Making it a day of shopping yesterday, Scranton had already purchased crystal doorknobs, vintage bottles, a cider press and dolls by mid-afternoon and was still looking for more. Frozen yogurt sales, especially the low-fat Cherry Garcia variety, were brisk at the Ben and Jerry's booth, said manager Eric Szotka. The booth has been open for 11 years in the same spot and enjoys tremendous success at every show, Szotka said. It's a steady crowd. This is like having a shop in a tourist town.
People are here from all over the country.
Dealer Henry Fairbanks, of Townsend, made a dozen sales by mid-afternoon. Among the items Fairbanks had sold were seven pairs of window shutters dated to 1820, picture frames and a Sun Rubber Co. doll from the 1930s. You get cleaned out the first day. Dealers reported customers from all over the world, as usual. With the sales of antiques on the Internet and shows like Brimfield popping up everywhere, serious antique shoppers still flock here, dealers agreed.