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Lessig's Pleasant Valley in Brookeville,  MD
Owner: Barbara and Jim Lessig

Barbara and Jim Lessig have been in the antiques business since 1965, starting in Boston, then in Milwaukee, and finally here in Maryland since 1969. Barbara learned her specialty - glass -- in Milwaukee, the Midwest, of course, and a mecca for early American pattern glass. The Lessig's would visit a farming couple in Colgate, Wisconsin, who had a huge Dutch barn filled with almost every pattern of glass, thousands of pieces representing more than 600 patterns of the 1800s.

Barbara expanded her antique collecting and selling interests over the years, and now collects and sells over the full range of collectible glass, from ancient to art glass of contemporary studio artists. She is a certified appraiser of personal property with the international Society of Appraisers. She has held chapter officer and board of director positions with ISA and the National American Glass Club. The Lessig's own and operate a shop in Brookeville, Maryland, and are active in exhibiting at antique shows in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Barbara writes articles for collector newsletters and magazine, and has been a speaker for local and national collecting organizations on antiques and appraising.

Jim, retired from a career of management and consulting in information systems for commercial and government organizations, "carries the bags" for Barbara.

Jim is a musician specializing in double reed woodwind instruments (oboe, English horn, and bassoon), and trains paint horses, both lifelong hobby pursuits. Currently treasurer of ADAM, he is happy to be working with such dedicated and congenial people.

Lessig's Pleasant Valley
21000 Georgia Avenue (Rt. 97)
Brookeville, MD 20833
(301) 924-2293

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