He opened his antiques business in the late 1960's.
Indeed, the age of specialization has hit the antiques business.
She and her husband also ran an antiques business before retiring.
Steffie asked him if he had been in the antiques business for long.
He was considered for many years one of the country's most powerful and knowledgeable figures in the antiques business.
"Because the antiques business is so difficult, you have a sense of insecurity," he said.
In addition to acting, he ran his own antiques business.
Aged 19, he followed his father into the antiques business.
Gordon used that money to set up an antiques business in Charleston.
The beauty of the antiques business here, he said, is that with so many dealers, you never know what's going to turn up.