Old Storefront Antiques — Local services in Dublin

Old Storefront Antiques is one the most interesting and unusual antique stores I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to hundreds. Their specialty is items that you would find in a drug store like over the counter beauty and medical treatments, and other pharmaceutical and personal care items. The proprietor said that the shop provides props for movie and television productions, and honestly, the shop itself looks like a movie set. So many items there that you never see anywhere, and they’ve got tons of each item stacked floor to ceiling in room after room. My daughter and I both made purchases: she got a box full of old makeup items (e.g. Don Juan lipsticks & some very early rare Max Factor items, etc.), one of the things she collects, and I found some vintage IHOP restaurantware in great condition. The prices were very fair. The shop itself is a bit cluttered but worth navigating. After sort of having my mind blown after seeing all the stuff they had (I don’t know how else to describe it lol—it’s an experience) I did some googling and learned that the proprietor wrote a book on drug store collectibles that I found on ebay. If this is the sort of collecting genre that interests you, or if you just want to go someplace different than you’ve ever been before, you should...

The lady who owns the place (or at least, lives there with her dog) is Very nice, and was very kind to us. However, we were a little caught off guard with walking directly into what I believe is her home, then she told us the rest of the house is the antique ‘store’. There are a lot of old items and medical things if that’s for you, they’re all covered in dust and haven’t moved in a long time I imagine. There is stuff everywhere, unorganized, unclean (mold, broken brick walls, stuff on the floor everywhere, old boxes of nothing, crowded) , and seems a little unsafe to have people walking around all that stuff. Ultimately we left with nothing, except a nice meeting and a story to tell. I felt a little bad for leaving...

If you're adventurous... Tons of Interesting old pharmacy items that seem to have been sitting on the shelf undisturbed 50 years.. Disorderly and smelly.. Think she's...