a modern day Ali Baba’s cave!
They could talk about their passion for old furniture and old objects for hours. Always with this little flame in the eyes.
“When you go antiquing, you never know what you’re going to come across. Being surprised by what you have found is what is satisfying. Antiquing is a passion, it’s even a drug. We never stop! We are always afraid that the nugget will pass under our noses. We are always on the lookout! Exclaims spontaneously, Roxana Herrison, installed on her “throne”, an Emmanuelle armchair that she has recently acquired: “I have four like this one”. This is the most erotic of armchairs since it became famous thanks to the film “Emmanuelle” in the 70s, and it is still very popular today.
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Nuggets like this, their workshop is full of them. Always with a surprising anecdote and a touch of history.
“For example, I had sent a box from the American Army to a girl who was in New York. His grandfather was in the Air Force, in that regiment, at the time of the D-Day landings. She fell in love, this box was symbolic for her”, laughs to tell François.
More recently, he had a large mirror sent to Carpentras, for the second home of a person living in… Singapore! “It seems crazy that our pieces are identified via Instagram on the other side of the world”.
Because if China remains the heart of their activity, “we are very far from the simple purchase-resale. It’s actually 1% of everything we do. There are all the extras that have to be managed: maintaining the Instagram network, interacting with potential buyers, all the logistics… It’s a full-time job. »
Roxana and François also met on the social network Instagram, which is today the showcase of their activity. “It allows you to reach a larger population.”