We really enjoyed the artworks displayed here. A bit disorganized. Not everything is priced but well worth the stop especially if you are looking for a unique piece of wall art or coins. The items that were priced were just a bit too expensive. Fun to browse, though. read more

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Never again! Nick the owner is a lowdown Jeckyl & Hyde! The woman behind the counter (his daughter?) was fine but even she cannot control this shyster. Frankly it's time for this man to retire before he drives away any more potential customers. My sisters and our children have dollhouses & there were several minis in a locked cabinet on the upper floor of Hey-Day. Most were stuffed into boxes on the bottom (you cannot see what they are) so we asked if the cabinet could be unlocked. Nick came upstairs & unlocked it. He spent the next 25 minutes in a breathless ramble about his ENTIRE life story... talked incessantly, barely drew breath & said repeatedly "Those things won't cost much, I got them in the 70's when a dollhouse store closed. I'll give you a BIG deal on everything. You can have a lot of that for free if you buy enough of it. Take all you like... " This entire time my husband & I sorted through old, dusty, dirty boxes (with several dead bugs inside) in a case filled with cobwebs. Plastic bags on some of these minis were so old & brittle they literally fell apart when touched- the floor had shards of brittle plastic bags all over it when we were done. Most of the minis were junk, with no value but we thought the kids would like a few pots, pans, dishes & used one of the lids of the filthy boxes to gather our selections. When finished, we returned every box to the cabinet, carefully arranged it (better than before) & made sure we didn't break anything. It took almost 30 minutes & when we were done our hands were black & we had dirt on the front of our shirts. We were ready to pay but Nick would NOT STOP YAMMERING, so we walked out & made our way downstairs. He followed, repeating "I'll give you a good deal! It won't cost much but you need to pay in cash". (HE WANTED TO CHEAT THE TAX MAN! Pay in cash = no State of CT taxes!) Downstairs we met his daughter & she pulled out a sales slip & began sorting through the box to tally the items with price stickers. My husband gave her a tiny glass duck from a downstairs case & they said they would throw it in for free. That was where decency stopped & the shady circus began! Nick, "Mr. Jeckyll" a seemingly "friendly chatterbox" turned into "Mr. Hyde"! Folks, you had to be there to experience the nightmare that followed! He insisted we be charged full price for everything! There was only one quality item in our lot marked $25. on the outside of the box and on the item itself it was marked $25. along with an $18. markdown sticker. Both OLD stickers were placed on the item BY THE FORMER DOLLHOUSE SHOP OWNER but Nick didn't like that the item had been marked down so he LIED and claimed HE put the "sales price" on the bottom of the item. No, he did not! He didn't even know or believe the $18. sticker was there until we showed him! At this point, it began to dawn on me that this guy is a shyster, a con man. He led us to believe he would sell us the little box of cheap, dirty minis for a steep discount. Most everything was marked $1. $2. $3. but he told his daughter "Those are all $5.00". What? For 25 minutes he insisted we were going to get a steep discount but now he's trying to charge us MORE than the sticker prices? He kept repeating "I have to get my money!" to his daughter. I wasn't born yesterday. It slowly dawned on me that this guy was shady. Shocked & disgusted, I almost walked out! When she realized this she tried to make him stop but he kept ranting that he had to "make money!" I removed a few minis from the box, having decided I would only buy a few and not let him get away with his filthy sham but his daughter clearly understood what he was doing. I explained the story he fed us upstairs & said we'd pay $30-$40. for the lot. She nodded & assured me she would take care of me. She must know he does this & she kept telling him "I have this", "I'll take care of it", etc but he would not back off. He pawed through the box insisting on OUTRAGEOUS prices until the total came to a whopping $70. for 1970's JUNK minis with little to no value, nothing collectible. They'd been rotting in that grimy, dusty cobweb cabinet for YEARS & he says "It will all be sold come summer". Another obvious lie! Finally we had enough & walked out. HE CHASED US TO OUR CAR shouting "How much do you want to pay!" but by then his lies made a transaction impossible. I wasn't giving him a dime after his failed money-grubbing bait & switch routine! LIE & CHEAT SOMEONE ELSE "MR. HYDE"! I'll NEVER go back! AVOID & BEWARE! Nobody forced your empty promises of a discount, it was all part of your slimy scheme. You should have honored your promise & made an easy $40. but your word is as good as the DIRT in your filthy cabinet! May your worthless minis ROT in that case another 39 years! This is how he deals with cheap minis! You would be a fool to trust him with gold, silver & jewelry transactions! AVOID THIS STORE LIKE THE PLAGUE! read more

