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THE
MAY 2011
BRIMFIELD
ANTIQUES FAIR
By Carlton
Hendricks
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photo pages |
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1000
BRIMFIELD PHOTOS
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SPORTS
DISPLAY ANTIQUES FOUND WEDNESDAY
Primary
fields Wednesday
New
England Motel 6:00AM - Heart of the Mart 9:00AM - Hertan's
12Noon
Best
piece of the day but wasn't for sale - dealer bought it
there
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SUM
TOTAL OF BEST THINGS FOUND
10
HOURS SEARCHING WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY
And
then came Thursday....the only major field opening Thursday was
May's. After the first two days of finding
practically nothing, I caught on. When the May's field opened, which is known as the best field of the show, the one
everyone is waiting for...I employed the "fast run first
comb" system and found  two
great pieces...A 1930's
Bill Tilden tennis match poster at Boston Garden...and a 1940's
exhibition poster for world champion pool player Willie Mosconi. I
don't recall ever seeing a 1930's tennis match poster, much less
one for Tilden, considered one the greatest tennis players of all
time. And the Mosconi poster....same thing...never seen it...
FRIDAY
Finding the Tilden and Mosconi
on Thursday was a great shot in the arm. Even though I
zeroed out the rest of the day I was finally seeing some fruit to
my labor. The next day Friday was my last day at Brimfield. The big
field
for Friday was J&J at 8:00AM and I was there in line a half
hour before opening. I cracked the code the day before at May's
and I was ready with the same approach....run don't walk...figuratively...sort
of. Actually I did sprint when possible that first comb...The show
like a lot of what I 'd
seen over the whole week was less than spectacular.  In
the back right corner of the field I came across an unusual coat
and hat rack with a golf theme....and an interesting little
wrestling broadside / handbill...both kind of cool but nothing to
make me part with money....and I kept jamming thru it...not seeing
much interesting ...and then...I hit on something....A guy had two
c1920ish tri-fold style standup window display signs made of thick
cardstock...one was for a kidney plaster product of some
kind...the left side panel showed a young couple looking out over
the ocean from a beach with a three dimensional umbrella that
extends over the couple...I guess ocean I see waves...the other
side showed boxes of the product stacked with the right edge die cut...THEN..in
the center was a large illustration of a bicycle
rider with a red patch on the kidney area of his back.....never
seen it before and it was the best advertising sign I saw the
entire week, which isn't really saying a lot since I didn't see much good
advertising...$550.00 I think the guy was asking...I nailed it for
$420.00 after the arm wrestling. The dealer said he'd just gotten
it out of an old store in Gloversville N.Y. I don't hear of store
finds much anymore the way you did twenty years ago.
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c1920
26" Tall
DIE CUT
TRIFOLD DISPLAY SIGN
Red
Cross Kidney Plaster
by
Johnson and Johnson
Found
Friday in J&J Field
click
photos
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Photographed
in dealers
tent
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Later
that day I found a chromo litho trade card with high wheelers illustrated...it was extra big for a trade card, like 9"
tall...nailed it for $120.00...and that was it for Brimfield...I
left a couple hours later. As mentioned earlier it's not unusual
to get rain during the spring show, but other than a few sprinkles
once or twice, I never got rained
on. Overall the weather was a little on the cool side but
Thursday was warm enough I wore shorts.
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