SPRINGBORO — When the last bus swept out of the Springboro Junior High School parking lot Friday, waiting antiques dealers sprang into action.

        They had only hours to transform the school into a marketplace for the semiannual Lebanon Antiques Show.

IF YOU GO

What: Lebanon Antiques Show     When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Sunday     Where: Springboro Junior High, Ohio 741 south of Ohio 73     Admission: $5, good for both days     Information: (513) 932-1817

        “I'm envisioning a very late evening and early morning,” said Mark Keily, a gallery owner from Oakwood, Ohio. “There's a lot of labor involved.

        “I brought eight pieces of furniture, more than 20 paintings, and a number of small objects,” he said. “My specialty is American period furniture and American paintings, and I have a lot of Ohio and Cincinnati artists.”

        This will be Ruth Pierce's first and last experience as a vendor at the antiques show.

        “My husband died recently and I'm selling things that I've had in my home for years because I'm moving into an apartment,” the Lebanon resident said.

        A lifelong collector, Mrs. Pierce said she operated her own antiques shop for 35 years. Her personal treasures included a dapple-gray rocking horse and Chippendale chest of drawers.

        “If they sell, fine. If they don't, they're coming back home with me forever.”

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