Antique Home Decor Super Store! | Vintage Shopping Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2022
- Of all the antique store fronts in the vintage shopping mecca of Centralia, Washington, this is my #1 go-to place! Tower Avenue Antiques fills three floors of the town's 1915 JC Penney building with a huge variety of offerings from top-flight vintage dealers, in a building where many of these items originally sold new back in the day!
"USA Today" named Centralia one of the Top 10 Antiquing Towns in America, and this anchor mall between the Northwest's two largest cities shows you why! From the people who literally wrote the book on Shelley China to nationally recognized dealers in vintage uranium glass, bakelite and Juliana jewelry and long-time professional antique dealers offering everything from Royalty commemoratives and western gear to fabulously repurposed vintage lighting, this place is full of sights to whet the collector's appetite for really cool collectibles!
Best of all, there's a surprising amount of stuff priced for dealers to buy and flip for a profit elsewhere, thanks to overflow areas with pottery and stoneware bargains, antique furniture deals (an antique side-by-side for under $300?!), a showcase where a McCoy smiley face bank is under $10 (sorry, that one's coming with me!), and a great vintage variety that makes this a fun place for resellers as well as serious collectors. I'm so excited by this place that I even sell here myself...you'll have to watch my recent "How Do I Choose" video to see all that!
Here's more of the great stuff you will see in this vintage showcase that brings people to shop from all over the region:
Pretty Polly Doric & Pansy child's set, 1950s Frenchie condiment set, Vaseline glass candlestick holders, Sabino glass figures, Goebel Friar and Cardinal ware, English chintz dinnerware, Tiffin satin glass candlesticks, brass floor height candlestick lamps, 1960s pendant and swag lamps, fireman's hat, Australian WWII military hat, WWII German police helmet, papier-mâché Easter Eggs, Red WIng Dutch girl cookie jar, Mission revival chair, Italian cat bank, 1980s MCM mod hall table, Fostoria Coin, steamer trunk, Fairbanks scale, Morgantown ruby golf ball stemware, 1920s beaded purse, US Coast Guard sign, 1920s cash register, glass insulators, 1940s freezer ad placards, Fenton rosalene floral vase, WWII wood jewelry, Renoir/Matisse copper jewelry, Siamese jewelry, vintage bar and kitchen stools, Heisey nut cups, Edna Hibel plate, Japanese figural 1920s bisque teapots, 1940s Japanese Lacquer dresser box, Chinese papier-mâché antique dragon fortune sticks/holder, Japanese saki bottles, Doulton stoneware staple repaired pitcher, Big Bang cannon, ad watch fobs, cast iron buffalo bank, BN railroad lantern, scientific instruments, police badges, English brass push-up candlesticks, 1930s smoking stand, turquoise jewelry, pack saddle, spurs, folk art painted scenic tray, 1870s marble top dresser, Santa nodder, Stanley Hagler pin, Venetian bead strand, Ghana Ashangi chair, 1910s pickled bamboo shelf, Alamo Pottery, etc.
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Touring the antique mall is always fun because of the variety!
I love love love this when you go alone and explain the different items and prices. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I often binge watch for hours. I have learned so so much from you. Thank you so much. ♥️
As always, this was fantastic. Thank you, George.
Many thanks! I’m so happy you’re enjoying this like I am
What an amazing antique mall. So many interesting and storied pieces. T h asks you so much for taking us with you and sharing your thoughts and knowledge, and your cheeky sense if humor. So much fun whole I'm winding down to sleep.
The cheeky (occasionally cheesy) humor is free of charge!
Lots of wonderful things!
George you made me laugh so hard I almost spit out my coffee when you said " How come you never say anything about my face." 🤣😂😅
She had no face but certainly had a figure.
You caught me off guard because you meshed it in so smoothly.
Mahalo, I needed that laugh!!
Great stuff here.
Love it all.
I honestly had forgotten I said it and I laughed out loud too! Isn't that silly? I don't usually laugh at my own jokes but that one just hit me that way in the moment...thank you for appreciating my sense of humor. Mahalo and Mele Kalikimaka
Thank you for how you educate!
I'm so glad to help!
Great Tour, thank you❤️🥰
Glad you enjoyed it! I love that place
Love the greennn
George, I sold my Jere I found last week for $3.99 sold for $300 🎉I’
Wow! Good for you.
That's wonderful! I sold my $30 Jere for $300 recently but you win on that buy
Speaking of Jere, bought my first piece many many years ago, for $27.00....tree with 4 birds.....then the Ship, for $225.00, and then the "flock of Birds" for $125.00.....gave that one to my Son.....
