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The Pack Rat Antiques

The Pack Rat Antiques

3.0
(31 reviews)
1.3 mi
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I decided to swing by here after finishing up errands for the day to see what hidden treasures I…read morecould find in their vinyl collection and boy did I find some! Pack Rat Antiques is located at the old Title Wave Books building off the intersection of Fireweed and Spenard behind Chilkoot Charlie's. The store is massive with many sections divided up into a co-op of different dealers on two levels. Items such as period clothing, military memorabilia, Alaskana such as Iditarod memorabilia, costume jewelry, classic furniture pieces, toys, old books, and yes, vinyl records can be found in the various booths throughout. The employees here are friendly and very knowledgeable about the items they had on display. One of the employees behind the counter said there were two areas I could find vinyl which were both located on the first floor. The first area was beside the aisle going towards the staircases up to the second floor. Here there was a good amount of vinyl displayed on a stand-up shelf with an additional metal rack filled with clearance vinyl behind it. The second area was a smaller stack of records on the left side of the aisle away from the main counter. These were a collection of local musicians and storytellers from Anchorage circa 1960's-70's. One item caught my eye which was the complete narration of the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964 which was only $2 and a great historical piece for my record collection. The other items were also notable with the one standing out was Synchronicity by the Police. While this album was their best known with hits like Every Breath You Take and King of Pain, it wasn't necessarily rare. What did make this album special was that this came from the estate of Byron Birdsall, one of Alaska's best known artists for his paintings of wildlife who passed away in December of 2016. I quickly snatched this up along with Van Halen's second album and Bob Seger & The Bullet Band's Night Moves. The albums were priced at a few dollars more than most thrift shops, but the selection of LPs from the 70's and 80's are plentiful here. The bulk of vinyl records found in thrift stores are largely from not very well-known artists from past decades as well as significant wear and tear on the covers or the record itself. However, one album that is priced here may randomly end up at a secondhand store for a lot less, but that is never guaranteed no matter how many times you go. This just proves that you never know what you may come across.

VERY overpriced. Been to hundreds of thrift shops and have never seen greed like this !read more

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Vinatge coverlets.  Score!!!
Vinatge coverlets. Score!!!
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Who DOESNT need random Aladdin shoes
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Rethink Home

Rethink Home

3.0
(7 reviews)
1.4 mi

Terrible lady running the place ! HALF of what she has is her personal collection, her assistant is…read morea little bit nicer ! My wife rented a booth from this place and it was nothing but a losing proposition! Nobody knows about this place because you would never suggest it to a friend !! Total waste of time. ! I shopped, but anything I was interested in, they acted like it was a pain to get it out of there cases to let me inspect. I had picked out a mink coat for my wife for Christmas , but after I though about it , I went to David Green Furriers!

I came down here a short time ago after hearing from a customer at Lazy Dog Antiques that they had…read morea collection of vinyl records available. Rethink Home is a family-owned business located on W. Fireweed across from the VFW Post between Arctic and Spenard. The display floor is filled with an interesting mix of antique furniture, novelty items like 80's icon shirt button pins (Pac-Man, Mr. T, Galaga, Max Headroom, He-Man, and Q-Bert among others), a large detailed oil-style painting of Audrey Hepburn from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's displayed on the rear wall in the back room, Alaskan memorabilia, and crafts from local artists. Like all of my other reviews on antique stores, my main focus is the vinyl they have in wooden crates set up by the front register. The collection here is relatively small and like the secondhand thrift stores, they will arrive randomly without notice. There was an array of albums from the 40's and 50's up to the more modern artists from the 70's and 80's. I saw a few that caught my attention but unfortunately had to pass on because of the condition of some of the records. Some jazz albums I considered buying had visible surface scratches and split seams on either the top or bottom of the album covers. At $5 to $8 on some of these, these were priced relatively high by their condition alone. However, they did have a separate crate of records that were marked down to $2 or 50% from their original selling price, but again the condition was a concern. The nearby secondhand thrift stores had vinyl in better shape at only $1 apiece or .60 at the lowest with minimal surface scratches or fully intact album covers with the original inner sleeve available. However, the people running this store are very friendly and this place is a good option for anyone looking to purchase some paintings or a detailed wood-carved piece of vintage furniture.

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