Antique dealers display
their maw creatively
like the canoe (right)
at Petoskey Antiques
festival, the doll
(far right) at Grand
Traverse Antiques
Festival and the
French country scene
(below) at Petoskey.

Antiques Around
The State

TRAVERSE
CITY-AREA ANTIQUES

• Antique Company East Bay, open
daily, May-December,
25 dealers, (616) 938-3000.
• Wilson Antiques, downtown, open
daily, 50 dealers, (616) 946-4177.
• Antique Emporium, open daily,
on US 31, (616) 943-3658.
• Chum's Corner Antique
Mall, open daily, on US 31,
(616) 943-4200.

FRANKFORT AREA ANTIQUES

antiques, but they usually old and
always meaningful for me."
Linda suggests that you ask to see
the unfinished furniture area of an
antique shop where you may find trea-
sures waiting to be restored. Look for
quality wood, good workmanship and
solid construction, as well as an inter-
esting design and style that will fit
your home. Also check the signs that
the piece was handmade rather than
machine-made. And keep in mind
that the price of a piece has. a lot to do
with where you buy it.
Suzy Farbman, regional design edi-
tor for Meredith publications, also
learned how to search for antiques
from her mother and grandmother.
She collects floraline pottery, the green
pottery that was used by florists for
bouquets back in the `40s.
"The best antiquing results take
place when you specialize in one par-
ticular area and know that specialty
well," explains Farbman. "Then you
can establish levels within that group
and look for variations. It's best to dis-
play your antiques as a group. If you
don't have a flare for display, then hire
a talented interior designer to arrange
your stuff. It will be worth it. Fill up
one area and then try collecting some-
thing else. Whatever it is you're col-
lecting, it has to be right for you. It's
almost like a calling — as if what you
collect wants to belong to you."
Not only do they travel about the
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• Red Sled Antiques, open daily, May-
August, (616) 325-3275.
• Myers Granary Antique Market, open
daily, May-October, (616- 882-4299.

LEELANAU PENINSULA

• Suttons Bay Galleries,
(616) 271-4444.
• Danbury- Antiques, (616) 271-3211.
• Applegate Collection,
(616) 271-5252.
• Kalkaska Antiques, open daily year-
round, on US 131, (616) 258-5500.

ANTIQUES ON LINE

• The Internet Antique Market:
wwwhousehome.corniantique/index.ht

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• The National Antique and Art Dealers
Association of America:
w-ww.clir-dd.corninaadaa_htm.
• Birmingham, Ivlich, area antiques:
www.birmingham-mi.corniart2.htm
Harbor Springs, Mkh. online
guide-shopping:
WWW.harborsprings-rni.cornishop2.htm.
• The Notthwestern Michigan Antique
Dealers: www.g,tii.corniantiques
• Paperweight Collectors' Association:
LVW collectoronline.cornfpaperweight.P
CA.hti-n.
• Antique Shops in Florida: WWW. best-
webs.comifiantique/indx.htm.
• Art and Antique Dealers League of
America: www.dir-dd.comfaatila.htm.
• Maine Antique Digest: www.rnainean-
tiquedigest.corn.

Ruthan Brads