WWII ration books, a knife from an authentic mess kit, an assortment of fine glass — these are a few of the treasures 83-year-old Cleo Gold unveiled after shedding a yellowed newspaper casing, dated 1984.
Gold, who owns Gold Family Farm on 4710 Fisher Rd., will sell these and other items at the Gold Family Farm Flea Market and Craft Show today, tomorrow and Sunday.
“For years I’ve bought stuff simply because I like it,” Gold said. “And since I’m getting older, I’m trying to get rid of it so (my daughters) don’t have to take care of it.”
The flea market will welcome about 20 vendors from Ohio and the surrounding region to sell antique glassware and Fiesta Dinnerware, said Julie Garner, Gold’s granddaughter and partial owner of the Gold Family Farm.
The craft portion of the event will display handmade jewelry, fleece blankets, bead designs and potholders, Garner said.
Gold describes her contributions to the flea market as a “mixture of a collection.”
The items, which will most likely predate their potential buyers, consist of colorful dinnerware, an electric churn, fine stemware, stoneware jugs, a wicker funeral basket and Coca-Cola collectibles, to name a few.
“I am proud of them because I thought they were beautiful,” Gold said.
But Gold’s trinkets won’t be the only items for sale at the Gold Family Farm this weekend.
“We love having the little kids come (to the farm) and walk around the pumpkin patch with the parents taking pictures,” Garner said. “That’s probably the best part.”
The pumpkin patch started after Garner’s mother, Mary Chadwell, who is also partial owner of Gold Family Farms, had an unused garden space.
But Garner said the pumpkins, which will be sold for $2 each this weekend, were grown more to have fun than to turn a profit.
“The biggest part for us is we’re not in it to make millions of dollars,” Garner said.
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