Episode 57 | Fishersville Antique Expo Preview from the Van
Fishersville was a great show this year. Friday was packed from the start, dealers were moving material early, and by Saturday morning Matt was already back at the van digging through the pile of things that he’s taking back home.
Matt pulls out a few of the buys from Fishersville and talks through them while the show is still happening around him: carved walking sticks, tramp art, Clyde Herman carvings, a dancing figure, a whirligig that nearly flies apart in the wind, and one folk art cane that immediately turns into a full blown appraisal session.
There is also an ongoing challenge throughout the episode to find somebody at Fishersville who actually knows who Benny Carter is. Matt signs a copy of the Benny Carter book in the van and walks the show trying to give it away to the right person.
This is only part of the Fishersville trip. We still have more videos coming from the field, including a full day of buying around the show with Amanda’s Mercantile.
After Fishersville, everything heads back to the auction house alongside the Liberty finds. The plan now is to unload it all, photograph everything, and start getting pieces ready for upcoming auctions at Ledbetter Folk Art Auctions.
CHAPTERS
00:00 | Back at Fishersville Antique Expo
00:20 | Friday Was a Madhouse
00:55 | Signing the Benny Carter Book
02:04 | The Nude Grandma Whirligig
03:01 | Clyde Herman Carvings and Walking Sticks
04:09 | The Five Dollar Owl
05:00 | The Best Cane at Fishersville
08:05 | Learning to Buy Tramp Art
11:02 | Non Buyer’s Remorse
13:21 | Breaking Down the Dancing Figure
16:05 | Looking for Someone Who Knows Benny Carter
17:37 | The Folk Art Reading Lamp
17:49 | Walking the Show with the Whirligig
18:56 | Does nobody Know Benny Carter??
23:27 | Giving the Book Away and Signing Off
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