Our History

In 1990 my husband Curtis (Corky) was in a serious motorcycle accident that rendered him disabled for 2-1/2 years. My daughter Erica and son Patrick were nine and fourteen years old at this time. We were in the middle of building our first home, which is our residence today. During this time, my job was eliminated. I could not put the stress on my family so I did not tell them for a couple of weeks, not until I found other work.

In only a few weeks I found myself working three part-time jobs. I also opened a small store on South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro called Jewels by Julie. Things were a bit sluggish in the downtown area back then; however, with my other jobs, we managed to keep our heads above water. Later, I was able to purchase the building where Jewels by Julie was located from a wonderful lady named Della Kernodle.

In 1995 Corky was well enough to return to work as a building contractor. We and another couple, Teresa and Gary Richardson, leased an old department store (the old Thalhimers building) a few buildings down from Jewels by Julie. Later, we bought the Richardson's share of the business.

In January 2002, we sold our downtown properties and purchased a 45,000 square foot building along I-40. Sports Unlimited built this building (later bought out by Jumbo Sports) and filed for bankruptcy in 2000. The building sat empty for one year. On April 1, 2001, we were ready for business. We moved 90 percent of our dealers from downtown to 6428 Burnt Poplar Road, Greensboro, NC, parallel to Interstate 40, with over 150 dealers occupying spaces. Since that time, our business has grown tremendously and we're proud to say that we've had a waiting list for antique dealers to rent space in Antique Market Place.