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Join Royal Port Antiques during Salem's House Tour!

The 22nd Annual Yuletide Tour of Historic Salem is Saturday, December 5th from 1pm -6pm.  Many Historic Homes, Churches and Museums will be open for the day.  What a great start to the holiday season.  The streets of Salem will be brimming with holiday cheer.  Here at the Royal Port we have been moving and shaking.  We have been bringing in new inventory for the season and rearranging the shop to get ready for my craziness.  We will be decorating in and out of the shop.  It's a beautiful time of year.   The greens are all cut and the wreaths and trees are ready for decorating.   Lots of new decorating ideas ready to share.  The Yuletide Tour day is always our favorite day of the year.  We get to see and meet so many people, some old friends and some new.   Call or email for additional information or for tickets.  Hope you can make it.  Suzanne

Royal Port at the Antiques at Kimberton Fall Show!!

Just a reminder that Mike and I will be doing the Antiques at Kimberton show  this weekend November 21st and 22nd.   It is one of our favorite shows to do.  Saturday hours are from 9-5 and Sunday from 11-4.  It's at the Kimberton Fire Hall.  We are bringing some new things with us including a great painted pie safe, stoneware, baskets, tinware, quilts, architectural and whatever we can fit into our booth. Hope to see you there.  Suzanne

Royal Port Antiques at the Winterthur Museum Delaware Antiques Show!

What does Winterthur Museum, Delaware Antiques Show, Leslie and Leigh Keno, Friends, Customers and Antiques equal?  A great time.  This morning, along with my friend and collector Joann Humphrey, I did something that I really wanted to do.  I went to hear  Leigh and Leslie Keno speak prior to the Delaware Antiques Show.  I have always admired how the Brothers grew up, along with their Antique Dealer Parents, to be such admired and respected people in the Antiques Trade.   They spoke of their early escapades in the Antiques business as young boys scanning the fields of Brimfield and Renningers for early iron and stoneware.  What a great way to grow up and learn and still have a great time doing it.  They shared stories of the Antiques Roadshow along with tales of some of their travels and great finds.  Joann and I thoroughly enjoyed the talk and how personal and open the Brothers are with sharing their lives and careers.   My mission for the day was to get my photograph and Joann's photograph with Leigh and Leslie (we're on a first name basis now).  Not that I was being a giddy school girl but I do admire their knowledge in the field and how well respected they are by some of the top museums, antiques dealers and auction houses. We spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon admiring all of the beautiful antiques at the show and seeing old friends.  Thanks for joining me Joann and not fainting when you got your photo taken. Suzanne