Pioneer Antique Mall — Attraction in Puyallup

The shop owner lied to me regarding the authenticity of an item. I was discussing it with my spouse and saying that it was almost certainly a reproduction, but thats ok because it's still cool. The guy chimed in and said that it was authentic and was from India, and he gave the price as $120. The item was:

#1. Not from India. It was a Minoan snake goddess figure, of the type found in Crete.

#2 Not made of the right material to be authentic. These figures were made of clay, not metal.

#3. If this figure was authentic, it would be older than Homer. Figures of that type that survived with that amount of detail are extremely rare and almost always in museums. They are rare enough that it's big news in the archeology world when a new one is found. An authentic one would almost certainly not be sold at an antique shop for $120.

The only reason I gave any stars is because they did have some genuinely cool stuff, but I am really put off by...

I love a good antique mall... especially one where you can go in on a rainy day and browse through the various booths without pressure from sales clerks...where it's comfortably warm and where the owner has taken some care to curate the various dealers so that what's offered is a variety of different collections. We spent hours oohing and ahhing and came away with a few "finds" that we're quite happy with. Definitely...

We love this place. We go here especially when we want to get away And do something else. We snoop and look and ponder and there are always "New" old things to look at. And more often than not, to purchase as well!

So many surprises from our childhood. So many affordable additions to our home.

It's especially fun for date...