Antiques shopping in San Francisco
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Polk-A-Dot
Only pirates discover as much treasure in a lifetime as store owner Michelle Callarman, who scours warehouses of weird dead stock to fill doll-size chests of drawers with small wonders: antique mah-jong tiles, wooden nuns, badges for diminutive sheriffs. Dig around and you might find a porcelain knuckle-shaped brooch, an original book plate from Ozma of Oz, and Kimba the cat (sorry, not for sale).
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SF Rock Posters & Collectibles
Anyone who hazily remembers the ’60s may recall long-lost bands (and brain cells) in this trippy temple to the rock gods. Nostalgia isn’t cheap, so expect to pay hundreds or even thousands for first-run psychedelic Fillmore concert posters featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company or the Grateful Dead, but you can still find deals on handbills for the Dead Kennedys, Talking Heads and Black Sabbath.
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Past Perfect
So this is how Pacific Heights eccentrics fill up those mansions: Fornasetti face plates, Danish teak credenzas and Lucite champagne buckets. The store is a collective, so prices are all over the place – some sellers apparently believe their belongings owe them back rent, while others are happy just to unload their ex’s mother’s prized spoon collection.
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Aria
This shop has all the makings of a Tom Waits song: wartime French love letters returned to senders, anatomical drawings of the heart, castle keys lost in gutters a century ago, a wax mannequin arm raised in ghostly salute. Hours are erratic whenever owner/chief scavenger Bill is out treasure-hunting.
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Hyde & Seek Antiques
Like the home of a long-lost eccentric aunt, this tiny storefront is full of surprises: a briefcase that opens to reveal a full tartan bar, a Danish-design silver calla lily, a Native basket more tightly wound than your boss – all at reasonable prices.
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