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Northshore October 2025
Some people fixate on the stock market, and some people can talk for hours about the Red Sox. William Ralph obsesses over antiques. A conversation with him wraps history with craftsmanship and the personal stories behind each item that has passed through his hands. “I’m sure nobody thinks about antiques as much as I do,” says Ralph, who owns William Ralph Fine Antiques in Rowley and has spent 35 years in the antiques business. “There are hundreds of stories about the things I have.” And just as many stories about the things he no longer has, such as a painting of Thomas Chew, a purser in the United States N
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