Something for Everyone at Fayetteville? Well, Almost!

At Courthouse Antiques also located on the square, Samantha Ahrens, who grinned at her mirror image (right), drew our attention to a set of decorative chairs (above). They sold minutes after she opened the shop earlier in the week. No wonder! They were props from the movie, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” according to the seller’s documentation attached to the middle chair. Two signs caught my eye at the Vintage Rose Market on the square that a number of dealers call home. How long ago do you suppose it was that fresh daily apple, cherry or lemon pies sold for 23¢ and where? Another advertising sign promoted a 1967 Mini-Moke, a British vehicle that I don’t think caught on. Not everything in the shop was old, by any means. Near the front door, dried lavender packaged all ready to go, beckoned shoppers. Lee Teinert at 955 Antiques modeled a Texas-size straw hat and a pup for sale near the front door wore another style. If their hats weren’t quite what shoppers were seeking, several others hung on the wall, amid a wide assortment of collectibles and antiques. Montalba, Texas, dealers Charlie Ham (left) and Jeremy Teel (right) of Antique Rovers were selling a pair of horses’ heads carved from blocks of wood and a framed vintage metal sign from Joseph Emerson – Ships’ Compass Makers at Antiques Off the Square in the hall near the ballpark. And what did I bring home? Doris Lawrence and Elizabeth Pflasterer of High Cotton Company in Jackson, Tennessee, sold me a big enamel letter E that likely was once part of a service station’s signage. I gave it to my husband, Emil.

Vendors at the antique venues in and around Fayetteville used their imagination when it came to stocking and displaying their wares at last week’s antique show.