Antiques By the Bay President Allen Michaan said that’s not true. He said the show will be held as scheduled Sunday, writes Michele Ellson, Correspondent of the Oakland Tribune.
Malfeasance charged
Michaan accused the show’s producers and company co-owners Betsy and Jerry Goldman of trying to scuttle Antiques By the Bay. And he said a lawsuit is coming.
The Goldmans, contacted at their Antiques By the Bay phone numbers, did not return a call seeking comment. Their answering machine message said the Nov. 1 show was canceled.
Big trouble for Goldmans
“They’ve gotten themselves into a lot of trouble,” Michaan said.
The Web site
message appeared later in the day. Company leaders also canceled their
advertisement in this newspaper.
Michaan said he had been calling dealers who
sell at the fair all day Wednesday to let them know that, contrary to what they
may have heard, the show is continuing.
“It’s deplorable that the Goldmans think so little of the hundreds of dealers that depend on this show that they would try to destroy it,” he said.
The fair has become an institution at Alameda Point, where it has been held
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the first Sunday of every month since 1998. It draws about 800 vendors and 10,000 visitors a month, and show organizers claim it is the largest antique and collectibles show in Northern California.
Michaan said he created the concept for the fair, wrote its business plan, obtained the permits to set it up and paid all its bills in its early years, when it wasn’t making any money. He said he brought the Goldmans in to manage and operate the show and offered them a partnership position. They own half of Antiques By the Bay, he said, and he and his ex-wife own the other half.
A quick check of online state records Wednesday afternoon showed the corporation is still active. And whatever happens, Michaan said the show will go on.
“We will not let the show die,” he said.
