Summer Pleasures

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A.B.0 Harley-Davidson

Saturday, May 30
Sunday, May 31

10 am - 4 pm

Refreshments

•New Motorcycles
•Motor Clothes
•Parts & Accessories

4405 Highland Rd. (M-59) Waterford

(corner of Pontiac Lake Road)

(248) 674-3175

THERE IS
CASH
IN YOUR CLOSET!!

Now Taking Spring
Consignments by Appointment Only

Men's & Women's Designer Clothing

Bloomfield-Keego
Resale Shop

3425 Orchard Lake Rd., Keego Harbor
(at Commerce Rd.)
(248) 681-5424
Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Thur. til 7

been antiquing for about five
years. Finding the right piece,
learning about the different
artists or companies that pro-
duce the works, and hearing
some of the stories that
accompany these finds are all
part of the allure. At least once
a month, Fenton and fellow
antiquers scour state hide-
aways, seeking special finds in
Indiana, Kentucky and New
Wicker furniture are a popular item at the Ann
York. "The ladies and I usually____,
Arbor Antiques Market.
attend flea markets on week-
ends and stay at a charming
country purchasing antiques, but
bed and breakfast as a homebase,"
Sheila Fenton and Jill Stone are sell-
explains Fenton. "What sells in one
ing some of their finds. Fenton and
state may not be as popular in another
Stone have a couple cabinets at
state and we may get lucky looking
Knightsbridge Antiques in Novi.
for that china tea pot or old watch. It's
Glassware, silverleaf china, very old
all supply and demand. Just check out
photo albums, antique jewelry, wall
some of the better estate sales. People
pockets, door stoppers, string holders
are lined up before dawn just to be
and pottery are some of the items for
the first to get into the house when it
sale.
opens at 8 a.m. Then it's madness,
Typically, glassware includes plates,
rushing from one room to another
cups, glasses and other serving dishes
looking for the find. The hunt is
made of glass. Items like paperweights
exciting. Finding that bargain at some
and bottles (perfume) have their own
farm house that no one else discovered
category as do decorative glass items
is a major ego trip and I love it!"
such as vases.
Rerriember the old Tupperware
"I'm addicted to antiques and I've
parties? Well, Jill Stone throws
become a pack rat; it just gets in your
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blood," explains Fenton, who has

The Hunt

Favorite haunts

a.m.-6 p.m., downtown Romeo,
(810) 752-5422.

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Two locations 4 5 W. Seven.
Mile, Northville, (248) 344-7200;
32315 Grand River Ave.,
Farmington, (248) 471-9944.

Royal Oak Farmers Market
One hundred dealers with
antiques and collectibles. Open
Suri.7 a.m.• 4 p.m, 11 Mile Rd.,
2 blocks east of Main Street,

(248) 548-8822.

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Call The Sales Department (248) 354-7123 Ext. 209

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Town Hall Antiques
Some 50 dealers. Open daily 10

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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
(Saline)
More than 300 dealers from 20
states. Emphasis on furniture and
accessories. 5055 Ann Arbor Saline
Road, Exit #175 off 1-94, Saline.
Admission: S5 per person, one day
or NA.'eek-end event once a month
from April through November.

(734) 662-9453.

Allegan Antique Market
More than 350 dealers. Open last
Sunday of the month, May through
September, Allegan County
Fairgrounds (North of Kalam.azoo),

(616) 453-8780.

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