Antique Outpost

Antiques aplenty. Collectibles, fun Saturday shopping trip to Antique Outpost. Busy shop with an entire side yard of iron pieces for my Arizona room. A huge collection of vintage postcards. Gifts galour. The owner Winn has assembled a treasure trove of pictures, originals and prints. Well worth the stop. You’ll love it.

If you are in the mood for the olde curiosity shoppe experience — where umpteen bajillion bits of old china and tchotckes are piled high and deep on the shelves, and you’re on a treasure hunt to find the amazing widget at the bottom of the pile — this place is fab. If you’re not in that mood, your head may explode before you navigate the first aisle.
DO:
–Wear clothing that will not catch on protruding objects.
–Shop here while well-​rested, well-​hydrated, and on a day when one’s joints feel flexible.
–Be careful yet bold about figuring out what the thingie behind the six rows of other thingies might be.
–Collect bottles, shot glasses, small pitchers, and other random china. There is a lot of it here. There’s a lot of other stuff, too — jewelry, bits of glass, figurines, handkerchiefs, and (if memory serves) rusted stirrups. Can I really be remembering rusted stirrups correctly?
–Bring cash or plan to spend generously, as the owner doesn’t take plastic for purchases below $ 10.
DON’T:
–Bring children, unless you have one whose major joy in life is to sit on the floor and oh-​so-​carefully move pieces of china off the shelf to see what’s at the back, then oh-​so-​carefully put them back. That child, you should hire out as a personal shopper. More vigorous or less patient urchins will not do well in the confined space.
–Visit while tired, in a hurry, or carrying a large purse. You will be stressed-​out from trying not to break anything and won’t get the full effect.
This shop has been here for 46 years, so who knows what’s at the bottom of that pile on the back shelf!