Wonderful weekend at the Northern Illinois Antique Dealer Association antique sale near Rockford at the Forrest Hills Lodge. Like the old days.
By that I mean--the gangbuster selling shows are fewer and farther between over the past years. More shows, longer hours and usually less sales. Except this weekend.
The crowds were fabulous. They came and they came--and there was very little let up on Saturday. The show is about 40 dealers--and is a terrific show. Not pretentious. Most of the dealers are good folks --who are out to have a good weekend--not create that faux snob nonsense that you can find in a few shows these days.
And they bought. The show is heavy on the country primitive--but we did not sell a single piece of that. We sold items all over the place--paintings-stoneware-lighting-garden-architectural--books--a wide selection.
At the risk of crowing--we are happy--and now setting our sights on this as a harbinger of a good show season.
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