Antiques shopping in Prague
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Bric a Brac
Hidden up a narrow lane behind the Týn church, this is a wonderfully cluttered cave of old household items and glassware and toys and apothecary jars and 1940s leather jackets and cigar boxes and typewriters and stringed instruments and… Despite the junky look of the place, the knick-knacks are surprisingly expensive; there are two ‘showrooms’, a small one on Týnská, and a larger one in a nearby courtyard (follow the signs), and the affable Serbian owner can give you a guided tour around every piece in his extensive collection.
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Antique Music Instruments
It may not get the prize for most inventive shop name, but this place is a real treasure-trove of vintage stringed instruments. You’ll find an interesting stock of antique violins, violas and cellos dating from the 18th century to the mid-20th century, as well as bows, cases and other musical accessories. In the same premises you’ll find the Icon Gallery, a luminous collection of Russian and Eastern European religious icons, as well as lots of other decorative objets d’art, watches, porcelain and Art Nouveau glassware.
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Vetešnictvi
This is an Aladdin’s cave of second-hand goods, bric-a-brac and junk with, in all likelihood, some genuine antiques for those who know what they’re looking for. There’s affordable stuff for all, from communist-era lapel pins, medals, postcards, old beer mugs and toys to crystal, shot glasses, porcelain, china, pipes and spa cups, all presided over by a bust of Lenin.
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Antikvita
This antique shop is a collector’s delight, crammed with cases and cabinets overflowing with vintage toys, model trains, dolls, coins, medals, jewellery, clocks, watches, militaria, postcards, porcelain figures, glassware and much, much more. If you have something to sell, Antikvita holds buying sessions on Wednesday and Thursday (from 10am to noon and 2pm to 5pm).
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Art Deco Galerie
Specialising in early-20th-century items, this shop has a wide range of 1920s and ‘30s stuff including clothes, handbags, jewellery, glassware and ceramics, along with knick-knacks such as the kind of cigarette case you might imagine Dorothy Parker pulling from her purse.
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Icons Gallery
In the same building as Antique Music Instruments, this cluttered little shop has a luminous collection of Russian and Eastern European religious icons, as well as lots of other decorative objets d'art, watches, porcelain and Art Nouveau glassware.
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Starožitnosti Alma
Alma specialises in Art Nouveau and Art Deco antiques, and also has a wide selection of rather twee porcelain and lacy items, rather stuffy furniture and glassware, and a veritable army of scary-looking dolls.
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Starožitnosti Z. Križek
This is a dusty treasure-trove of antique furniture, porcelain toilet bowls, old postcards and photographs, vintage newspapers and magazines, and art books.
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Starožitnosti V. Andrle
Mr Andrle's shop is a little treasure house of antique gold, jewellery, clocks, watches, glassware and ceramics from all over Central Europe, and is a regular port of call for serious collectors from around the world.
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