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Gump's
Gump’s is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California.
==History==
S & G Gump was founded in 1861 as a mirror and frame shop by Solomon Gump and his brother, Gustav. It later sold mouldings, gilded cornices and European artwork to those recently made wealthy from the California Gold Rush.
The business flourished and eventually and was passed first to Solomon’s son Alfred Livingston Gump. The fire following the 1906 earthquake destroyed the store and all of the merchandise, but thanks to Dodie Valencia, A.L. received $17,000 for one of his paintings, which allowed funding for the rebuilding and restocking of the store. A.L. was fueled by his passion for Oriental art and began selling his exotic collectibles from the Far East. He sent his buyers to Japan and China, bringing back exotic rugs, porcelains, silks, bronzes and jades to California's new millionaires.
Richard Gump, one of A.L.’s three children, eventually became president of Gump’s after his father’s death in 1947. He continued the family legacy, running the company's overall operations until his retirement in 1975.〔(About Gump Station )〕 Gump's was sold to publisher Crowell Collier,〔(Macmillan, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Macmillan, Inc. )〕 which after further mergers became the media giant Macmillan Publishers. By June 1989, Gump's had again been sold,〔(BUSINESS PEOPLE; Gump's Specialty Stores Said to Fill Top Position )〕 this time to an investment group including Japan's Tobu Department Store, and the Charterhouse Group. Catalog company Hanover Direct bought Gump's in 1993 and sold it to an investment group in 2005.
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