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| Jessica Rabbit is sexier than Monty Hall - remember him? |
When: September 3 - 8, 2013 (also in May and July of every year)
Begun: 1959
Visitors: approximately 130,000
Dealers: about 6,000 leasing space in 23 fields from show "promoters"
Where: Route 20,
Brimfield, Massachusetts, about 1 hour west of Boston
What we saw: flow-blue china, Wedgwood, Bakelite jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, antique silver tea sets, pie safes, an Enigma de-coding machine, old lamps, hooked rugs, ticking fabric, barkcloth drapes, a Moby Dick weathervane sold for $4,000, comic books, Pyrex bakeware, old quilts, modern furniture, Purvis Young paintings, beer steins, old skateboards, truly odd candlesticks, hand-painted farm cupboards, hand-painted china plates, hand-painted ties, hand-painted doorstops, paintings, prints, posters, antique buttons, antique dolls, old garden furniture, old garden ornaments and fountains, Oriental ceramics, Oriental rugs, old bicycles, old birdcages, old vinyl records, old clothes.
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| A toy car goes to a new home. |
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| No shortage of cat-themed tchotchkes and ornaments. |
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| Enamel steins. |
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| Dancing rabbits, old plaids, needlepoint chairs. |
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| Food break - not for those on a diet! |
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| A man and his doorstops. |
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| Bone and ivory Asian carvings. |
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| In case you are separated from your group, have a "meet-up" plan. |
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| My Dad gave away my Batman comics when I wasn't looking - aargh! |
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| The successful bargain-hunter comes prepared - hat, sturdy footwear and wagon. |
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| Finally, remember to put the car in drive, not reverse. |
