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Antiques Shops

Victorian Lighting
York Antiques Gallery
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MAP N5 • 29 York St, Rte 1,
MAP N5 • 746 Rte 1, York
Dealers at this gallery specialize Kennebunk
in fine 18th- and 19th-century Despite the name, this illuminating
furniture and accessories. You shop carries high-quality lighting
probably won’t find a bargain, but fixtures from the 1840s right through
you might pick up decorating ideas. to the 1930s, restored and rewired
for modern homes. Select a simple
Hutchins’ Antiques Etc
2 sconce or a showpiece chandelier.
MAP N5 • 166 Main St,
Marston House Antiques
Ogunquit 6
After a lazy morning on Ogunquit MAP P4 • 101 Main St,
beach, peruse the offerings in this Wiscasset
nearby family-owned shop. Dealers The proprietors also own a home
lean toward small objects of desire – in a French village, so the shop’s
jewelry, glass, porcelain, linens, furniture, soft linens, clay pots, wire
and nifty little kitchen items. garden stands, and stoneware
serving pieces all have Gallic flair.
Douglas N. Harding
3 Pumpkin Patch Antiques
Rare Books
MAP Q3 • 15 Rte 1, Searsport
MAP N5 • 2152 Post Rd, Rte 1, Wells 7
You’ll find volumes on everything Country furniture and a lovely
from circus arts to UFOs in this selection of mid-20th-century quilts
14-room shop with more than highlight the domestic antiques in
100,000 used and rare books. this small shop. Nautical items and
Chinese porcelain are reminders of
Smith-Zukas Antiques
4 Searsport’s maritime heyday.
MAP N5 • 1755 Post Rd, Rte 1,
Cabot Mill Antiques
Wells 8
Each of the buildings in this inviting MAP P4 • 14 Main St,
complex has a distinctive personality, Brunswick
with an eclectic mix of offerings from This restored brick textile mill has
formal furnishings to shabby-chic 160 booths that feature folk art,
accessories, and architectural nautical antiques, furniture, art,
ornaments to garden statuary. pottery, and jewelry.
Antiques USA
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MAP N5 • Rte 1, Arundel
Route 1 from York to Arundel is
dense with antiques shops. Antiques
USA is one of the largest, bringing
hundreds of dealers with different
tastes and interests under one roof.
Big Chicken Barn Books
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& Antiques
MAP R3 • 1768 Bucksport Rd,
Ellsworth
The proprietors of this gigantic
emporium encourage browsers to
bring a picnic lunch. It takes hours to
peruse the thousands of magazines,
Items for sale at Smith-Zukas Antiques rare books, and antiques.
See map on pp122–3
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