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We will be meeting at Village Silversmith’s Warehouse for a fun day! The owner, John Bajoras, and beads manager Brittney Hayes, will be our guides for the time we are there. The warehouse is on 2 floors, with rocks and minerals, cabochons, and beads. Bring a bagged lunch with you, as we will have the opportunity to refresh ourselves in their lunchroom, as needed.
Here are the details:
Arrive at 11am on May 13th at the Village Silversmith, 1 Kondelin Rd, Suite C, Gloucester, MA, 01930.
You can tour and visit up to 3pm, but they prefer us to leave sooner than that, as they are packing up for their next trade show as soon as we leave. You can stay for as long (or as short) as you’d like, up until 3pm.
There is a $200 shopping minimum per department (rocks and minerals, cabochons, beads, etc) & customer (although maybe you could pair up with a friend who is going, they pay for everything and then they pay you back for their share).
Please be sure to bring your tax id information as you will need to fill out the necessary paperwork at the end of your visit, if you’re not registered with them already.
Village Silversmith is a family-owned business with a history that starts in the beautiful seaside village of Rockport, MA. The life-long interest of minerals, fossils, stone cutting, and silversmithing running through the Bajoras family led to the opening of their first retail location in Rockport in the early 1990s.
Since then, Village Silversmith has grown from a small family business to a company that employs over fifty people. Within ten years of opening their doors in Rockport, the company had opened seven additional locations, including a second location in Rockport. Scattered across the North Shore and into southern New Hampshire, each of our retail locations has varying specialties and their own distinct feel created by our stores’ atmospheres and knowledgable, friendly staff.
We have also continued to grow as a company on the wholesale side of our business. Village Silversmith is known as the largest importer of rocks, minerals, and fossils on the East Coast. Our stock comes from all over the world, from South American countries to Asia and Africa, as well. We sell at over twenty-five trade shows and festivals a year (check out our trade show schedule here), and provide a large wholesale and retail inventory with an incomparable selection of our famous quality stone cabochons and beads. We are also members of both the AGTA (American Gem & Trade Association) and the MJSA (Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America).
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