Jan | Feb | Mar 2021 Vol 44 | Ed 1 Antiques, Collectibles, History and Nostalgia for the Pacific Northwest News Brief WHO’S INSIDE reopened, customers saw a fresh new store.” season. “We’ve been very blessed to have solid Shops, Services & Products THE PULSE We’ve heard through the grapevine Fife support from our customer base with what’s OREGON WASHINGTON Antiques has moved to Auburn after losing their been going on. lease. They’ve re-located on Main Street in the “We clean the store down every day and are very ALOHA MT ANGEL ABERDEEN FROM AROUND former JOANN Fabrics site. particular about store cleanliness and letting Susantiques & Collectibles. .......................................9 Blackbird Granary ........................................................8 Past & Present.............................................................. 16 Many shops, with less traffic, have reduced our customers know our regimen. Of course AURORA NEWBERG EDMONDS we expect customers to mask up and practice OLD STUFF hours or moved to more of a weekend schedule, Aurora Antiques ...........................................................4 Wine Country Antique Mall ......................................9 Aurora Antique Pavillion ......................................... 18 appropriate social distancing when they’re with many also utilizing an open by appoint- Aurora Lampworks & Antiques ................................4 Newberg Antiques Exclusives .................................7 shopping, “ she said. ment only schedule. Aurora Mills Architectural ........................................4 LAKEWOOD NEWPORT South Tacoma Antique Mall ................................... 18 NATION Judy Tormey at Multnomah Antique Mall in Out on the Oregon Coast, at Pirate’s Plunder, HWY 99E Antique Mall ...............................................4 Pirate’s Plunder ........................................................... 13 Portland noted, “Well, it’s not like it used to be, Myla Sackett said, “We don’t have customers Home Again Antiques .................................................4 LONGVIEW By Rusty Rae lining up out the door, but we’re holding our but all-in-all we’re doing ok – keeping our head Main Street Mercantile ..............................................4 OAK GROVE Commerce Corner ...................................................... 16 Old Stuff Writer & Photograher own.” above water. McLaren Auction Services ........................................4 Dusty Tiger Collectibles Mall ................................. 10 South End Antiques .....................................................7 PARKLAND “The antique business is different at this time Sackett said she and her team have focused on What’s the pulse across Old Stuff nation in these Three Daisies Vintage .................................................4 PORTLAND Pacific Run Antique Mall ......................................... 17 of the year as consumers are going to the toy providing top-notch customer service adding, strange times? Timeless Antiques .......................................................4 Antique Alley ............................................................... 10 stores and gift shops,” she said. “I think our customers have really appreciated PUYALLUP For the most part, antique and collectable store we’ve gone the extra mile to keep them safe Tin & Paisley Boutique & Salon ................................4 American at Heart .......................................................8 Puyallup Antique District ........................................ 18 owners from around the Pacific Northwest have With 45-years of experience in the vintage and Division Street Antiques .......................................... 10 when they’re shopping in our store.” BROOKINGS HARBOR remained positive in the face of the general antique business, Tormey recalled previous Monticello .................................................................... 10 SEATTLE recessions, adding, “I think this one is a bit more Sackett said keeping staff and customers safe Wild River Antiques................................................... 13 business malaise brought on by the pandemic. Multnomah Antiques .................................................11 Fairlook Antiques ....................................................... 18 severe.” are their number one challenge adding, “I can’t Near Tacoma, Washington, in Parkland, Nancy complain with all the challenges we’ve had to EAGLE POINT REDMOND Pacific Galleries .......................................................... 17 Tormey has reduced hours and says she’s look- Gotcherd at Pacific Run Antique Mall reports overcome – we are happy we’ve been able to Butte Creek Mill Antiques ....................................... 15 Farmer’s Co-Op ........................................................... 