Extravaganza probably isn’t a word you automatically associate with antiquing — but Tex Johnson will make you think twice about that.
“I used to be open from six in the morning until way after midnight, and I’d have a bar upstairs,” says the 97-year-old antiques dealer, who’s owned Tex Johnson Antiques since the early ‘70s. She’s regaling me with tales of past Antiques Extravaganzas. Known to local old-timers as “Extravs,” the three-day events hit the sleepy community of Adamstown, Pennyslvania, every April, June, and September, drawing antique sellers from all over the country.
I traveled to the first Extrav of 2017, where sellers showcase the wares they’ve been gathering during the long winter. But I’m not just shopping for antiques — I’m also picking up the many life lessons antiquers have to offer Read more...
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