Vermont Antiques Week: Antiques in Vermont
October 2nd, 2016
Manchester Center, Vermont
On one day only, Sunday, October 2, the largest show of Vermont Antiques Week, the 32rd annual Antiques in Vermont event, was held with 80 dealers.
The preview included drinks and donuts, and managers Phyllis Carlson and Tim Stevenson exhibited as well. Held in the Riley Rink at Hunter Park, just a few miles north of Manchester, Vermont, famous for its outlet stores, the show had plenty of parking and lots of room for the exhibitors. Carlson told us that the show went well, they had wonderful dealers, the gate was up about six percent, buyers were still coming at 3:30, and the last hour saw a buyer patronizing a lot of dealers. Who said something about the early bird?
The show at opening.
This child’s grain-painted cupboard, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was offered for $575 from Gene Bertolet of Oley, Pennsylvania.
We think the Vermont Antiques Week is, as one show manager put it, “undervalued and underrated.” As an antiques reporter for decades, we have always found the Vermont shows fun and offering items for all budgets. The shows are refreshing, comfortable, and must-sees. Mark the 2017 calendar for September 28-October 1. Put the word “Vermont” on those dates.
For more information, call (802) 236-2342.
This painted sheet-iron weathervane, 1930s, was $13,500 from Fryling’s American Antiques and Folk Art, Green Lane, Pennsylvania.
This four-drawer grain-painted chest with unusual contrasts was $2950 from Holden Antiques, Sherman, Connecticut.
The stack of painted round pantry boxes sold to another dealer at the show after we took this picture. The 1900s basket quilt, 75" x 73", was $395 from Wilhide’s Antiques, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
The spice chest, $4500, speaks for itself, while the red fire bucket atop it is not bad either and was offered for $975 by Stephen-Douglas, Rockingham, Vermont.
The multicolor spongeware pitchers ranged from $175 to $500, and the bowl was $175 from Nancy Douglass of Willow Spring Perennial Antiques, Clifton Park, New York.
Bill Quinn of Alna, Maine, had the red bench for $350; the “Lawrence Fruit & Produce Co.” sign for $550; the detour signs, $195 for both, and they sold; and the small yellow chest (on the bench) for $225; it sold.
Originally published in the December 2016 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2016 Maine Antique Digest
