Friday, February 10, 2012

Valentine's Day

We've been getting calls daily from people trying to find something specific for their sweetheart.  I can't stress enough that in this business, if your sweetheart saw it 3 months ago...it's probably long gone.  Unfortunately that's the nature of our business.  Well any business that deals in items that are rare and hard to come by usually don't have a back room full of the stuff.

There are highly collectible items you may find in every antique store you visit.  Depression glass comes to mind when I mentioned that last sentence.  Ironically certain items fall in and out of favor just like bell bottom jeans and wide ties.  Sometimes we'll have alot of something and sometimes not so much.  So if you see it and you like it but aren't sure ... take some time to decide if it's the right color, size or useful enough to bring home with you.  We have brochures at the desk and in our front lobby with our telephone number on it and you can call us to find out if it's still in the building.  Description is key, we need to know exactly what it is, the price and dealer code if you can remember it and where in the building you were when you saw it.  Sometimes items get moved around from booth to booth, upstairs to down or possibly if it hasn't been sold the dealer took it out to make room for new old merchandise.

The item pictured is a wonderfully built bar from reclaimed lumber.  It truly is a one of kind piece.


Thanks for reading and don't forget to stop by if you're in the area.  Open daily, seven days a week, yes that includes Sunday (we get asked that alot) from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Wishing for warmer weather.