Antiques and Old Lace
31935 New York State Route 25
Cutchogue, NY
This antique store in North Fork is the most expensive one. The most clean one. The most organized one. Almost all the antique stores have dust and smell damp. Not this one.
The sign says Your husband called .. He said to buy anything you want. is pretty cute.
The cigar box cost $295 is beautiful.
Gene Mott says he and his wife Patricia got into the antiques business by accident. He was working a construction job when he found a piece of furniture in the road and sold it to a dealer. “I had a little too much fun with it,” he says with a chuckle, “and it got out of hand.”
This accident was a happy one, because the 4,000-square-foot store he built and crammed with unique items 36 years…
