Meanwhile,
if you're traveling the West Coast this year, you might want to check out
what is easily the Best
Place to Shop for Antiques in Southern Oregon, arguably the best
West of the Rockies! Okay, I confess I may be a little biased, because I'm talking
about the Old Town Antique Mall, and being a Grants Pass
local, of course it's my favorite! Oh yes, it's also owned by my
big sister Janice (she's the vintage shopkeeper there on the left, and as
you can see I've put her on sale this month!*)  To see more of Janice's fine
establishment, take a look at the
slideshow @ Southern Oregon Antiques dotcom.
Since you're reading this I assume that you read, so while you're
in Old Town be sure to check out the books in the showcases between the cashier and the back door, because a few of those bookshelves are mine and I could
really use some of your money — but by all means, shop around; Old Town has around 70 vendors in over 6000 feet of floorspace!
Only a mile from
Interstate 5 and incorporating the interchange of three additional highways
(99, 199, and 238) we're conveniently located within walking distance
of the Rogue River, not to mention about a dozen more
antique shops and a couple more bookstores too. It's a scientifically proven
fact: Grants Pass has the highest per-capita concentration of
antique dealers in the galaxy, many of whom can read! The two at left are my Mom (Peggy) and my
sweetheart (Linda) sharing a space at the annual Grants
Pass Antiques & Collectibles Street Fair, waiting patiently for the
crowd to realize that the rain has stopped (everybody runs inside Janice's
shop when the deluge begins, then she dubs recorded rooftop rain into her shop's muzak to keep 'em there!)
*
during the months of March
& October EVERYTHING in the Old Town Antique Mall is
20% to 50% off!
Yep, that's our e-mail address, and
robots can't read it! (or at least not the vintage ones...)
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...and
if we haven't got what you need (or already have, but are trying to learn
a little something about, like
"WHAT'S IT WORTH?")
then you can rest assured that someone on the
Internet does. Fortunately for us all, finding online information about antiques and collectibles has
never been easier, thanks to American Antiquarian and Google's site-flavored search
technology!
