Keystone is the creation of James Russell Godman, Jr. a second generation antique dealer born in San Francisco, CA and raised in Cincinnati, OH. His parents' Mainville, Ohio shop, Four Chimneys Antiques, specialized in early Americana and Shaker furniture.

Godman maintained his business in Cooperstown, NY for 20 years, where, he dealt in early Americana furniture. In 1997, he moved his business to Hudson, NY. Today, he and his wife, Theresa, travel through the Northeast of the US all the way down through Central America searching for antique furniture, ceramics, devotional art and folk art.