THIS LOCATION IS CLOSED AS OF 2008
This is my absolute favorite antique store in Old Saybrook. At one time I had an antique booth here and I chose them because I was already a customer of theirs and I liked the quality and variety of goods that are always offered here. Al and I arrived a little before lunch time on a Sunday and it was already quite busy. This is a multi-dealer shop on three floors with more than 75 dealers. You will be able to find everything from maps, books, other ephemera, paintings, postcards, and prints. There is furniture ranging from 1950s at it’s best to Victorian chairs and etageres. Old watering cans, military memorabilia, glassware of all types, rugs, mirrors, and lots of little chachkees.

On this trip we enjoyed looking at a nice collection of 100 year old guns in a case alongside a couple of pieces of European armor. I spent quite awhile at a dealer who has a lot of paper, deeds, bills, and advertisements from different Connecticut cities. Fascinating stuff and well organized alphabetically by town so that it is easy to try to locate something that might be related to someone from your family. I didn’t find anything relating to my family but it was interesting to see what has survived for over 100 years. This same dealer also has hundreds of postcards from all over the world and from a wide variety of time periods, some well over 100 years old other more like 10 years. If you need to take care of your antiques or identify what you have there is a dealer who sells books on many types of antiques as well as oils and lotions and cleaners for caring for them. Another dealer has plate and cup racks and all manner of items to display your treasures. There is a dealer in lampshades and also in replacement glass globes for most any sort of lamp that uses a glass globe.

There is a case of beautiful rose medallion china next to a case of old fashioned Christmas decorations. I am a collector of aluminum ware and saw only a few pieces, a square embossed floral tray, a very attractive martini shaker and glasses and two silent butlers. Prices varied from good deal to way to expensive. What did we actually buy. A book on the history of Middlesex county that was 30% off and a beautifully framed and matted heraldic hand painted printed that was a copy of a 1629 royal grant to the Spectacle Makers. One of our close friends is an optometrist and it will make a marvelous addition to his new office. Allow at least an hour and if you find a booth that interests you it could be a lot longer. This is one place where I seldom leave without a purchase. Don’t forget to ask them what the best price they can give is, you usually can get at least a 10% discount.