# Antique shop

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{{Short description|Retail store specializing in the selling of antiques}}
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[[File:Paris - Vintage travel gear seller at the marche Dauphine - 5212.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|A vintage travel gear seller at Marché Dauphine, part of the [Saint-Ouen flea market](/source/Saint-Ouen_flea_market) in Paris]]
[[File:Antique shop jew town kochi.jpg|thumb|Interior of an antique shop in [Kochi](/source/Kochi), India]]

An '''antique shop''' or '''antiques shop''' is a [retail store](/source/retail_format) specializing in the selling of [antique](/source/antique)s. Antiques shops generally have a physical presence in a shop where the wares are stored and displayed, but some antique shops are [online](/source/e-commerce), without a [physical retail](/source/brick_and_mortar) location.

Some antiques shops are located within an '''antique mall''' or "antiques market", where each seller can open a booth or stall and display their items for sale.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antique dealer job information |publisher=[National Careers Service](/source/National_Careers_Service) |url=https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/AntiqueDealer.aspx |website=nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk |access-date=2015-10-15 |author=[Skills Funding Agency](/source/Skills_Funding_Agency)}}</ref> These mini-malls may be a form of [consignment shop](/source/consignment_shop).

Usually stores' stock is sourced from [auction](/source/auction)s, [estate sale](/source/estate_sale)s, [flea market](/source/flea_market)s, [garage sale](/source/garage_sale)s, etc. Many items may pass through multiple antiques dealers along the product chain before arriving in a retail antiques shop.<ref>{{cite web |title=antykwariat, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy |url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3870132 |website=encyklopedia.pwn.pl |publisher=[Internetowa encyklopedia PWN](/source/Internetowa_encyklopedia_PWN) |language=pl}}</ref> By their very nature, these shops sell unique items and are typically willing to buy items, even from individuals. The quality of these items may vary from very low to extremely high and expensive, depending on the nature and location of the shop.

Frequently, many antique shops will be clustered together in nearby locations; in the same town such as in many places in [New England](/source/New_England), or on the same street such as [Portobello Road](/source/Portobello_Road) or [Camden](/source/Camden_Passage) in [London](/source/London), or in an antique mall.

Antiques shops may specialize in some particular segment of the market such as antique furniture or [jewelry](/source/jewelry), but many shops stock a wide variety of inventory.

== See also ==
* [Bric-à-brac](/source/Bric-%C3%A0-brac)
* [Junk shop](/source/Junk_shop)

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Category:Retailers by type of merchandise sold
Category:Antiques
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