Probably 30 years ago, I bought 3 chartreuse satin glass candlesticks of different designs at 3 different locations. Since that time, I have never even seen any for sale - except in your video! Sadly, I let mine go with many other lovely vintage pieces bc my then-husband's tastes didn't include them... (I think I should have kept my very pretty candlesticks and let go of the other thing!) 😢
Satin glass nice
Thank you George 😊😊
Thanks George great job you are doing keep on pickin
All the very best to you George
Thank you and to you as well!
Excellent Video. You have the best personality. Thank you.
Wow, thank you! I really enjoy this place and am so excited to show everyone
Hi George & Xeno 🌴
Hello there!
Hi Pamela!! Give Coco an extra ear-scratch for me.
The smoking stand is awesome!
I love them! I used to find them in Kentucky but I haven't seen any I could buy to resell in ages...usually they are incomplete so I thought their price was good
@@TheAntiqueNomad My Dad was from Kentucky, my Sister has his smoking stand.
Oh my those repurposed items made into lamps are fabulous!! So fun!!!
I think so too!
Japanese Banko ware!!!!
Yes, and interesting pieces that weren't muddy brown blobs!
I love your nice long videos. What a bunch of really neat stuff. Bring us more!
Thank you! Will do!
"Scare your friends" LOL Love your videos!
Always a pleasure to spend time with u! A historical and informative learning experience. Thank u George, still watching and learning! U rock!💞🧜♀️💞
Many thanks! I’m glad you’re watching and so happy to share a place that’s near and dear to my heart
Enjoyed
Me too!
Yay!! Back in Lewis County!! My neck of the woods!!
I really enjoy Centralia's emergence as an antique mecca! I spend a lot of time there
Happy Holidays! Safe travels 🐾
Happy holidays!
Love this mall, I need to visit this area
You should! There's so much antiquing there
You have a wealth of information.
Oh thank you, my job is to share it all with you!
And very tenaciously at that!
"Staple repair " is a magic word. Some folks collect things just for the repairs. I like pieces that were worth less than the repair cost. That means there's a story. In the past, when I went to flea markets etc, I looked for the oddballs on a dealer's stall. I called it buying jewelry from the toy dealer and toys from the hardware guy. (And it was always a guy.) The stuff didn't belong there and they wanted it gone.
I love staple repair, such an interesting thing! I agree with you about looking for the odd thing out in a display, I've made a lot of money that way
Staple Repair. If it has a name then I’m am not alone in doing it. Makes me happy.
Hi George. Hope you are somewhere Safe during this freeze. Love looking through your eyes at this great place. Thank you for taking us along. Jewelry is my love. Merry Christmas Blessings 🎄🎅🎄
Hi Zoe! I'm south of the freeze line for a few more days. I'm so glad to show this place to everyone! Merry Christmas and may your tree be trimmed in jewelry
What a Fab Place!…..Watching Rock ‘n’ Roll High School while I wrap Christmas Presents…..Fun, Fun…..
And catching your video too!……
Enjoy the Holidays and hope the two of you steer clear of the Major Winter Christmas Blizzard of 2022….🎄🎄🎄❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️🌬🌬🌬🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼
I'm glad you're having fun! I'm glad we missed the blizzard
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Love that deco desk. I love too many things lol like you George
I relate, the desk in particular made me want to whip out my checkbook!
@@TheAntiqueNomad hahaha
Hi, George! Wonderfully walk though the mall, thank you!
You are very welcome, I really enjoy that place
I love Centralia too!
Wolfgang Hoffman, son of Josef Hoffman, also designed for Lloyd. Weber and Hoffman were both icons of the art deco tubular chrome movement in America.
Such a fantastic piece! I love tubular deco chrome
So much fun❤
I can imagine getting lost looking at everything, even though much of it is outside my realm of knowledge.
It's fun to see such variety! Stick with me and I'll try to tell you about all the things that you haven't seen before
Wow, a great antique/vintage mall. I really enjoyed seeing it. I have watched your videos for a couple of years now and I don't think I've ever heard you mention or point out what I think are called Chinese mud men. I've only ever seen one large collection and I was fascinated by them. I would think they are very collectible.
Hello! I do like Mud Men, and there are some pretty good ones, I"m surprised I'm not seeing them more in the Northwest. I only have run into a few small and not so old ones, but I will keep my eyes out!
Katie…. I. Thoroughly enjoying my fruit and nut candy bar!!! Thanks
I love those things too
OMG!! I was so sick when I wrote that! 101 fever! That was meant to go to my daughter not you!!! LOL
@@cherylhuot4436 I'm glad you're feeling better! I figured that wasn't for me lol
What a great place!
