Antiques are Antiques at 100 Years Old--Gall Bladders are Antique at 51 Years

I think the medical Black Cloud has finally passed over Lady Antique Dealer's house--and we are looking forward to a good and profitable 2011 with no more medical nonsense..  Another delay in this blog writing was due to a week in the hospital and the return home without a very dreadful gall bladder.

So now we are readying ourselves to get installed in our next antique adventure--a new booth at the Odana Antique Mall in Madison Wisconsin.  We had been on a waiting list for sometime--but space does not open often at this shop.  If you visit it--you will know why--it simply is the best shop you will see in Wisconsin--and maybe a much wider area than that.  It is housed in a former furniture store--and has excellent lighting.  The owner and management are commited to presenting a good shop--they care about the shop--what it looks like--and the booths must be tended and freshened regularly.  I have yet to find a dusty stale booth.  In this economic climate--dusty and stale sits and does not sell.  Period.

Now Husbola and I have loaded the truck with treasures--well priced we hope.  When you are in a large good quality shop--price point and condition are most important.  There is good competition from other dealers.  We like that--it keeps us on our toes to find good items--and we don't become complacent and just let our stuff sit and rot in our space.

We will try a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  Some furniture-paintings-small decorative items.  Our space is small--and we will not overstuff it.  Haven't you been in a shop that is so stuffed you cannot see individual things and your eyes glaze over with disinterest?

Husbola and I try something new each year-to keep our business fresh.  We look forward to 2011--a couple new shows and a fresh shop to try.  We are even throwing in a trip to the UK--and might pick up a treasure or two. We promise our customers some interesting and fresh to market decorative items--and much more regular blog postings!