When early family ties help shape your own creative path, the results can be life changing!
Genna Gordon learned to love vintage treasures at an early age from her father. A skilled machinist who brought his family here from the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, her dad instilled in his daughter the “thrill of the hunt” by taking her to countless estate sales and auctions. Genna was always happy to accompany him and helped as her parents eventually opened a small vintage store on Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY.
Now a Charlotte resident, Genna was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021. When she took a medical leave from her longtime career in banking, she and her fiancé, Paul, explored their own shared interest in antiques, searching together at small auctions and estate sales, or setting up a booth (or two, or three) here and there, selling their unique vintage finds.
“While we sold from booths in lots of places, we were always searching for a more permanent spot,” shares Genna. “A realtor suggested we take a look at Denver, NC and, after a few visits, suddenly Denver felt like home! We made an offer on a space, closed in July of 2024 and opened The Missing Piece that September.”…