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38-E Maine Antique Digest, December 2016
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The antiques show was
held inside the base lodge.
Bondville, Vermont
Vermont Antiques Week:
Antiques at Stratton Mountain
by Fran Kramer
Opening on October 1 for a two-day run was
Antiques at Stratton Mountain, the heir
to the long-running Bromley Mountain
Antiques Show. Stratton is a showy resort with
European-style architecture for its lodging. The
antiques show was held inside the base lodge,
under the direction of dealer Greg Hamilton, who
bought the show from Mary Fraser in 2014. She
and her husband, Bob, who were married for 62
years, began their Vermont Antiques Week show
in Wallingford, then moved it to Bromley when
Wallingford was no longer available several
decades ago. Hamilton moved the show this year
from Magic Mountain, formerly Bromley, to
Stratton because of a change in ownership at the
resort.
Most Vermont dealers know each other, and
Greg Hamilton, president of the Vermont Antiques
Dealers’ Association for the past ten years, may
know them best of all. He told M.A.D. after the
show that Stratton had about 500 patrons. He felt
it was a nice show and said that for next year he
would work out a few lighting issues. Bright and
sunny is one thing; cloudy and drizzly is another.
There were 35 dealers set up on the same level,
accessible by stairs or an elevator. Lighting was a
little uneven on the cloudymorning, but floodlights
and spotlights were on. A nice touch to the show
program was a list of all the Vermont shows that
week, including days, hours, and admission costs.
The preview was $15, and regular admission was
$10 on Saturday and $5 on Sunday.
There was an excellent breakfast featuring
scrambled eggs with chives—we had to take
seconds they were so good—plus bagels, muffins,
coffee, tea, and juice, which complemented the
preview.
For more information, contact Hamilton at
> or (802) 989-1158. The 1940s red Ferris wheel actually goes round and round and was $950
from Village Braider Antiques, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Huge banner, $675, from Blue Farm Antiques, Franklin, New
York.
Handmade boat in original paint, from
the 1940s, $1650 from Twin Oak Antiques,
Lunenburg, Vermont.
Robert and Janet Sherwood of Cambridge,
New York, came up with the most unusual
pieces, such as this copper and wood
bathtub, late 19th century, for $595, and
the wooden hat molds, priced from $60 to
$245 each, on the rear wall.
The teddy bear, dated 1906, was $595, and the milliner dolls
were $795 (left) and $875. Why were they called that? According
to Mill Brook Antiques, Reading, Vermont, it was to distinguish
them from being children’s playthings. They were not for kids.
Most are English, German, or French.
Preview crowd at Stratton.
This fish painting by Scottish artist William Geddes, 1841-64,
was offered by Heller Washam Antiques, Portland, Maine, for
$6800. It’s inscribed “Bull trout. Caught Feb., 1878.”
Lamb andirons, one
held by Tom Clark
of Francestown, New
Hampshire, who often
works with Village
Braider, were $350.