JK Antiques

In the words of Alice: «Curiouser and curiouser!»
This store is unlike typical antique stores. A combination of the macabre, the bizarre, the natural, and the unnatural, ephemera, and all-​around neato curio-​badassery. I can’t even begin to describe some of the items in there. Antique prosthetics (not for sale), bizarre statue creations, a giant wall poster calendar of nothing but deaths/​murders/​suicides, mineral rocks, mounted dinosaur heads, and various other trinkets. Even if you don’t buy anything, this is a fascinating store to browse. The gentleman who was manning the store was friendly and happily volunteered background information on the various curios. We loved hearing the stories.
Would love to come back and check out future items that come through the store. Come in and check this place out!

JK Antiques is, like we said in the 90s, wicked cool. So much so that I am here writing the only Unilocal review I’ve ever done, even though I’ve had an account since 2007. Yeah.
Anyway, I was walking down Divis one night on the way to the Page and spotted the MOST PERFECT antique desk through the window of this unnamed and unmarked building. Peering in, I saw that it had a price tag of TWENTY DOLLARS. I HAD TO HAVE IT. I swung by the next day during normal business hours after I found the place here on Unilocal,thanks to Beth M.‘s sole review, but unfortunately it was not only closed, but also had no sign in the window with any contact information. THE DESK INSIDE TAUNTED ME.
I tried again the next day and there was finally a piece of paper in the window with a phone number. Turns out the proprietor, Jesse, makes prosthetics at the place next door and runs the antique shop as a hobby, thus the irregular hours. He opened the place for me and was not only super nice and friendly, but he’s always willing to make a deal. I got my dream desk AND a gold vintage belt for $ 20!!! Take that, The Other Shop!
JK Antiques is a small store, but it is filled with interesting things, including beer steins, dinosaur heads (no, they’re not real, you jokers!), jewelry and ephemera. And Jesse is always open to buying your antiques too! All in all, a great little store to have in our ever evolving Divisadero Corridor. Thanks, Jesse!