Island City Antique Market

Wow! Friendliest staff who was very patient with me - so good I drove over an hour 3 days in one week while on vacation. Knowledgeable and I would give more than 5 stars if I could! Just wonderful!

Incredible antique store, recommend highly to anyone with a collection of any sort. Organized and thoughtful layout, considerate, kind, and knowledgeable employees. A lovely experience all around!

Rude reviewers rating low are probably just unaccustomed to store owners actually enforcing rules

I wanted to go to the other antique store in the little house with all the wrought iron furniture piled up in the yard but it was closed so we stopped in here. Really great selection, reasonable prices and friendly staff.

One of the best antique shops you will find! So many great items. MCM, glassware, jewelry, art, advertising, old farming items, lamps, perfume bottles, a bit of everything! The staff is so lovely. I really enjoyed chatting with them. I am only sad that I live 4 hours away and can't visit more often.

I am surprised with negative comments overall. I often stop after hiking north of town ...love the store, wonderful conversation with either owner or worker around logging industry memorabilia and they held something for me ...had to measure space in my cabin and could not pick up immediately. I have bought a few things over the years and while some items are high I seem to always walk away with a good deal .

Love this place, it is one of the best! Everyone was friendly and packed everything very carefully. Can’t wait to come back.

This place was great!! So much to look at and not overpriced. We spent like 2 hours shopping. The staff were polite and helpful!

I have shopped this business for years and am always treated with courteous service. It's an enjoyable experience with an interesting "find" on each "stop". Unlike stoic antique malls with everything behind glass and vendors who are too lazy to rotate merchandise, this shop always is rotating and adding stock. Purchases are painstaking wrapped and someone is always available to open vehicle doors to assist in loading of large purchases. Additionally, payment is taken over the phone for an item which is previously seen but not purchased and ample time is allowed for a return to trip for pick-up. Prices are reasonable for comparable merchandise found advertised in on-line venues. Regarding the critique posted ahead of mine, I have shopped some high-end antique shops over the years where purses are checked at the door or are to be left in the vehicle. At all times at Island City Antique Market, there are at least 4 employees on duty and one or two walking the floor working in the store. Additionally, the store has surveillance making theft impossible. Merchandise is well displayed, but it's "tight quarters". The rule is more protection for the patron against a purse brushing against a piece of porcelain or glassware sending it crashing to the floor thereby encumbering the patron with an unplanned bill for damages. I own a business with tight quarters and although I allow purses, I do not allow children for the same reason. I do not allow patrons of my shop access to my private privy thereby preventing the spread of germs and disease. It is base inconsiderate to make such a request. Located next door to Island City a 90 second walk away is McDonalds with ample bathroom facilities. If anyone is so absorbed looking at antiques that he or she can't take two minutes to walk to McDonald's and use the bathroom, wear Depends. Lastly, with regard to "lights out, time to lock up". No business owner is going to toss anyone out the door who is intently asking questions while making overtures of interest to purchase. However, we as business people put in long hours and often continue working in our businesses long after the business has closed for the day. K-Mart had a policy for years of announcing "closing" 10 minutes before "lock-up". It is easy to differentiate between an interested buyer and someone loitering while "rubbernecking" and handling merchandise. Loiterers are under the mistaken fallacy that the business exists for them and should stay open until they decide to leave. W.C. Callaway

So many things! Give yourself time to look and then go back and look again, cause you will miss. things. Prices are fair on most items and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I will definitely be going back again.