CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) — On Saturday, the annual Clinch River Spring Antique Festival shut down the streets of Downtown Clinton . The event featured over one hundred different vendors for collectors to hunt from.
Caroline Alexander, the owner of Hunt and Peck Interiors, has been selling antiques since 2019, but she’s been collecting her entire life. Her mother, Gina Longmire, shares that passion selling on Whatnot under the handle @ginapatinavintage. Together they take part in the Clinton Antique Festival twice a year.
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“Both sides of my family, my mom’s and my dad’s, they love decorating and antiques. My grandfather is the Corryton Historian, and he has a whole museum in his basement, so I have always just been around it. I was the one that started originally saying, ‘Hey, let’s go sourcing and sell these things,’ and so, it became a family affair,” explained Alexander.
They say one of the best parts is seeing customers return, some who have been coming for years…