Carmel Old Town Antique Mall

Managed by 2 delightful funny sexy guys, this place has a wide selection of a variety of antiques and vintage– from mid century mod to Victorian. Really nice furniture at reasonable prices and they are willing to bargain a little too. They will load your stuff in your car for you too.
Well worth the look around at the 2 floors of goodies.

A nice space to find antiques of all kinds. Like all antique stores I’ve been to in upper-​middle-​class areas (Carmel not excluded), the prices are a touch too rich for my blood. However, the prices are not exorbitant, so if you’re looking for an old end table and willing to drop $ 150, then you’re in the right place.

Lots of vendors and a nice big space to wander around. We didn’t really see anything that struck our fancy but the owner was really knowledgeable and it was kind of fun to eavesdrop on the education he was giving each customer on different types of antiques. Prices seemed a little on the high side but a good stop if you’re in Carmel.

This place is pretty cool. I thought it would be overpriced purely due to it’s location but after perusing, I found some super duper cool stuff for really good prices.
I like old stuff, I’m going to sound like a grandma but it’s just made better. I had been searching for a while for a headboard and nightstand for my little girl’s soon to be big girl room.
I’ve been around the block with furniture stores, everything is made like total crap, even when you spend upwards of $ 300 on a kids twin size bed frame. I think that’s stupid. In my rage against the machine, I also went to a gazillion resale shops and was pretty sure if I found another 1990’s brass bed, I was going to lose my mind.
This was a breath of fresh air. The people were nice, the price was good and I got a super cute vintage bed and nightstand and it is ‘big girl’ approved. In the meantime I also saw about 30 other things I was pretty sure I needed. I’ll have to go back. Cool place, sweet finds & easy to get in and out of.

This place is a very good example of an antique mall. There are many booths selling a variety of goods, and most if not all of them are actually selling either antiques or retro merchandise, but no one is selling just junk. The mall is large with two floors and a grand staircase in which to ascend and descend. The gentleman in front is very helpful, and there is no one looking over your shoulders or pressuring you to look at their booth. In fact, there is just the one person at the cash register to help you, if you should need it. There is a lot of nice furniture and artwork, but they are priced accordingly and not a bargain. There is only street parking so if you buy anything huge, hope that you are parked close by or that something opens up in front.

There is a good variety of items here. While there are tons of cheap, inexpensive things here there is also truly great antiques. Booth 757 is a great example of this — their items range from New Hampshire Country to Scandinavian items from Minnesota.

Cute place, but the «vintage» clothes upstairs were not so: a silver coat by Zara basic for $ 48 !! hello, Zara is vintage now?
When I asked the cute front desk student running the place if she could call the owner of the booth, I was told no.
Anyway, expensive place for what it is

Great jewelry finds here. I came in thinking I might find something great to punctuate an outfit with – and I did, but for a little more than I was willing to part with. But that’s just because they have some pretty old, vintage stuff here, that’s worth it.
Some particularly cute finds included colorful vintage owl earrings, a bejeweled hair comb, pillbox hats. Further back there’s even some Chinese garb, and in the very back, some adorable, vintage pinball machines!

Nestled among the eateries, art galleries, hair salons and upscale shops in Carmel’s Arts and Design district is the collection of antique and curiosity booths that make up the Carmel Old Town Antique Mall.
I’m not sure how many of the items in this building are true antiques, but I do know that it provided a fun place to browse around on a hot afternoon when most other A & D District buildings were closed, which is too bad, because about the only time one can find a parking place from which to stage one’s shopping tour here is during late afternoon on a Sunday! But I digress…
During our visit, we were surprised to note that there were several other people nosing around the antique mall… in fact, we had to wait our turn once we did find a few things we couldn’t live without! This is GOOD, since the A & D District shops don’t all seem to be flourishing and many have, on the contrary, closed in the past several months. Hmmm… perhaps the city should consider that pedestrian traffic is hard to create without adequate and convenient parking. No pedestrians = no business = well, you get it! Let’s hope that changes, cause we really would like to patronize our local businesses.
At Old Town, we found lots of things that reminded us of our childhood and our grandmother’s décor… some of it cool, some questionable. But, that’s the fun of browsing a place like this. What we did find: an awesome art nouveau dragonfly brooch in mint condition and a set of 1940-​ish crystal jewelry in equally good condition. The latter, once taken apart bead by bead, will provide me with tons of material to create new sparklies with which I can adorn myself… for the same amount of bead store-​bought crystal spheres, I would have shelled out much more moolah!