Agenda

Day

Time

Event

Location

Wednesday, September 12

4:30 PM – 6 PM

6 PM

Registration

Welcoming Reception

Casual Dress

Renaissance Hotel

2nd Floor Cuisines Room

Thursday, September 13

8:20 AM- 8:30 AM

8:30 AM- 12:20 PM

Opening Remarks – Peter Robinson

Lectures:

Larry Mattson: “How to Spot a Fake Antique Cane”

Pier Luigi Carboni: “Skulls, Skeletons and Memento Mori: How They Reflect Popular Thought in the Decorative Arts”

Peter Robinson: “The London Pique Cane”

Chris Taron: “Canes from America’s Past, Discovering Hidden Walking Stick Gems”

Panel of Dominic Strickland, Chris Taron & Robert Pearson: “The Art & Process in Selling Canes”

Gianmario Casalis: “Fit for an Emperor: A Brazilian Cane”

Renaissance Hotel

3rd Floor Ballroom

2:30 PM and 3:30 PM

 

 2:30 PM – 4 PM

Workshops – will require separate sign up for one of two sessions offered

Gilbert Segas:: Workshop on the Materials Used in Fabrication

Cane Swap
Dealers & Collectors – Buy & Sell Cane Swap

Renaissance Hotel

Bucktown Room

Room “D”

Friday, September 14

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM

 

8:30 AM–noon

Opening Remarks – Peter Robinson

Lectures:

Stuart Frank: “Scrimshaw & Scrimshaw Walking Sticks”

Laurence Jantzen: “Rock Crystal & Hard Stones Reinventing Themselves”

Dominic Strickland: “Walking Canes from Swaine Adeney Brigg, an English Institution founded in 1750”

John Monek: “Gun Canes, Beyond Remington Too”

Renaissance Hotel

3rd Floor Ballroom

2:30 PM and 3:30 PM

 

 2:30 PM – 4 PM

Workshops – will require separate sign up for one of two sessions offered

John Monek: Workshop on the Wonderful Array of Gadgets

Cane Swap
Dealers & Collectors – Buy & Sell Cane Swap

Renaissance Hotel

Bucktown Room

 
Room “D”

Saturday, September 15 9:00 AM–10:45 AM

Preview of Tradewinds Auction

also may preview online:

www.tradewindsantiques.com/cgi-bin/auction/live_preview3.cgi?0&50

Renaissance Hotel

3rd Floor Ballroom

11:00 AM Tradewinds Public Auction

Renaissance Hotel

3rd Floor Ballroom

6:30 PM

Reception and Dinner

Cocktail attire for ladies/Jackets (ties are optional) for men

Renaissance Hotel

3rd Floor Ballroom

Sunday, September 16 9:30 AM Business Meeting Wrap Up Renaissance Hotel