Is it wrong of me to deduct a star just based on their militant and persistent use of "PLEASE DO…read moreNOT TOUCH" signs? I mean, on, like literally EVE. RY. THING. I haven't heard so many orders not to touch things since MC Hammer typewriter-danced around in parachute pants. Anyhoo, whatever your opinion, I'm doing it.
Let's start with the good stuff. The real find at Bountiful Antiques is their downstairs...
Chairs ... lots and lots of antique chairs in oak, maple, elm, and cherry. Rocking chairs, school desks, carved wood chairs with wooden seats, bankers chairs with still plenty of swivel in them, caboose captains chairs, press backs. ladder backs ... even some antique wood baby high-chairs.
The downstairs also yields some real nice rolltop desks, tiered tables, lamp tables, side tables, drum tables, and the rest. They've got plenty of beautiful vintage suitcases hanging from the rafters.
Upstairs, you'll find gems ... albeit overpriced gems. Their expertise and greatest gems come in antique Victrolas. And, my personal fave, the old RCA Victor Phonograph with a big replica dog they used to use in ads (if you don't know, Google "Nipper the dog"). There's also quite a substantial collection of antique tools.
But, again, back to the inability to touch anything. The difference between museum-hopping and antiqueing is antiquers are LOOKING TO BUY. And antiquers usually don't buy what they can't touch.
But still, it's worth a visit. Great stuff here. But, in the famous words of M.C. Hammer, you can't touch this....