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Transparency. Fairness. Sustainability.

I'm just about the unlikeliest person you could find to become a paperweight dealer. The tragic loss of my mother, Robin, caused me to look at my professional life from a different perspective and I was weighing my options for the future when my son and I travelled to Scotland with some of my mother's cremated remains to have glass memorials made.  

It was during this trip we met William Manson of Manson Glass and Peter Holmes of Holmes Glass. While visiting Holmes Glass, Peter and his son Andy, dropped a question on me that I never expected and still can't believe it. 

They asked someone who has never been a dealer, never worked in business or retail, never created or managed a website, if I'd sell for them in the US. 

It took me a bit but obviously I eventually said yes on the grounds that I thought i could increase Holmes' Glass sales and do a better job of promoting Peter and his contributions to the modern paperweight era.

All of my work and effort towards this website and business is in loving memory of my mother, Robin Bruce. Without the tragedy of her death I wouldn't have met Peter and Andy Holmes. But it did happen and I'm confident that I can make some good come out of the tragedy that brought me to Scotland in the first place.  

I may not be polished or known but I'm fair and honest and driven to do what I can by implementing my ideas  to help the industry survive another generation.