Merry Christmas George🎄
Same to you! It sure is a great mall
Great video George! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
Good evening, George! I liked the roadrunner pin/brooch in the showcase. That pond boat, on top of the old trunk, caught my eye. It looked like a nice one, and it had a good size. That marine lamp was really nice! Did you get that one? That definitely was a good price on it. Those old iceboxes are really good to store dry goods. I have a white one with wood shelves in it, but nowhere in the house to put it...won't get rid of it, though. Loved the pickled bamboo shelf! I really like the old whiteware pottery, but don't see a lot of it anymore. I like the smooth, satiny finish on the old whiteware. That looked to be a super-nice place to browse and shop! There would've definitely been many items there with my fingerprints left on them 😂 Thanks for the tour!!!
I forgot to get the marine lamp and am kicking myself, the chances of it still being there are slim but when I saw this I made a note to call them tomorrow to ask! I like old iceboxes and have suggested that they can be fitted as wine storage as well. You and I share the pickled bamboo interest! I've seen a bit more white ware now that Martha Stewart likes it, seems to be coming out of old collections? It really is a wonderful mall and I was thrilled to show it to you!
@@TheAntiqueNomad Ohhh...I bet you are kicking yourself over that marine lamp 😬 Maybe it will still be there when you ring them about it!
I've not seen another icebox like the one I have. I don't have a clue as to when it was made, but I'm guessing it was sometime at the point they were going out of style and electric refrigerators were taking over. It's shaped like a 1940s...I guess...refrigerator, and it has wood racks/shelves in it that are painted that old 😝 green that seems to have been so popular in the '30s and '40s. It has one main door, and there is a metal compartment for the ice inside the main body of it. There is a peaked/tapered wood rack the ice sat on, inside that compartment, with a drainpipe that runs down the back to a space underneath it. There is a small door at the bottom to be able to remove a drip pan that would've collected the melt water. It's covered up, out in the garage, since there's no space for it inside the house. That won't be another piece I'll regret getting rid of, though - it's not going anywhere.
That Victorian pickled bamboo can easily fit into pretty much any decor. I've had one piece of it, (a corner chair), and I wish I'd never sold it. I bought it at a yard sale, and I think I paid $10.00 or $15.00 for it...can't remember for how much I sold it.
I used to have quite a bit of the whiteware. Mostly the urn-shaped, double-handled vases. All of that was sold almost a decade ago, though. I'd had it for years, so I got it at ridiculously low prices, ($0.25 - $0.50 each), mostly at flea markets and thrift stores. Once the "Martha finger" gets pointed at something, though, the prices do tend to go up a bit 😆
That is, indeed, a really super-nice mall!
I can see why Tower Avenue Antiques is your go-to resource for all things cool. Andrea's jewelry display case drove me nuts, as did the one at 23:46 with the black many-points necklace shown on the display form. The beaded wall holder was really neat, the Blue Mountain Bear I liked a lot & the idea for the "Cowboy Room" was awesome. Someday I must visit the place. Three floors!!
Oh that was a neat necklace I didn't mentoin! The Blue Mountain bear is cool and harder to find. I hope you get out west some day, I really do like this mall!
I'm Canadian but Blue Mountain Pottery depresses the bejesus out of me. Must be some repressed childhood memory.
I'm sorry to hear that! So many of the things that trigger collecting interest are childhood memories, but not all are happy ones...BMP is gone now, so all there is now is all there will be...that might be a good thing for you!
@@TheAntiqueNomadTrue, the happy memories do inspire my collecting. Fire King Harlequin pattern mugs, red and white enamelware, Barbie clothes (I frame them), Snuffles bears...
Had fun seeing the store. Christmas blessings to you and your family.
Same to you! Thank you
Hi George - so fun to see you do local PNW stores! I’m in Ridgefield and my friend and I make trips up to Centralia to peruse all the great stores there! ❤
I really enjoy Southwest Washington shopping, especially Vancouver-Kalama-Centralia route
Frame 36:28 That wooden rocking figure on the left looks like 1 of the " Spy vs Spy " cartoon figures from " Mad Magazine " ! I'm always amazed at how much you know about all the different objets, brands, places, etc. Careful being out in all this cold crazy weather. :~)
That's great! I agree and I hadn't seen that. I really love sharing all the stuff we see in these places, please keep coming along with me!
@@TheAntiqueNomad I shall ! :~)
It was great to end my day with you. 💕 Great advice on checking "things that stick out"... that will always get me in a booth and it's often the thing I buy. Sometimes it wasn't in their wheelhouse, but it was in mine. =) Happy Holidays!
