The 42nd Annual Round Lake Antiques Festival
June 21st, 2014
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Ken Woodbury of Keene, New Hampshire, exhibited more wind-up cylinder and disc phonographs than usual. “I brought a good variety of horns but ran out of space to properly display them,” said Woodbury.
Three high-priced burl bowls were in the booth of Kay Riordan Roffe of Williamson, New York. The largest bowl, in perfect condition, was priced at $3900 and was 15½"; the 14" burl bowl was priced at $2950, while the smallest was a 7½" burl, priced at $1575. Roffe added to the display a fabric goose that was made about 1920 and priced at $300, as well as a shillelagh (not shown) with a shamrock and “Erin” carved on the side, priced at $198. |
Round Lake, New York
The 42nd annual Round Lake Antiques Festival to benefit the Women’s Round Lake Improvement Society, a major fundraiser for the village library, was expected to top $10,000-plus, according to Hilary and Steven Eklund, managers of the event.
The sunshine and calm breezes began Friday evening when many of the dealers came in with their trailers and tents to set up in anticipation of an early gate on Saturday morning, June 21.
The Eklunds, who also operate the Cooperstown Antiques Show under their show management business Tandem Shows, were happy not only with the quality of merchandise that was presented for the two-day sale, but also with the attendance of an estimated 8000 people, most of whom were carrying purchases.
Items including a child’s flat-top trunk filled with children’s toys and doll clothes, priced at $145; a round hand-hooked rug for $120; a two-drawer maple and tiger maple stand for $300; a four-drawer Federal Connecticut chest of drawers for $500; and two canes, one with a carved Indian head and the other with a crocodile handle, sold during the show.
The Round Lake show always offers a variety of antiques for a variety of tastes. It’s a show where you can have your choice of apple, cherry, or raspberry pie or a booth filled with jewelry specializing in silver, gold, diamonds, and bangle bracelets.
For more information, see (www.tandemshows.com).
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If you collect small but unique iron utensils, Natalie Warner’s 1843 House, Springfield, Massachusetts, is the place to go. Included in the display were an iron fish spatula, priced at $38.50, a single candlestick holder for $95, a Shaker drip spoon for $37.50, cast-iron tongs at $55, a Shaker skillet for $110, a 19th-century cast-iron pot for $55, a 6" skillet for $18, and a four-egg poacher for $45.
A great mixture of stoneware, small trunks, painted tin, and decorative mirrors, ranging from $50 to $200, was part of the offerings of Bob Mock of Mocking Bird Antiques, Niskayuna, New York. Mock also displayed a library table and a candlestand (not shown).
If you were interested in some early 18th- and 19th-century furniture, pottery, and porcelains, Nancy Douglass of Willow Spring Perennial Antiques, Clifton Park, New York, was an important stop. At left, the hand-decorated green and floral set of chairs done by a Connecticut artist between 1920 and 1960 was priced at $399 for the set of four, while a set of four Hitchcock chairs in original decoration was tagged $300 for the four (three shown). The Julius Norton two-gallon decorated stoneware added to the glamour and was priced at $400, while a one-and-a-half-gallon decorated jug by an unknown maker was $95.
Jeffrey Andrews of Salisbury, Vermont, featured a unique luggage set with a great provenance. The five-piece set once belonged to Clarice Brows Thorp, wife of Willard Thorp, who helped draft the Marshall Plan and later became the assistant secretary of state for President Harry S. Truman. The pristine condition of the luggage was remarkable, as well as the historical association and the price at $400 for the set.Originally published in the September 2014 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2014 Maine Antique Digest
