The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show returns to the convention center Aug. 22 for its 33rd season, and this year there are a couple of new twists.
In addition to more than 575 international art and antique dealers and more than 200,000 items, the event will introduce Art Baltimore 2013, a show-within-a-show highlighting international fine-art galleries in the show, including Robert M. Quilter Fine Arts of Baltimore.
This year there is a free mobile app, available for iPhones, to help visitors navigate the show floor — so large that a second entrance has been added.
The show includes collections of American and European silver, Asian antiquities, fine art and estate jewelry, as well as Art Deco and midcentury modern collectibles. Prices range from $100 to more than $1 million.
A highlight of the show are the original navigation charts used by Amelia Earhart for her historic flight from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., in 1935.
There is also a 90-dealer antiquarian book fair. In addition, the show — known among dealers and collectors as the most important silver show in the nation — will feature silver pieces custom-made by S. Kirk & Sons for John Mifflin Hood, a Baltimore railroad and streetcar executive in the late 1800s.
Last year, the show drew more than 30,000 visitors. It begins at noon Aug. 22 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 25, when the doors close at 6 p.m. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 23-24. Tickets are $15 and good for all four show days. Entrances are located on West Pratt Street and Charles Street. For more information, visit baltimoresummershow.com or art-baltimore.com.