August 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2012

 AT THE LUJAN BUILDING AT EXPO NEW MEXICO

 (STATE FAIRGROUNDS)

The Great Southwestern Antiques, Indian & Old West Show opens on Saturday, August 4th, at the LUJAN BUILDING AT EXPO NEW MEXICO (STATE FAIRGROUNDS). Early entry, for those who can’t wait, is Friday August 3th from 2pm to 7pm. for a charge of $75.00. General admission begins at 9 a.m. continuing through 5p.m. Saturday, for a cost of $8.00. The show continues on Sunday, August 6th. The show hours on Sunday are 10a.m. to 4p.m. A two-day pass can be bought for $12.00.  -  For more information, contact the show director, Terry Schurmeier, at (505) 255-4054 Cowboys & Indians Antiques at 4000 Central SE in Albuquerque, or e-mail online at: cowgirls@rt66.com. The Lujan building has been updated with a new cooler system and the leaks have been fixed. 

Albuquerque, Heading West:

The Great Southwestern Antique Show, the premiere antique event of New Mexico is celebrating its 14th year.  This is one of the Southwest’s largest antique events. This annual event, proudly sponsored by Cowboys & Indians Antiques, located in Nob Hill, Albuquerque’s vintage shopping district, takes place early August each year and features the collections of over 200 of the finest Antique & Folk Art, American Indian & Western, and Ethnographic Arts dealers in the United States.

 Join Cowboys & Indians in its special invitation to join the dealers on Friday afternoon August 4th at the Great Southwestern  “hard hat”  Sneak Preview during set-up day. The “Sneak Preview” 2:00-7:00pm is a charitable event with 100% of the proceeds benefiting an educational endowment supporting the licensing of new Nurse Oncologists (Cancer Nurses) through the University of New Mexico Foundation. Your $75.00, 100% tax deductible donation is paid directly to the Foundation. In thanks for your support, The Great Southwestern invites you to have full access to all weekend events; exclusive early buy in during Friday's set-up day of the show, a weekend pass for Saturday & Sunday. Additional beneficiaries of the Great Southwestern include the support of the arts program through VSA of NM and “The Silent Partner Endowment at St. Pius X” supporting students from single parent families who are in financial need. 

General Admission Show Hours are on Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00pm $8.00/per person per day or $12.00 for a two day pass. Sneak Preview participants are offered free admission through out the run of the show.

The Great Southwestern brings a glimpse of our past to the people of New Mexico as well as to thousands of visitors from around the country and from around the world. The Great Southwestern has always been a trend-setting event. It has historically attracted many of the top architectural and fashion design groups looking for inspiration to set up the direction in upcoming trends in home furnishings, clothing and personal styling. Albuquerque is a diverse city, rich in cultural heritage, and provides the perfect backdrop to showcase a show of this caliber, which is dedicated to promote an appreciation of the history housed in the objects of our ancestors. The Great Southwestern has made every effort to seek out dealers who share the promoter’s vision that History and Art should be accessible to all people, of all walks of life in every income bracket.  This show offers an astonishing variety of authentic antiques and art in all price ranges and aims to satisfy all levels of desire, from Museum quality pieces to decorative arts for the home decorator and novice collector. Our dealers are teachers, teachers of art & culture; they are here in Albuquerque to share their knowledge.  Their job is to care for those objects that represent our collective past and educate the future collectors and caretakers so that in our mass marketed, mass produced world we don’t forget who we really are and from where we came

  For more information And Sneak Preview Reservations Please call 

  Cowboys & Indians Antiques at   505-255-4054