Always a treat to find new and great items here or online. Knowledgeable, fair and great prices! New vintage or retro revival. Midcentury Modern to Deco. Fun antiques, collectibles and rare vintage lamps radios too. Many times over ten years I had a great time there. I bought and collected a lot of art and antiques at the Vanguard Gallery over these many years. The art director, Daniel Vancas was always, knowledgeable about the art, the history from which it came, beside just the artists bio. He took time to answer questions, tell relevant histories and not just make a sale. He works and lives in his vintage genre' as a preservationist. He often restores and recreates the art he loves. From the moment you walk into his created retro environment, you are taken back to another time. His displays are attractive and visually informative. Sometimes museum like as many things were simply for display and not for sale. Often he close his gallery for a "private show" so his serious customers got all of his attention. His sales technique as does his art, collectiions and displays mimics the times past, as a "living history" for a real in store experience. Many younger people don't always get that he acted the part as much for customers entertainment. I got to know him personally and he is a genuine and really caring guy, who always tried to educate first entertain his customers. I don't know how he did all that while trying to create artwork, patiently deal with the curious onlookers, who often did not buy. All this while trying to sell art, make a living and manage all the customer care with patience and class. Carmel retail, like many small towns declined in years of a horrible economy and few knew, that his daughter was battling stage 3 plus cancer at the same time. The artist himself has constant and chronic pain and was disabled from a horrible prior accident. I have looked over the few reviews left and saw that the only real positive left were from a "real collectors" who actually bought art from this gallery! The adverse ones are from those who didn't buy, didn't spend, or even have a real shopping experience to report. Those so called reviews appear to have only a predisposed agenda without a purchase receipt to back it up. As a review, I can report that I actually purchased many things and did so over a ten year period. I acquired one of the largest collections from Vanguard Gallery. Sadly as so many small shops close with changing times, they today, are not open to the public. Clint Eastwood, the landlord, sold the building and Vanguard lost its lease, and without a good new location, ultimately forced to close their retail. At least today they are still open by appointment only in a more private studio for commissions, and private collecting. It is still worth the effort to meet this unique, knowledgable and talented artist and see both his art work and the unusual collection of art and antiques of the Art Deco to modern mid century. I highly recommend Daniel Vancas the Vanguard Gallery. As a part of Carmel art experience and flavor for more than 23 plus years, I hope someday they reopen to the general public, their unique museum or "living history" style gallery. Until then, please support this artist and encourage his hopes to reopen. Read less read more