Ad Firm’s Heavy Haul

Blumenfeld + Fleming, a boutique marketing and design firm in Montauk, came up big in the 2018 Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals Marcom Awards, grabbing 17 awards and 6 honorable mentions. 

Some of the businesses and organizations that the duo won platinum for are print ads for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s electrophysiology lab, a radio ad for AEG South Fork Peak Savers, a campaign for the Adam Miller Group, and a website for the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.

Gold honors came their way for the LaGuardia Design Group, a fall festival ad for the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, and ads for Landscape Details and South Fork Peak Savers, among others.

For a sense of scale, each year more than 6,000 entries are submitted. Blumenfeld + Fleming has won 149 Marcom Awards and over 300 awards for creativity in the past 13 years.

AIA Design Awards

Tickets have gone on sale for an AIA Peconic design awards gathering on Dec. 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Ross School in East Hampton. Ten projects will be recognized in the Daniel J. Rowen Memorial Design Awards, evaluated by a jury of F. Eric Goshow, Chris Cooper, Graham Wyatt, and Patrick Burke. There will also be a People’s Choice Award. 

The format allows for discussions around the winning projects, project descriptions, and time for questions. Details and tickets, which are $50, or $30 for AIA Peconic members, can be had at aiapeconic.org. The fare will be hors d’oeuvres, wine, and sparkling water.

Shopping Local on Saturday

While some East Hampton businesses are joining in Small Business Saturday, an initiative started in 2010 by American Express as a way to encourage people to patronize their community’s smaller businesses, others are having their own promotions that day. 

Black Sheep Knitworks will offer a 10-percent discount on everything in the store, and early shoppers may be able to snag one of the limited supply of American Express Shop Small totes the shop is giving out. 

Gubbins Running Ahead is having a 25-to-50-percent sale on selected merchandise all day on Saturday. 

Customers who think ahead can get a 20-percent discount Saturday on items they have preordered at White’s Apothecary. The staff at White’s will put aside items for customers to buy at the higher discount. Those who shop at the store on Saturday without preordering will get 15 percent off their purchases. Prescriptions are not included in the promotion.

Ralph Lauren, not exactly a mom-and-pop, is planning a designer sale of as much as 40 percent off on certain items from tomorrow through Saturday. I.C.

AMAGANSETT

F. and M. Singer to T. and A. Coletti, 132 Miankoma Lane, .56 acre, Oct. 5, $3,800,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

S. Lampert to 339 Butter L.L.C., 339 Butter Lane, 2.62 acres, Oct. 1, $3,750,000.

EAST HAMPTON 

US Bank National Association to El Bardissi and Navab Bosh, 19 Powder Hill Lane, 1.33 acres, Aug. 8, $910,000.

D. Gorrie to A. Rufino, 3 Spread Oak Lane, 1 acre, Sept. 27, $1,825,000.

L. Capozzi to S. and A. Lampard, 7 Shorewood Drive, .92 acre, Sept. 27, $1,350,000.

G. Brunn to Q. and C. Chan, 6 Central Avenue, .46 acre (vacant), Oct. 23, $337,000.

MONTAUK

Sennefelder Properties to 467 East Lake Drive L.L.C., 467 East Lake Drive and lot 27.001, 7 acres, Oct. 1, $5,000,000.

M. and S. Hankin to D. and S. Hughes, 236 Edgemere Street, Unit 229, Oct. 1, $245,000.

E. Conway Trusts to 5 OVT L.L.C., 5 Oceanview Terrace, 1 acre, Oct. 9, $5,000,000.

NOYAC

Gotlop L.L.C. to S. Loeffler, 11 Club Lane, 1.5 acres (vacant), Sept. 21, $600,000.

G. Harder and L. Grossman 

to Thompson and A. Rich­mond, 20 Windermere Drive, Baypoint, .23 acre, Sept. 21, $1,640,000.

SAG HARBOR

Slocum and Palmer Terrace to B. Ainsley, 9 Palmer Terrace, .24 acre, Sept. 26, $2,475,000.

