Absolutely must visit this thrift store if you're nearby.
First - it's a restaurant in the front and a thrift store in the back. Don't be confused by how it looks from the street.
Basically my mom and I found it to be a antique store with thrift store prices. The most collectible goodies are at the shop entrance. I kind of ignored them at first, figuring that they weren't in my price range.
Walking around the store in the "not collectible" area I found several pieces of USA made vintage plastic picnic plates and cups for 25 cents each. That's all I was going to buy, really.
Then I started looking through the collectible stuff. Asked about an ornate Victorian brass candelabra with crystal pendants...they offered it to me for TEN dollars because it had been languishing there too long. WHAT?? It had some missing or broken crystals, but it's still the thrift find of literal dreams.
OK, now I started really looking through the collectibles. Spent $40 for the candelabra and picnic ware, plus:
Glass clown figurine that looks like it's probably Murano;
Genuine signed capodimonte from Italy porcelain piece, with no chips!!
1930's-40's women's fur felt hat, very jaunty;
Matching set of two 30's diorama wall hangings;
Vintage can opener;
Some other small stuff that I couldn't resist throwing onto my pile.
I'll post pics as soon as I return from this epic cross-country road trip with my mom. read more