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Feilding Antiques Shop For Art And Craft A Manawatū woman with an eye for antiques has opened her first store at age 55, showing it is never too late to find a new passion or career. Her Feilding antiques shop, Qwerky Corner, opened its doors on January 21 and features work by New Zealand and international artists, from potter Brendan Adams​ to photographer Annie Leibovitz​. Suzanne Keppel​ began buying and selling antiques in her early 40s. Until then she had been working in corporate marketing, a far cry from busy and competitive auction houses, and certainly a Feilding antiques shop. “I got into it because I’d bought a house that needed refurbishing, but I didn’t think I had enough knowledge, so I enrolled in an interior design course,” she said. By that stage she already had a degree in law and philosophy, and was looking for something she could do…

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