I advise a route plan for this weekend; it's going to be threefull days of events, including two world-class shows. The Spring Chicago O'Hare Antiques Fair is at the O'Hare ExpoCenter, 5555 N. River Rd. in Rosemont, from noon to 9 p.m. today andtomorrow and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. This is always a don't-missevent, if only for sheer volume. With more than 300 dealers and astaggering variety of merchandise, the show is an opportunity to seethe best and educate the eye. Show admission of $4.50 includes a $2parking fee refund; just show your parking receipt. For informationduring the show, call (708) 692-2900. The Chicagoland Antique Advertising, Slot Machine & Jukebox Show,another world-class event, is at the Pheasant Run MegaCenter,Illinois 64 (North Avenue), 2 1/2 miles west of Illinois 59 in St.Charles. Featuring antique slot machines and penny arcades,jukeboxes and pinball machines, the show has everything for rec-roomdecor, including beer signs, neon and antique advertising pieces. Ifit's fun, it will be there.
Today's dealer preview from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. is $50. Admissionwill be $5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday. For show information, call (708) 381-1234. The 9th Annual Tri-Kappa Antique Show & Sale is in a new locationthis year. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, the show will be in the cafeteria of Morton High School, 6915Grand in Hammond. Admission is $2.50. For information, call (219)838-4008. Fountain-pen collectors will enjoy the United States National PenShow at the Westin O'Hare, 6100 N River Rd. in Rosemont. The event,billed as the largest show of its kind in the world, features dealersspecializing in fountain pens and related materials, includingadvertising, display cases, trays and catalogs. Weekend admission of$25 includes a parts swap at 10 a.m. tomorrow and an auction at 2p.m. tomorrow, during which a Parker Snake pen - with a metal snaketwisting around the barrel - is expected to sell for more than$15,000. Included in the weekend admission, but $5 on its own, isthe 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. show Sunday with more than 130 exhibitors fromthroughout the world on hand to buy, sell and trade.
The show is sponsored by Pen Collectors of America. Forinformation on the group, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope toDan Zazove, 20 S. Clark, Suite 2210, Chicago 60603. Membership is$25 per year. For information on the show, call Zazove at (312)621-1900 or Don Lavin at (708) 272-1996. Fast-food collectibles are a growing phenomenon. Action at theMcDonald's Collectors Club Convention '92 will be brisk, ascollectors from throughout the United States buy, sell and tradeanything and everything connected to the fast-food giant.
Open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow at the William TellHoliday Inn, near the corner of Joliet Road and U.S. 45 (Mannheim-LaGrange Road) in La Grange-Countryside, the event will haveapproximately 80 tables filled with old and new materials, from HappyMeal toys and giveaways to coloring calendars, trays and tray liners,kites and display cards to even old food containers. The $1admission includes a silent auction, with winners announced everyhalf-hour. Meredith Williams, author of Tomart's Price Guide toMcDonald's Happy Meal Collectibles ($24.95) will be on hand tointroduce the book. For information, call Rich Seidelman at (708)246-9119 or (312) 220-5314. The Grayslake Antiques & CollectiblesMarket will be at the Lake County Fairgrounds, Illinois 120 and U.S.45, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $2. For information, call (708) 223-1433. It's not a weekend event, but serious collectors should know thatthe 12th Annual Conference of the International Society of Appraisersscheduled for Monday to Wednesday at the Stouffer Riviere Hotel, 1 W.Wacker, is open to the public. Experts in jewelry, antiqueconservation, fine arts, toys, silver and firearms will present theirspecialties. Registration for the entire conference is $415; dailyadmission (Monday alone offers 17 seminars) is $185. Forinformation, call (708) 882-0706.
NEW: Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to ArtNouveau by Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett (Sotheby's, $95) is abeautiful reference to all forms of lighting, from candlesticks toearly electrical fixtures. More than 800 illustrations are included.
Have questions on the Chicago antiques market? Write to DanielleArnet, Chicago Sun Times, 401 N. Wabash, Chicago 60611. Questions ofgeneral interest will be answered in the column.
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