Logans Antiques

I wandered into this store last week while walking through mount pleasant. It was a place where you walk and immediately want to start exploring all of the nooks to find the treasures that the store has collected over the years. The owner was very friendly, describing how she got into collecting and where their old store used to be back in the 60’s in Mt. Pleasant. The owner described how her husband began his artistry through collecting, and she has some of his work around the back of the store to view. There are showings of his work as well, which I would love to attend in the coming weeks. Definitely worth a stop in at the very least to chat with the owner and check out the history compiled here.

I’m not a thrifter, antiquer, or yard-​saler, but I do enjoy pretty and unique things. So I don’t have a good frame of reference as far as the antiquing experience goes, but I stopped by here this past fall and had a decent time.
The Bad News: This place is CLUTTERED. There is not much organization, and the space is too small for the amount of stuff they have. It’s like walking through an older relative’s garage or storage space. If you are looking for something specific you will need to ask, because you’ll waste your life trying to find it on your own.
The downstairs section is actually dusty on top of being cluttered. I imagine it is hard to clean around piles. If you have bad allergies I would not recommend going downstairs.
The hours are a bit odd (when compared to normal businesses… but maybe not when compared to other antique shops?)
The Good News: A couple opened this shop in the 70s, and they care very much about what they do and their membership in the community. They’ve won service awards and been very involved. The husband passed a few years ago and the wife runs it now with some help. She’s a nice woman who knows a lot and knows exactly what’s in the shop. Also, she no longer adds to her inventory – since her husband passed, she says she’s going to just keep selling and when it’s gone, it’s gone.
She really does have some great finds. I especially liked the old eye glasses and accessories (some broken, some intact), and great glassware (which I bought). There are old posters, maps, vinyl records that may or may not be in working condition, dolls, toys, furniture… PLENTY.
She’s fair and happy to give you a good deal if you see something you like.
All in all, it’s a fairly pleasant place to look through when you’ve got time to spare.

So I have lived in Mt. Pleasant for more than a year now, and while I love this neighborhood (I’ll hit you if you dis it) there are a number of strange stores on Mt. Pleasant St. This is one of them.
The outside of the store advertises «vintage clothing» — but unless you count a creepy doll’s diaper, there is no such thing here. What is here: broken cash registers, creepy folk albums, boxes and boxes containing the unknown, and globes.
Upstairs there is more of the same. The man who worked there was extremely paranoid when we were in the store and kept yelling things like «Look, but don’t touch!» and «I’m here to help you!»
We were confused about this until the guy in front of us (you literally have to walk single-​file through the junk) sheepishly admitted he had just knocked over several items while he was trying to reach an empty potato chip bag on the display counter.
Other things I saw here: an empty Pepsi can circa 1966, a display of small ceramic heads, a broken globe lamp, some old Bibles. There were no prices on anything. I truly believe that nothing here is really for sale, as I didn’t see any type of cash register (other than the broken ones on display).
I was too intimidated by the man at the front of the store to spend much time in here. But if you like junk, this is definitely your place. This is where yard sales go to die.