Taking On Brimfield

The word antiquing is just as difficult to hear as it is to say.  This is par for the course when it come to visiting the Brimfield antique market.

Essentially a shopping mall for just about anything aged, and like many shopping malls, the bad out weights the good.  This said, a discovery at a forum such as Brimfield is promised to be better than any mass-produced must have mall acquisition.

Brimfield is experiential and completely bonkers – for a whole host of reasons.  And this is why we like it and why we make the trip.  It’s just as easy to leave with a truck load of things as it is to part ways empty-handed.  Either is just fine.  It’s probably on one of those lists of things to do before you die.  At least for those who are always in pursuit of things with a past.

Among the largest outdoor markets in existence, Brimfield has been in continual operation since 1959.  What started with 67 different dealers has grown to over 5,000 and completely dominates the small Massachusetts town which is shares its name.  Roughly a mile of road and nearly 100 acres of land house the show, rain or shine.  The scale is massive, and only an aerial photo can truly put things in perspective.  Which is exactly why it’s not only a destination for every industry’s heritage connoisseur, but impossible to cover without committing some time.

If you have a couple of days and some money to burn, take a trip over and check things out.  The tri-annual event takes place every spring, summer and fall, rain or shine – the most recent was last weekend and the next in September.  Just be sure to bite your tongue before telling people you’re going antiquing.