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20 Years at High Point Market

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20 Years at High Point Market

Well, it's actually 19 years, but close enough to 20 to call it so.... Counted it today, not taking into account the various places where I've placed furniture, including CR Laine and the Antique and Design Center, I have been in a total of 10 different showroom locations in the last 20 years. That is alot of moving around of product...all in attempt to find what is the right fit, at the right price, to showcase my product. So many ins and outs to this, but the constant is the following that I've created over the years....lovers of the Chinese...

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Oh What A Year It's Been!

Oh What A Year It's Been!

Oh what a year it has been eh?! I don't need to remind you that March 2020 was when our day to day life as we knew it started to change in a way that we could ever have imagined. So many "side effects". So much out of our control. So much loss. Fear. Uncertainty. So much "pivoting". Just so much... However, in spite of all this, there is not a day that goes by where I don't hear of good deeds being done, of people reaching out , of "silver linings"... that, without the mandate to stay "safe" by...

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The Beginning

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The Beginning

 If you were to read my About Us, on my site here, you'd see a theme running through all that I've done and do when it comes to my business ventures. It's a consistent thread that shouts out that Ruth loves to sell great product and work with the fine people behind that product. End of story. I've had the fortune over the past 30 plus years to have done just that, through various forms and sizes of businesses. But it ALL started very humbly in 1985, working with the artisans of Haiti, spurred by my job changing and no longer...

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To Our Changing World!

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To Our Changing World!

So very very grateful for the many ways that our virtual world is serving to connect us...to our work, to information, to support groups, to our families and friends, to so many businesses/services that have ramped up and adapted their online portals to better serve the community at large. No, I can not imagine what it would be like to "shelter in place" without ALL of this. We are so fortunate.

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Chinese Antiques Available in NYC!

Chinese Antiques Available in NYC!

So fortunate for the offer of my friend Sammy of Asian Barn/NYC to put in front of his customers, the last bits of inventory I had in Chinese Antiques. Feel free to check out online (NYC noted in sku) or, of course in person, at Asian Barn, on 19th St, between 6th and 7th. Let him know Ruth sent you.

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