New Hampshire Antiques

Wow! What an amazing week in Manchester! The 59th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show was full of treasures and enthusiasm. We are thrilled to be a part of New Hampshire Antiques Week and so fortunate to have had a good show!  

Thank you to our wonderful customers and friends for a fun and successful week! 

1 Minute Before Showtime! 

Folk Art Landscape  

Graphic Game Board

Dome Top Trunk

Tiny House Painting

Civil War Violin  

Spectacles  

Darling Dog Portrait

Cupcake fuel supplied by Queen City Cupcakes

Special Visitor  

Good friends and good food

Brimfield..... it's a family affair

July Brimfield has come and gone - fast and furious as usual!  It is always a different story at Brimfield - sales are up or down, shopping is great or sparse, the weather is hot or wet or cold. But this time was very special for us.... we brought our daughters for the first time since they were in strollers. They each had their own merchandise to sell and were responsible for packing it, setting it up and selling it.

The girls are 13 and 11 now and have grown up with the constant revolving decor of an antiques family. Always something new in the house to look at, but don't get too attached... it could be gone tomorrow. With kids, you are never sure how much about the family business is being absorbed, but hearing them negotiate prices, make deals and watching them drink fresh lemonade, play cards and display their treasures we are fairly certain they have caught the Brimfield bug. (Speaking of bugs... a huge hatching of gypsy moths made for another interesting show.)

Brimfield Girls

Steenburgh Auctions

June Auctions, What a Month!

Steenburgh Auction at the Costello Farm, Bath, New Hampshire

We had a wild month of auctions in June! You have to love the business to enjoy so much work  - from organizing merchandise, setting up tents, fielding phone-calls and conducting the sales - a successful auction is a satisfying accomplishment.

The Steenburgh family has been holding sales - both on-site estate auctions and off-site antiques sales for over 30 years and the fun continues....

Here are some photos of the crew and from the auctions this past spring in New Hampshire and Vermont.