Category Archives: antiques

Wheels of Wellesley motor vehicle show to rev up in May

A free motor vehicle show called Wheels of Wellesley will be held at the Wellesley Community Center property at 219 Washington St., on Saturday May 18 from 9am-3pm during Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend. Highlights will include James Bond’s favorite cars — Aston Martins — along with classic, exotic and antique cars owned by people in the [...]

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UPDATED: Wellesley revs up for 2 car shows in June

UPDATE: Linden Square car show date change A car show will be held in Linden Square on Saturday, June 9, 9am-2pm, and will feature 50+ models, from street rods to Model Ts. The event, held in the parking lot at 180 Linden St., is free. (The event was originally slated for June 2) Separately, the [...]

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Antiques at Elm Bank going green in June

The annual Antiques at Elm Bank show returns to Elm Bank Reservation on June 9-10, and new to the show this year is an “Antiques are Green” Children’s Festival aimed at budding antiquers, or at least at shoppers’ little helpers. Dino the Dinosaur will be on hand Sunday from 11am-1pm to remind everyone that antiques [...]

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D.B. Stock Antique Carpets is back… near Wellesley

D.B. Stock Antique Carpets, the store that departed its Washington Street location earlier this year, has announced its relocation just across the Wellesley town line on Rte. 16 in South Natick at 21 Eliot St.  Douglas and Helen Stock originally opened their business in 1985. The store’s old space remains vacant, though that area of [...]

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Not everyone in Wellesley is driving SUVs

Wellesley’s Bob Richards showed off his 1911 Model T Ford (above) at the classic car show held at Elm Bank Reservation on Sunday, which was packed with Packards, Indy pace cars, Shelby Cobras, assorted hood-gaping muscle cars and shiny trophies against the backdrop of the blooming MassHort gardens. Your Ad Here

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Elm Bank antiques show weathers weekend rain

Elm Bank Reservation on the Wellesley/Dover/South Natick line hosted its 6th annual antiques show over the weekend.  In an effort to escape the summer heat of past years, organizers moved the show from July to June, only to have Mother Nature serve up weather better for turtles than shoppers, not that many antiques fans didn’t [...]

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D.B. Stock’s departure a Wellesley wake-up call?

Douglas Stock, who started up D.B. Stock antique carpets with wife Helen in 1985, says he hopes the departure of their Washington Street store in Wellesley this June will serve as a wake-up call for the town about its growing loss of independent businesses and serve as a reminder for residents to consider doing more [...]

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