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Maine Antique Digest, April 2015 5-B
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A metal floor mat—used here as a wall
decoration—that’s sure to get your boots
clean. It’s 24" x 16" and priced at $79.
A shoe-foot drying rack in old
reddish brown is $219. Johnson
has a similar one in old blue-
green for the same price.
A nicely formed wooden scoop, $55.
A hand-stitched hide pouch meant to go on a
belt, $75. It’s 3" x 4¼". Anything that looks as
if it might have been used by an outdoorsman
is popular. “I’m doing a lot of trapper stuff,”
Johnson said.
Millstones. “I sell a lot of these,” Johnson said.
“People put them in their gardens. They run
between $49 and $89.
Some grain sacks. “We always have grain sacks,
the more beat-up the better. I love the ones with
patches,” Johnson said. These are priced at $30 to
$39 each.
A single-leaf farm table in old red, $875. Johnson noted that it’s “full
height. A farm table you can actually eat at, they’re not easy to find.”
How do you sell a bowl full of clay
pipe fragments? A piece at a time.
Johnson said she sells lots of them at
$10 each.
A triangular file with a corncob make-do
handle, $19.
A little stool in green paint with big square nails, $95.
Old books. “Leather books are one of
my best sellers. I always have a sup-
ply,” Johnson said. Are buyers inter-
ested in the contents? “They don’t
care,” she said. These are priced at
$35 to $65 apiece.
Two hornbeams. The one on the left is 40"
tall, $389, and Johnson thinks it’s European.
The 25" one on the right is $489.
Child’s wagon, $145. The stoneware inside ranges from $30 to $115,
which is the price for the crock with the blue flower decoration.
Pie safe in old green with screen door, $495.
A partial view of Johnson’s shop.