Special Appearance The Costume Shop

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Special Appearance The Costume and Vintage Shop announces the sale of its extensive costume and vintage collections. These two extraordinary collectionsare housed in a 4,200 square foot retail spacelocated at 17-19 North Main Street, Gloversville, New York. The shop is in the center of downtown Gloversville,located at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, approximately 40 minutes from Albany, the state capital of New Yorkand3.5 hour's drivenorthof Manhattan. Proprietress, Mary E. Condon has been collecting costumes and vintageclothing forover 20 years and has owned this rental/retail shop since September of 2001.Costumers from theatres, colleges, television and filmcompanies fromaround the northeastern and mid-atlantic stateshave utilized this stock. Special Appearance has also been in the theatrical design business, and its theatrical costume division features thousands of items to costume over 200 stage plays and musicals.Mrs. Condonis retiring and is sellingher collections -which can easily be described asextensive, unique, and vast. The care of the collections has been impeccable - each item is cleaned after every use.The shophas been run as a "hobby business" with 95% rental and 5% sales, limited sales effort and nowebsite. It is positioned to be a very profitable business with a basic marketing effort.With easily over $500,000 in inventory, these collections are perfect for someone interested in looking to purchase fabulous quality itemsfor an expansion or start-up anywhere in the United States.Thestock can easily be re-located. Storage is needed for the large stock. All of the wall racks, showcases, cupboards, shelving, signs and storeequipment are also available. Additionally, Scan 1, 2, 3 Costume Shop Business Software (with one license)isavailable for interested parties.Seller is willing to finance with the right buyer. The collections for sale are as follows:
COSTUMES/ THEATRICAL COSTUMES
Includes infant, child, teen and adult sizes thatare high-end rental quality and rent Halloween season and year-round. Masks, wigs, and retail items are included. All popular seasonal costumes are in this collection - from Santa Clausto the Easter Bunny!
Also includes a vast collection of period costumes sutitable for theater and film,from the1920's through modern-day.The accessory collection is unbelievable in its depth and variety, with over 1000 pairs ofgloves,700 neckties,hundreds and hundreds of pairs of fabulous shoes and boots, over 100 hats, and countlessscarves. Click on the "COSTUMES" tab to get a full listing of what is included inthis collection.
VINTAGE & FORMAL WEAR
Special Appearance's Vintage Collection is filled with extremely valuable,unusual and one-of-a-kind items, dating from the late 1800'sthrough the 1980's. Most are in mint condition, depending on age, andthe collection features an extensive designer collection.