Fred & Ethel's 50's Antiques — Local services in Rock Island

This shop has all the vintage gems you might be searching for. You look through everything you think and turn around and see something else you didn't see before. Clothes in vintage, jewelry, hats, dishes, sew on patches, Christmas, Halloween, you name it you will more than likely find it. The owner is extremely nice and very helpful on something you might be searching for. There are several other shops next to this one as well. I've driven by this place many times over the year's and never stopped. I'm glad I made the trip there today. Found a ring I absolutely love, some peace sew on patches for a jacket I have and 2 and a half yards of tye-dye fabric that I'm going to make a wall hanging out of. Highly recommend checking this place out if you haven't. You just might find the treasure you've searched everywhere else for but couldn't find. I didn't capture any pictures this...

My mom and I stumbled upon this store last weekend when we were out and about searching for antiques. What a cool little store! There are items here from several decades (50s and 60s, for sure, possibly 70s, too) and so much cool stuff to look at! We had a blast looking at all the items. Everything appears to be clean and in good working order - no junk to be found here! Items seemed to be reasonably-priced. Store owner was very nice. Can't wait to go...

The shop itself is small, but cute. The staff is polite and offered to help with whatever I needed, but I kind of felt like they thought I was going to steal something. I felt as if I was being followed around the store or watched, and any time I would pick something up that I’d want, the woman would say “I’ll take that for you” and put it behind the counter. I may just being sensitive, but it made me feel very...