The Main Street antique shop of Bob Weber is more of a museum than a retail store and Weber has been doing more buying than selling since the economy tanked a few years ago.
“This business did really good for four or five years until the economy chopped the legs off local spending,” Weber said. “I haven’t sold much, but I’ve made some great purchases.”
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Visitors include serious collectors, people doing historical research and those wanting to sell antique or unique treasures.
“That’s the best part, when people come to sell me stuff,” he said.
His shop is home to the Hamilton Café sign that graced the space above the Ford’s Department Store women’s section. The towering treasure was the first neon sign in Hamilton and inspired frequent customer Hank Williams Jr. to write an album by the same name. The front cover of the album, also hanging in Weber’s shop, features Hamilton’s earliest neon lights.
Weber is very proud of his corner dedicated to Hamilton police and sheriff’s memorabilia including historic photos of marshals, criminals and evidence of the evolution of peacekeeping. His display includes billy clubs, handcuffs, badges, patches and Montana code books.
Weber named his own little store “Burnt Forty Collectibles” after a Hamilton historical story that makes him chuckle.
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