Antelope Antiques & Coins

This is a great antiques store.
The variety of items is impressive. The depth of some of the collections is likewise. The owners have a couple of «niches» including inter-​war Czech glass (I think that’s what it is; I’m not a glass guy), coins and more Michigan memorabilia than you’d expect.
The owners are well-​connected in the local antiques trade and know where to find pretty much anything. They also do estate sales (see the website), and you never know what you’re going to find because of that.
It’s kind of hard to see the storefront (my only complaint), but once you’ve found it, you’ll keep coming back. I make the rounds there regularly.

I am absolutely in love with this antique shop. It’s so quaint and whimsical.
Every time I visit Ann Arbor this is a must go place for me!
It’s funny because for the longest time me and my sister couldn’t remember where it was… so we would wander around asking where it was!
I have their business cards in my wallet now, so no more wandering!
In closing… great store, always leave with awesome finds and a smile :)

One day after we had lunch at nearby Afternoon Delight, my mom wanted to take me to this little antique shop below the street level. It’s a bit hidden, but very worth the visit if you like old stuff.
Ceramics and old silverware and paperweights and toys and old posters and old books of all kinds. You won’t find «garage sale» bargain prices, but you will find reasonably priced, carefully sorted and identified items that are worth collecting, and there are a lot of categories represented.
Mom and I gravitated toward the book section. There are a LOT of U of M related books. I liked the one published in 1966, where the author drew cartoons, one for each school in the university. Quite clever, and I’m sure my in-​laws will get a kick out of it, too, because they graduated from U of M also. Mom found a very old looking tome about government. She said she liked it because it was «Biblically based.» That’s my mom. We each ended up with a fun memento of our outing together.

Antique shops and collectibles remind me of when I was growing up and the times I spent lazy summers going «freedling» with my grandparents. We’d go into old shops and look for nothing and everything — just hoping to find a great bargain or some artifact that would bring back memories and stories from ‘the good ol’ days” as my grandma would say. I haven’t been into an antique shop in years but Antelope Antiques hits the nail on the head when it comes to finding some great artifacts that are fun, interesting, and down right desirable.
The store has a lot to offer — especially in the small space that it resides. I could easy spend an afternoon there just digging around. Mariah is right — they have a GREAT movie poster collection and the Michigan paraphernalia is definitely top notch. I like the randomness of everything they have — you really just have to go and browse around and you’ll find things you’ll love. And, I thought the prices were excellent for antiques. I’ll be coming back again, even if I’m not intending on buying something, just to have fun snooping around.

Great place for collectors of all sorts of things like old coins, pottery, postcards, vintage toys, Michigan memorobelia, etc. Also a great place to find an unusual gift for those who don’t like the mainstream stuff or prefer that lost treasure from their past as a momento.

Whoa! From reading Lisa’s review, I guess I missed the «prostitution collectibles.» However, I did see quite a few awesome posters — they have a whole section of just magician posters, which are both cheesy and sweet in their design.
They do, as Lisa mentions, specialize in U of M paraphernalia. Their signs claim they have the very largest collection in the world, but I’m not sure who proves/​audits that sort of thing! Suffice to say, they have a lot, including old programs, etc. Not being much of a football fan, that’s not really my thing. However, they have plenty of other intriguing eye-​candy to examine, though.
Personally, I got sucked into the books and a very small collection of 45s. I picked up a couple of custom/​home-​made 45s that I am itching to listen to (family remnants like these and slides of vacations fascinate me), as well as a couple older books on Ann Arbor history.
One of the books is a collection of drawings by Milton Kemnitz, whose prints you sometimes spot around town. There are a few in the meeting room at the local Y, and I dig their style, so I’m really in love with this book of drawings.
There is so much stuff packed in this space (and I thought Vault fully utilized the space before!), that I know I could go back multiple times and still discover something new. The prices for the items I purchased were totally reasonable, though I’m sure some of the posters I’d most covet are out of my budget range!

This is an interesting new shop in the lower belly right near Underground Sounds. It took over the old Vault of Midnight space. Don’t be fooled into thinking «china ware» when you see the word «antiques» however. They carry items that could populate a Freaks and Geeks bedroom. That Iggy Pop posterboard in the window? Must-​have. Whoever snatches that gets kudos.
The place specializes in University of Michigan football paraphernilia as well as «white prostitution» collectibles? Yeah.