Just when you thought waundering through two barns and the house was enough looking at antiques you will spy the new building on the adjacent lot. It houses a separate but related antique store.
Everything here looks brand spanking new so I was amazed to find that it has been open for almost two years. ( I can't believe it was that long since I roamed around here). The owner Bob Rizza was very much in residence and made himself known to us almost as soon as we walked in the door.
This store is a joy to walk through. Everything is displayed attractively and the booths are spacious and well lit. No dusty old antiques here, just shining and sparkling antiques.
One of the first dealers we looked at had a wonderful collection of Blue Willow dinner wear. He was inhouse when we were looking and came over to wheel and deal and he offer a substancial discount(25 to 30%).
There is a dealer here in books, 2 dealers who deal exclusively in wall pockets (and they had the best choice I have ever seen), a dealer who is a Tasha Tutor expert and has a wonderful displace of her illustrations both in books and in cards etc. There is depression glass, lots of high quality pottery, some linen, and lots of other smalls.
This store is where my friend hit the mother load. She bought a beautiful cobalt blue pottery vase about 25 inches tall and several costume jewlery pins. There was a beautifully dispalyed collection of Holiday costume jewlery in a glass top coffee table case covering both the Christian and Jewish Holidays.
The staff here was the most helpful I ever met. They introduced themselves, made us feel welcome and asked if we needed any help. They didn't follow us around by any means and yet when ever we had a question or needed a case opened, they were right there.
I highly recommend a vist here. It is well run, has an exellent selection and everything is priced to sell. And if you like to strike a deal, well thats a possibility too. And if you work up an appetite shopping there is a very nice deli which shares the building and they had some delicious looking pies in their case.