Dickinsons Antiques — Local services in City of Beacon

I visited this store with my boyfriend, who is an antique rug enthusiast. Upon entering, I noticed the store owner eyeing my boyfriend (in a suspicious manner), even though we had just entered the store. I did not think much of it, but when my boyfriend approached the store owner with a small textile and asked the store owner how much he is selling it for, the store owner promptly, and rudely responded, “That’s mine. That’s mine." He then took the textile from my boyfriend without even the decency to look at him. I was baffled by the behavior and the way in which the store owner responded.

There was no "NFS" (not for sale) sign which he had up for other objects around the store, and instead of saying, "Sorry, not for sale," he responded only with "That's mine.”There was no further attempt at asking us if there were other items we were interested in. It was very clear he did not want to serve us.

I can't imagine why he would respond that way…although you can probably glean the reason from the fact we are both people of color. I would...

As a designer I always make an effort to stop in antique stores to shop and support small business. When I entered the space with my family I picked up a vase and asked the seller how much it was. He quoted $25. My son then approached the owner and said “what’s this?” The owner immediately snapped “DON’T” to my son with no further response. It was a simple inquisitive question and this man was so rude. He then charged me for the vase without giving me a breakdown, did his own mental math and rounded the purchase up to $28 plus an additional fee claiming it was tax and credit card fees which he never mentioned to begin with. He only presented a receipt once I asked. Not a great experience at all, and truly there was just no justification to being so rude to a child that was asking an...

Stopped in after Mother's Day Brunch at the Roundhouse which was awesome! One of the most historic buildings in Beacon with the finest interior wood work. The building is available for public & private venues, on this day it was displaying a private professional collection of black & white photos of famous & not so famous individuals which we...