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This Week's Top Picks From The High Top Shop

In the spotlight this week is a Noritake 'Elmhurst' Fine Bone China set and several 'Wish List' items.

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Here are this week's Top Picks from The Andy Foundation: A magnificent set of Noritake 'Elmhurst' Fine Bone China.

The set features 12 dinner plates, 12 salad plates, 12 bread/butter plates, 12 dessert/fruit bowls, 11 cream soup bowls, one oval platter, one round bowl (10"), one oval bowl (10"), one oval platter (16"), one gravy boat/attached dish, one  round covered bowl, 11 tea cups, 15 saucers, one creamer and one sugar bowl.

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WISH LIST: The 'Wish List' is a new addition to the High Top Shop's weekly column. Here we'll feature items that customers have expressed interest in purchasing. If you have something that we list, maybe you will think of donating it to the shop!

Here are this week's Wish List items:

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  • Beach house decor
  • Big Plastic Buttons! (We have a customer who makes adorable button jewelry!)
  • Brian Baker Small Houses
  • Golf Clubs
  • Vintage Airplanes (Please no real ones! There's not enough space at the shop!)
  • Hitchcock furniture
  • Clocks
  • Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica (Okay, I'm always calling "dibs" on that if it comes in.)
  • GC items
  • Lilly Pulitzer-Wicker 

If you have any of the above-mentioned items and want to donate them we will gladly accept them and offer you a tax receipt!

The High Top Shop is located at 671 Franklin Avenue. Call 747-1317 for more information. Store hours: Monday and Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The High Top Shop is a 501 c3 charity that donates all of its proceeds to various children's causes. The shop carries gently used and new items for the home. Visit www.theandyfund.com for more details.


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