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The Champlain Valley Antique Expo

Friday-Sunday October 16-18

10:00 am -5:00 pm 

Champlain Valley Fairgrounds

Essex, Vt.

The older I get the more I care about "Local." I want to buy local whenever I can, preferably from a small business, farmers market, or kid on the side of the road selling lemonade. I also deeply enjoy selling "Local." In an age where antiques and collectibles can be shipped and sold all over the world with a click of a mouse it brings me great joy knowing a painting or piece of furniture I sold is adorning a wall in a house I drive by every now and then, bringing the owners happiness. Don't get me wrong, I know that can't always happen and Vermont is a pretty small state, but when it can I feel like we all should take advantage of it and squeeze whatever we can out of these Green Mountains. This brings us the the Champlain Valley Antique Expo in Essex, roughly 2.5 miles from our home.

I remember doing versions of the Expo Antiques Show in the late 1970's with my mom. There were two buildings of vendors then, and I recall it smelling vaguely of spiced warm apple cider. And the old-time dealers....so many grand characters. Ironically I was set up at the show 17 years ago when I received the phone call my mom had passed, and I will always be grateful for the kindness the other dealers and Fairgrounds staff showed me that morning. 

I think it is because of these memories, gratitude, and appreciation of "local" that we do the show every fall. Its a tradition for my family in a way. We will see old friends, have a chance to tell stories, laugh, eat well, and shop not just the antique show but the local craft vendors as well. 

As is normally the case, we tucked away a couple of pretty good things for the past few months to bring to the show. Its funny, I always feel like we don't have much set aside until we actually pull it out of storage and begin to photograph it and pack it up. In this case there was definitely more than I recalled, and much of it is pictured below. 

The show runs from 10:00 - 5:00 Friday and Saturday, and 10-4:00 on Sunday. There is an admission fee but I have no idea how much it is, but it includes the antique show and craft show. We will be in our normal spot and hope to see you there!