Cute little stop in. Great for a rainy day of meandering about. Nick and his wife were very friendly and open to conversation. Great bargaining with some unique treasures too cool to pass up. Nick also gave some great food recommendations for this visit to the area. Would definitely stop in again next time we're in town. read more

Love this place! I went in here for the first time today and I had an amazing experience. The owners were very nice and Nick, the husband told me a story about how Drew Barrymore went into there! The prices are great (for the things I bought) and I was very happy with my purchases. Thank you again, Hey-Day! read more

My family and I love Hey-Day Antiques! Before we moved to the shoreline, my parents and I would take weekend trips up to Connecticut and our adventure would never be complete without going to their awesome flea market on Sunday. It's such a fun and sociable environment. We always found such cool, interesting pieces of art and household goods there; I think much of our antiques in our house come from the flea market! I think everyone knew us by name by the middle of the summer! Now that my family and I live on the shoreline, we regularly visit the main shop. The owners, Nick and Karen, are always so friendly and accommodating to us. My mother has had great luck selling some of her gold jewelry, and my father always buys and sells old/international coins. Nick and Karen always give them the best deals! And I love their selection of beautiful paintings, animal sculptures, and other interesting pieces of history. I definitely recommend checking out Hey-Day Antiques! read more

I went to this place several times and was at first very happy. A few years ago, however, I saw on their business card "buying coins..." etc., so I called them up to talk about some Indian Head cents I had, and ultimately went down there with the coins. I had a maybe 30 Indian Head cents that were worth around $70 (retail) at the time, and was looking to exchange them for a $22 Morgan silver dollar. The owner (I think his name is Nick) basically laughed at me and told me no. I asked him how much he would give me for the coins. He laughed at me and said "I know what you did. You went through your collection and pulled out what you didn't want and are trying to sell them to me." I said "Yes, exactly. How much will you give me for them?" He refused to say a price. Did not refuse to buy them from me, just refused to say a price. So I said "Your card says you buy coins. I am trying to sell you coins. How much will you give me for them?" Again, he refused to say a price, so I called out "Five bucks? How about five bucks, so that I can turn around and spent that money in YOUR store?" He laughed at me, shook his head, and ultimately ended up yelling at me even though I never raised my voice at him. I'm pretty sure I stormed out and slammed the door behind me. I have not been back since. Was $5 too much for him to spend on a collection to make a customer happy? What could he possibly have to lose on the deal? What was this guy's problem? No idea....but I haven't been back to Hey-Day antiques and will never spend another dollar there. ***UPDATE (7/9/2018)- When I first wrote this review on 6/8/2014, Hey-Day Antiques had no prior reviews, despite that they've been in business for many years. I first heard of Yelp in 2008, and I began using it around that time, but I didn't join as a reviewer until 2012. Anyway, 6 years passed between when I first heard of Yelp and when I wrote this review of Hey-Day. In those 6 years, NO ONE ELSE wrote a review for them. Then within THREE DAYS of my posting this review, there just happened to be a 5 star review added. Then another 5 star review 11 days later. No reviews in 6+ years, then my review is added, then two 5 star reviews within 2 weeks. Hence why those reviews are "not currently recommended." This leads me to the conclusion that the owners of Hey-Day very likely persuaded people to write positive reviews for them. All the more evidence of their general shadiness, in my opinion. Fortunately, they were unable to fool Yelp algorithms. Additionally, I sold all the coins I brought to this clown on eBay and made about $80 with an hour or so worth of work. Perhaps $75 an hour is not enough for this dude. Maybe he has such a steeeeep markup on his other antiques that $75 isn't enough for him. Or maybe he just doesn't know what the hell he's doing...at least when it comes to numismatics. read more

Great place, friendly people.. fantastic assortment to choose from!! We stop into Hey Dey antiques every time we are in the area. They are very welcoming and friendly and always have such beautiful jewelry and many interesting things to choose from... very fair prices too!!! I highly recommend stopping in here... you never know what you'll find! :-) read more

I highly recommend Hey Day Antiques. I was in the store last week with some coins I had from my Grandfather that I wanted to sell. The owners (I think there names are Nick and Karen) were so knowledgeable and friendly! Not only did they explain the history of the coins but they also gave me an amazing deal! I also ended up buying a beautiful hand made oriental rug for my dinning room while I was in there for a great price as well! read more