Architectural Digest | Round Top Antiques Fair: AD PRO’s Essential Guide to the 17-Mile Market
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In Texas fashion, this antiques extravaganza is a whopper—here’s what you need to know before you go
By Kristin Corpuz
Produced by Nicole Benjamin
February 24, 2025
Round Top, Texas, has a population under 100. But twice per year, during the Round Top Antiques Fair, over 100,000 people—including design icons like Kelly Wearstler, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, and Joanna Gaines—descend upon the tiny town to dig through treasures large and small. (A smaller show in January also draws a crowd, even if not at the scale of the spring and fall events.) The fair started in 1968 with just a few vendors in a single barn focused on classic American antiques, and though it has grown to stretch across 17 miles of highway in the almost 60 years since, its original essence is still very much alive and well, carried on by antique and vintage lovers who believe in the power of finding unique pieces and bringing them into your space. The event can be overwhelming for newbies, so it’s best to come prepared—here’s everything you need to know before you hit the show, which kicks off its spring edition later this month.
Venues and vendors to visit
“It’s the shortest show [at Round Top], so you have the least amount of time to visit our dealers,” she explains. “And a lot of our dealers, the only time you can buy from them is at Marburger, at least from a touch-and-feel in-person standpoint.” She notes that a lot of buyers build their time at Round Top around coming to Marburger for this very reason, citing Patternmill’s Jay Bearden, a Mallorca-based dealer who sources his stunning array of furniture from Europe and only shows them to the public at Marburger, as a chief example. (His collection occupies the entirety of tent G.)
