Artha Gallery is closing its doors

Sue and I have run the web site Artha Gallery since around 2005. It has been great, and we have enjoyed an opportunity to do something like this. Originally, it began as a small gift shop called Simbatta, beginning in 2001, in Mesa, AZ. It eventually evolved to point we are now.

On June 1, 2013, we will be shutting down the site and rolling up the rugs for good. Over the years, the number of internet sites has increased dramatically, and a little mom and pop site like ours just can't compete against them. 

The main product of interest has been our ebony martial art products. They were great, and we shipped these to corners of the world I can only imagine. However, our supplier in the Philippines has apparently vanished, so we have watched our inventory dwindle over time. 

We also have offered a fantastic cross-section of fine Asian gifts, most of which are handcrafted Korean items. These were the things I  enjoyed displaying, because they bring along with them such history and culture of the Korean people.

Although the number of visitors has stayed strong, the number of customers has decreased. We are now to the point where keeping the site open has become a personal expense, and less of a profitable venture. 

I invite you to go there and look around. If you find something while we are still in business, please buy it. I can guarantee that you will not find better prices for items like these anywhere. We have been uncommon in our offering, and the things we sold would be still difficult to find, even now an internet site. Some are absolutely unique.

We appreciate all of the many world wide customers we have connect with over the years. You have made all of this possible.