We are proud to be celebrating our 36th year in business as Dealers in Fine Antiques and Art.  Established in 1973 in  Shreveport, LA as ET. CETERA, LTD., we operated a Shop offering General Antiques,  Fine Art, Estate Jewelry, English, French, German and Oriental Furniture, with special emphasis on Chinese Antiques, Japanese Antiques and Works of Art.

The following year we opened a second shop, ROBERTA STEPHENS ANTIQUES,  featuring Folk Art, Americana, and Louisiana Primitives. 

We continued to expand and focus more intently on Japanese Antiques and Chinese Antiques.  In the late 1970's we began exhibiting at Antique Shows and changed the  name to MICHI TRADING COMPANY.  Michi can be translated to mean 'the way' or 'path'. 

In 1984, we relocated to Houston, TX.  We no longer have a shop, but established an  Internet presence in 1998 with our Michi Trading Company Website and began trading on Ebay as well.

Please enjoy browsing through our newly re-designed Website.  You will find Antique Japanese Tansu, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Netsuke, Inro and Tobacco-related items, Scrolls, Chinese Jades, Porcelain, French and English and American Metalware, Walking Sticks, Estate Jewelry, Fine Art Prints and Paintings, along with an assortment of Books, including new and Hard-to-find old Art and Antiques Books, Art and Antiques Magazines and Vintage Auction Catalogues.  We have always taken pride in offering diverse and interesting merchandise at  affordable prices.  New items and new pages are being added frequently,  so please visit us often.

 ** The last page in each Category will be the newest offerings.  Thanks to all of our Customers for their continued patronage.   Feel free to email us:

 
We are Members of the following organizations:

Art League Houston
Asia Society
Asia Society - Asia Pacific Arts Circle
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works - (AIC)
Blaffergallery-Art Museum at the University of Houston
Historic Houston
Ikebana International
International Netsuke Society
Japan-America Society of Houston
Japanese Art Society of America
Japanese Sword Society of the United States
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Society for Japanese Arts - The Netherlands
The Museum of Printing History
The Allied Artists of America, Inc.