Monday's Press Register featured a wonderful article on Marty and Rex Leatherbury, importers extraordinaire and Windmill Market permanent vendors! Marty and Rex source beautiful antiques, each with a fascinating story that the Leatherburys are happy to relate any time you stop by their booth or their expansive store/warehouse space on HWY 98 in Fairhope.
Read the story behind their gorgeous antiques and jewelry on display as you enter the market- article copied below.
Baldwin to Beijing: Leatherburys label themselves a 'nation of two'
by Roy Hoffman, Mobile Press Register, Monday, November 7, 2011
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/in_china_fairhope_couple_marty.html
BEIJING, CHINA -- For Marty and Rex Leatherbury, China feels like a second home.
The Leatherburys lived in China from 2003 until the 2008 Beijing Olympics and have returned regularly since to buy jewelry, furniture and art objects for their Asian import shop in Fairhope, M-Art Imports.
