Best Places For Antiques In Sacramento
For some, a perfect day means discovering a lavish Louis Quatorze cocktail table hidden in the back corner of some dusty shop; others might delight in finding a disco ball from a 1970s nightclub available for sale at another venue. With retro having become nouveau hip, more people are looking backward than forward for design and décor inspiration. Since CBS Local last profiled antique dealers in the capitol city, even more area purveyors of period pieces have gained notoriety. These Sacramento businesses will go for baroque to help you find just what you are looking for.
Summer Porch
3254 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 444-2900
www.shopsummerporch.com
This small shop is aptly named, as it evokes images of sleepy afternoons relaxing by a Savoie vineyard. Summer Porch offers an array of vintage items to enhance your home, from vintage mailboxes and whimsical garden furniture to antique wine glasses and chandeliers. The shop is styled along the lines of country-chic; some items are true antiques but there are also giftables such as candles and French soap. This is not a dark and dusty space requiring you to dig through merchandise to uncover interesting collectibles. Vintage glassware, books, linens and jewelry are easy to spot in this bright and welcoming shop.
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Scout Living
1215 18th St.
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 594-7971
www.scoutliving.com
Scout Living is a collective of some of the best local antique dealers, with a focus on more eclectic and modern items. If your living space is in need of a giant stylized marlin, Crosley radios, retro suitcases, vintage light fixtures or club chairs, Scout is your destination for items sensible or sumptuous. It is the perfect spot to rediscover things from your childhood home or playroom, including nostalgic goodies like the purple glass grapes your great aunt always had on her sideboard. Unlike many dealers, Scout also offers vintage clothing, shoes and other fun design items.
Brooks Novelty Antiques
1107 Firehouse Alley
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-0783
www.brooksnovelty.com
Brooks is truly the home of novelty antiques, including authentic industrial and advertising art pieces and neon clocks and signs. The Old Sacramento shop specializes in higher-ticket electric collectibles, such as slot machines from the early 1900s and fully restored, working soda machines from days gone by. Refurbished pinball machines are available and as functional today as when they were made 80-plus years ago. But music is king at Brooks, with restored jukeboxes from the 1940s and up. If you want to stock your jukebox, check out the collection of more than 100,000 records of all sizes.
Schiff's Estate Sale Building
1309 Del Paso Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 220-3627
www.estatesalebuilding.com
Estate sales give the opportunity to discover treasures that may have been hidden away in homes and attics for years, with everything from jewelry, art, furniture and photographs to coins and collectibles galore. Many people do not have the space or time to sell such items in their own homes, and Schiff's is happy to offer up its location for estate sales. Thousands of items are available in the constantly changing inventory; some pieces are true heirlooms or antiques, while the value in others are more sentimental. Allow time to sort through stacks and stacks of items to uncover something that strikes your fancy.
Empty Attic, LLC
702 57th St.
Sacramento, CA 95819
(916) 706-2510
www.emptyatticsac.com
Empty Attic seeks to inspire with a very eclectic mix of fabulous home furnishing and fanciful décor. Surprises lurk in every corner, with fine art, Chippendale desks and antique carriage clocks meeting tribal collectibles, modern art and classic kitsch. It is impossible to be bored while exploring Empty Attic, with some of the most interesting pieces being quirky and repurposed artwork. There are few other Sacramento venues where you can find a sculpture combining a wooden bird with a rusty tin container formerly full of Log Cabin syrup, or a rosy-hued poodle phone emblazoned with the emblem for Zig-Zag rolling papers.
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