The Ellis Boston Antiques Show is returning to the city this October after a three-year hiatus, re-launching a 49-year tradition that will feature nearly 40 of the finest antiques exhibitors from across the country and around the world.

Housed this year in the Cyclorama, the show kicks off on Thursday, October 20, with a Gala Preview benefiting the South End’s Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House. The show continues on Friday, October 21, and runs through Sunday, October 23.

“The Ellis Antiques show is the tops for New England,” said Marc Glasberg, owner and founder of Boston’s Marcoz Antiques, one of this year’s exhibitors. “It gives the Boston area and dealers a certain charisma regarding antiques.”

In addition to Marcoz Antiques, this year’s Boston exhibitors include Polly Latham Asian Art and Vose Galleries.

“We’re really glad that it’s back,” said Vose Galleries assistant manager Chris Greene. “It’s important to have these types of shows in the city. It really livens up the city’s whole culture.”

Ceramics, Rare Maps, Quilts And Fine Art

The show will feature a range of antiques including ceramics, rare maps and prints, jewelry, quilts, pottery, and fine art, among other items.

“We worked really hard to get a wide array of antiques into the show, both in terms of what they are and in terms of pricing,” said co-producer Tony Fusco of Fusco & Four.

The show was originally established by Ellis Memorial’s Board of Directors in 1960 as a fundraising event.

Fusco contacted Ellis Memorial’s Board of Directors as soon as he heard that the 2009 show would be canceled, and he has been working with his Fusco & Four partner, and event co-producer, Robert Four over the past three years to make the show’s return a success.

“There was a huge vacuum when they closed the show,” he said. “People in the antiques world were shocked. To think that Boston, a city that is totally steeped in history, would not have an antiques show—that shocked people.”