Tribal Rugs & Jewelry

Got a lamp rewired by Shaa at the lamp shop in here; he was quick and did an amazing job in tightening the threaded stem from the bottom of the lamp. Now this family heirloom works better than it has in 25 years. He was also very reasonably priced and a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommended!

Shaa, the owner of Express Lamp Repair in the front of this antique shop, did a great job sorting out the nest of wires in a vintage medicine cabinet I bought from Craigslist, & adding a grounding wire to make it safe. He also fixed two lamps for me, pointing out that one had had a fire before I acquired it, and replacing the cord & socket to make that one safe as well! I now recommend him to all my friends, and will be going back soon myself! His prices are reasonable, he fixed my lamps right then and there, and he’s a pleasure to talk to! Five stars for sure!

Let me preface this by stating that it is a poor idea, for the sake of your credit card, to go antique shopping at one in the afternoon when you forgot to eat breakfast. I’ll just peek, I said, it’ll take twenty minutes, I said.
The shop itself looks like a bit of a jumble on first entry, to the right is a section with lighting fixtures that is owned by a separate person. I confess, lacking any real place to put lamps and chandeliers at the moment, I paid it very little attention, but there looked to be some gems. The main store is owned by a pleasant gentleman from Afghanistan who, after introducing himself, proceeded to squire me around for an hour, opening cases and insisting that I try on everything that caught my eye.
The merchandise is glorious– as with the lamps, I did not go digging through the rugs, because I have nowhere to put them, but at a glance, they were an impressive collection. Gems and minerals, including a massive display piece of polished fluorite, stud the shop, mingled with cinnibar boxes, cloisonné, and pieces of what look to be amber [but I suspect may be cleverly-​crafted resin] with insects in them. There are artifacts both large and small, newish and relatively old, properly deserving of the title antique, including a locked room near the front of the store with antique knives, carved bone, and the like.
My own main focus was the jewelry, of which there is a seemingly endless amount. This ranges from beads [which can be bought as strings or fashioned into jewelry for you by the owner], to modern rings and bracelets, to 19^th century metal cuffs and belts of gilded plaques. Overall the jewelry is very large, these are not delicate pieces for the most part [though there is some silver filigree and some smaller rings and earrings] but instead large, sometimes oversized, statement pieces. Ultimately my low blood sugar, the quality and novelty of the jewelry, and the proprietor’s charm wooed me into purchasing a trio of vintage pieces, two of which I’ve already worn.
There was a small snafu with the pricing– we’d done a lot of haggling and what I was initially charged wasn’t the final agreed price, but when realized, the shop owner fixed the charge immediately and was profusely apologetic. I will certainly go back, and drag friends with me. If nothing else, I never managed to explore the downstairs, which I feel a bit sheepish about.