The Brimfield Antique Show, held three times a year in Brimfield, Massachusetts, is the largest — and my personal favorite — antique show in the Northeast. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors and dealers from around the world and stretches for over a mile, offering everything from rare advertising signs and store displays to period clothing, antique European furniture, paintings, and much more. I spent four full days exploring the entire show, walking through every field to capture the moods, the curators, and to showcase my favorite finds.
Day 1
Brimfield Antique Show is a collection of large fields on both sides of main street stretching for a mile or soOne of the most anticipated fields at the show – “Dealer’s Choice” opens on Tuesday at 11 am – with many people lined up ahead of timeAntique set of miniature plaster dollsA rare find – 19th century articulated lay figure used for art studies ($1,500)The most hip bag seen at the show is an old newsboy bag by different newspapers and magazinesBaccarat Crystal Face Sculpture by Robert Rigot ($75)A collection of antique hangers from various hotels ($15 each)A beautiful pare of 1800s English candlesticks made of oak with brass tops ($150)An entire typesetter’s cabinet from the 1900s used at a print shop or a publishing houseAn antique French chaise-lounge with adjustable baseOne of the recurring furniture themes at the show is Gothic and Renaissance style you might find in a castle or a historic European estateA set of 17-18th century hand-painted ceramic jars from ItalyA daybed advertised to be from late 17th centuryEarly handmade ventriloquist doll ($800)A teak dining tables designed by Niels Koefoed and a stunning modular storage unit by Finn Juhl behind ($4,500)You’ll find every generation of Ford at Brimfield
Day 2
A 1900s Trippensee Planetarium Orrery used as a teaching aid to show the relationship of the earth to the moon and the rotation of the earth around the sunA stunning early 1900s theatre made of paper – featuring multiple layered sets, curtains, and actorsAn antique solid silver place by Pairpoint from the 1880s ($50)Beautiful adjustable French butcher’s price tags from the 1950sAn original art-deco period sink complete with embedded faucetA signed photograph by Irving Penn, featuring The New Yorker cartoonists, originally published in the 1947 issue of VogueA salesman display of door handle options for Gainsborough hardware (LEFT) and A procelain enamel sign for Tissot Watches ($250) (RIGHT) An antique nickel-plated display case used in a general store
Day 3
Rare 1920s typewriter by Mignon – that operates similar to a touchscreen phone – with a pivoting stylus that you can point at any letterOriginal 1930s wooden menu board for Coca-ColaAntique mannequin headsItalian Curved Sofa by Ico Parisi ($5,700)
An early biscuits display from a general store
A 1950s chair by Pierre Lottier for Valenti ($1,200)
Day 4
Set of antique French moleskin marine steamer trunks1900s hand-painted optician’s sign ($650)Rare ebonized pair of doors from a 1900s hearse carriage ($1,500)1800th century original hand-painted lithographs of birds by Italian artist Saverio Manetti ($200-400 each)A massive collection of original vintage packaging and tins for products and foodIf you’re into a 1955 Oldsmobile, there’s one for sale as well
Show Info
Brimfiled Antique Flea Markets
2026 dates:
- May 12—17
- July 14—19
- September 8—13
35 Palmer Rd, Brimfield, MA 01010 (map)
brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com
