Treasure Hunting in Auckland: Best Antique Shops to Find Unique Pieces!

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Are you looking for Auckland’s best treasure trove of vintage & retro antiques? Whether you’re a buyer or a seller looking for specific items at competitive prices, you will be impressed when you visit one of the Antique shops that we have listed below. 

Discover antiques that bring you closer to the past.

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1. Antique Alley

Address:  240 Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland

Website: https://www.antiquealley.co.nz/

Email: antiquealley@gmail.com

Telephone: 09 630 5979

Opening Hours: 

  • Monday – Friday 9:30am – 5:00pm
  • Saturday – 10:00am – 4:00pm
  • Sunday – Closed

Antique Alley is Auckland’s most authentic antiques dealer, over 40 years in trading. They buy and sell almost anything including glassware, vases, bowls, chinaware, and lots more.

Antique Alley has had some of their products featured on many New Zealand TV shows such as Shortland Street, Go Girls, and Filthy Rich, as well as productions by the Auckland Theatre Company, Hobbiton, and well known restaurant brands including the Al Brown Stable.

2. Antiques Of Epsom

Address: 463 Manukau Road, One Tree Hill, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

Website: https://www.facebook.com/AntiquesofEpsom/

Email: antiquesofepsom@gmail.com

Telephone: +64 9-630 1440

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday – Closed

Antiques of Epsom is a family owned business that has a real passion for antiques and good service. Their shop is full to the brim with fabulous antiques and collectables. They stock a wide range of antiques, collectables, interesting and unusual items. From sterling silver and silver plates of all descriptions and all types of tableware, to additional categories such as barometers, carpenters tools, shipping lamps, compasses, taxidermy, antlers, picture frames, antique maps of the world, and corkscrews, to name but a few! 

3. Baran de Bordeaux

Address: 151A Marua Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1051, New Zealand

Website: https://www.instagram.com/chrystellebaran/

Email: info@frenchantiques.co.nz

Telephone: 021 123 7101

Opening Hours: Appointment only. 

Baran de Bordeaux is New Zealand’s foremost specialists in French antiques and luxury furnishings. Baran de Bordeaux is based in the historic central Auckland suburb of Parnell. Their stand-alone 19th century premises at 367 Parnell Road is a haven of exquisite furniture and decorative pieces, rather than a traditional antique shop. 

4. Blikfang Art & Antique

Address: 130 Queen Street, Northcote Point, Auckland 0627, New Zealand

Website: https://www.facebook.com/blikfangartandantiques/

Email: janie@blikfang.co.nz

Telephone: +64 9-480 1795

Opening Hours: 

  • Wednesday – Saturday  11:00am – 4:00pm
  • Sunday – Tuesday – Closed

Blikfang Art & Antiques store in Auckland aspires to combine the old and the new. You’ll find contemporary sculptures reflected in antique mirrors, art in connection with furniture, and a collection of objects both fascinating and obscure. 

5. Country Antiques

Address: 489 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Country-Antiques

Telephone: +64 9-630 5252

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – 1:00pm – 4:30pm
  • Tuesday – Saturday – 10:30am – 4:30pm
  • Sunday – 11:00am – 4:00pm

Country Antiques is situated in the hub of Auckland’s antique centre. There is almost always parking at the door. They are Antique and Country Pine specialists with an eclectic mix of English, French and Irish and general European furniture and decorator accessories. Country Antiques also source and offer modern design and retro pieces.

6. European Antiques & Furnishings

Addresses: 

  • 179 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby
  • 60 Tyler Street, Britomart Precinct, Auckland CBD
  • 102 Victoria Street,Te Aro, Wellington

Website: https://www.europeanantiques.co.nz/

Email: info@europeanantiques.co.nz

Telephone: +64 9 360 9858

Opening Hours:

European Antiques & Furnishings is a specialist dealer in 19th and 20th century European Antiques, with an accent on predominantly French, English, Belgian, Swedish, and Italian furniture and decorative items.

7. Hunt & Foster

Address: 244 Dominion Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024, New Zealand

Website: https://www.facebook.com/HuntFoster-Collectables-on-consignment

Email: huntfoster244@gmail.com

Telephone: +64 21 213 2470

Opening Hours: 

  • Monday – 11:00am – 5:00pm
  • Tuesday – Closed
  • Wednesday – Saturday – 11:00am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday – Closed

Hunt & Foster is a collectables consignment boutique in Mount Eden. Offering an extensive range of quality goods, there is an endless amount of stock which is always visionary. 

