Lakeview Antiques and Collectibles

One of the vendor spaces - antiques?

I actually found some antique Red Wing crocks!

Hallway leading to a large back area.

Another vendor space - where are the antiques?

Front of the building, view looking north.

Modern reproduction signs - where are the real antiques?

My buddy actually bought something - a modern wildlife print - not an antique.

Hours of operation, front entry door.

Nautical theme nick nacks - antiques?

Sports jerseys & T-shirts? Antiques?

Main exterior sign.

View looking towards the back from the front corner, right (southeast) side.

Maxx M.

★★☆☆☆

Mar 6, 2018

Lakeview Antiques and Collectibles is everything I despise in an antique store -- mainly -- NO ANTIQUES!All of the on-line search engines and on-line address searches listed L.A.C. as an antique store. And all of the paper antique store locator maps and newspaper antique shoppers listed L.A.C. as an antique store. But I'm here to tell you that Lakeview is NOT an antique store. It's a gifts, collectibles, and home décor shop.I'd say that one in every 50 or 100 items in this store is actually something that can be considered an antique or a vintage item. There are very, very, very few actual antiques. Other than that, it's packed with thousands of nick nacks, reproduction signs, homemade crafts, Chinese made figurines, upcycled garage sale crap, clothing, etcetera...cheap, cheap, cheap.I wouldn't have such a big problem with this place if there was some truth in advertising and if they removed the word "antique" from the name & building. Then I wouldn't feel misled into coming here. And I wouldn't have wasted the time and the gas if I knew there were, essentially, no actual antiques.One good thing I CAN say about this place is that the 2 dudes that were working behind the counter were super nice. Also, my antique hunter comrade actually purchased something. But it wasn't an antique. It was a small (modern) wildlife print.-Daddy Maxx Retro