great antique store with thousands of sometimes unique items. the store owner and help are pleasant…read moreto deal with. prices are generally affordable and reasonable.

This antiques place is in Trade, NC - part of the Pisgah National Forest. There are roughly 6 car…read morespots up front and the lazy guy at the front desk did not even make an effort to say 'hello!'. This is a large indoor collection of old tools, signs, duplicate magazines, fudge, furniture and carpets. Locked items are in small glass vitrines, which do not allow you to even look at anything. No greeting. No A/C. There was 1 couple browsing in the whole shop! Rebel review: 4 star overpriced, but big

A fun little vintage/antiques shop tucked back off the street, Those Were the Days is a great place…read moreto wile away an hour if you are a lover of the old or the quirky. It is set up like a typical antiques mall with items provided by different vendors, so you'll see some items priced higher than others based on who the vendor is, but I found the prices overall to be good. I stocked up on vintage glass decanters that were priced well below what I would normally see at similar stores in other cities, which was surprising given that resort town prices are often inflated. We met a vendor as we browsed, a friendly older gentlemen who asked about the items we were inspecting and told us where he sources most of his wares, and the lady who checked us out was also helpful and kind. Lots of records and toys, but you'll also find all the variety of items you expect in an antiques market. Finding the set of chicken decanters and the world's largest witch's broom were worth the trip even if I hadn't scored so many of the decanters I was searching for that day. We will definitely make this store part of our itinerary every time we return to Sugar Mountain.

Was really fun to look around but sadly most of the booths priced things way too high. I'm from…read moreWilmington NC and our thrift and antique stores carry many of the same genre of items for half the price of what they were being priced at here. Left empty handed. Nothing was worth the price.

Everytime we are here in the area, this is on our stop. Great Antiques, love the niches setup makes…read moreyou explore and see what is around. So much and so interesting to go in and discover. The wife and I both love it! Check it out and find history and maybe even your history tucked away in this great place.

AMAZING !!!!!! I can't say enough wonderful about this place , everything you'd want & more! What a…read morecool place and great items. Lastly, the owner is a sweetheart . I wished there more stores this great!!

Going to this antique store was such a fun experience. There was so much to see! My boyfriend ended…read moreup buying 2 awesome sparring swords and I got this adorable handmade stuffed animal. I have named him aweiweiweiwei. I wish I could personally thank the person who made this lil guy. I hope to buy more of their works soon Ps. You should charge more for your plushies, they're too cool to only be $5!

Great potential with space and location. Has the merchandise and vendor group changed in past…read morecouple years? I heard that service is good now. I've heard from local friends and decorators that we need some new places and vendors in the Boone/Blowing Rock, Banner Elk area. To shop antiques, art, rugs decor... I'm looking for a retail space to offer art and appreciate any feedback.

We found this place on our drive out of town and decided to stop by. I will say they have a lot of…read moreofferings of military, western and chinaware antiques but nothing really jumped out at us. It's a nice centralized location for various dealers' booths, but there's not a lot you can't find at other antique places around the state.

A lot of furniture. Not too many nick nacks. A little higher priced then other stores in the arearead more

This is a very upscale English antique store. They have everything from very fine furniture to…read morechimney pots to little odds and ends and knick-knacks you might like from England. He is very well stocked in understands the antique market very well.

High end furniture, very nice stuff... Unfortunately we drove 4 hours to purchase some antique…read morestained glass windows which the website stated "We usually have hundreds of Antique Stained Glass Windows in stock". What the website failed to mention is that they have been going out of business for two months and had very few windows when we arrived. The low rating is based on their inability to update their status on the web. My advice is to call before you make the trip. PS - We found an absolutely HUGE stained glass window collection at Payne Glass & Antiques in Pittsboro NC

This came up on Yelp during my search for antique stores in Hickory. This is NOT an antique store…read morebut it's a pretty cool furniture store with what seemed to be reasonable prices.

A very nice consignment store, well laid out, up and downstairs. Lots of stuff, although all we…read morewanted to see were chairs. Help was available and they were very helpful. We saw one chair we liked. It would fit our needs, was the acceptable color, material and size...a la my wife's seeking standards. Did we buy it? Of course not. Hickory is loaded with furniture outlets, so off we went a exploring. A couple of more locations and them the big kaboom: the Hickory Furniture Mart. Another review coming on this enormous, four level block-filling edifice containing just about any manufacturer and style of furniture one could imagine. We did not find anything that was better than the one at The Hickory Tree, so after some coffee and lunch at the Olde Hickory Station (see that review), we returned to the Hickory Tree. Since this was a consignment store, all items had a sales price tag with the prices listed over time. What I mean is that a price of $175 was scheduled to cost $150 on the first of the next month, then it would cost $135 the next month, and so on. This being the middle of the month, and not wanting to risk the desire chair being sold while we waited, we bought it...right then. They accepted credit cards. With the help of a young man we loaded this chair into our SUV and were off for home. An excellent, but exhausting furniture shopping experience that I survived. Before you blow your mind out looking for furniture all over, start here at the Hickory Tree. Prices reasonable and mark-downs abound. And nice people.