Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Back in April, I visited Haddon Heights Antique Center. On the date above, after seeing Second Time Books earlier, I went to Pemberton (Burlington County), New Jersey, and I stopped into the Grist Mill Antiques Center, Route 616, 127 Hanover Street (609-726-1588). Similar to the Haddon Heights store, this was a dealers’ co-op but larger: 125 dealers compared to 80 in Haddon Heights. Nevertheless, although this store was bigger, I didn’t find it as varied in merchandise as the other store. I did not blame the vendors; however, it seemed that most of the merchandise was glassware. Now I didn’t mind because I enjoyed looking at glassware—and they even had uranium glass! The problem was that some of the aisles were too tight. I feared going through some of them. So I did not. Anyway, I would suggest that if you saw something you liked and might want to buy, but you had second thoughts about navigating in that area, then ask the staff for help. While glassware seemed to dominate the merchandise, this store did sell other stuff in between the glass: toys, jewelry, and accessories, as well as artwork, furniture, and other items including pottery, books, etc. While browsing, words such as “They don’t make that anymore,” crossed my mind often. I also learned that this store had played host to outdoor flea markets at different times of the year. Overall, this place offered plenty of eye candy, but just watch where you are going.
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