RANDOLPH ROSE COLLECTION / FAR EASTERN ANTIQUES / RJ ROSE REALTY

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My name is Randolph “Randy” Rose, and in 1964 my cousin Stephen Gano went to Thailand to serve in the United States Military. While there, Steve discovered some amazing antiques at the villages he was stationed at. He was so enamored by the vast selection and uniqueness, that he wanted to share them with people back in the United States. He started buying them up and sending them back home to our Aunt Lee's antique store in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Once he got back stateside, Steve started selling the antiques out of a Manhattan showroom. No one else had really brought these Asian antiques to America before, and the response was amazing! Steve even converted his home in Yonkers to an art gallery and started selling antiques there as well.

The business grew, and in the early 1970s Steve and I partnered to help meet the increasing demand. Steve would go back and forth to Asia to find more antiques, and I focused on the sales and operations back in the states.

Although he started in Thailand, Steve began to travel all throughout the Far East. He went to Hong Kong, China, Japan, Burma, Indonesia, India, Korea and more...for weeks at a time!

Randy Rose in 1974 for Far Eastern Arts
Can you believe it! That's yours truly in 1974 at the National Arts and Antiques Festival in NYC showing an 18th Century gilded figure.

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