An antique shop (or antiques shop) is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques. Antiques shops can be located either locally or, with the advent of the Internet, found online.
A vintage travel gear seller at Marché Dauphine, Saint-Ouen, ParisInterior of an antique shop in Kochi, India.Antique shop "Vaarin varasto" in Tammela, Tampere, Finland.
An antiques shop can also be located within an antique mall, where an individual antique seller can open a booth or stall and display their personal or family items for sale within the mall.[1] These mini-malls are a form of consignment shop, and are often located inside where previous large retailers such as grocery stores have moved out or closed outright.
Normally stores' stock is sourced from auctions, estate sales, flea markets, garage sales, etc. Many items may pass through multiple antiques dealers along the product chain before arriving in a retail antiques shop.[2] By their very nature, these shops sell unique items and are typically willing to buy items, even from individuals. The quality of these items may vary from very low to extremely high and expensive, depending on the nature and location of the shop.
Frequently, many antique shops will be clustered together in nearby locations; in the same town such as in many places in New England, on the same street such as on Portobello Road or Camden in London, or in an antique mall.
Antiques shops may specialize in some particular segment of the market such as antique furniture or jewelry, but many shops stock a wide variety of inventory. Some shops are online-only sellers; they have no physical retail location.
antique, shop, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books,. For other uses see Antique shop disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Antique shop news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message An antique shop or antiques shop is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques Antiques shops can be located either locally or with the advent of the Internet found online A vintage travel gear seller at Marche Dauphine Saint Ouen Paris Interior of an antique shop in Kochi India Antique shop Vaarin varasto in Tammela Tampere Finland An antiques shop can also be located within an antique mall where an individual antique seller can open a booth or stall and display their personal or family items for sale within the mall 1 These mini malls are a form of consignment shop and are often located inside where previous large retailers such as grocery stores have moved out or closed outright Normally stores stock is sourced from auctions estate sales flea markets garage sales etc Many items may pass through multiple antiques dealers along the product chain before arriving in a retail antiques shop 2 By their very nature these shops sell unique items and are typically willing to buy items even from individuals The quality of these items may vary from very low to extremely high and expensive depending on the nature and location of the shop Frequently many antique shops will be clustered together in nearby locations in the same town such as in many places in New England on the same street such as on Portobello Road or Camden in London or in an antique mall Antiques shops may specialize in some particular segment of the market such as antique furniture or jewelry but many shops stock a wide variety of inventory Some shops are online only sellers they have no physical retail location See also EditBric a brac Junk shopReferences Edit Agency Skills Funding Antique dealer job information National Careers Service nationalcareersservice direct gov uk Retrieved 2015 10 15 antykwariat Encyklopedia PWN zrodlo wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy encyklopedia pwn pl in Polish Internetowa encyklopedia PWN External links Edit nbsp This retail business article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antique shop amp oldid 1179264522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
