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September's outdoor event lures curious visitors from across the globe
By Mike Briotta -- PRIME Editor
If you can believe the legends of the Brimfield Antiques Show, this is the place where a box full of junk may actually be hiding an $80,000 treasure.
Where an obscure painting, which sold for $200, could turn out to be worth a million bucks.
If you've never taken the trip, it's like the TV show "Antiques Roadshow" on steroids, with massive rushes of people storming the opening gates each morning.
Of course, the tales of hidden treasures are far from normal, but the third installment of the 2010 Brimfield show this month holds the allure of discovery for everyone.
Whether you're an antiques aficionado, a collector of obscure objects, or just one of thousands of gawkers arriving daily, it's the place to be.
The action takes place down a miraculous mile of Route 20, temporarily double-lined with dealers. High-end antiques, full of patina and provenance, are peddled alongside affordable trinkets and collectibles.
Three times each year, a bazaar of the bizarre extends hundreds of yards back from the road. This is the largest collection of outdoor antiques and collectibles in the country.
Seemingly overnight, the small town is inundated with more than 6,000 dealers and upwards of 130,000 buyers converging on the rural landscape.
Casual onlookers browse cheek-by-jowl with the most astute antiques experts in the country. It's all about the thrill of the hunt at the Brimfield shows, the traditions of which are more than a ha...
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