April Fool & Penny Too

Specialties

We are a consignment store with different vendors and individual consignments from old to new, from local woodworkers, carvers and furniture makers, to international rugs from Shirivan Rug Gallery in Bainbridge. They also do cleaning, restoration, apraisals, and purchase rugs. Micheal Smith Jewelry is here with his own creations, estate jewelry from fine to costume to silver at great prices. He is here most Sundays, buying and selling gold and silver. We have fine antiques from Furniutre to China and glassware and more, we have funky, imports, exquisite scarves, vintage, more funky, artwork by local artists from fine to primitive, the finest gemstone beaded jewelry by Vicki-​Thorne-​Ohly and unique Glass Jewelry by John Hicks. This is one store with about 10 stores in it. The best view in town of the sound, marrowstone island and sometimes a view of Mt Rainer. This historic building was built in 1885 and has a bank vault that was part of the original structure. We are open for business

History

Established in 1989.

My sister Ellen and I (Penny) opened our store on May 26^th 1989 after visiting our cousin Helen Keeley who brought us downtown Port Townsend to see the Wooden Boat Festival. We discovered the CF Clapp building was for sale. We went home, sold everything we coud and came to Port Townsend to start our business together. We had up to 11 employees at one time and that all changed, Five years ago my sister deceided she would like to retire and we put everything up for sale, everything sold except the building. We started doing consignment and the biggest difference is that the first of May I started renting spaces out to different vendors and it has added the fun back into this business. My sister passed away 2 years ago so things are different but the charm and the unusual pieces are still finding their way back here. People have all sorts of hidden treasures that they are consigning to us and when they sell they get motivated to find more treasures that they haven’t known what to do with

Meet the Business Owner

Penny V.

Business Owner

My Bio is that I am Ellen’s sister, she was the one with the Birthday on April Fool’s Day. When we joined forces to start our business, Ellen wanted to have the Sign say «April Fool & Penny Too», I told her, «I don’t need my name on the sign» but she did anyway and when it was done i was teasing her and said «how come my name is so small» and she said «that is because you are the little sister», sisters and partners. When she deceided to retire we put it all on sale for two years, a going out of business sale, everything sold but the building so now we are all consignment. After Ellens passing, things just were not the same but since the first of May there is more the old feel, maybe it is because some of the old things that come in just seem to fit. Great vendors we have, always finding unique specialties. Every day is a new day, never know who or what will come in. It is not the same as it was, it is just different with a little of the same feel, different stuff, different day.