KLM miniatures

Over twenty years Simon Hemmes, winner of the Dutch Collector Award 2011, has specialized in collecting KLM miniature houses which were given to passengers of the Royal Dutch Airline KLM. Nowadays his collection is one of the largest in the world and even bigger than KLM’s own! At the International Collectors Fair Hemmes will exhibit his most precious items supplemented with other miniatures like ships from the Holland-America Line and the so called Zaanse Schans houses. All together it’s a beautiful and typically Dutch collection.

Vintage Postcards

Special attention this fair is there for everybody who collects vintage postcards. You can bring your unknown cards for a free valuation, there are beamer shows of rare collections, special exhibitions and a competition with some nice prices to be won.

Darth Vader autograph session with David Prowse and others

The real Darth Vader will join the fair both days to please all Starwars fans. He will bring Richrad Le Parmentier with him as well as Tim Dry who both joined him in several scenes of this legendary movie series by Steven Spielberg, as always guided by members of costume club Dutch Garisson. At the fair is also an exhibit of vintage computers and hand games from the last century.

• David Prowse: played Darth Vader in Stars Wars – Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 17.00 hours
• Richard LeParmentier: played in Star Wars – Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 17.00 hours
• Tim Dry: had a role in Star Wars Episode VI "Return Of The Jedi" and the cult SciFi/Horror movie "Xtro".- Saturday from 11.00 to 17.00 hours

The Collector’s Fair remains the best place to meet fellow collectors. The many cosy terraces offer plenty of seating places to show each other your new acquisitions or exchange tips, ideas and gossip. As usual the Collector’s Fair is held in conjunction with the Mega Record & CD Fair. Heaven on earth for collectors and lovers of pop music with an enormous choice of records, CDs, DVDs and other pop memorabilia.

Have a look at the pictures to get an impression of the sheer size and atmosphere, or to remember what is was like.

International Collectors Fair or the VerzamelaarsJaarbeurs Spring 2012

• Saturday April 14 from 9 am till 5 pm
• Sunday April 15 from 10 am till 5 pm.
• Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Jaarbeursplein 6 te Utrecht
• Entrance on the day: € 12,- (Children till 11 years have free entrance)
• Presale through our website: € 10,50

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