Vermont Antiques Week: The Ludlow Antiques Show
October 1st, 2016
Ludlow, Vermont
The third show to open during Vermont Antiques Week was the Ludlow Antiques Show, which has been running for 52 years. It opened on Friday, September 30, and ran through Saturday, October 1, at the Ludlow Community Center next to the Black River High School, just a few miles from the Okemo Antiques Show. Chairperson Carol Baranowski said after the show that “the crowd was up from last year, all of the dealers have already signed up for next year, including six new ones, and a lot of things sold, including furniture and quilts.”
Opening at the Ludlow Antiques Show, which was held at the Ludlow Community Center.
She added that part of the allure of the show is a homey feeling, and a lot of the locals patronize it. In fact, the show took ads in about seven different area papers. Next year it will be back to advertising with the antiques publications’ Vermont Antiques Week ads, as many of this year’s exhibitors strongly recommended.
John Bourne of Pittsford, Vermont, offered a nice horse for $350 beside a white swan priced at $475.
Fish nets, $110 and $75; fish creel, $125; and wooden pitchfork, $75, all from Reflections Antiques, Williamson, New York.
This show is about as basic as one can get—no program, no frills, basic booths with no walls, lots of tabletop items, but the food was glorious and not basic. The zucchini casserole was topped only by the cottage pie, and the meatballs and ribs did stick to your ribs. This show is known for its food and finds. Lots of dealers from the other shows come to look and pick, because if they find something, the price is right. But even here, the quantity of finds was less than we had seen in the past. Thirty-two dealers, mainly from Vermont and New Hampshire, although one was all the way from Florida, offered very affordable choices. The show is sponsored by the Holy Name of Mary Altar Society, and Baranowski has been in charge for 24 of the show’s 52 years. Proceeds go to support the church group’s many programs in the community.
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Hooked rug with cats, $495, from Bayberry Antiques, which specializes in hooked rug restorations.
Navajo rug, 3'7" x 5'9", $1775 from Judy Srodawa of Canandaigua, New York.
Practical furniture was shown by Champlin Hill Antiques, North Ferrisburgh, Vermont. The painted white chest (right center) was $315.
Two unusual Adirondack albums with pictures from someone’s Colorado camping trips sold shortly after we took a shot of them. There were 11 black-and-white pictures in one, and three in the other. The price was $98 for all from Robin Stephens of Richmond, Massachusetts.
The blue shutters sold. The white-painted cupboard, $645, and carousel seat, $210, were still available from Tom Pirozzoli of Goshen, New Hampshire.
Originally published in the December 2016 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2016 Maine Antique Digest
