Rebekah Milne and Seamus McCance, At Home Antiques and Gallery, Kingston, NY
FRANK DONEGAN | MAY 12, 2013
Is Kingston becoming a younger generation’s Hudson?
Maybe it’s just coincidence, but for the second time in six months, we’ve gone to Kingston, New York, to interview a young couple getting into the antiques business.
This time it’s 32-year-old Rebekah Milne, the daughter of longtime dealers Jim and Judy Milne. Rebekah is joining the family business along with her partner, Seamus McCance, who’s also 32. Jim and Judy Milne began selling antiques from their New York City apartment 42 years ago, and for 38 years they sold out of their gallery on East 74th Street. But an unreasonable landlord—“He didn’t know there was a recession,” Jim said—led them to think about moving their operation out of town.
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