Clyde Shokes Jr., a native Charlestonian with a lifelong interest in antiques, visited Galleons Lost two weeks ago, curious about this new store/gallery that just opened in the Antique District of King Street in downtown Charleston, SC. Mr. Shokes liked what he saw at the gallery: “Their new shop on King St. is bound to be a great success and a perfect addition to the variety of antique shops already there. They have world class museum quality things from Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies and Bali in particular. No other local shop has the things they have…Some of their best museum quality things are a gold purse that was given to the Queen of Sumatra by the King in 1850 and a large gold headdress type crown that belonged to a King. If you need a canon, they have several, even some miniature ones…”