Date: Fri 09-Jul-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: CAROLL

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Lang-Bagdade

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"They Came To Buy" At Lang's Delafield Antiques Show In Wisconsin On June 11

To 13

(with 28 cuts)

By Susan and Al Bagdade

DELAFIELD, WIS. -- When Lang's Delafield Antiques Show opened its doors for

business at 5 pm on Friday, June 11, eager antiquers were lined up around the

building despite tremendous heat and intense thunderstorms. Show manager Ron

Christman said that "stuff was going out the door as soon as the show opened.

One couple filled two vehicles." There was also a lot of dealer buying on the

floor from exhibitors as well as antiques dealers visiting the show.

More than 75 dealers set up on the two floors of the Lang Complex from June 11

to 13. Most dealers were exceptionally pleased with their sales at this busy

show. Antiquers started buying right away on Friday. There was not a lot of

measuring and contemplating. If they saw something they liked, it was

purchased and taken home immediately.

By the time we came to the show on Saturday, Marilyn Simmons Antiques from

Wayzata, Minn., had sold almost all her furniture. Marilyn said, "it was one

of her best shows at Delafield. There is a real growing market here." Sales

included a hutch table, ladder back armchair, a blue blanket chest and almost

everything else she brought. Sure to sell before the end of the show was a

mid-Nineteenth Century five arm tin chandelier tagged $2,400, a Nineteenth

Century red painted mortised bucket bench tagged $3,750, and a Pennsylvania

red painted ball foot blanket chest for $1,275.

Another Minnesota dealer, Richard W. Larson from Maple Plain, sold a pair of

pierced tin shutters from a built-in pie safe in old paint with wonderful

decorations at the beginning of the show. Additionally, he sold a lot of good

smalls, a Vermont decorated chest of drawers, and a very visual blue door from

the eastern shore of Delaware with a hand forged latch. Richard also noted a

real resurgence of interest in yellowware at this show.

Rolander's Antiques from Rockford, Ill., reported that they are changing their

focus from English antiques to Scandinavian pieces since they are both from

Scandinavian backgrounds. Early sales included a cupboard, two chests, a

hanging cupboard plus a lot of Scandinavian smalls.

Sanctuary Antique Centre from Marion, Iowa, sold a wonderful salesman's sample

wooden pump with nice decoration very early in the show as well as a blue

painted open cupboard, and a fantastic folk art circa 1880 rocking horse in

original paint and great form. Thomas Rauson reported excellent sales as well

as great attendance and interest in Delafield.

From Madison, Wis., Gordon and Marjorie Davenport, Inc, reported a lot of

interest in their full bodied copper running horse weathervane with zinc ears

and rare copper directionals made circa 1880 by Harris and Company of Boston,

their Connecticut circa 1780 Chippendale maple chest-on-chest, and their circa

1780-90 Connecticut Chippendale cherry slant top desk with the original

brasses.

Judith Anderson of Americana Ltd of Chicago reported selling a lot of blue and

white transfer printed Staffordshire pieces which had been selling slowly

before this show. A lot of other fine smalls also went to new homes, and she

was very pleased with the show results.

Stephen Reid Antiques from Dekalb, Ill., told us "people came to buy. There

was a good opening crowd and steady attendance through the rest of the show."

Early sales included a Chippendale tall chest in cherry, a cherry child's

chest, a Sandwich glass overlay lamp and lots of other smalls.

Fiske and Freeman from Belmont, Vt., sold a good tall chest of drawers,

several stands and a number of good smalls. They were expecting other pieces

to go to new homes later in the show.

From Arcanum, Ohio, Colonial Antiques was having an excellent outing in

Delafield. Sales included a Dunlop highboy, tons of pewter, a Windsor chair, a

tavern table, and a trunk/blanket chest. Still available was a wonderful

Albany, N.Y., circa 1740-60 tavern cupboard in old paint finish of brown on

exterior and dark blue/green interior and original wooden pulls tagged

$17,250.

Dee Wilhelm Antiques from Grand Blanc, Mich., told us that she could have sold

her wonderful fish decoy weathervane three or four times on opening night. A

root head merganser decoy also sold.

Other exhibitors who felt that people really came to buy were Harold

Cole/Autumn Pond from Woodbury, Conn. Early sales included nine fantastic

gargoyle heads with provenance, a highboy, two weathervanes, a wooden carving,

a lot of delft ware, and pewter. Norma Chick of Autumn Pond related that "this

is a really strong show. We had a wonderful Friday night and the very

knowledgeable crowd came to buy. The line went around the building when the

show opened."

Clocksmith John D. Heiden from Barrington, Ill., repeated the same sentiment.

"People came to buy." John sold a banjo clock, two kitchen clocks and a blue

delft porcelain clock by Saturday.

Worden Antiques and Art from Burr Oak, Mich., had to completely rehang her

booth by Saturday after selling a lot of garden items and good folk art

pieces.

Yellowware specialists Barry and Lisa McAllister, Inc, from Clearspring, Md.,

were doing well with their yellowware as well as selling a rooster weathervane

and a grain painted server.

Cherrywood Antiques from Madison, Wis., sold a white wicker rocker, a lot of

smalls, and some tables. Still available was a circa 1860s cherry 12 pane

corner cupboard with paneled doors from southern Indiana tagged $6,650. This

exhibitor also reported a lot of sales of Swedish textiles in the form of wall

hangings, table runners, and pillows.

Lots of "sold" tags were on the furniture at Calico Cat Antiques from nearby

Milwaukee. Going to new homes were a two door wardrobe, a chest of drawers,

and a chimney cupboard.

Halsey Munson Americana from Decatur, Ill., had a good pre-show and also sold

Pennsylvania lighting. The only pair of Nathaniel Dominy armchairs from his

workshop in Southampton, N.Y., that are in private hands and dated circa

1790-1800 was available for $11,500.

Van Deest Antiques and Uncommon Objects from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, always has an

eclectic look to its exhibit. Their sales included lots of tramp art, game

boards, and good, unusual pieces of Bakelite jewelry.

From Janesville, Wis., Lee Foster's City Hall Antiques sold his workbench, a

china cabinet, chairs, a chest of drawers, and some other furniture.

Old toys and banks are the specialty of Bill Shepardson from Hermann, Mo. Most

of the collectors were at the still bank convention in Philadelphia, but Bill

still had a good show in Delafield.

Glendale, Wis., dealer XXXVIII Antiques reported having a good first night. He

sold a ceiling medallion from an Iowa lodge hall, an Appalachian rocker,

several paintings, and a number of decorative smalls.

The next Lang's Delafield Antique Show will be held in November.