Experts in Tucson—for Antiques and Collectible
NOTE: These are businesses. There might be fees for the expert’s information!
ACOUSTICAL INSTRUMENTS
The Folk Shop
Paul Blumentritt – owner
Address: 2525 N. Campbell Ave, Tucson, 85719
Tel: (520) 881-7147.
Website: http://www.thefolkshop.com/
*Buys, sells, appraises & restores acoustical instruments.
ADVERTISING ITEMS
Elegant Junque Shop
Address: 4932 E. Speedway, Tucson, 85712
Tel:(520) 881-8181
ANTIQUE REPAIR
Jo Higdon Antique Restoration
Address: 727 E. Drachman, Tucson, 85719
Tel: (520) 622-4342
APPRAISERS
ABD Antique Appraisers
Elizabeth Dore
Address: 5809 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, 85301
Tel: (623) 931-0235
Email: medore@mindspring.com
*19-20th century art & consults on general estate sales
Michael Higgins
Address: 4351 E. Grant Road, Tucson, 85712
Tel: (520) 577-8330
Email: mdhiggins@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.mhiggins.com/
*Antique Indian Art, Spanish Colonial Antiques, and Western Paintings
Bahti Indian Arts
Mark Bahti
Address: 4330 North Campbell, Suite 73, Tucson, 85718
Tel: (520) 577-0290
Website: http://www.bahti.com/home.html
*Also has a location in Santa Fe, NM
Primitive Arts
Paul A. Shepard
Address: 3026 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson, 85716
Tel: 326-4852
Covington Gallery
Wayne Kielsmeyer
Address: 6530 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Suite 140, Tucson, 85715
Tel: (520)298-7878
Website: http://www.covingtongallery.com/
The Folk Shop
Paul Blumentritt – owner
Address: 2525 N. Campbell Ave.
Tel: (520) 881-7147.
Website: http://www.thefolkshop.com/
*Buys, sells, and appraises folk, ethnic, and acoustical musical instruments.
Karen S Rabe
Tel: (520) 576-3993
*Estate sales and insurance claims; antiques, decorative Arts & Accessories, furniture, ceramics, glass, metals
Bosch Appraisal & Estate
Nancy Burke Bosch
Address: 1610 Northstar Drive. Petaluma, CA. 94954
Tel: (707) 773-3970
*Dolls, European & American antique furniture, art, quilts, dishes
Lists of Appraisers
AZ State Museum http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/resources.pdf
Appraisers Association of America:
Tel: (212) 889-5404, ext. 11
Web : www.appraisersassoc.org/
American Society of Appraisers
Tel: (800) 272-8258
International Society of Appraisers
Tel: (888) 472-5461
National Institute of Appraisers
Tel: (800) 676-2148
AUTOGRAPHS
Tucson Coin and Autographs of Tucson
Brett Sadovnick
Address: 6470 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, 85704
Tel.: (520) 219-4427
Website: http://www.tucsoncoinandautograph.com/
BOOKS
BOOKS
The Book Stop
Tina Bailey
Address: 214 N. 4th Avenue
Tel: (520) 326-6661
Website: http://bookstoptucson.com/
Bookman's Used Books, Music & Software
∙1930 E. Grant Road, Tucson
(520) 325-5767
∙3733 W. Ina Road.
(520) 579-0303
∙6230 E. Speedway Blvd.
(520) 748-9555
Web: http://www.bookmans.com/
CAMERAS
CAMERAS
Western Photographic Historical Society
(formerly the Arizona Photographic Collectors)
Address: P.O. Box 14616, Tucson, 85732-4616
CHINA-MATCHING SERVICE
Replacements
Address: P.O. Box 26029, Greenboro, NC 27428
Tel: (800) 737-5223
CLOCK REPAIR
Ye Olde Clock Shoppe
Address: 6342 N. Oracle Road. #B419, Tucson, 85704
Tel: (520) 544-4014
*Clock and watch repairs
CLOTHES- VINTAGE
How Sweet It Was
Address: 419 N. Fourth Ave, Tucson, 85705
Tel: (520) 623-9854
COINS
Old Pueblo Coin Exchange
Rob Weiss
Address: 4420 E. Speedway Blvd. # 100, Tucson, 85712
Tel: (520) 881-7200
Tucson Coin and Autographs of Tucson
Brett Sadovnick
Address: 6470 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, 85714
Telephone (520) 219-4427
CONSERVATORS
Linda Morris Studios
Address: 5175 S Melpomene Way, Tucson, 85747
Tel: (520) 885-6309
Tel: (520) 885-6309
Email: lmorrisstudio@theriver.com
*Painting and paper
Gloria Giffords
Address: PO Box 26937, Tucson, 85726
Tel: (520) 321-4292
*Contemporary Paintings, Traditional Panel Paintings, Icons, Traditional paintings on Canvas; Pre-Columbian art
Charlie Burton
Tel: 520-409-8664
Email: Charlieburton5@aol.com
Nancy Odegaard
Tel: (520) 621-6314
*Conservator and Head of the Preservation Division for Arizona State Museum.
*Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Karen S Rabe
Tel: (520) 576-3993
*Estate sales and insurance claims; antiques, decorative Arts & Accessories, furniture, ceramics, glass, metals
Nanette Skov
Tel: (520) 648-6114
Email: nanetteskov@hotmail.com Textiles
Other resources
Arizona State Museum
*Native cultures of Arizona, the Southwest, and Northern Mexico
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(Stanford University)
Web: <http://aic.Stanford.edu>
CONTEMPORARY ART
Etherton Gallery
Terry Etherton
Address: 188 East Broadway, Tucson, 85701
Tel: 520-624-7370
*Vintage and contemporary photography, prints, sculpture, & mixed media
COWBOY MEMORABILIA
Country Emporium Antiques
Paul and September Walker
Address: 3431 N. Dodge Blvd., Tucson
Tel: (520) 327-7765.
