Auntie Ques - High Class Junque
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Recently a small sign in the window of Auntie Que ' s proclaimed : " In dog years I would be dead ." Bess the owner of the eclectic shop filled to the brim with stuff has a humorous side and is also a serious collector .
Side by side on shelves you will find funny , fun , old , 60s , and antiques , for instance beside a package of Shakespearian Insult Gum with the headline , ' Thy breath stinks with eating toasted cheese ' is an antique tea cup .
When asked how long she had been in the collecting mod , Bess cited one hundred and two years , laughing she counters that by stating she began at nine years of age at a rummage sale . Then her grandmother convinced her she had to start collecting things for her hope chest . Well it ' s just gone on since then , truck loads in fact .
Her new store located on the Main Street of Hot Springs , Montana is her dream come true . Bess is not into " niche " collecting , she is all over the board . She stated she has sold two of her coffee makers she put in the store for herself , and her microwave .
Two women were shopping when I went in to talk to Bess . I browsed the shelves and found myself intrigued by everything , including how it was placed , what it was next to and on and on down the shelves . The women also commented that they got the same feeling when they started cruising the aisles looking things over .
Bess does have favorites . Tea cups , especially one special Cobalt Blue Royal cup . It was never give away glassware in boxes of soap and was sold by Sears and Roebucks in their catalogue which offered a sixteen piece starter set .
If you find yourself in
Hot Springs , Montana then take a jaunt down Main Street and visit Auntie Que ' s High Class Junque . It is open most days from noon to five p . m .
Auntie Q is working on getting an online store up and running .