Jon and I opening our De Pere shop in 1997.
Located on the west side of De Pere, many people discovered us during the Annual De Pere Antique Show and Sale, just up the street at St. Norbert's college.
From the beginning, vintage jewelry was a interest of mine. I went to "jewelry camp" twice, eager to learn more.
We also continued to put items in Olde Orchard Antique Mall in Egg Harbor, during the summers.
We combined Jon's mail order experience with my comfort with computers, and started doing online sales on newsgroups and eBay.
In 1998 I registered our main URL, The-Antique-Shop.com and built our first website. We began to establish a reputation both on eBay and our site.
When we decided to focus more of our time and energy on mail order, we moved nearly our entire store into one room at JJ Antique Mall in Manitowoc.
Unfortunately, over the years health problems made the large spaces harder to maintain, so we gradually lessened our presence in local malls. Over the years Jon, or Jon and I together, have been in a variety of malls in Door County, Green Bay and Manitowoc.
When Jon also developed health problems, business slowed even more, until eventually, our entire inventory was packed away. Some things have been in storage for for decades and many items have never been offered for public sale before now.
Jon's house by the river is sold. My own house is overpacked. We are ready to let it all go, no reserves.
Please join us on Saturday, June 14, 2015 at the Beja Shriner Hall in Green Bay. If you can't come in person, online bidding will be available at SuperiorAuction.net.
Hope to see you there!
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