M. Lefkowitz and K. Dupre to 

R. and T. McCallum, 31 Archi­bald Way, .58 acre, Oct. 16, $2,400,000.

SAGAPONACK

D. and R. Borkowsky to M. and J. Miller, 50 Northwest Path, 1.29 acres, Sept. 26, $900,000.

SPRINGS

G. Coulter to S. Sassoon and M. Lin, 1077 Fireplace Road, .78 acre, Aug. 22, $835,000.

WAINSCOTT

A. Yarnold and L. and E. Hunt to M. Tulloch and C. Campbell, 97 Wainscott Road Northwest, .36 acre, Sept. 27, $1,200,000.

WATER MILL

M. Rohrlich to 97 Wild Goose Lane, 97 Wild Goose Lane, 1.5 acres, Sept. 27, $4,000,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton.

AMAGANSETT

A. Loris to 105 Montauk Hwy. L.L.C., 105 Montauk Highway, 1.05 acres, Aug. 30, $1,925,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Radian Guaranty Inc. to Home Design Group NYC, 778 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, .18 acre, Sept. 14, $350,000.

LUCASA L.L.C. to PAL Woodruff, L.L.C., 56 Woodruff Lane, .5 acre, Sept. 21, $1,320,000.

C. and J. Chung to J. and C. Davis, 393 Lumber Lane, 1.02 acres, Oct. 10, $4,375,000.

EAST HAMPTON 

E.B. Porter to W. Segarra, 26 Huntting Road, .3 acre, July 25, $450,000.

J. and J. Doyle to M and T Bank, 17 Wooded Oak Lane, .46 acre, Aug. 1, $750,760.

L. and M. Tanguy to R. Ziskin and S. Bresler, 429 Hand’s Creek Road, 2 acres, Oct. 4, $1,450,000.

S. Anker to G. Jesel, 15 Harvest Lane, .62 acre, Oct. 11, $1,236,750.

B. Labiner and K. Gans to M. and S. Cafaro, 698 Hand’s Creek Road, .75 acre, Oct. 12, $1,400,000.

D. and C. McCrone to J. Rosenberg, 317 Two Holes of Water Road, 2.9 acres, Oct. 23, $1,750,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

N. Lazard to Pantigo Rd. 61 L.L.C., 61 Pantigo Road, .47 acre, Aug. 27, $1,200,000.

N. Grover and R. Grover Trusts to 132 Apaquogue L.L.C., 132 Apaquogue Road, 1.08 acres, Oct. 4, $8,500,000.

MONTAUK

R. Scollan to T. Culliton Trust, 79 Monroe Drive, .47 acre, Oct. 10, $5,300,000.

D. Webb to Devocean Properties, 17 Upland Road, 1.5 acres, Oct. 19, $1,599,000.

NORTH HAVEN

P. Anfolisi to D. and L. Geffen, 41 Sunset Beach Road, .51 acre, Oct. 15, $1,100,000.

NOYAC

S. Vitalo to J., E., and S. Jimenez, 35 Stoney Hill Road, .43 acre, Sept. 28, $710,000.

Sag Harbor QPRT to B. Obeidzinski, 36 Shady Cove Lane, .51 acre, Oct. 10, $1,250,000.

M. and Y. Bockstein to A. Seldman and A. Finfrock 16 Northside Drive, and lot 38.035, 1.04 acres, Oct. 12, $1,545,000.

SAG HARBOR

Wood, Aubry, and Aubry Jr. to J. Aubry and E. Arnold, 20 Brandywine Drive, .51 acre, Sept. 28, $612,440.

E. Bowser (by administrator) to 25 Liberty L.L.C., 25 Liberty Street, .28 acre, Oct. 2, $862,000.

Water Street Development to F. Mori, 21 West Water Street, Unit 2C, Oct. 2, $2,108,400.

G. and P. Slattery to G. and D. Valentine, 21 Wildwood Road, .46 acre, Oct. 16, $995,000.

SAGAPONACK

J. Farrell (by executora) to Striano Family Trust, 36 Sagg Pond Court, 1.31 acres, Oct. 3, $8,200,000.

P. Guarino to 59 Sandune L.L.C., 59 Sandune Court, .94 acre, Oct. 16, $7,583,000.

WATER MILL

J. and T. Smith to Old Mill Parcel L.L.C., 20 Old Mill Road, 1.75 acres, Oct. 4, $1,800,000.

K. King Trust to Sag Harbor QPRT, 1605 Deerfield Road, 6.2 acres, Oct. 10, $1,648,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton.

