Village Squire, 1973-09, Page 7Only 10 per cent
is really antique
pieces of pine. Mr. Harrison is busy
at present refinishing an early Huron
county wardrobe which will serve as
a cupboard.
Eventually, he says, the entire six
acres of the country home will be
landscaped and planted wi th fruit trees,
nut trees and grass, except for a large
garden.
One of the greatest sources of business
in smaller items, he says, has been from
the Bayfield area. Many of the people
with summer homes have come over
and glassware is particularly popular
(though in all, furniture makes up 80
per cent of sales). He tells of an an-
tique dealer from Sault Sainte Marie
who was visiting a friend in Bayfield,
saw his advertisement in a copy of
Village Squire, came over to visit,
bought some goods and promised to
be back. Several days before this
interview, he received a call from the
lady who wanted to buy goods for her
shop, but due to the rail strike, he
didn't have any to sell her.
There is great adventure, he says,
when it comes tine to unload the
containers after they arrive from Eur-
ope, and there is no shortage of nelp.
Many friends eagerly volunteer their
services in the operation which is some-
thing like discovering grandmother's
attic. The old furniture comes stuffed
with smaller items. For instance in the
shipment so long awaited, there were
400 stone crocks.
They'll go into the big barn and look
pretty insignificant among the heaps of
other treasures, but someone will see
them and prize them and take them
home. And the Harrisons will smile
when they do and maybe show them
their "Watergate Fingerbowl" while
they are there (a chamber pot). It's
obvious that for this family old things
aren't really a business, they're a ball.
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