As the Elephant⁳ Trunk Country Flea Market opened for the season early on April 22, transactions were taking place at a fast and furious pace.

On May 1, Doyle New York held an auction of American furniture where a Johannes Spitler decorated chest attracted intense interest from prominent dealers and collectors. The chest sold, after some fierce competitive bidding, for $288,000.

Trinity International Auctions posted an impressive gross tally of just over $1 million for its April 21 art auction.

Fine art brought robust prices and the smalls were stellar, although there was not one category that dominated Thomaston Place Auction Galleries†March 31⁁pril 1 auction, and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux could not be more pleased.

A $50 yard sale find was well rewarded at MV Auctions†March 24, sale when two partial prototype gramophones, one with a horn, one without, made by the Berliner Co. of Philadelphia sold for $24,725.

Planning and running a first-time show is always fraught with difficulties, but Vivien Cord and Ed McClure, Cord Shows Ltd, overcame all these obstacles to run what was, in the general consensus, ⁡ great first-time show. 

The Wilton Historical Society⁳ current exhibit, ⁍ade In Connecticut: Toys For American Kids,†on view at the Wilton Heritage Museum until July 15, is designed to entertain the collector and to educate those interested in what American kids played with before plastics and electronics.

Linda Turner has announced that she has cancelled her Riverside Antiques Show in August. In a letter to her dealers she expressed regret in having to make the decision, but explained that the proceeds from putting on a show in the location she has used for the past four years was not enough to justify the high costs incurred.

Show manager Marilyn C. Gould has cancelled the Wilton Outdoor Antiques Marketplace, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24, in the meadow north of the Wilton High School. The 130-dealer fair was a benefit for Wilton Kiwanis projects.

Richard E. Kramer & Associates has named Pat Garthoeffner associate director of the Heart of Country Antiques Show. The 2008 fair will open Thursday evening, February 14, for three days at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.