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Brimfield started today and runs threw Sunday. The first few pictures are from a field out of town that is filled from Wednesday threw Monday. Many of the vendors move down the road to Brimfield at some point in the week. Check back during the week as I will be posting more pictures.
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I have seen at least a hundred of these pop corn signs over the years and even owned a few. This is the first time I have seen the signs on a machine.
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Yep you can have a lobster for breakfast if you want. It's New England. It has been uneasily hot for his time of the year the past few days.
The next picture is of a good buddy of mine and his booth. He always finds great stuff. He is the guy in the chair smiling before going to the bank, not the one with the burger.
Just while sitting talking with my buddy we had several very strange people come by. I told him they are attracted to me and I don't know why ?
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You see all kinds of strange things at Brimfield. Look at this hoard of people going at a few bens of clothing ? Looked dangerous to me. Potential for a cat fight !
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There is more trouble off to the left with a shifty look in his I. Really a great guy, always brings fantastic items to every shows he sets up at.
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A few other friends from NH. were just closing the deal on this Delco battery display rack.
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I loved the Catsup sign. Here is a threw the leg shot at Golf.
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Well we will see what tomorrow will bring. I gave out about 3 today, been up since 5:30.
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Few pictures of the vendors lined up to get in the fields for the two shows today on the west side of town. Backed up for about a mile at 6:30 this morning.
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Man,this is my kind of show!Thanks for posting great pics!
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Henry ranging a bit further than usual. Nice looking show even if the customers and sellers are "unusual" Fred
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Thanks for posting the photos!
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Good oil cans don't wait for people, people wait for them.
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Great pics. Wish I could be there!
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I lived in Ma. for fifteen years and went to Brimfield for an hour in all that time. Now I drive 700 miles for it. One of my older sisters use to set up there, way back. Her and I are going to hook up later tonight and walk around tomorrow.
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WOW!!!! Thanks for the pics
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Rare pumps, Chevrolet items, Goldon Tip Gasoline, Marathon (running man) Cell # 1-502-396-3435 email lowright@aol.com
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I have to get me one of these some day!! Great pics!! Thanks for sharing!!
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killer Thanks for the pics henry
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Slim Pickens today. Three new fields opened today. I made it threw two of them. Well a few more pictures.
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Hung out with Big Boy again today. I like just sitting and watching the people go by. It is amazing how many you recognize year after year.
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The first picture is of what the fat lady does with non paying customers. I swore I saw the guy with the long beard walking around yesterday?
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Another one of those signs to watch out for. Someone really distressed this Buffalo sign to trick someone.
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There seemed to be lots of body parts around the show today. Heads, dismantled Barbie's, and skeletons, baby dolls.
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Quite often I see things I use to own at shows. The Royal Crown sign I drove by, I owned for about twelve hours.
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Here are the two sizes of the cast iron repro Michelin Man.
Like every show now a days there are lots of repos around.
Well that's it for today. See what tomorrow will bring. I know there is a beer tasting in the evening at the Yankee Spirits liquor store in Sturbridge.
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Great photo's and a nice assortment of signs and ect.
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Again not much today. But here we go.
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I have always liked early Ma. plates. Cobalt blue and white. They also are white and cobalt.
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thanks for taking your time of taking & posting pictures ...
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The May's show opened at 9 am. today. Brimfield is strange. People will line up for hours before the show starts just so they can rush in first. I was there early for the good parking spot but then I went and visited a friend in a different field , bought a few things. Went back to the van unloaded, picked up a few coffees and went to see another friend in another field. Bought a few things along the way. Sat and socialized awhile then, back to the van to drop off stuff I had bought, then into the show. All by 9:30 and at 10am I was eating breakfast with my sister and her boyfriend after checking out a few rows in the field. Why people would stand in line rather then go shopping , I don't understand. Are they not there to shop?
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I dropped off a few promotional cards for the Check The Oil show coming up in about a month.
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This show at the start is like walking into a bee hive. That is why I take my time and have breakfast. I have a hard time with big crowds wanting to trample you to get to something first. If there is something there for you , you will find it.