News of Harbor Books 

Harbor Books will be leaving its current location at 20 Main Street in Sag Harbor at the end of February, Taylor Rose Berry, the store’s owner, announced via a Facebook post on Nov. 23. She cited rising rent as the reason for the move.

“While we were able to sustain our lease since we opened, it is simply not possible to sustain with the rent increase scheduled for the next lease term,” she wrote. 

Ms. Berry, who opened the store in the fall of 2014, said she was optimistic that she would find a new space in Sag Harbor for her business, which sells Dobra tea as well as books. “A lot of creative options have been presented to us. It’s just a matter of finding something that fits in concept as well as financially,” she said on Monday. 

After the recent closing of the Adornments jewelry store and the imminent departure of the Country Lane gift shop, the move will mean yet another change to the lineup of retailers on Main Street. 

“A lot of people have been expressing their concern and love,” Ms. Berry said of the reaction to the news. 

While she considers alternate locations, she is focused on making the most of the Christmas shopping season and beyond. “We’re still here until February, and we’re going to be doing lots of fun stuff,” she said. “Remember, Sag Harbor is a community that has lots of great places to shop for the holidays.” J.B.

Architecture Firms Shine

Two South Fork architecture firms announced awards this week for recent projects. 

At Interior Design magazine’s annual Best of the Year Awards reception at the Javits Center in Manhattan on Friday, Bates Masi + Architects of East Hampton won in the beach house category for a project in Annapolis, Md. The firm was also given an Award of Merit for a Georgica Close, East Hampton, project at the 2018 Daniel J. Rowen Memorial Design Awards hosted by A.I.A. Peconic at the Ross School on Saturday. 

Also at that program, Blaze Makoid Architecture of Bridgehampton received the People’s Choice Award for a waterfront house on North Haven it calls South Harbor, on Sag Harbor Cove.

After zigzagging between the south and north sides of Main Street in Amagansett for at least 25 years, Beth Eckhardt, her flowers, and her home furnishings items have now alighted at what may be her most plum spot, at 248 Main Street in the building that used to house Decorum.

Given all her moves over the years, one can’t help but wonder if she ever unpacks. “We can move out and set up in a new place in three days,” she said the other day, a task made easier if the landlord lets her start moving things in before the official start of the lease. “Once I leave the old spot, the girls are in charge of the packing.” No mean feat either, given how much of Flowers by Beth’s merchandise is fragile — vintage glass and ceramic vases, glasses, antiques, and midcentury modern furniture and décor. She admitted that it is sometimes difficult at first to find things in the new venue.

In this particularly homey spot, Ms. Eckhardt has added many shelves and has lots of room to extend her creative reach. Going there is like walking into a shelter magazine, with many smallish areas, each of which is devoted to a particular activity, such as the plant potting room or the floral design area. She said the plants she has for sale are happy next to the window at the back of the shop that opens onto a back deck, where they can live in the warm weather.

The shop is a hotbed of ideas for gift giving and for decorating houses, apartments, weddings, or parties. Ms. Eckhardt has a good eye and chooses her merchandise well, importing table linens, lamps, candles, furniture, cache-pots, mirrors, and accessories from France and Portugal, as well as sourcing antiques and other merchandise from estate sales and other enterprises.

And let’s not forget the flowers: scented tuberose, herbal topiaries, peonies, hydrangeas, and orchids, which she mixes with herbs, grasses, trees, lighting, and more to set whatever mood a customer might be longing for.

Ms. Eckhardt is sought after especially for her wedding arrangements, and delivers seven days a week to Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Montauk, and beyond. Her shop is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Susan Nieland used to sell her handmade stone and metal jewelry at trunk shows, but they were lonely. She would lay out her work in a shop or other location, send out some email notices, and wait to make sales. Business was okay, she recalled this week. People would come, maybe buy something, perhaps just have a look around. 

“It was fine. I just thought it would be more fun if there were more people there,” she said.

And so Ms. Nieland’s annual holiday time market came to be. She invited a few other craftspeople and artists (“makers,” she called them), and they, in turn, let their networks of friends and past customers know. The first such show, in about 2007, was a success, she said. 

Other responsibilities intervened, and it was a few years before the event resumed. Promotion was largely through word of mouth, but the sales grew, helped in no small measure by the feeling of a gathering of friends as opposed to the usual Christmas crafts bazaars.

