A country auction, to paraphrase Forest Gump, is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get at a country auction, even if you study the catalogue online. What pried me out of the house on a sunny Saturday morning was the prospect of some 80 cast iron American doorstops coming up in a sale nearby. And while I have limited my collection of flower doorstops … [Read more...]
Country Living Fair
Antiques and collectible were only part of the 3-day Country Living Fair experience. Country Living Magazine held the first of their three annual fairs this weekend at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. By 11 a.m. on Saturday morning it was nearly impossible to move through the dozen or so barns housing the 200 vendors. Fans quickly filled up the parking … [Read more...]