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post #1 of 8
12/2/07 at 1:20pm
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Does anyone have any recommendations on antique shops in DC? We haven't looked too hard yet, but it seems most stuff is either in Md or Va. There are a few fairs like the DC Big Flea and the Art Deco Society show and Balto Antiques Fair but those are only a couple times a year. And out of town.

We generally don't look for furniture (though we are in the market for a new dresser) and prefer the smaller things (jewelry, enamel, etc.). And we prefer Art Deco or thereabouts. Def. nothing mid-19th c. or earlier.

thanks,
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post #2 of 8
12/7/07 at 2:48pm
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No one can recommend any antiques shops in DC?

weird.

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post #3 of 8
12/7/07 at 2:57pm
Look in the Washington Post for Estate Sales in the area. Glen Echo, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, and NW D.C. are all good bets. I found some ridiculous deals at an Estate Sale in Glen Echo Heights (exotic goods from Asia and Africa, Mahogany and cherry furniture, pottery, sculptures, paintings, etc.). You'll get better deals on smaller items than from the Antique stores, and these types of sales and auctions are where the dealers tend to get their items anyways, so you might as well cut out the middle-man. Of course, you have to take the small risk that it may be a glorified yard sale, but the areas I listed tend not to be junk in my personal experience. My .02 cents.
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post #4 of 8
12/7/07 at 2:59pm
ps. I have no idea where any decent Antique stores are in the area.
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post #5 of 8
12/10/07 at 2:57pm
The best place to find antiques in the DC area, in my experience, is in Wheaton (Maryland) off of Connecticut Avenue. There are two warehouses there which are the best places to go, period. However, there are also several smaller shops in Wheaton (they are all along the same street in Wheaton (off of Conn. Ave.) -- the warehouses are to the left going north, the small shops are to the right). Inside of DC, the best places to go that I've found are in Georgetown -- basically, on Wisconsin Avenue from P on up to where R crosses Wisconsin. All are very small shops, but they have some great stuff. There are also a few small shops further down off of Wisconsin (on N, I think, about 1/2 block up towards Gtown Univ, off of Wisconsin). Old town Alexandria (VA) has lots of nice shops as well. Further outside of DC, Frederick, MD, is supposed to have great antiqueing, though I've never done it there.
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post #6 of 8
12/10/07 at 3:41pm
There is a really awesome gun store in Wheaton. It sells antique guns (civil war era, WW1 era etc.). I went there with a friend and had a ball handling an MP5
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post #7 of 8
12/10/07 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by kabert View Post
The best place to find antiques in the DC area, in my experience, is in Wheaton (Maryland) off of Connecticut Avenue. There are two warehouses there which are the best places to go, period. However, there are also several smaller shops in Wheaton (they are all along the same street in Wheaton (off of Conn. Ave.) -- the warehouses are to the left going north, the small shops are to the right).

Kabert, thanks for the tip. I just did some searching and now see that simply crossing over Conn to the other stretch of Howard results in more shops. We've always wondered why people talked up Kensington since there are so few shops (in the "Historic Antiques Village" or whatever they call it on the east side of Conn Ave.).

I'll have to check it out.


The stuff in Fredrick, Md. is actually west in the next town over. Name escapes me.

The Fells Point area of Baltimore is good though. Lots of dusty stuff to rummage through.

If you're really willing and can get a Wed off, there's the Crumpton Auction. Every Wed of the year. But it's out on the Eastern Shore.

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post #8 of 8
1/3/08 at 9:46am
try out old town alexandria, you never know what you will find. also, if you venture out past manassas and stuff off 29 you might see old antique shops in the more rural parts of VA
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