NOVEMBER 1 - 4, 2007

OF MONEY, MANSIONS, AND PRETENSIONS:
The Gilded Age 1890 - 1915

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
7:00 - 9:00pm
GALA PREVIEW OPENING
Heavy hors d'oeuvres, champagne, and entertainment
$20 per person, included with Grand Patron ticket, includes buffet, silent auction, and continuous admission to show
(Enter on Fifth Street North)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE
Hours: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Trotter Convention Center, upper level
$5 continuous admission to show

9:00am - 11:00am
GARDEN CLUB PROGRAM
Ralph Null, 2007 Recipient of the “Award of Design Influence” by the
American Institute of Floral Designers
$20 continuous admission to show includes Brunch
Enter on Upper Level, 5th Street Entrance

6:00 - 7:00pm
BUFFET DINNER
“Summertime”, circa 1900
Home of Dr. James DelPrince
906 3rd Avenue South

7:30pm
OPENING PRESENTATION
“WHAT $$$$ CAN BUY: The American Palace Race”

Dr. Richard Guy Wilson, Architectural Historian
University of Virginia
Thad and Rose Cochran Hall, MUW Campus

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
ANTIQUES SHOW
Hours: 10am - 5pm
Trotter Convention Center, upper level

8:30am
REGISTRATION / BREAKFAST WITH ANTIQUES DEALERS & LECTURERS
Trotter Convention Center, lower level

9:00am
WELCOME
Mr. Chuck Yarborough, moderator
Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science

9:15am
“MAGNIFICENT, MARVELOUS MARTELE: Gorham Art Nouveau”
John W. Keefe, The RosaMary Foundation Curator of Decorative Arts,
New Orleans Museum of Art

10:15 - 10:45am
BREAK

10:45am
"THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING:
Scandal, Violence, and Class in the Gilded Age"

Dr. Amy Gangloff
Assistant Professor Department of History
Mississippi State University

12:00am
LUNCH in historic downtown Columbus

2:00pm
DRIVING TOUR of Columbus Historic Architecture
Mr. Chuck Yarborough

7:00pm
COCKTAIL BUFFET
“Rosedale”, circa 1856
Home of Gene and Leigh Imes
1523 9th Street South

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE
Hours: 12:00 - 5:00pm



For advance tickets and forum information call:
Columbus Historic Foundation ~ 1.800.920.3533
Convention & Visitors Bureau ~ 1.800.327.2686
Columbus Historic Foundation
P.O. Box 46
300 Main Street
Columbus, MS 39703
Phone: 662.329.3533
Fax: 662.329.1027
Toll-free: 800.920.3533
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Toll-free: 800.327.2686

This project is funded in part by grants through the Mississippi Humanities Council, and the Columbus-Lowndes Convention & Visitors Bureau.