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We love antiques and collectibles. We lived in NY State, then VT for 10 yrs, and then in OR raising our grandkids. Dan is a jr at OIT in Kamath Falls,OR and Marissa grad from HS in June. We moved back to Westfield, MA in Sep 2008.

Antiques and Collectibles. Old woodworking tools, inkwells and related items, brass, pewter, bottles, scales and balances and any nice, old items. Generally Victorian or earlier, but least pre-WWII items in almost all cases.

Anything in our line of goods that is interesting and a good buy. We buy some from England as we like their brass, copper and other Victorian and older items.

English, French, German, Spanish, Only fluent in English

Photography, computers, gardening (both Master Gardeners), skiing, traveling, genealogy, bridge, Richard sings in chorus.

Light reading: Books by Jonathan Kellerman, Jeffrey Archer, Tim Green, Archer Mayer, and Stuart Woods and any good mystery. Humor/philosophy books by Bill Brysen. History: books by Samuel Eliot Morrison.

Musicals: Carousel, West Side Story, Singing in the Rain. Humor/philosophy: Forest Gump, Charlie Wilson's War (and most Tom Hank movies).

Monk. Cobert Report. Masterpiece Theater. Old Lovejoy shows, Rosemary & Thyme, Midsomer Murders, Poirot, ( other BBC) series available now via Netflix.

We are generally animal lovers. Our dog, Charlie lived to be 18, and was a wonderful pet. Since then we have had several cats. Right now we have Lily, an orphan from a litter at local cat shelter. We volunteered for several years at 2 different shelters in Oregon. Lily is sort of at the bottom of the gene pool, but is a really nice pet, although rather aloof most of the time. We are long term Reds and Red Sox fans. Have seen both teams in action and follow progress. First Red Sox game in 1947 at Fenway Park, so not just jumping on the band wagon. Also, follow Bearcats and Black Bears. Ergo, the Blackbear ebay moniker. We used to ski a lot and were ski instructors for school kids' program at Bromley Mt in VT for years. Rich played tennis in HS and Kodak, then for sport until into mid 60s. Some golfing. Do a lot of walking and exercising now.

Phyllis was born in Logansport, Indiana and brought up in Cincinnati. She is a grad of U of Cinn and and Eastman dietetic graduate program and worked as a therapeutic dietician at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. Richard was born in Brunswick, Maine. He graduated from U of Maine at Orono in Mechanical Engineering. He worked 34 yrs for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY, most of the time in the Research Labs. Phyllis started a small antique business about 1980, selling some items in group shops and setting up at antique shows. When Richard took an early retirement in 1990, we moved to VT. We continued our antiquing ventures, doing shows in most New England states,and NY, NJ, PA while selling items out of group shops. We took 15 or more trips to England to purchase antiques and tour the UK. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2002, we scaled down our antique business, but have recently been coming more active on eBay, and enjoy buying,selling and communicating with pe

We prefer PayPal because of the quickness and security of payments, but will take almost any other payment if a customer wants to wait for money to clear our account.

We ship almost everything by USPS Priority Mail. It is very quick, has good handling, and is only about 20% more than snail mail. Another nice feature is the free boxes.

We will accept returns in the first 2 wks and will refund the cost of the item, but not the postage.

Contact through e-mail. pomtiques@hotmail.com (Contraction of Pomeroy+Antiques)

Two boys, both married. One a financial analyst in Boston with a violinist wife, and a new grandson born in 2007. One a teacher in NYC, with a speech therapist wife. Our daughter lives in OR and manages a real estate company office in Portland. Our two grandchildren (our daugher's) have lived with us for the past 6 years.

We like to travel and have taken trips to many European countries. Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Luxenberg, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain. On a trip back from Luxenberg on Iceland Air we stopped over in Iceland and visited thermal springs, etc. We have visited England over 15 times and Wales and Scotland several times. Other than Canada and Mexico, no other American countries other than the Caribbean. Have been to Nassau, St John's, St Thomas, and St Croix. Also have been to Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand. We have visited about 2/3 of the US states including Alaska and Hawaii. Areas left are the SW and some Deep South states. We took Amtrak from Portland, OR to Springfield, MA a few years ago, stopping in Chicago to tour the city. Took the Alaska State Ferry from Homer to Bellingham, WA. Stops in all major ports. 5 nights on ferry with one night in Skagway. Great option to cruise withot the glitz. Good food purchased in an on-board cafeteria or dining room.