Artifacts Trading Company

I really like roaming through this store and looking at the variety of merchandise from around the world. There is jewellery, toys, musical instruments, stones, figurines, and all kinds of things you can buy as gifts for the person who has everything. I particularly like the stones and jewellery. A lot of the merchandise here is from Asia. Prices range from being inexpensive to very expensive, depending on what it is you are looking at. There is also no clue as to whether or not the products are Fair Trade, which is why I am giving my review four instead of five stars.

This is a great place to go to if you are walking around on Whyte Ave! They have a huge selection of jewelry made form all kinds of stones (jade, amber etc). They have a really fantastic selection of rings, earrings, and necklaces. The store is pretty big and it’s filled with amazing items. This is a great place to just walking around and explore and look for that piece of jewelry that you didn’t even know you were looking for. Some of their items are pretty unique. They had these pieces of jewelry made form some kind of volcanic glass or something crazy cool like that. They were black stones placed in silver or sterling sliver ring, necklace or earrings. They were really nice! The rings were so nice and simple and they were about $ 38.00 each. They have really nice amber rings also. Well, all of their amber pieces were really nice. They carry a lot of items made from all these pretty stones that I’ve never heard of; they also come in great colors.
They carry jewelry from Mexico, Asia, and from some tribes from some exotic place in the world.
They carry more than just jewelry. They have a great selection of Asian teacups and dishes. I also saw this really interesting dish set made from some kind of rock; it was an array of different colors and each piece was a little different from the next. It was a very unique dish set.
They also carry some great pieces of furniture, like these big fantastic wooden chests. They were pretty expensive but they looked great. Some of them had some nice carvings and they had that antique look to them.
They also carry some items of clothing and blankets and other items to decorate your home, lots of great stuff. I noticed these large bug carvings! They were really neat looking.
They staff (and maybe the owners) were super friendly. The guy who I saw when I came in was very helpful and he let me just wonder around and explore all I wanted. I really love this store; it’s the place I’ll come to in order to pick up some great pieces of jewelry. I’m really excited about this place and I hope if you check it out you will be as excited as I am.

Artifacts is filled of old and exotic treasures from all around the world. There is a lot of Asian influenced items as well as some African ones. There is a lot of furniture that has been restored, clothing, jewelery, and wood carvings. I bought a few Thai fisherman skirts from here before I went to the Middle East as they were comfortable, travelled well smashed into a backpack, and long but still airy enough for the heat of the desert. I wasn’t disappointed with my purchase! I also love the jewellery here. There are so many beautiful pieces made with silver and semi precious stones. Their rings are gorgeous! I like some of the furniture but can’t picture it in my home. The furniture tends to be quite expensive and very «zen», so if you are going for these theme in your house then this would be a good place to check out for benches and armours. The staff is very helpful and the owner is usually around with a good story about how a certain piece of furniture came to be!

These guys buy garbage from street vendors in beijing and shanghai and try to pass them off as antiques and collectibles. Complete scumbags. This review was originally filtered out for some reason, possibly because it was too negative, but it’s the truth. DO NOT support these people!

Located just off Whyte Ave., Artifacts is a giant warehouse of imports from Asia, Africa and around that is fun to wander through. They have a wide selection of statues, clothing, jewelry, rocks, masks, wood carvings and more from exotic parts of the world. If you’re looking to create a tribal or Eastern Zen feel to your living space, this is a great place to look. They have some larger pieces of furniture, but I find the prices quite high. Their jewelry cases are massive and filled with lots of beautiful and semi-​precious stones and silver, varying in prices. If you’re looking for a gift for someone who enjoys more worldly things, there are handmade scarves, blankets, raw cotton shirts, colourful wraps, buddha statues, African elephant statues, necklace charms, prayer beads and more. It’s impossible to not find something you like here, and it’s enjoyable to walk around on the old, plank wooden flooring in the back showroom and storage area.

Artifacts is perfect for anyone who appreciates something different and exotic. The shop has an eclectic atmosphere of Zen and tribal, and it’s very soothing and calming as you walk through the store. Their current window display is kind of creepy though, with fake skeletons set up in a tribal scene. Two of them are roasting a third one that’s tied to a stick, rotisserie-​style. Yikes!
Anyway, it’s a huge shop, full of exotic items you won’t usually see elsewhere. Half of the shop is nearly all jewelry, organized by type. The silver and stones are wonderful to look at, and the pieces they have here really are one of a kind. You won’t see designs like these anywhere else in the city.
The rest of the store consists of masks, chests, teapots, Buddha and goddess figures, and textiles. Everything is a sight for the eyes. The items come from a range of different cultures, such as Indonesia, Africa, and China. I’d have to say my favorite piece was a life-​size goddess figurine, carved out of wood. It was absolutely magnificent.
The staff also have multiple large aquariums placed around their work area, with these really big red fish in them. I’m not sure why they’re there, maybe for tranquility? And while the regular prices here are a bit much for me, I still like to come now and then to look around, because they have such neat stuff.
It’s really a great place to check out if you like to collect unique stuff like Indonesian wooden chests or African masks and decorate your house with them, or if you know a friend who does. I like to think this shop brings out the anthropologist in everyone!