"About 40 percent of the dealers are folk-art specialists, and many others carry small selections of such material," said Sanford Smith, the show's producer.

"Artists and craftsmen would work with materials and find uses for them that the material makers might never have imagined," says Sanford Smith.

"It's considered the prime place in town because of its location," said Sanford Smith, who organizes two of the eight shows held there each year.

Sanford Smith, who organizes four shows a year there, says he is still planning to hold them, if not at the armory, then at another location.

Sanford Smith, the fair's originator and manager, said the show has grown and changed.

Until last month, she was the publicity associate at Sanford Smith & Associates, organizers of art and antique shows, in Manhattan.

As Sanford Smith, the fair's organizer, explained, of the 85 dealers participating, 25 specialize in photography.

Mabel Bernhardt married Sanford Smith, who worked in her parents' market and eventually took it over.

Sanford Smith, who manages six art and antiques shows each year, said the gate was lower at all of them.

As a collectible, it now sells for $50 to $60, said Sanford Smith, who produces antique shows on the East Coast.