Old Seattle Paperworks — Local services in Seattle

I collect original movie posters, and happened upon this store as I was walking through the market. Unfortunately, the man working the counter was an unbelievable jerk, and he will not ever receive any of my money. I had simply walked in, and he shouted in a louder voice than necessary, "We are closing soon." I looked at my watch, saw that it was 5:52pm, and reasoned that they must close a 6pm and that I had a few minutes to look around. And, if you plan to buy a $1,000 movie poster typically stores will stay open an extra minute or two to make that happen. I took only about 3 more steps into the store to look at the price on one of the posters on the back wall, and he shouted at me even more sternly, "WE ARE CLOSING SOON." I was a bit stunned, and said, "I know you said you are closing soon, but you didn't say you were closed now." He laughed at me and said, "We are closing as soon as I help these two people", pointing at two people in line. This made no sense, as apparently he was going to help those two people then close at 5:53pm. He then said, "the whole market is closing." I had no way to know this. I don't live in Seattle and don't know what time these shops close. He was incredibly rude, and will not be earning any...

I just left the store and popped in as I was visiting Seattle for work. I got excited because I collect old comics and pulp magazines. I asked the employee to look at a few comic books they had for sale. He looked at me and said “I hate getting these out just so you know they are $100+”. I said “that is fine I collect comics and understand”. He grumpily went through sooo much work to slide one little glass door and pull them out for me to look at. I said I was interested and I asked him if he knew if they were complete and unrestored, as well as if I could take a look at them out of the bag and board. He said “yeah thats not going to happen”. I said okay well is the owner here or could I speak with him to verify because I will gladly buy all the books now (almost $600 worth). He smugly looked at me and goes “yeah you can buy all of them or none”. I travel the country and buy stuff all the time at old shops and antique stores and this is by far the rudest person I have encountered. So I just smiled and said in that case I will not buy anything and left. I don’t know if the owner knows how rude this individual is, but I can’t imagine how much in sales he has...

Vintage posters, maps, magazines, and other print media. Fun to browse this store and see print media from the 1950s and other times. (The vintage magazines even include Playboy, oddly enough.) I liked browsing the old maps! Wish I could have found some historical maps of Seattle. The vintage paperworks theme is such a novel idea for a store and fits perfectly into the endless curiosity shops in the Pike...