U.S. Antique Shows, producer of the industry’s most anticipated antique events, announced today their latest partnership agreement with the Rapaport Group. The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added value services that support the development of free, fair, transparent, efficient, competitive and ethical diamond markets.

“Our relationship with the Rapaport Group remains one of our most valued alliances,” says Dan Darby, Emerald Expositions vice president and U.S. Antique Shows general manager. “Rapaport provides valuable options to our dealers, which can assist them with everything from online trading to diamond pricing to laboratory services. We feel that having their brand and services represented at our shows provides key value to our dealers as well as attendees.”

The Rapaport Group will sponsor the following U.S. Antique Shows in 2015: The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, the world’s largest indoor antique show; Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show; New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show; and LA Antique Jewelry & Watch Show. Rapaport’s partnership also includes booths at both The Original Miami Beach Antique Show and Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show.

Rapaport’s jewelry trading platform and brokerage services provide an efficient platform for companies to trade jewelry, granting buyers access to jewelry from around the U.S. and providing suppliers with the ability to sell jewelry to a large buyer base. The Rapaport Group will be selling a large assortment of closeout, estate and signed jewelry at The Original Miami Beach Antique Show in January.

“We are proud to be sponsoring the U.S. Antique Shows in 2015 and supporting the important and vital role they play in the jewelry industry. We are aligned in our mission of providing the diamond and jewelry industry with first class added value services and platforms to trade in a secure and efficient manner. We look forward to working together and continuing our collaboration in the coming year,” said Director of Global Trading Ezi Rapaport.

Established in 1976, the Rapaport Group has more than 20,000 clients in 118 countries. Group activities include publishing, research and marketing services, internet information and diamond trading networks, global rough and polished diamond tenders, diamond certification, international clearing house services and fair trade development.

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About U.S. Antique Shows

U.S. Antique Shows, producer of the industry’s most anticipated events, serves the unique needs of the antique and antique jewelry marketplace with shows in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Miami Beach and New York. The group’s events offer a broad range of antiques as well as antique, vintage and estate jewelry and watches, and annually draws more than 50,000 consumers and 3,000 dealers from 28 countries worldwide.

U.S. Antique Shows is a division of Emerald Expositions, North America’s largest owner and operator of business-to-business and consumer tradeshows. The company’s jewelry portfolio is comprised of trade and consumer events including the U.S. Antique Shows division, Couture, JA New York (Summer and Winter), and JA Special Delivery.

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