Now, in a first, Ms. Nieland’s show will be held in two locations, the first on Sunday at the Spur entrepreneurs’ workspace on Elm Street in Southampton. That sale, from noon to 5 p.m., will feature about 16 makers, most, if not all, lined up by Ms. Nieland and informally vetted by Judy D’Mello, a fabric artist and contributing writer for The Star. 

“She’s my sounding board,” Ms. Nieland said. The second will be on Dec. 15 from 1 to 8 p.m. at her house at 21 Gould Street in East Hampton.

Now in its fourth year in that location, the sale is increasingly popular. “People call to find out if I am having it again this year,” she said, noting that she might have to find a bigger place to have it next year.

The day is a group effort. Vendors supply wine and small somethings for shoppers to nosh on. “It’s fun. It’s a party,” Ms. Nieland said.

She still seeks out vendors herself, for the most part, and social media is a big part of that. She found Anne Nelson Sanford of Shelter Island, the creator of Lurk Perfume, on Instagram. “It turned out she follows me, too,” Ms. Nieland said.

Another creative type she found was Shane Herrick, whose Pine Baron items include leather passport and notebook sleeves, wallets, handmade metal jewelry, and even skateboard decks.

Roisin Bateman, Alice Hope, Jill Musnicki, and Rosario Varela are among the visual artists taking part. Stanley and Sons of the S&S Corner Shop in Springs will show a selection of housewares and accessories.

Taylor Barton, a folk singer who lives in Amagansett, will sell her CDs and have her guitar at hand to sing a few songs from her new album.

“Last year I had one guy who got Christmas gifts for his mother, wife, and two daughters,” she said. “I loved to hear that.”

Ms. Nieland’s jewelry will also be for sale at a holiday market at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack on Saturday, along with a select group of vendors. Ten percent of the sales at the Spur on Sunday will go to the East Hampton Food Pantry.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

CVR First L.L.C. to 87 Birchwood L.L.C., 87 Birchwood Lane, .69 acre, Oct. 15, $3,200,000.

EAST HAMPTON 

L. Young to S. Miller and J. Prime, 168 Two Holes of Water Road, .68 acre, Oct. 10, $920,000.

R. and R. Woolcott to D. Ardi Trust, 20 Boxwood Street, .34 acre, Oct. 12, $2,500,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

S. Kier to S. and A. MacIsaac, 21 Jericho Close Lane, 2.2 acres, Oct. 9, $4,762,500.

MONTAUK

L. and L. Alessi to 1 South Durham L.L.C., 1 South Durham Road, .74 acre, Sept. 12, $999,000.

M. and K. Allende Trusts to W. Wilson and C. Humphreys, 345 Flamingo Avenue, .26 acre, Oct. 16, $594,000.

M. and J. Palladino to C. and M. Vose 26 Wills Point Road, 1.4 acres, Oct. 16, $3,425,000.

NOYAC

U.S. Bank National Association to Goncalves, Esteves, and Cue, 136 Clay Pit Road, 1.6 acres, Aug. 23, $660,000.

Davis Realty Corp. to C. Petrie, 17 Emersen Place, 1.03 acres, Oct. 15, $1,575,000.

Lil Surf L.L.C. to M. Gluckman, 6 Ridge Drive, .35 acre, Oct. 19, $999,000.

SAG HARBOR

G. Berkowitz Salva to P. and G. Holdings L.L.C., 68 West Water Street, Unit 29, Oct. 19, $905,000.

F. and D. Balsam to W. McCaffrey, 16 Palmer Terrace, .24 acre, Oct. 26, $1,379,000.

SPRINGS

G. Creaser to P. Harden and E. Sjoman, 61 Sandra Road, .48 acre, Sept. 27, $600,000.

Wittosch Family Trust to C. Illescas, 62 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, .9 acre, Oct. 4, $580,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton.

The word came down right after Thanksgiving, and it was a complete surprise to Eddie Downes, a presser who has worked since 1988 at East Hampton Cleaners. He and the shop’s other three employees were told the store at 104 Newtown Lane is closing and is accepting no more work, effective immediately. Patrons need to pick up their cleaning by the end of the year, when the doors will be shut for good.

“People aren’t happy,” Mr. Downes said yesterday when asked what customers have said about losing a service that Mr. Downes said has been on the site since the late 1970s. “They like their cleaners.”