DOLLS
Bosch Appraisal & Estate
Nancy Burke Bosch
Address: 1610 Northstar Drive. Petaluma, CA. 94954
Tel: (707) 773-3970
*Dolls, antique furniture, art, residential contents, linens, dishes, silver
EUROPEAN ART
Covington Fine Arts Gallery
Wayne Kielsmeyer
Address: 6530 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Suite 140, Tucson, 85715
Tel: (520)298-7878
Website: http://www.covingtongallery.com/
*19th and 20th Century
FURNITURE DEALER
Tom’s Fine Furniture
2 locations:
∙3402 E. Grant Road. Telephone: (520) 321- 4621
∙5454 E. Pima St. Telephone: (520) 795-5210.
Spanish Cross Furnishings
Address: 2629 E. Broadway, Tucson, 85716
Tel: (520) 322-5383
*Masks, doors, retablos and other assorted treasures
GEMS AND ESTATE JEWELRY
Azillion Sparklz
Janet Worden Lawwill
Address: P.O. Box 35038, Tucson, AZ 85740;
Tel: (877) 380-4726 (toll free)
(520) 907-2839 (local)
*Costume and fine estate jewelry, perfumes, bags
(Mail order and internet business)
GLASS REPAIR
Artistry in Glass
Address: 3423 E. Grant Road, Tucson, 85740
Tel: 877-667-8050 (toll free)
(520) 320-0104 (local)
INDIAN ART (i.e., Native American)
Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins
Address: 4429 N. Campbell
Tel: (520) 577-8330
Email: mdhiggins@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.mhiggins.com/
*Mexican and Indian Art, buy and sell artifacts
Latin American Art and Furniture
AAA Appraisals
Kathleen Sullivan
Tel: 296-3687
*China, crystal, and some fine art
MALL- ANTIQUE
Copper Country Antique Mall
Copper Country Antique Mall
Address: 5055 E. Speedway Blvd
Tel: (520) 326-0167
MEXICAN PRIMITIVES
The Spanish Cross
Spanish Cross Furnishings
Address: 2629 E. Broadway, Tucson, 85716
Tel: (520) 322-5383
*Masks, doors, retablos and other assorted treasures
NIFTY FIFTIES
The Pink Porch
Address: 2301 N. Country Club Road, 85716
Telephone: (520) 319-1622
*Furnishings, dishes, and linens from the 1950s.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Etherton Gallery
Terry Etherton
Address: 188 East Broadway, Tucson, 85701
Tel: 520-624-7370
*Vintage and contemporary photography, prints, sculpture, & mixed media
PIANO RESTORATION
Ramsey's Pianos
Scott Ramsey
Address: 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd.
Tel: (520) 744-7234
*Tunes and repairs vintage pianos
*Member of Piano Technician's Guild (http://www.ptg.org/)
POSTCARDS
The Tucson Post Card Exchange Club
Jack Mount, Club President
Address: 664 N. Citadel Avenue, Tucson, 85748
Tel: (520) 297-0980
RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR
Dave's Antiques
Dave Vaughn
Address: 449 W. 29th Street, Tucson
Tel: ( 520) 790-2618.
*Parts and repairs; also repairs jukeboxes
RECORDS- OUT OF PRINT
PDQ Records and Tapes
Address: 2342 N. Dodge Blvd.
Telephone: (520) 881-2681
SHABBY CHIC
Shabby Hattie
Gwen Spooner,
Address: 2229 N. Country Club, Tucson, 85716
Tel: (520) 795-7666
SILVER
Darlene Morris Antiques
Address: 2940 N. Swan Road# 128.
Tel: (520) 322-9050
Web: www.trocadero.com/darmor .
*18th, 19th, and 20th century items including silver, jewelry, furniture, porcelain, glass, fine art and decorative items brought to the great Southwest from all over the world.
SILVER MATCHING SERVICE
Silver Queen
Address: 1350 W. Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770
Tel: (800) 262-3134.
Flatware patterns in its inventory including retired patterns; crystal; China
and other fine items
SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN ART
Michael Higgins
Address: 4351 E. Grant Road, Tucson, 85712
Tel: (520) 577-8330
Email: mdhiggins@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.mhiggins.com/
*Antique Indian Art, Spanish Colonial Antiques, and Western Paintings
Morning Star Traders
Address: 2020 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson
Tel: (520) 881-2112
*Southwest jewelry, American Indian pots, rugs & blankets, baskets & artwork, old Spanish furniture
Settlers West Contemporary Art and Graphics
Address: 6360 N. Campbell, Tucson
Tel: (520) 323-8838
Settlers West Fine Art
Address: 6420 N. Campbell, Tucson
Tel: (520) 299-2607
Eric Firestone Gallery
Address: 4425 N. Campbell, Tucson
Phone: 577-7711
THIMBLES
The Cactus Thimblers
Patricia Bennett
Address: 6201 E. 15th Street, Tucson
Tel: (520) 747-8627
*Club for thimble collectors
TOYS
Elegant Junque Shop
Address: 4932 E. Speedway, Tucson, 85712
Tel:(520) 881-8181
Sources:
Best collectible dealers offer expertise, service. Tucson Citizen.
December 31, 2004. Page E1.
“Getting Started" Tools of the Trade: Antique Hunting." Tucson Citizen.
“Getting Started" Tools of the Trade: Antique Hunting." Tucson Citizen.
Weekend Plus section. June 16, 2006. Page 12.