: - "The show went well, many of the dealers told me they had good
shows, but the gate was not a strong as last year," said Frank
Gaglio, show manager. He also mentioned that the number of early
buyers about doubled this year.
Dealers were let onto the field starting at 6 am, and by 7:30 all
104 exhibitors were in place are ready to go. At this show
dealers can only remove tables and tents from their vehicles
prior to the 8 am start, at which time unpacking begins as the
early buyers invade the field. Many things quickly passed hands
as boxes were unloaded and furniture was pulled from trucks and
vans.
In the process of moving the dealers onto the field, Cynthia
Saniewski, Frank's executive assistant, tripped, broke a leg, and
left in an ambulance. She will spend the next two weeks with her
leg up and has already asked for some paperwork to do to pass the
time.
It was like alumni day for Northeast auctioneer Ron Bourgeault
who put on a "dealer's hat" for the day and exhibited in
Salisbury for the first in time many years. He brought in two
boxes of things, about 40 objects, and was sold out by 1 pm. He
found being a dealer more exhausting than being an auctioneer,
and gave in to a nap, complete with snoring.
For the most part dealers brought country pieces of furniture and
related accessories, lots of painted objects and a smattering of
folk art. And with fall close at hand, about five pairs of
andirons left the field. Candlesticks were popular, a number of
weathervanes sold and furniture ranging in size from chests of
drawers to small stools found buyers.
So what does a show manager do after the show is underway? "Lots
of things," says Frank Gaglio, who is pictured here on the right
end of a chest and heading for a customer's car in the parking
lot.
