ALEXANDRIA, VA., and WASHINGTON BORO, PENN. – After more than a decade of constructive coexistence in the York, Penn., market, promoters Barry M. Cohen and Jim Burk have announced their first joint effort. During setup at Burk’s popular Greater York Antiques Show & Sale last week, word spread quickly that the two promoters were about to announce a brand new event in Philadelphia, now that Cohen has closed his Center City Antiques Show after seven years. It will be named Antiques at Philadelphia’s Navy Pier.

“I have always been interested in returning to Philadelphia to promote a show, but the circumstances had to be right,” said Burk. “Being able to join forces with Barry, who brokered a deal with the new management of the Cruise Terminal at the Navy Pier, and who will manage the show, makes this a terrific opportunity.”

Burk, who will handle the recruitment and walls for the event, has already signed up a number of distinguished dealers who have worked with him, Cohen – or both – over the years. They include: Raccoon Creek Antiques at Oley Forge, Newsom & Berdan, Malcolm Magruder, Pam & Martha Boynton, Carlson & Stevenson, Stephen-Douglas, Betsey Telford’s Rocky Mountain Quilts, Jewett & Berdan, and Vander Laan & Schill, Russ and Karen Goldberger, Barry and Lisa McAllister, David Good and Sam Forsythe, and Bob Bergen.

Cohen commented, “The Navy Pier has been an elegant and effective setting for antique shows in the past, and even the largest events at the brand new stadium do not impact traffic or access to the Navy Yard on South Broad Street. We’re arranging for free parking for customers, professional catering at the cafe, as well as an Antiques Week shuttle that will run to the Philadelphia Antiques Show.”

Antiques at Philadelphia’s Navy Pier will debut on Friday morning, April 7, and run through Sunday afternoon, April 9. The show will feature approximately 65 dealers of quality American and English period and country furniture, furnishings, early folk art, and appropriate decorative accessories.

For information, contact Barry M. Cohen at 703-914-1268 or by email at b4rtime@ cox.net or www.b4rtime.com. Jim Burk can be reached at 717-872-2778.