It is time, once again, for the Baltimore Summer Antique, Fine Art and Antiquarian Book Fair…four days in Baltimore. Woohoo. I left early Tuesday morning and drove straight through to Lutherville, MD to spend the night with Ned Sparrow and his family. The trip was long but largely uneventful. I arrived in a pretty zippy 9ish hours even with a quick stop to help a woman change her tire on the side of the road (she was kicking her flat while yelling at it…was absolutely surprised to discover that there was a jack in her car). Loud music and air conditioning made it all possible.
I arrived at the hall a little early and was able to pull right in and park next to my booth. I was able to unload and be parking the van around 10am. Things *started* of well. I had the tables covered and shelves/lighting/etc set up in a pretty efficient manner…then things when awry. I started on the trophy case…it is a see-thru case so I can set it up “facing” both directions. I really like a case to be pretty “dense” with a lot going on and interesting things to look at (with luck, loosely connected one to another-there should be some link from one item to the next…). I do not know for certain, but I think I might have spent about 4 hours on the trophy case (please blow up the pictures below and explore <g>).
I can get in at 9am tomorrow morning. I think I have about an hour or two until it is *done*. We shall see. Sold a few things…bought a few things. So far, so good.
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- Van pack-nice and tight-even had clear rearview, etc.
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- Somewhere in New Jersey. I left the car once between Maine and Lutherville, MD. Heat. Ick.
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- Another great night at Casa Sparrow. Ned and his lovely (long suffering) wife Melissa were great fun as always.
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- Pretty sparse when I arrived-I think someone had shoved everything (including the trophy case) way over to make the turn easier. Great parking space made all easy.
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- All unloaded and parking the van by 10am. Not a bad start (I am ALL ALONE for this one as Suz had projects that required her involvement even more than I do…)
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Infrastructure up pretty quickly. All looking good at this point…then I started working on the glass case and that pretty much killed HOURS
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- Box truck being backed out the aisle with about 1 foot on either side (as long as the rearviews were folded in. I am a confident driver of trucks…and am extraordinarily pleased I did not have to do this.
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- End of the day. In at 915am and out at about 745pm. Well on the way, but about an hour or two to go.
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- Inside shot of the trophy case. Lynd Ward set of prints on the top (inscribed by Ward to the children’s book author they illustrate).
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- Main aisle side of the trophy case. It is a great case…a lot going on…some truly wonderful things.
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- Narrow “facing” side of the trophy case…even managed to get some nice things displayed on the end.
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- Shelves in the alcove (about the only shelves I finished other than the trophy case)
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