13 Stewart Wilson ............................................................ 16 their business hasn’t suffered a great deal. ing forward to a time when she can actually see keep the doors open.” customer faces. “Customers walk by the store GLADSTONE RICKREALL SPANAWAY “I think people just got tired of shopping at Butte Creek Mills owner Bob Russell in Eagle and we wave back and forth, but with masks on, Gladstone Mercantile................................................ 10 Polk Flea Market ...........................................................8 Old Main Street Antiques ........................................ 17 Walmart and Target and other than the two I don’t have any idea who any of these folks are.” Point, Oregon, like many others, indicated he weeks we were closed, we haven’t seen an hasn’t really been affected significantly, though KLAMATH FALLS SCIO SERVICES Further out in the country, Joyce Basl at the JJ appreciable drop in our business,” Gocherd said. he admits his stint on American Pickers has Keepers Corner ...........................................................14 J.J.’s Ranch Shop ..........................................................9 Ranch Shop in Scio, Oregon notes, “Being out in Asheford Institute ........................................................4 During their two-week closure, they sold online helped draw customers to the shop. the country, we’ve seen a drop in traffic to our LINCOLN CITY SPRINGFIELD Insurance, ACNA ..........................................................7 and had a solid pick-up business and she added, “It seems as if every time they run a re-run of store, but we’re still keeping it going,” she said. The Rocking Horse Mall ........................................... 13 The Antique Peddlers ...............................................14 “We had vendors come in and reorganize their that show, I’ll get an uptick in customers,” he Wine Country shops and moved some around so when we In Newberg, Oregon, Sharon Vo of said. MCMINNVILLE Antique Mall said she’s had a strong Christmas Homeward Bound Pets ...............................................9 Miller’s Antiques ..........................................................6 NEWS, FEATURE AND STORY IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PRINT ld Stuff magazine wants to know more about what’s happening in the Northwest antiques and collectibles world. Send Opress releases or news items of interest to oldstuffnews@gmailcom. Want to contribute or have a story idea? Email us; we’d love to chat about it. ANTIQUE DESTINATIONS ARE A DIME A See page five for a story that came to us from Bob Russell at Bob Russell at Butte Creek Mill Antiques in Eagle Point. DOZEN, AND WORTH EVERY PENNY By Ossie Bladine PUBLISHER I’m not much of an impulse buyer. And I rarely Here at Old Stuff, we’re excited about the future. Jeb Bladine shop online. But I made an exception of both of Business has been rough for us and many of those recently when I purchased a mask from the those we represent here. The antiques and online merchandise store of Four Seasons Total EDITOR / ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER collectibles industry in the Pacific Northwest lost Landscaping. a few long-standing shops, and witnessed the Ossie Bladine end of its largest event company in 2020. 503.687.1269 I couldn’t help myself. I gave it to a friend with a good sense of humor. But, many others survived, as has this little publi- ASSOCIATE EDITOR The mask has the Philadelphia business’s logo cation. With our rose colored glasses on, we move forward into hopefully a sunnier 2021. And we Rusty Rae on it, along with a the pun, “Lawn and Order.” My friend , a lawyer, got a good laugh out of it. do so with some changes that are sure to provide GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE, CONTACT US TODAY growth. SALES REPRESENTATIVES I don’t know if anyone out will ever classify this Bonnie George particular mask as a collectible. I wonder if any First and foremost, we’ve expanded the role of Rusty Rae, a “visual story teller, writer, bon For advertising inquiries Kelly Hyder 2020 masks will increase in value over time for vivant,” according to his email signature. Kelsey Selph their historic or cultural value. Or, maybe they’ll Kathy Stamper all be used and eventually destined for a garbage As associate editor of Old Stuff, he’s well on his 503.687.1253 [email protected] heap. way to better connecting this publication to the PRODUCTION DESIGN Either way, it’s fun to think about which of today’s shops, dealers and collectors it serves. An exam- ple of old stuff himself (his words, not mine!), it’s To see what you’ve been missing, visit oldstuffnews.com. Morgan King purchases will become future vintage collect- ibles. a natural fit that I’m excited