After awhile I got tired and sat to rest. While I sat I had a conversation with a nice lady and she told me she had a gas pump she might sell. I got her # and said I would call her next week. You never know when the next find will come.
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Always have to have the fakes floating around.
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Here are a few signs at a shop down the road.
Well that's all for today. In the morning I will check out the J&J show for a few hours then I need to head on up the road. There is a big auction on Saturday in NH. that I want to check out.
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Wow! Thank you for all of the pictures!
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Henry great pics and funny commentary makes your posts an interesting read. Looking forward to tomorrows installment.
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Thanks for the great pics! This show looks huge! Would love to see an aerial shot of the whole place.
Buying signs at these shows is so hard for a guy like me. Take that Socony Motor Oils sign, I would have no idea if that is fake or not. No matter how bad I wanted it, I couldn't buy it.
Something strange about that mannequin, is it a life size Bruce Jenner transitional doll?
Steve Coppens Always interested in Sunoco items! Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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That was a nice clean Socony sign. I asked even throw I have one already. I think he said 8 which was too high for a common sign. The only way to know if a sign is real is to educate yourself. Read everything , go to all the shows, look at everything and talk with people. Not long and you will be able to spot most of the fakes from across the field. Some are much harder but there are differences. I bought a sign the other day and the more I think about it I believe it is a repo. I will know for sure when I get home and compare. Education is not cheap.
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Thanks for being our man on the street.
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great pics!! looks like a great show are the Hudson oil bottles on this page fake? I often see them and like the looks of them, but not sure if real or not?
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: MICHIGAN Thanks for the great pics! This show looks huge!
Something strange about that mannequin, is it a life size Bruce Jenner transitional doll? Steve loved the comment. LOL
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Thanks again for all the pics, my lord I hope Kevin doesn't see that mannequin. LOL
Thanks, Phil _________________________________________________ Looking for any old pumps, or nice 5 gallon cans.
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Well I only went to one show today and then took off. I wanted to go to an auction viewing for tomorrow. I did find a broken mount for a shoe box globe and a few other pump parts. What pump does it go on ?
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Someone going home full and happy.
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Someone going home full and happy. Must live nearby...what's holding all that stuff in place?
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A good friend of mine has these great wheels off a gas or oil cart. I will be listing them under the for sale section in awhile. I can deliver them to John's show June 6 in NY. or Columbus, June 24 if a deal is struck with the owner in the next few days.
I left Brimfield about 10:30 this morning. The line of cars going into town was several miles.
I always like catching pictures of over sized loads.
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I stopped at a friends shop a few miles out of town. He was hoping I would buy his three Bowser oil tanks with pumps. I wished him good luck on finding someone to give them too. I did buy his Piggly Wiggly floor mat. He still has his neon flower sign for sale. Well that is the end of Brimfield for me this year. There are two more shows. One in July and then in Sept. Of course I could not drive by Kimball Farms without stopping and getting an ice cream.
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Thanks for the pictures Henry.
Scott Shipers WANTED: quart picture cans
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Man great pictures again. How in the world can I get there and then bring it back. This is a need to get to show for sure for the west coast guys. A little of everything for sure. Again thanks For the pictures.
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Love to know who had the Buffalo Gasoline sign
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My wife and I traveled to Brimfield more then a dozen times. Its A LOT of walking, probably like I've heard about Hershey. The show starts on a Tuesday on a very narrow country road that was originally all farms but they make enough money renting to vendors and parking fees 3 times a year (May, July & September)that they no longer farm. The fields open up over a four day period and some close after their one day event. By Friday there is a one mile, both sides of the road, mass of vendors and buyers. This is by FAR the most gas and oil signs that I've ever seen there. It's usually very hard to find something before someone has already bought it. Anyway, it's worth doing at least once in your life and I understand that July can be VERY hot.
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That was a fake Buffalo sign made in the 1980's like all the others of that size.
Missed seeing you there this year Ray.
Really there is very little gas and oil stuff for a show this size. It just seems like a lot because the pictures are catered to this sight. It is a general antique show but it is amazing some of the things that will show up.
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I wondered about that, thanks
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