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MEET Our Staff & Dealers |
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PAT DROBIK, our English-born mall MANAGER, is the first person who will greet you with a warm hello, a gracious smile and a trace of an English accent. She is the heart of the mall, and has been the manager of The Antique Connection Mall for over 18 years, in fact, she has been the only manager of our mall. Pat keeps busy with recording sales, answering questions, managing floor workers and all the other myriad duties come with her job. Even though she is a very busy lady, Pat always has time to answer a question or contact a dealer for our customers. |
PAT has always enjoyed the antique business, starting as a young girl in Liverpool, England, searching for and discovering various treasures and antiques in her home country. Pat has her own booth which she decorates with a selection of “Shabby Chic” home décor and collectible items. “I particularly like Poppies” was Pat’s comment when she was showing me her various selections that were decorated with the colorful flower, and she has collected them for years. |
PAT and her husband Ed, another dealer, have made a life together for 45 years. The two have been residents of Albuquerque for 23 of those years. Today Pat enjoys her job of dealing with antiques, spending time with her grown son, a policeman, and especially spoiling her three beautiful granddaughters. Everyday at 4 o’clock Pat enjoys a “spot of tea”. Pat makes her tea the traditional English way, of course, in a teapot, steeped, with a little milk and served in a delicate tea cup and matching saucer. If you have an interest in one of Pat’s items come on by the mall... she is there Monday through Thursday |
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| JOHN CLARKE, owner of the Antique Connection Mall, specializes in bakelite radios, lamps and objects, mid-century modern jewelry, Victorian desk accessories and whatever else catches his fancy. | JOHN'S roll top desk is "Mission Control" at the shop, and from there he manages the dealer leasing and other issues that come with this business. To join us and BE A DEALER, CLICK HERE or email John at jeclarke@swcp.com. | John's poker chips collection features all the wonderful mellow colors of vintage bakelite that make it one of his favorites. |
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After careers as a builder, commercial realtor and projects analyst for a land developer, Jane began an antiques business professionally in 1995. She has really been a collector since childhood though, with vintage and costume jewelry as her main interests. For the past 15 years she has bought, sold, researched and written about it. She has lectured at national jewelry conventions, had her jewelry featured in national publications and has a reference feature of her web site called "Jewel Chat", well known among jewelry enthusiasts. |
JANE H CLARKE is one of the owners of the Antique Connection Mall, and she also owns MORNING GLORY ANTIQUES & JEWELRY, which is operated there as well. With boxes of jewelry coming and going every day, she finds it an exciting business with new things to see and learn about all the time. Specializing in Victorian, rhinestone, designer, vintage and Shultz bakelite jewelry and accessories, she delights in finding the rare, colorful and unusual pieces. |
Jane and her husband JOHN have owned the Antique Connection Mall since 1995 and have enjoyed every minute of it. They are now retired from careers in real estate and land development and John focuses on the his collections now. He specializes in bakelite radios and objects, desk accessories, small interesting boxes and kerosene lamps. |
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Sam & Frieda have worked together 3 times in their various careers. They now both work at the Antique Connection Mall and both are pivotal here. Sam ships and unpacks all the Morning Glory jewelry that comes in and goes out every day, as well as keeping things running in general, and Frieda is the weekend Queen at the front desk. |
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| SAM BURNS | FRIEDA KRAKER |
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It is not unusual to
find friends who share their space at “The Antique Connection Mall",
working together to promote their antiques and collectibles. Dealer
ANN BROWN is such a story. Ann and her good friend and fellow vendor Jacqueline
Wright started selling goods at “The Antique Connection Mall” shortly
after the doors opened on our new building nearly 13 years ago. The two
ladies displayed the Teddy Bears that they created in one of the glass
cases at the front of the store. (Cases are a great
avenue that is available at the mall for those that want to test the
waters in the business and keep their costs to a minimum.) |
Not only did they share a passion and
creativity for Teddy Bears but they traveled the country to show their hand
made bears at various shows. During these travels they would go out antiquing
for vintage items to accessorize their Teddy Bear creations. Their success led them to
expand into a booth space not only displaying their hand work but also
antique finds that they discovered on their various trips. Today these long
time friends have their own individual booths and are a vital part of “The
Antique Connection”. |
Ann and Lee, her husband of forty five
years, have been residents of Albuquerque since 1969. Ann’s
creativity making Teddy Bears won her “The Golden Teddy” award. This
is a prestige’s award handed out by “The Teddy Bear Review” which is
a national publication catering to the making of fine teddy bears.
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At the Antique Connection it is not just the ladies that get to have all of the fun. Albuquerque’s premier antique mall has many guy vendors also, specializing in "man-tiques". One of those gentlemen is JIM YOUNG. Jim specializes in and is renowned for his large collection of hunting and fishing collectibles and antiques. Those items would include antique duck decoys, game callers, fishing reels and lures and I even spotted a set of vintage golf clubs in his interesting, well supplied booth. |
Jim not only buys and sells these
outdoorsman collectibles and memorabilia but he also is an avid fisherman
and hunter himself. Jim is always willing to tell you of his hunting and
fishing exploits. |
Since retiring from 35 years of service with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Jim spends his time searching for and selling his finds not only at The Antique Connection but also on eBay and going around the country to different shows. He can be seen on eBay as seller "bullsprig". Jim and his lovely wife Saundra have been residents of Albuquerque since 1981. They have two grown children that have blessed them with four wonderful grandchildren. |
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Janice started her antiques business over 15 years ago and is knowledgeable about a wide range of antiques and collectibles. |
JANICE KLAUS has a eye for the quirky, unusual and unique. As a decorator in the past, she has the knack for finding the most interesting things and displaying them with flair. You will find military collectibles rubbing shoulders with funeral collectibles, furniture with art work and and pottery with vintage clothing and wooden ware. But her great loves are ephemera and vintage photographs. |
She lives in the mountains with her husband Ed, and is tireless in her search for wonderful new things with which to stock her spaces. |
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ANITA at DOLLS 4U specializes in selling and repairing dolls from 1880-1980 and antique and vintage Teddy Bears. If you are looking for a certain doll or have collections for sale, be sure to contact her at 505-508-0351. She currently sells out of two shops in Albuquerque: Antique Connection and Willow Creek- A Country Attic and is the owner of the Albuquerque Doll and Teddy Bear Show and Sale. Her website will give detailed information about upcoming shows across the Southwest that feature her large display of dolls, bears, and miniatures for sale. |
ANITA is a
retired school administrator from Wisconsin and now teachs part time at
the University of New Mexico. She knows everything there IS to know
about dolls and doll lovers will enjoy her enthusiasm!
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Anita's philosophy of doll repair and restoration is to do as little as necessary to maintain the integrity of the doll. With over 25 years of experience in the doll repair and selling business, it brings Anita great joy to restore family treasures and future heirlooms. If you are interested in getting a doll or toy repaired or knowing more about your family heirloom, pleae contact her. |
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AND MANY MORE of our DEALERS to come! |
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