Pretty typical for an antique mall. Real mixed bag. I had a positive experience getting a variety of things. Glassware, spiffy vintage shirts, Christmas items. I referred a friend who came home in tears after the "Phantom of the Opera character upstairs with a pony tail" was incredibly rude to them. In the words of Pretty Woman: "Big mistake. Huge." They had money to spend but I guess he felt his items were better off remaining in his cluttered corner nook. When my friend asked him a question about a table setting he said nothing but gave them an icy stare and then rushed away to gossip with the woman at the front desk downstairs.
Never had any other issues with this place, aside from the occasional offensive item randomly found on shelves, but that's the risk you take when antiquing anywhere.
Good AC. Reasonable prices for the items. Well maintained. Staff seem a little overworked but they do their best to remain upbeat...
Read moreI was turned off by the TV commercial I saw today (10/16/20) for Antique Galleries of Palm Springs. Owner, Mike Rivkin, presumably attempting to be humorous, throws down a mock religious artifact (a staff) claiming people don't want these types of antiques anymore. I am far from a religious fanatic, but the commercial was offensive. I have not, nor plan to shop there after having seen this commercial.
I just saw your commercial again (Nov. 19, 2020). Your response below tried to ignore the religious tone, you called it a "shepherd's staff". After seeing the commercial again I captured the exact wording you used. You referred to the staff as "likely the actual staff used by Moses to part the Red Sea." Then you threw it to the floor, claiming "nobody wants this anymore." Don't try to diminish the tone of your commercial by simply calling it a shepherd's staff - especially after you made a very specific...
Read moreThis is an awesome multi-story antique store with rooms throughout the whole building. If I had to pick a period I would say this antique store primarily focuses on 50 60s and seventies, so really it's more vintage and less antique whoever there were some very beautiful turn of the century early 1900 pieces in there but by and large, furniture in, I really felt like I was in my grandparents house in late 60s and early 70s which can hardly be called an antique as my understanding antique has to be 75 years old and I'm not near that old. But still a very awesome shop with very friendly people to go check out especially with so much of this stuff being repurposed and coming back in style, not to mention the quality is just so much better than anything you can find in any store today unless you go back to Iowa and have the Amish make you...
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