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VOL. 46, NO. 30 FRIDAY JULY 24, 2015
Ninth Annual June Festival Of Antiques Strong Attendance And Sales Recorded At Popular One-Day Event he Ninth Annual June Festival of Antiques was presented by The Yellow Garage Antiques and held at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds in Mullica Hill, N.J., on June 13. Fair skies and warm weather greeted 66 dealers and just under 1,000 patrons. Dealers arrived at the fairgrounds at 7 a.m. and filled three open air pavilions and the outdoor spaces along the walkway between the buildings. The show opened at 10 a.m., an hour later than in previous years. “The Saturday crowd in Mullica Hill is usually late, so we delayed the start,” said Steve Lipman, who co-promotes the festival with his wife,
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Tracy Dodge. “It definitely worked. There was quite a rush at the opening, and it continued throughout the day. It was one of our best shows to date in terms of sales. The majority of the dealers were pleased,” said Lipman. The Yellow Garage Antiques, who has sponsored the show since its re-birth in 2006, had several of the Main Street shop dealers set up at the show. Richard Worth of Chadds
Ford, Pa., said he had a good show selling several period miniature chests of drawers and a 19th century glass domed cheese keeper. Oley, Pa., dealer Gene Bertolet, another Yellow Garage vendor, stated he bought and sold well. Louise Sleeter of Louise’s Little Ladies of Woodstown, N.J., displayed her dolls and toys. She made several sales in the category and made a few new contacts as well. County dealers Todd Kibler of Country Antiques Two of Mullica Hill and Michael Lauer of Media, Pa., had extensive inventories of decorated stoneware, quilts, furniture and Americana. Lauer made several decoy sales during the show and also had follow-up sales. Sam and Brenda Priem of Time Traveler Antiques, Bridgeton, N.J., said they had their best show to date. Other Yellow Garage dealers included Anthony Puca of Mickleton, N.J.; June Tannenbaum of Mount Laurel, N.J.; Doug and Cindy Robinson of Lower Gwynedd, Pa.; Hugh Allen Luck of Wenonah, N.J.; Jeff and Bobbie Britton of Chadds Ford, Pa.; and Tom and Brenda Boytim of Moorestown, N.J. Dealers from the Eastern Shore of Maryland are always well represented at the June Festival. Easton dealer Don Osburn has done the show every year, and he said this year was his best. Paul Thien and Douglas Warriner of Firehouse Antiques of Galen and Nancy Holleny of Denton were set up with great Americana, textiles and architectural elements. First-timers Nancy Wolf of
Tandem Antiques in Easton had an extensive display of furniture, glass and artwork. Stephan Boyer of Finish Line Collectibles, Campbelltown, Pa., offered a selection of folk art and signs, while Craig White of Wilkes Barre, Pa., had some high quality furniture, stoneware and weathervanes. Among his sales were a rare wooden handled Pennsylvania rye straw basket, blue spongeware, and a larger than life (Continued on page 7)
Show promoters Tracy Dodge and Steve Lipman run the June Festival of Antiques, which was held at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds in Mullica Hill, N.J.
Hewling’s House Antiques, Moorestown, N.J., had a selection of stoneware.
This is a display by Country Antiques Two of Mullica Hill, N.J.
Gene Bertolet of Oley, Pa., offered this large sign, which reads “John T. Sutton Notary Public & Claim Agent.” This was the booth of Michael Lauer of Media, Pa.
Assorted folk art and signs were offered by Finish Line Collectibles of Campbelltown, Pa.
These framed U.S. flags were offered by The English quill boxes were from Donald Chadds Ford, Pa., dealers Richard M. Worth and Bobbi Britton exhibited at the one-day show. Tandem Antiques of Easton, Md. Osburn of Easton, Md.