Antique Paradise — Local services in Norman

Antique Paradise in Norman, OK. I have never visited this establishment and after today, I never will. My mother, who passed away in March 2025, has been a part of the antiquing community for close to 50 years (both in Arizona and Oklahoma). She built a large number of close friendships, shared her knowledge and guidance with anyone that asked for assistance, and everyone has always been so supportive of each other – until today, 6/7/2025. Today is the first day of my mother’s estate sale – a sale to showcase and share her many collections with so many likeminded people who love the variety of MCM, quirky, and timeless treasures she poured her heart, soul, and love into. Today, two representatives from Antique Paradise (a man and woman; I don’t know your names, but you know who you are), found it appropriate to pass out a stack of business cards at my mother’s estate sale while saying they had similar items that were priced better than the established estate sale company my siblings and I hired to coordinate this sale. What I have to say to you two is, shame on you. Shame on you for denigrating our mother’s collections. Shame on you for discounting and invalidating the amount of time, effort, and research that the estate sale company, myself, and my siblings put into preparing the sale. Shame on you for giving the antiquing community that my mother loved so much a negative connotation. The antiquing community is a small one and its members talk and share experiences. It’s a community that should be building each other up and not tearing each other down for your own personal gain. Did you know that we were selling my mother’s belongings because she passed away after more than three years of fighting for her life? No, you more than likely didn’t. Do I think you would have adjusted your actions had you known the reason for the estate sale? No, I believe you would have been just as selfish as you presented yourself today. Does you (more than likely) not knowing the reason for the estate sale lessen the negative impact you had on the sadness we have felt over the last 2.5 months knowing we would be selling all of our mother’s belongings? No, you increased our emotional suffering with your callous and disrespectful behavior and statements today. Shame on you for only thinking about yourself today and not taking into consideration the feelings of others, others that are a part of your same antiquing community. Shame on you. I really hope this experience is shared amongst the antiquers, collectors, and junkers across Oklahoma. They can make their own decision as to whether or not they want to visit your establishment. I hope your vendors see this and evaluate whether or not they want to continue business with people that do not care about the feelings of others and lack compassion for the people in...

As someone who loves to antique shop/thrift, and buy second hand it’s incredibly disappointing to discover the way the owner treats members of our community. The laundromat next door along with a well respected OKC metro non-profit host a monthly mutual aid event to help folks do laundry. He is actively trying to shut this service down. He also harasses volunteers and guests who are spending their Saturday morning in community. His behavior is in stark contrast to other businesses and community groups in Norman that donate time, money and resources to this effort to help people. Mind you this event happens at most once a month, only overlaps by two hours with his Saturday operating hours. The owner can’t allow his business to overlap for two hours on Saturday morning at most once a month so folks can help our neighbors? That’s cruel. Mind you the parking lot in this strip mall is huge, and he tried to tow volunteers car today that wasn’t even parked in front of his business because they had the audacity to care about folks. These folks coming for assistance are family’s with young children, elderly folks on a fixed income, disabled folks, disaster victims (literally did laundry for several households in Cole last month that were without power or had experienced damage to their homes) and yes our unhoused neighbors. These circumstances do not negate their humanity, these are members of our community who deserve respect. I will not patronize any business that treats members of the Norman community so callously. Instead of spending your money here I recommend literally any other thrift/antique store in the area or donating to programs like this one that are actually making a positive impact in Norman.

Please note this review is based on my experiences, I have witnessed this behavior and the...

Decided to stop by one day on a whim and was pleasantly surprised by this antique store. I was shocked by the amount of booths (yes it is like a fantastic maze that never ends) and the variety of each vendor. Lots of Pyrex, Anchor Hocking, depression glass, Fenton, carnival glass, cast iron, coins, barware, kitchenware, pottery, unique collectibles, art, brass, quilts, comics, records, books, vintage toys, wooden crates, jewelry, furniture, baskets, etc. You can tell that many of the vendors put in a lot of effort for curated pieces in their booth, which is nice to see. This is one of the best antique stores I’ve been to and I am super happy to have discovered this place exists in Norman, as I feel like Norman has been quite devoid of antique stores compared to other cities across Oklahoma. The prices are reasonable/as expected for most items. When you are ready to check out, the receipt you get details the exact item you bought, which booth it was from, and any discounts the booth may have had.

As an additional note, the coffee shop inside is unimposing but seriously a hidden gem. $1 for a regular black coffee and it tastes AMAZING. I would come inside the antique store just to grab a coffee from this place, I am not joking.

All in all this is the perfect place to grab a coffee and spend your Sunday or...