I asked David Goldstein, President of the Carder Steuben Club and a dealer who participates or attends many Florida shows to give his comments on the state of the antique market, or at least the Carder Steuben market. His comments below. If others have thoughts or comments, please share.
Based on my conversations with dealers who did the shows, the Airport show (Miami) was bad and the Beach show (Miami Beach) was okay. Most of the dealers had reasonable shows by today’s standards, which are significantly different from what we would have expected two years ago. I did a small show in Naples this past weekend and had fair results, but sales were not commensurate with the size of the crowd.