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SALINE ANTIQUES AND VINTAGE MARKET
Opening Weekend: June 14-15, 2014
Hours: 8-4 Saturday and 10-4 Sunday
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds
5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Admission: $6
Information: salinemarket@gmail.com
or (937) 875-0808
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Antiquing
Treasures await at Saline Antiques.
By Esther Allweiss Ingber
raditional antiques and vintage items
are all part of the hunt at the Saline
Antiques and Vintage Market. It's a
casual and fun "go-to" place for one-of-a-kind
treasures, great food and exciting shopping.
The Saline Market events will be in place 10
days this year at the Washtenaw Farm Council
Grounds in Ann Arbor, starting with the
season's opening weekend on June 14-15. The
remaining dates are July 19-20, Aug. 16-17,
Sept. 20-21, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7.
The ever-changing independent business
owners bring an ever-changing variety of
up-cycled, recycled and repurposed items
to each show. Look around, and perhaps a
Tiffany lamp or Eames chair will be among the
merchandise. Delightful and unexpected finds
are around every corner — a cigar store Indian
might be next to a vintage pedal car or a vin-
tage designer handbag found next to a painted
corner cupboard. Discovered near collectible
toys could be vintage jewelry and glassware
from the 19th century, a Chippendale chest or
turn-of-the-century industrial lighting fixtures.
Indian and ethnographic items might be
placed beside Mid-Century artwork, and don't
forget the primitive furniture and accessories
located with an array of garden sculpture and
containers at the June show ... It's all here for
you to find, exploring to your heart's desire!
Buildings A through D at the council
grounds and outside tents will house any-
where from 60 to 100 booths of fun, excit-
ing merchandise for visitors to discover and
purchase.
"Our dealers are putting money into things
they hope others will enjoy," said Dayton,
Ohio, native Doug Supinger, the Jewish owner
of Saline Antiques and Vintage Market.
"There are all levels of items, for the begin-
ning shopper to the advanced collector or
home decorator," he said.
Among the myriad dealers at the Saline
Antiques and Vintage Market, two longtime
exhibitors are Thatcher Goetz, specializing in
furniture, books, postcards, Daguerreotypes,
photos, and Early American and European art,
and Pat Shriver, who sells estate and antique
jewelry.
"She has quite a following," Supinger said.
The antiques market owner has traveled
an unconventional career path. Supinger, who
was a bar mitzvah in Dayton, graduated from
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Doug Supinger
the city's Wright State University. He earned a
master's degree in Forestry, Landscaping and
Parks Management at North Carolina State
University in Raleigh.
While employed as the city forester in Troy,
Ohio, Supinger learned of an opportunity to
work in Israel. Being in his late 20s and single,
he decided, "Why not?"
"I got a job through an American company,
building houses for the Israeli government on
the West Bank and kibbutzim;' said Supinger,
who originally intended to stay three months
but ended up living four years in Ramat Gan.
He returned to the United States after "the
Israeli economy took a nosedive in the early
2000s."
His next job was farming in Dayton. When
a friend asked Supinger to help him at an
antiques show, "I said, 'OK, if you help me bale
hay.'"
Supinger found he liked working with the
dealers and helping set up their displays. He
took an offer to join the Ann Arbor Antiques
Market and stayed 20 years. Besides running
the Saline Antiques and Vintage Market since
2013, he puts on Fiddler's Antiques Show in
Nashville during February and October.
Formerly married to an Israeli woman, their
five oldest children live in the U.S. Youngest
son Amete, 17, came from Israel last summer
to help his father build displays on the an-
tiques show circuit around the country. Amete
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will enter the Israeli army this fall.
Some of the Saline Markets this year will
carry themes: "Garden Love" in June, "Vintage
Market" in August, "Plain and Simple" in Sep-
tember, and "Holiday Market" in December.
At "Garden Love," look for items related to
gardening and flowers, such as urns and plant
containers, textiles with flowers on them,
paintings of garden scenes, garden tools and
statuary. Hite's Heirloom Pumpkin, a business
owned by Julie Hite, is arranging a special
exhibit of garden items. She'll also sign copies
of a photo-filled book she's in: Judy Condon's
Along the Garden Path.
Dads enter free with one paid admission
in June, while the charge is $10 per car at the
gate in July. During the "Vintage Market" in
August, some merchandise will be sold out of
vintage trailers. Drivers of historic autos will
get in for free and park at a roped-off VIP area.
Supinger said collecting and preserving his-
tory are two of his career goals. He also hopes
to "keep up an interest in antiques through
the next generation."
Antiquing "is about the excitement of
finding something you're looking for," he said.
There's also the chance of landing a bargain.
Supinger recalled a man who went through a
tray of watches and paid around $10-$15 for
two of them.
"They turned out to be worth $10,000
each."
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WASHTENAW FARM COUNCIL GROUNDS
5055 Ann Arbor - Saline Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Info: 937.875 - 0808 or salinemarket@gmail.com
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