8. Junk & Disorderly

Address: 164 Balmoral Road, Mount Eden, Auckland

Website: https://junkndisorderly.co.nz/ 

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
  • Saturday & Sunday 10:00am – 4:00pm

Junk & Disorderly in Mount Eden antique shop is unquestionably packed with stunning and eclectic arts-and-craftsy pieces from New Zealand’s past.

This antiques store is one of best, and most visually eye-catching, antique shops in Auckland, and there is even coffee available from a retro caravan out the back to keep you stimulated along the way.

9. Just Plane Interesting

Address: 100 Parrs Cross Rd,Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand

Website: https://www.justplaininteresting.co.nz/

Telephone: 09 8372656

Opening Hours: Monday -Sunday 9.00am – 5:00pm

Just Plane Interesting is an antiques and collectables store is Auckland’s famous local tourist spot, and has been a West Auckland landmark for over 24 years, that has a museum atmosphere. 

10. Molloy’s Mega Antique Centre

Address: 122 Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand

Website: http://www.molloysantiques.co.nz/

Telephone: +64 09 4887326

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – Saturday 10:00am – 4:30pm
  • Sunday – 10:00am – 4:00pm

Molloy’s Mega Antique Centre is not just an antiques store, but a real adventure into the delightful and exciting world of antiques & collectibles.

You will discover the shop full of the unusual, elegant, and simply incredible antiques, art, collectibles & furniture.

11. Peter Rogers Real Time

Address: 74 Ponsonby Road Auckland, New Zealand

Website: https://www.facebook.com/pg/realtimeponsonby/

Email: realtimeponsonby@gmail.com

Telephone: +64 21 150 5721

Opening Hours: 

  • Monday – Saturday 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Sunday – 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Peter Rogers Real Time is One of Ponsonby’s oldest businesses, trading since 1976. They have a wide selection of vintage collectables with a focus on Art Deco lighting.

12. Retro City Vintage

Website: https://www.facebook.com/retrocityvintage/

Email: retrocityakl@outlook.com

Retro City Vintage is an online store specialising in vintage, retro, mid century items including art, furniture, home decor, music, collectibles, memorabilia, and much more. 

13. Romantique

Address: 10 Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland 0624

Website: https://www.romantique.co.nz/

Telephone: 09 4446040

Opening Hours:

  • Tuesday – Friday 9.30am – 4.00pm
  • Saturday – 9.30am – 4:30pm
  • Sunday & Monday – 9.30 – 3.00 pm

Romantique first opened in 2003 in a little store on Auckland’s Birkenhead Point. The business has grown, and are now located in the heart of beautiful Devonport, in the historic Art Deco Post office.

Romantique source from France and India beautiful, unique, antique, and vintage treasure and treats. 

14. The Drunk Possum

Address: 558 Ridge Road, Coatesville

Telephone: +64 21 328 338

The Drunk Possum source authentic, unique, and unusual antiques and collectibles with an early industrial and rustic style.

15. Vitrine

Address: 5 McDonald Street, Morningside, Auckland

Website: https://www.vitrine.co.nz/

Email: info@vitrine.co.nz

Telephone: 09 8150762

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Saturday – 10:00am – 4:00pm
  • Sunday – Closed

Vitrine has over 700sqm of restored & unrestored furniture, lighting, and decorative pieces that they have personally sourced from France and surrounding European countries. 

New pieces arrive regularly, and even if you can’t make it to this new locale in Morningside, you can also keep an eye on their must see products via Vitrine’s social media posts and the stories. 

16. Yvonne Sanders Antiques

Address: 474 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, NZ 1023

Website: https://www.yvonnesandersantiques.com/

Telephone: 09 6303904

Opening Hours: 

  • Monday – Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday – 11:00am – 5:00pm

Yvonne Sanders Antiques is a family run business and is a unique store like none other, providing beautiful antiques for over 40 years. As an International Dealer and Importer, Yvonne Sanders Antiques stocks an impressive range of Chandeliers with Iron, Glass, and Brass frames along with stunning Crystal Chandeliers.

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