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Lodging at the Okemo Ski Resort was just steps away from the show. Note the dealer van.
Greg Kramer of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, showed these 16 charming German candy containers
that look like gingerbread clowns for $1450.
Greg Kramer also featured an enormous $5950 rifle trade sign in his booth.
Ludlow, Vermont
Vermont Antiques Week: The Okemo Antiques Show
by Fran Kramer
September 30 was the opening for the 23rd annual Okemo Antiques Show in
Ludlow, Vermont, about ten miles north of Weston. It has been held at the
Okemo Mountain ski resort for many years. This year the show saw new
managers: Steven Sherhag of Canfield, Ohio, who manages the long-running
Hudson, Ohio, show, and Kris Johnson of Adamstown, Pennsylvania.
About a year ago at one of the New Hampshire shows, Pat and Don Clegg of East
Berlin, Pennsylvania, who ran Okemo for 19 years, asked Johnson if he would like
to buy their show; he in turn asked Sherhag
to join him, and a new partnership was born.
Sherhag had exhibited at one of the Vermont
AntiquesWeek shows and was familiar with the
buyers and sellers. The Cleggs had developed a
very loyal dealer following, and many of those
same dealers were still exhibiting.
Flavored by a strong Pennsylvania
contingent, plus dealers from New York, New
England, the Midwest, and even one from
Florida, the two-day show’s preview also
included lots of fancy canapes and a cake—a
thank-you to the Cleggs, who came to the show. Twenty-nine dealers offered
excellent buying opportunities and extremely colorful booths. There was indeed
selling in this show and in every other show, but the elephant in all the antiques
exhibit rooms was politics and the election. There was no way to ignore it, but
seasoned dealers at all the shows gave it their best. Sherhag said he got many
positive comments from patrons, and he already has three new spots filled for next
year, as they will expand the selling space.
For more information, contact Kris Johnson at (610) 207-9505 or
r Steven Sherhag at (330) 207-2196 or
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Twenty-nine
dealers offered
excellent buying
opportunities
and extremely
colorful booths.
Grain-painted stepback cupboard, $2795, filled with 11 apothecary jars, $1650, all
from Jane Wargo of Wallingford, Connecticut.
Fresh eggs, anyone? The farmer sign was $2200; the train vane
was $1850; the standing
teddy bear, $4800, all from
Jewett-Berdan Antiques,
Newcastle, Maine.
Kramer had a
second booth
with a garden
fountain
cupid made
of granite,
$2950, and a
Rockingham
teapot, $495.