The Stahuras closed their shop for the day †Mill Brook Antiques in Reading, Vt. Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vt., took an oversized area to showcase an assortment of furniture, including several pieces in original grain paint. Hopkinton, N.H., dealer Shirley Quinn offered an assortment of early textiles and small antiques. Their sales were primarily from Weinstein’s collection, including an unusual and early cradle for twins that had been priced at $995. Michael Weinstein, West Pelham Antiques and Barbara Johnson, Enfield, N.H., shared an exhibit area with their compatible collections. “There was no one killer sale that put me over the top, but the steady sales made the day,” he said. His sales included a factory mill box, an early grain painted trunk and a great many smalls. Kenneth Reid, Andover, N.H., was satisfied with his efforts. One early piece out the door was a miniature staircase used as a display for his small Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century toys. An early cobbler’s bench, unusual because of its high work table, was sold in the first wave of customers.Īcross the aisle, Tommy Thompson, Pembroke, N.H., was selling small antiques in good quantity. The Horse and the Bear, Norwich, Vt., had one of the first furniture sales of the day. From Deering, N.H., Copadis has been a regular at this show for years, where his sales have included flatware and hollowware for an elegant dining room. Silver in many forms is the staple ingredient for Peter Wood Hill Antiques, Tom Copadis’s business. Their sales, according to Jim Mansfield, were good, with some furniture and an assortment of compatible accessories. Jim and Leslie Mansfield, Doggone Antiques, West Lebanon, N.H., offered a collection of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century country furniture. Richard Vandall, American Decorative Arts, Canaan, N.H., was selling a great variety, as he said, doing “very, very well, with a big assortment of merchandise.” His collection includes original Stevengraph prints, which were selling well, some early art pottery, Shaker-made objects and early “odds and ends.” While his sales total was among the higher figures for the show, his entire inventory fit in the back seat of his van.

It makes this show a combination of exhibition, sale and old home week †a place where old friends get reacquainted and, while they are at it, buy a few antiques for their homes, collections or inventories. The exhibitors for this annual show are, for the most part, the same year after year, so they all work diligently to have fresh inventory for returning customers. The Sherwoods Antiques at 30B, Cambridge, N.Y,Ĭabin Fever Antiques Show with 30 dealers was a bright spot on a sea of cold, white powder for the one-day affair, February 12, at Mid-Vermont Christian Academy.

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