: Saturday, September 10, was the fifth stampede for the reinstated
Antiques in a Cow Pasture show with 68 dealers displaying
predominantly early American antiques meant to appeal to
customers principally from the immediate area. Frank Gaglio, show
manager for Barn Star Productions, was very pleased with this
year's results for the dealers and the Salisbury Visiting Nurse
Association.
Steve Smoot, Lancaster, Penn.
The history of the show goes back to the 1950s when Russell
Carrel began it in what was then his back yard in Salisbury for a
small collection of dealer friends. Mr Carrell was a very popular
antiques show promoter for most of his adult life, producing and
managing many of the best antiques shows throughout the country.
Held on the Saturday after Labor Day, it continued until after his
death into the mid-nineties. For the next few years there was no
show on the field, then in 2001 Mr Gaglio reinstated it with good
results for the dealers and customers alike.
The number of visitors to the Cow Pasture was about the same as
last year and Mr Gaglio said dealer participation was also
similar to last year's show.
Attracting many dealers from the nearby vicinity and some from
throughout New York and New England, the show has a faithful
following of customers. Buyers come from the Central Berkshires
and from as far as New York City to acquire new additions to
their collections and to refurnish their homes.
The Dahlfreds from Londonderry, N.H., have been trading as
Manchester Antiques at shows around the country for many years.
Recently they opened a shop in York, Maine, but they still enjoy
the activity of the shows. Their collection included very early
American-made chairs, ladder backs with sausage turned legs, and
also a pair of Queen Anne chairs.
Marilyn Salant, Scarsdale, N.Y.
More chairs were in Paula Patterson's exhibit; a set of six
painted and decorated, Pennsylvania-made, fiddle back, plank seat
chairs were offered for $895. She and her husband Dick sold a large
hanging hutch that was tagged at $1,400.
Some architectural pieces sold for Bonnie and Dave Ferriss of
Lake Luzerne, N.Y., including a mantel and a pair of very large
half circle Palladian windows. Trade Winds Antiques from
Forestville, Conn., offered an English server, late Victorian
style in walnut with a dark marble top and decorative backsplash,
for $550. Field and Stream Antiques, Mansfield, Conn., was
offering a restored outboard motor for a small boat and a cigar
store Indian among other items, mostly with a sporting motif.
A highly skilled grandfather made the dollhouse offer by Atwater,
Ohio, dealer Gary Promey. The entry for the little hands to
arrange the furniture was at the back of the roof rather than
with a more common open back.
Robert Gifford, Huntington, N.Y.
Newburgh, N.Y., dealers Karen and Dan Olson brought a large
collection of American country furniture that seemed to keep them
busy with the visitors. A pen and ink rendering of a house was
offered by Jan and John Maggs, Conway, Mass. Jan commented that it
had been hanging in their home for many years but was now for sale
at $650. She added, "It is believed to be of a house in Deerfield
[Mass.], which has been modified from what is in the picture."
The Holdens, Naples, Fla., can be found at most of the major
shows from Maine to Texas shopping for fresh acquisitions to
their collections and inventory. They are especially fond of
American folk art and were exhibiting at the Cow Pasture. Among
their offerings were trade symbols for a locksmith and a barber
along with some early furniture and small antique accessories.
The Brewster Shop from Cape Cod was selling funky painted
furniture and a wide variety of accessories. Kim Kassner, the
proprietor, moved her shop from Old Kings Highway to her home and
is now doing more shows. Here she did "very well"
Steve Smoot, Lancaster, Penn., was offering a dome top chest,
small and probably a bride's box. Platypus Antiques, Dix Hills,
N.Y., was offering a blue collection; Marilyn Salant, Scarsdale,
N.Y., had a charming ensemble including candlestand, a sausage
turned post arm chair and even the brass candleholders. Another
New Yorker, Bob Gifford, centered a multicolored dry sink with a
variety of stoneware in his exhibit.
Look for all of them to return next year, for as a Baltimore
dealer said, "The show is too much fun to miss."
