There is a $35 set-up fee for exhibiting at the sale on Saturday. For additional information or to make reservations for a set-up space or the group dinner, please call Steve or Lorraine German at (860) 653-5733 or send an email to madriverantiques@aol.com.
Stoneware Collectors' Sale and Lecture
The Stoneware Collectors' Group began in the late 1980s with an annual stoneware auction in Vermont. Although the auction eventually ended, the stoneware dealers and collectors continued their periodic get-togethers in Bennington, VT to swap stories as well as stoneware. The result was the Stoneware Collectors' Sale and Lecture, held twice a year, in the spring and fall. The Friday/Saturday event includes a sale on Saturday, which is held rain or shine under large tents on the grounds of The Antique Center at Camelot Village. The hours of the sale are 9:30 am to 3 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to see a wide variety of stoneware, including some rare and one-of-a-kind examples.
A few years ago, the group partnered with the Bennington Museum to include a pottery-related lecture, which takes place at 4 pm on Friday at the Bennington Museum. Past topics have included 'New Research on Bennington's Potters' , 'Patriotic Designs on American Stoneware' and 'A History of the Cushman Pottery of Albany, NY'. The lecture is included with the $10 admission to the Bennington Museum and those who would like to browse through the museum collections prior to the lecture may do so.
The Spring 2012 session will take place on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5. The guest speaker at the lecture will be Lewis Scranton, a well-known figure in the antiques community and an authority on the topic of his talk, 'New England Redware'. A group dinner will follow immediately after the lecture at the Mt. Anthony Country Club in Bennington.
The Fall 2012 session will take place on Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22. The topic of the lecture will be the Bennington Pottery, which will be presented by Jamie Franklin, Curator of Collections at the Bennington Museum. A group dinner will follow immediately after the lecture at the Mt. Anthony Country Club in Bennington.
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