Good Morning, Good Afternoon or Good Evening. Depends on where you are at the moment but for me it's morning. A little about me and what I intend to accomplish with this blog.
I am a 50-something year old antiques and collectibles dealer who does shows and sells on the Internet. I started this business after years of being a "crazy collector of old stuff" (my friends description of me), that I liked. Soon the house was full, and needing to make room, lead to my finding the 26th Street Flea Market in New York City which allowed me to sell a few items to make space, buy a few items to fill it back up and connect with others who had that same love of all things old (some valuable, yes. some not). Those were the old days of antiques, I met some interesting people there, I'll tell the story of meeting Andy Warhol there, having photos taken by the camera shy Diane Keaton, and some other stories, in other blog entries. Don't want to tell everything at once!
I've been up and down the East Coast, and across the country looking for elusive items for myself and my clients, and I will relate those adventures (and misadventures) here as time allows.
I'm not just an antiques freak, I have more to my life. I've been a computer programmer for more than 30 years, mainly in IBM Midrange machines, but primarily it keeps the bills paid, with some money left over available to continue to buy what I like, and also to buy what my clients like.
The purpose of this blog? To connect to people who like antiques, people who collect, other dealers, and those who have a passing interest in the subject, perhaps even turn noncollectors into new collectors and perhaps, clients. Whatever group you fall into I want to pass along what I can, gripe when I need to, inform and get informed.
This is also a chance to allow my two worlds, high tech and no tech to collide and blend in way they haven't before. Sure, I've used the Internet before to sell and buy, email and correspond, but not at this level.
I expect this to be fun and interesting, for all of us!
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