Jim Mac Donald Antiques

Came here to browse after lunch across the street. As the other reviewer stated, my husband and I were greeted warmly by a pleasant woman when we entered. She let us look around without hovering and as I admired some of the vintage jeweled shoe clip on buckles, she brought out another set, not trying to sell them to me, but almost as if she too were browsing, and said, «yes those are nice, but look at these!» I really liked that. There are some really high end things here that are quite reasonably priced. My husband bought a high end cashmere scarf that was priced at half the price of the same scarf we saw at another estate sale (not one of Jim’s estate sales). Love the place, will recommend it and will be back.

I was looking for some 1920s accessories and the man working at Fantasy Attic recommended I go to Apple Annie’s (aka Jim MacDonald’s). I was reluctant to visit. Why?
Two things you should know about me: 15 years later I still look like a teen and wear cut-​off gloves, and, I have the ballerina’s grace of a bull in a china shop. This pretty much bars me from any antique store explorations. So when I hear «antique» in the name, I automatically think I’ll be unwelcome.
Apple Annie’s turned all my expectations right on their noggin’. The two women working here are magnificent. They immediately welcomed us. I browsed without feeing judged or patrolled.
The place itself is cozy without feeling cluttered — the walls are a warm yellow. Please forgive my photographs because they don’t do any justice to the beauty of the merchandise or the layout of the store.
They have everything from civil war era items to stuff from the 1980s — prices range from a couple bucks to $ 500+. There are books to dvds to clothing to shoes to jewelry to glasses to postcards to furniture. I find things to be VERY reasonably priced. Many times I’ve picked up items, flipped them around expecting a cost I can’t afford, and then being very pleasantly surprised to see that I can!
Although I had the genuine intent of buying a fur cape and thus tried many on, Linda and Lynn (they even introduced themselves later!) didn’t seem at all concerned whether or not I was going to actually buy something. This I liked a lot. Unfortunately, the piece I fell in love with was way out my price range (justly so). I am, however, already musing on how I can save up money for the buy in the future.
A truly superb collection of hand-​selected objects with wonderful shopkeepers. I come here to see what’s new (nice things get snagged mighty quick so don’t sleep!) and pretty much anytime I need a gift for any friend who appreciates old beautiful things.
What a treasure trove.