Brimfield Antique Fair: The Collectors

Taking a look at the thrice-annual phenomenon of the Brimfield Antique Show in Western Massachusetts, this video focuses on the people who travel there from all over the world to collect everything from milk bottle caps to taxidermy peacocks. We talked to jewelry designer Phillip Crangi, prop master Kenyan Lewis, and others who were all in some way or another—like the married couple who bought a Viagra clock—looking for "conversation pieces." To see the other side of the story, the dealers who also travel from far and wide to sell at the show, watch our other video, The Dealers.

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Travel & Events

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• antiques
• events
• places
• people
• collectors

[LiliumNightShade]

Rusty buckets, really, ....really, you travel and run around and search though millions of things to find rusty buckets. Here i've been bringing one of a kind antiques and hard to find great stuff and you tell us all you want rusty buckets... really. But I caught on and sold over $1100. worth of rusty metal baskets right out of a barn with shi..t still in them...Really!!!

[NaTeiiSBeaST]

TOMMMMMM

[lillegirl]

The Japanese ( @2:14 ) roughly translated:

三十、もしこ三十年代ごらいのスニーカーです。こちわダッチボイ­ペイントの看板です。

This is a 30 year old sneaker. This is a Dutch Boy paint signboard.

[anightoffashions]

Great video, thanks for sharing!! Flea markets are so exciting and full of unbelievable treasures, I would someday LOVE to visit the Brimfield Antique Fair...

~K