You buy it, you haul it. A man carries his recent purchase, an antique globe, down the street.

Review And Photos By Greg Smith

BRIMFIELD, MASS. — It was a hot and sunny week at the antiques shows that make up Brimfield Week for the event’s second installment of 2016. Attendees donned all sorts of sun protection ranging from SPF 100 sunscreen and umbrellas to sombreros and copies of the Antiques and The Arts Weekly, which seemed to work in a pinch.

A showgoer browses through a table of antiques as she cools off with an ice cream cone.

“It’s a quieter show, but my dealers were happy and they sold well,” said Martha May from May’s Antique Market. “Everyone did well who came and the folks who are new in July are coming back in September.”

Although the July session is known as the slower of the three editions, the week of shows still draws more attendance than most other single antiques shows in New England throughout the year. The dealers seemed well rested and relaxed as they wandered about the fields looking for buys, leaving their booths behind for brief moments without too much worry.

“I love this place,” said Fred Parks of Fred T. Parks, Art and Objects, Monkton, N.J., who sets up at May’s every session. Among a good mix of ceramics and glass, the Twentieth Century decorative arts dealer displayed an Angelo Lelli easel that he said sold “easily,” with the pun intended, of course. “It’s more relaxed in July, it’s great,” said Parks.

Buyers came steadily Tuesday through Sunday, even as a drizzle sprinkled the fields on Wednesday and thunderstorms threatened throughout the week.

“The crowds were pretty good,” said Jacob Mathieu of J&J Productions, “The people that were here seemed to sell product, so you can’t find that all bad, though the heat was intense.”

The final installment of Brimfield for 2016 will take place September 6–11.

For additional information, www.brimfieldshow.com.