Patrons liked the convenience of having their cleaners right on a main drag in town. They liked the fact that East Hampton Cleaners washes everything, from shirts to sheets. They like the shop’s little idiosyncratic touches, like the tip jar sign that reads, “Tips are like hugs without all the touching,” and a plaque that reads, “I don’t sweat, I sparkle.”

Now, Mr. Downes and Grace LaBarbera, who has worked at the shop for six years, are the only staffers left. The other two left immediately after they were told the store is closing. 

Mr. Downes said the explanation they were given was that Ben Suglia, who also operates Mattituck Laundry, Greenport Laundromat, and a plant in Riverhead, “didn’t want to have the business anymore. And the property owner wants to sell.”

“So that’s why we’re at where we’re at today,” Mr. Downes said. “The property is not even listed for sale yet.”

Mr. Suglia was not available for comment yesterday, said an employee at his Mattituck location. 

Mr. Downes, who lives in Sag Harbor, and Ms. LaBarbera, who resides in Springs, said they were both offered positions at Mr. Suglia’s Riverhead plant, but they are unsure if they will accept.

Between now and the end of the year, they will be staffing the shop from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Ms. LaBarbera said she is calling some patrons to let them know they have items they need to pick up, but for the most part, “The word is out.”

AMAGANSETT

J. and T. Novogratz to C. Dawson and K. Slicklein 30 Laurel Hill Lane, 1.66 acres, Oct. 10, $3,410,000.

N. Kenner to Dunenothing L.L.C., 57 Marine Boulevard, .69 acre, Oct. 26, $5,000,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

M. and D. Paley to B. Blattman and J. Borg, 35 Jack and Jill Drive, .92 acre, Oct. 9, $6,400,000.

M. and R. Ende to 379 Jobs L.L.C., 379 Job’s Lane, 1.1 acres, Oct. 11, $10,900,000.

EAST HAMPTON

S. Mellert and E. Varela to S. Seguna, 64 Settlers Landing Lane, .56 acre, Oct. 1, $1,185,000.

E.B.B. L.L.C. to 30 Ocean View L.L.C., 17 Great Oak Way, 1.94 acres (vacant), Oct. 29, $750,000.

A. and T. Passaretti to Levesque and Currais, 19 Mulford Avenue, .37 acre, Oct. 23, $955,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

P. Wilson to M. and L. Scheinman, 189 Further Lane, 3.22 acres, Nov. 2, $13,600,000.

MONTAUK

G. Meskill Trust to J. and R. Bocchino, 21 South Fulton Street, Unit 32D, Oct. 29, $730,000.

J. Levine to G. and S. Harris, 21 South Fulton Street, Unit 33, Oct. 26, $775,000.

C. Pedersen (by executor) to 21 South Euclid L.L.C., 21 South Euclid Avenue, .43 acre, Nov. 1, $1,300,000.

SAG HARBOR

L. Goodman to 44 Richards L.L.C., 44 Richards Drive, .22 acre, Oct. 29, $725,000.

SPRINGS

B. Chiles III and Austin to Town of East Hampton, 36 Gann Road, 1.22 acres, Aug. 31, $2,100,000.

R. Sager and N. Elliot to P. and N. Taselaar, 33 Breeze Hill Road, .43 acre, Oct. 24, $2,300,000.

J. Karfo to G. and H. Caputo, 2 Highland Boulevard, .5 acre, Sept. 26, $630,000.

WATER MILL

Lavinio and Bloostein to 136 Upper Seven Ponds Road, 136 Upper Seven Ponds Road, .5 acre, Oct. 23, $925,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton.

London Jewelers announced last Thursday that it has launched a trade-in program for luxury watches. Customers can choose whether to receive the cash value for a watch or get a store credit that is 20 percent higher than the quoted price. 

The parent company of the boutique on Main Street is partnering with Crown and Caliber, an online consignment store for pre-owned luxury watches, which will provide appraisals based on such factors as the brand name of the watch, the model, and the estimated age. 

The trade-in process, which takes place on London Jeweler’s website, begins by checking to see if a watch is among the brands accepted by Crown and Caliber. If so, a quote request can be initiated, and if the company is interested in buying the watch it will email an offer within three business days.

To complete the transaction, the company will then inspect and authenticate the watch (it will provide a pre-insured mailing label for delivery), and within three to five days it will confirm the offer. A check or a store credit will subsequently be mailed to the seller.