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Vegas Antique Jewelry Show Changes Location, Dates for 2017
U.S. Antique Shows’ annual event will be held from June 5 to 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, co-locating with the new Jewellery Box show.

New York--U.S. Antique Shows has announced that its annual Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show will take place at a new time and place this year.
The show will be held from June 5 to 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The dates coincide with the opening of JCK Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay.
The trade-only event features almost 400 vendors of antique, vintage and estate jewelry and watches representing a wide range of eras, from Renaissance to contemporary, and signed pieces from such names as Cartier, Rolex, David Webb, Harry Winston and Van Cleef & Arpels.
For more information, visit the show’s website.
A few other trade shows from by Emerald Expositions shows will be running concurrently in Las Vegas during market week--Jewellery Box, the company’s new event for on-trend jewelry at accessible price points, which also will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 5 to 8; and the Couture show, held at the Wynn Las Vegas from June 2 to 6.
“We’re excited to make the Las Vegas Convention Center our new home for our show this year,” explains Dan Darby, Vice President of Emerald Expositions and General Manager of U.S. Antique Shows. “With the addition of several new exhibitors, we’ll have a greater breadth of merchandise than in years past; we’re confident our 21st year will be one of our best yet!”
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