My collecting stuff started when I was just a little girl...Toni dolls, anything and everything about the Brooklyn Dodgers from Ebbets Field. As I got older, I expanded my collection...including memorabilia from my days on the Howdy Doody Show and my love of everything Disney, especially vintage Minnie items. Today I am tempted by period jewelry, handbags and purses, accessories, home decor...and whatever else I think is interesting, different AND A GREAT BUY!
Vintage almost everything. All hand chosen from upstate New York auctions and estate sales, and private New York City estate sales. If it speaks to me and is a GREAT BUY, you will see it here...jewelry, clothing, handbags, scarves, furs, games and boards, metal trucks and toys, sterling and plate, pens, pencils, inkwells, shoes, hats, compacts, pill boxes, perfume bottles, wallets, card cases, pocket watches, afghans and quilts, petit point, needlepoint, etc., etc.
Interesting. Signed and unsigned. If I think you will like it and it is priced well, I buy it. I shop almost every day. Many clients request I buy gifts and items for them. Some request I search out specific treasures.
My #1 passion is vintage, antique handbags...I have over 250 purses, compacts, some beaded, brocades, leather, skins, sterling, silver plate, and period from the 30's and 40's. Then comes vintage jewelry, handkerchiefs, gloves, hats, and, of course, clothing. I love reading old magazines, especiallly the advertisements. Vintage picture frames are all over my house with pictures of family, friends, and my cats. Antique kitchen utensils, most still functional, are in my kitchen drawers and displayed. I am always bidding on and buying glass cannister sets from Europe. Vintage animal cookie jars line the shelves in my apartment in the city. I use clear and acid etched glasses and dishes from the 30's to the 50's every day. I am a patsy for just about anything Victorian. Looking at the rich grain of oak, the majesty of walnut, beauty of brass with its original patina, the way old lamps light up a room and reflect off my collection of antique cut crystal all make me very happy.
