Yesterday, I started a retail experiment. I just rented a cabinet at The Willow Glen Collective in San Jose, California, to sell vintage and antique hats, jewelry, toys and games, silver and china, glassware, travel souvenirs, and decorative items. Come by Monday-Saturday, 12-4 pm at 1349 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, and check out Vendor #8!
This comes from recently spending a weekend with my brother Pete, son Paul, and husband John clearing out yet another storage area for my mother (Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson), and realizing that no one in the family wanted the remaining collectibles. Time for them to bring joy to someone else!
This does not mean that all of our family treasures are going on sale. I kept my grandfather’s black bowler hat and added it as an adornment to my mother’s bronze bust of Lilian. I think she looks fine!
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