Market sights in New England
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Islesford Market
The Cranberry Isles (www.cranberryisles.com) are delightful, primarily because they’re so off the beaten path. The 400 acre Little Cranberry, more commonly known as Islesford, is about 20 minutes offshore from Southwest Harbor. Diversions include a few galleries, a couple of B&Bs and the Islesford Market, where the 80-some year-rounders and 400-some summer folk gather around like it’s their own kitchen. The Beal & Bunker Mailboat offers frequent year-round service between Northeast Harbor and the Cranberry Isles.
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Brimfield Antique Show
Six miles west of Sturbridge along US 20 is the Brimfield Antique Show, a mecca for collectors of antique furniture, toys and tools. More than 6000 sellers and 130,000 buyers gather to do business in 23 farmers’ fields here; it’s the largest outdoor antiques fair in North America, and possibly the world. The town has numerous shops open year-round, but the major antiques and collectibles shows are held in early to mid-May, early July and early September, usually from Tuesday through Sunday. The more ‘premium’ fields charge an admission fee of around $6, but most are free.
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United House Wrecking, Inc.
Even if you’re one of those folks who reflexively yawns – or gags – at the thought of ‘going antiquing, ’ the extraordinary United House Wrecking, Inc. is well worth a visit. Upon pulling into the parking lot you may be greeted with a 15ft-tall Pinocchio standing with a 12ft Statue of Liberty, flanked by dozens of lampposts or scores of cherubic garden sculptures. Inside, the 35,000-sq-ft warehouse holds vintage chandeliers, stained glass, furniture and classy knickknacks of all sorts. No room in the car for that one-of-a-kind fireplace mantle? No worries – they ship world-wide. (Hyperactive children and accident-prone adults may want to wait outside with…
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