45 Presents With Personality

Make the people on your ‘nice’ list extra happy by doing a little typecast shopping. Following is some retail inspiration for five familiar characters

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con•nois•seur

noun. A person with informed and astute discrimination, especially concerning the arts or matters of taste.

Connoisseur shopping:  John King Books, DIA Museum Shop, both in Detroit

1 Selsi red opera glasses with handle, $80, at the Detroit Opera House Boutique, Detroit; 313-961-3500; motopera.org.

2 Warre’s Otima 10-year-old Tawny Port aged in oak, about $29.99, at  Merchant’s Fine Wine, Dearborn; 313-563-8700.

3 William Henry Persian knife with mother-of-pearl handle and Damascus blade set with citrines, $990, from Marella & Co. Fine Jewels, Royal Oak; 248-549-9100.

4 Acetaia del Cristo Tradizion-ale Balsamic Extra Vecchio (vinegar) aged in cherry wood, $275, Zingerman’s Delicatessen, Ann Arbor; 734-663-3354.

5 Motown 50th anniversary boxed set, The Complete #1s, 10-discs packaged in an imitation of the Hitsville, USA headquarters in Detroit, $139, available Dec. 9 at area CD retailers.

6 German-made wind-up musical/moving head Steiff collectible stuffed hedgehog (with certificate of authenticity), $250, at Adventures in Toys, Birmingham; 248-646-5550.

7 Semi-abstract sculptural Girard Dolls designed by Alexander Girard to represent fantasy, imagination, humor, and love, $150 each, Design Within Reach, Birmingham; 248-593-9640.

8 Camacho Bag of signature-blend cigars, $239.95, at J-R Cigar, Southfield; 248-357-2340.

9 Robert Talbott silk bow tie, $68, at the Claymore Shop, Birmingham; 248-642-7755.

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