Hyde Park Consignments — Attraction in Town of Hyde Park

One review said , "A lot of musty junk." Another said, "Disorganized." Then, I said to myself, "How could anyone make any money selling this stuff?". I wanted to sell some items and I have a lot of old things I've accumulated over the years, so, I brought a number of them to sell. Seven pieces of hundred year old depression glass, the most sought after green glass plates with bubbles. And a solid brass smudge pot, used for lighting candles from a hearth; circa 1850 to 1920, two new Schwinn bicycle seats, and three very old small glass vases which belonged to my grandmother, two small transistor radios, 40 years old.. My wife brought her vintage leather jacket in good condition as was the lining. I brought 15 items to the store, and he cherry picked the ones he said he could sell. You sign a contract the owner created which says that he will agree to sell your items for 50 percent of a price set by him for no more than 60 days, at which time the items become property of the store. And at the end of the consignment period it is YOUR responsibility to retrieve your unsold items. Let's see... That sounds good on paper ONLY if the consigner acts in good faith in dealing with the consignee. Here's what went down; I was given chump change for the depression glass and radios. We spent an hour and a half attempting to retrieve our unsold items, some of which were not found by us. I went back several times over a period of four months and the same cluttered mess looked almost exactly the same. I came to the conclusion that several scenarios were in play in a consignment shop. First, all that clutter can be used to conceal your items, so as not to sell them during the 60 day consignment period and lead you to believe your items are worthless. Then he can either display them or contact collectors to take them after you have left them at the shop. Second, since he gets to set the price, the consigner can overprice your items so they won't sell, or overprice AND bury them behind clutter. Third, if you're not in and out of the shop on a regular basis, the consigner may leave your items in a back room and not display them at all. In all cases, if you don't retrieve your items, they WILL be absconded... But, if you've never been in a consignment shop, it's worth the experience. Determined little old ladies with a purpose, wild eyed junkers ,(like Fagin from Oliver Twist or Old Joe from A Christmas Carol) or calculating collectors and all sorts of eccentrics. And you can reminiss with total strangers about an old cookie press that both your moms had. But I recently read you shouldn't expect that everyone's old items belong on Antique Road Show, because very few of anyone's do and most people have an unrealistic sense of value, concerning what they...

I'm impressed by how many items and categories of them are found within this consignment shop located on Route 9 in Hyde Park! It takes quite a while to peruse the entire collection from clothing, household items, furniture, toys, knick-knacks, etc... The prices are reasonable but vary depending upon what you pick to buy. Some prices are low to high. Some things are everyday items while some may be collectibles or antiques. The employees are friendly and happy to answer questions. I bought a tall brass vase, a big crystal serving bowl, a Betty Boop small sized metal trash can and some decorative things on my most recent visit. I like to stop here sporadically to see if I can discover some more treasures...

I have to admit that I am slightly biased. The owner Eric, and his wife perhaps, are such nice people it's hard to say a bad thing about them. I like that they keep the inventory moving with color coded offerings and sales. Some shop owned things with white tags seem to never go on sale. That's not good because these items, although desirable, stagnate and take up valuable floor space. You can get clothing and rusty items at the same place. The one significant knock is that with the amount of time that you are likely to spend browsing, there is no public bathroom. If in the area, this place is worth a...