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WORLD MARKETPLACE NEWS
ROBB REPORT – Rock THE CHRONICLE – Longtime
‘n Roll royalty has passed friends Chris Lopez and Isaiah
through the doors of Brown had been dreaming of
this magnificent London opening a sneaker store for years,
mansion built in 1775 by but it wasn’t until they combined
eminent architect and their idea with two other passions
engineer Robert Mylne for that they were finally ready to go
Lady St. Aubyn. For the into business: SneakerHeadz
past quarter century, The Barber Shop in Sheffield Village,
Wick, as the house is known, has been home to legendary The Who Ohio, offers new and pre-owned shoes, vintage clothing and haircuts
lead guitarist and co-founder Pete Townshend. all under the same roof. “Sneakers and barbers, they pretty much go
Perched on a hilltop in the leafy West London suburb of Richmond hand in hand for this generation,” he said. “It worked out perfectly.”
upon Thames, with jaw-dropping views of the River Thames below—the
view is so special it is protected by a 1902 British Act of Parliament—this
four-story, six-bedroom mansion offers over 8,500-square-feet of YAHOOLIFE – Having just finished with
interior space. Before Townshend bought it, it had been owned by the July fashion shows in Venice, the
Rolling Stone’s Ronnie Wood who had converted the home’s one-time Rome-based fashion house Valentino is
billiards room into a recording studio. working on another project that will see
But don’t expect too much negotiation on price; Mr. Townshend the light by the end of the year.
is only accepting offers “in excess of $20.8 million.” According to the rumors, Valentino, and
its creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli,
are forging partnerships with a number
THE SCOOP – Before The Suicide of vintage stores around the world.
Squad hits theaters in August, “Task Owners of Valentino vintage pieces will
Force X” is getting the Funko Pop vinyl be encouraged to submit them to the
treatment. This next level of movie col- boutiques in exchange for store credit to
lectible by Funko has revealed designs for use on new Valentino collections. Sustainability is also a key element
the team of supervillain screwups, which of this initiative. The couture house has increasingly been focusing
includes ten new Pop designs. Harley on environmental issues, announcing in May that it would go fur-free
Quinn is getting three designs – one in starting in 2022.
her body suit, an Amazon exclusive of
her in a red dress curtsying, and a Target
exclusive in the red dress holding a WFMZ.COM – A pair of auction houses in the eastern United States
weapon, which is only right since Margot Robbie is back in the role. and an online marketplace from France recently
became industry partners with Atlanta-based
WorthPoint Corporation. The three compa-
KTVQ-TV, BILLINGS MT – Thanks to a new city parking plan, two nies, which include Paris-based Antikeo,
vintage/antique stores in downtown Billings, Montana are enjoying Freeport, ME-based Casco Bay Auctions, and
the extra parking now available right in front of their shops. “Back- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates of Mt. Crawford,
In Only” parking VA will supply current and historical sales data
spots have been created to WorthPoint’s growing Price Guide database.
along city streets to Bruno Morazzoni, founding partner of Antikeo,
give customers more said “Having our sold items featured in the
chances to park close to WorthPoint database provides good exposure to a large range of potential
their favorite shops, clients.” WorthPoint offers more than 540 million archived prices
including Montana and nearly 1.3 billion images to improve pricing transparency for
Vintage Clothing and sellers and buyers.
Yesteryears Antique
Mall. By backing into a parking space, drivers can easily pull out onto
the street without taking a chance backing up into oncoming traffic. KOTAKU.COM – By the numbers, Linda Guillory’s two world records
Danny Kramer, the owner of Yesteryears Antique Mall, said that from come from her collection of 1,599 LCD gaming systems and 2,430
what he is seeing, people are adjusting to the change and no longer playable gaming systems. Then on July 2, 2021, Guinness World
complaining about accessing his street-front shop. Records announced Guillory of Richardson, TX earned the two
achievements for her massive collection of thousands of handheld,
tabletop, and even watch-based gaming systems. These aren’t gaming
SCMP.COM – Having repairs made to your systems as we might think of
wardrobe is on-trend – Prince Charles is a big consoles and handhelds now,
fan. The future British monarch has set up a rather they’re more like the
repair clinic at Dumfries House, his home in Tiger Electronic handhelds of
Scotland, to mend clothes for people in the yore. Guilllory’s collection also
surrounding area and to support sustainable includes traditional video
fashion. He has played an important part in games. In Guinness’ profile
persuading British consumers to end “this video, Guillory shows off a
extraordinary trend of throwaway clothing.” massive cabinet of old video
It is a direction many luxury companies are games, noting she owns every game Nintendo released in North
likely to follow in years to come as younger America. Guillory, an electrical engineer, wants to share her enthusiasm
generations with a different perspective on for gaming with children and teach them how to create gaming systems
second-hand or repaired goods become their biggest customer base. of their own. She also hopes to preserve her collection in a museum.
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