Maine, Florene

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Maine, Florene, (1896-1980), was a nationally known antiques specialist and dealer who lived at 113 West Lane at her death; business called Red Petticoat Antiques; came here 1928, operating store on Route 7 opposite Florida Hill Road until 1966; after brief period in Wilton, bought antique West Lane house in 1971; she sold her first antique at the age of 5 — a jewel box that had belonged to the Duchess de Orleans. The buyer, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, paid 4,000 times what she had paid for it.

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