So true! I've made a lot of money doing that over the years. Very glad you got to see this one with me!
@annpommer9913 awesome, Ann! So glad you found me, too! 🤗💕
Just watching your new video now shout from england 🎅new sub mate
Welcome aboard! I'm so glad you found me. We'll keep having fun, definitely see lots of English pieces that we try to highlight in our Mon/Wed premieres (8 pm eastern, if that happens to translate to a time you can chat, come join us!)
Could you tell me about my nun biscuit jar. There is always a lot of friar pieces and some cardinal pieces. My nun has ‘thou shall not steal ‘ on it. Love it as it was my mums. Thanks Jo from Australia. Ps.. love your channel..
Thank you, I am thrilled to have viewers down under! (Although maybe we're the ones who are down under, it seems like you could look at it both ways.) Anyhow, I would have to see the jar, but you can submit it via TheAntiqueNomad.com under the appraisals tab if you wish! Thanks
Not sure I'd want to have a space on the THIRD floor !!!!! Lugging all your stuff up there !!😵
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Hey
Loretta has found a big ole box of Xeno's Glamor Shots pictures from his Atlanta days and wants to know if he still might have any Dippity Doo or White Rain still. It's just so difficult to get a good bouffant updo using all these new hair products.
Loretta and Miss Ima Mann are pleased with the Holiday Fashion Show that they put on at the Antique Emporium. Xeno is completely sold out of his Frederick's of Hollywood collection with the exception of the fishnet pantyhose that Buster and Elmer used to go trout lining down at the creek. I don't think that Elmer was quite understanding of the idea, but not wanting to upset Buster, wore them anyway.
Loretta was going to put a bow on your Christmas present, but decided it made her skirt fit funny. Bless her heart for trying, but she just not barking up the wrong tree, she ain't even in the right forest.
Ho Ho Ho!
Lol! Xeno is not sure how you knew about his Atlanta days, but he had some all right. Loretta and I didn't know him then, but I think he saw Elmer lining more than his trout with them. Loretta means well but she's in a cactus desert on that one. Ho indeed!
@@TheAntiqueNomad
Everyone knows about Xeno's Atlanta exploits. Why do you think that the Virginia Highlands were known as Vaseline Valley?
@@danielclaeys7598 I have missed your stories x
Very x-rated!!
Any idea on what the Red Wing Katrina cookie jars are priced? Thanks for another great video, George!
They typically go around $59 where I see them sell (and online)
Hi george
Hi there!
I just saw you on The Niche Lady. You come highly recommended.
Oh that’s lovely! I will do my best to help you learn more about the wonderful world of antiques and vintage…I’m excited for Danni’s venture
You may not have noticed, but I would really love to know the price they had on the Franciscan Apple cookie jar under the green glass candle sticks around the 3 minute mark.
Hmm I think $125?
@22:52 the basket in front of the funky tray with basket trim, do you know anything about where it's from?
It appears to be a Northwest native market basket from the early 1900s, likely Salish (Quinault perhaps)
Can you explain about the brides baskets?
They were blown glass bowls set in silverplate frames with handles that were often a present for a new bride as a fancy centerpiece in the Victorian era
@@TheAntiqueNomad yes i know but you said something about the fact they werent signed?
Hi, I have two railroad lanterns just like the one you showed but my husband electrified them. Did that lower their value?
It depends how he did it. If he threaded the wired through a gap and placed a socket in the inner wick without drilling it, the value isn't harmed (best if he kept the original wick and mantel somewhere). Otherwise it isn't a good thing for value
By george u never say anything about my face u almost as witty as i am luv
Great video! What is your take on alpaca silver? Is it real sterling silver?
Alpaca is not silver at all, it is an alloy of nickel & zinc (usually over copper) used to pretend to be silver
@TheAntiqueNomad Thanks George for the information! I appreciate it.
I know nothing
Thinking I hope you don't have authority when your videos post. In my area it posted at the same time as President of Ukraine spoke to the US Congress. That was more important to me. I'm watching your video now though.
Honestly, TH-cam punishes us if we don't follow a consistent schedule, I figure people will watch when they're able. I hope you enjoyed the video, it's one of my favorite places!
you wave the phone at something and call it whatever and there are 10 pieces in front of you which poece you are speaking of is not clear to me
He's very good at describing what it is that he's talking about, and uses adjectives to describe it as well.
Please tell me with time stamps where there is confusion, I will be glad to help sort it out! My goal is to help explain what you're seeing and I shouldn't assume things are all obvious.
6:10 I HAVE SEVERAL SHELLEY CUP & SAUCERS
They are really great!
Great video George! Thanks for sharing!