Join BCAADA
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE BCAADA
COLOR BROCHURE - Distribution is 35,000 a year to tourist outlets and member shops. The brochure is an attractive four-color pictorial and informative way of advertising our members. There is a user-friendly map which references each dealer’s listing.
WEBSITE - Our web site is designed to support the brochure and to drive traffic to your store and web site. Each member has a “home page” on the Association web site which includes interior and exterior store shots as well as descriptive copy. Members are also encouraged to post newsworthy events such as art openings, auctions, eBay links, new shipments, etc. in our “What’s New” section which is updated weekly.
ADVERTISING / PROMOTION - BCAADA places display and classified ads promoting our web site in major northeast publications such as the Magazine Antiques, Maine Antique Digest, Antiques And The Arts Weekly, Berkshire Living, Passport (a quarterly publication from the Litchfield County Times), and various local cultural programs. Additionally, the Association advertises on several Berkshires-related web sites, including Berkshires.org and JustTheBerkshires. Members who participate in major shows distribute Association brochures at them, and visitors centers booths receive regular deliveries of our brochures.
LINKS TO THE BERKSHIRE VISITOR'S BUREAU AND THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - BCAADA is a member of The Berkshire Visitor's Bureau and is listed in their four-color Berkshires Official Visitors Guide and on their website www.berkshires.org. The Berkshire Visitor's Bureau distributes 200,000 guides annually with over 100,000 individually requested and mailed to visitors. Any inquiry requesting antiquing information also receives a BCAADA brochure. Their website receives approximately 8 million hits a year, and BCAADA's listing includes a link our web site. The Association is also a member of the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and is listed in their area guide and featured on their web site.
LINKS TO THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DUES - Dues are presently $300.00 per year for single member shops. Group shop rates are based on per booth. Please call Susan Silver (413) 229-8169 or Larry Solomon at (413) 229-2700.
** Please address questions about BCAADA membership to:
Edith Gilson
President of BCAADA
Cupboards & Roses Antiques
(413) 229-3070
CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP
For Antique Dealers: To be eligible, 80% of the inventory of a dealer, antiques center or group shop must consist of items at least fifty years old unless the Executive Board approves membership by a three-quarters vote. A typical exception to the rule would be a dealer, antiques center or group shop specializing in a particular design period(s) that would be considered highly collectible by the general public. In no case shall an applicant be approved if his or her inventory consists of more than 50% of items less than 30 years old.
For Art/Sculpture Galleries: To be eligible, at least 80% of the inventory must be original art or part of an original limited edition or series. In no case can a gallery's inventory consist of more than 20% of works that are reproductions or crafts of a mass produced nature.
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