Antiques on First

Antiques on First Mighty, tiny, vintage and antiques shop. Owner operated. Posted hours may flex with life being lifey, thanks for your patience ✨. New treasures arrive daily.

Email or DM for schedule or appointment. Polite pets come in 🐾. See you on First! Antiques on First was opened in November 2017 as a,,,,

This tiny nativity ✨ ~ vintage, wooden, carved, hand painted, made in Italy ~ is a treasure I purchased from my own shop...
12/26/2025

This tiny nativity ✨ ~ vintage, wooden, carved, hand painted, made in Italy ~ is a treasure I purchased from my own shop this holiday. Sourced by my wonderful seasonal gatherer-and-seller. Isn’t it dear? And to me, also grand and holy in the story it tells.

Merry Christmas!
Howsoever you celebrate, and whether or not you do, I hope your day has brought you generously measured love, comfort, and peace. 🩶, Allie

A perhaps unexpected Hummel figurine, as the maker is most associated with depictions of children. The Virgin Mary ~ Mad...
12/23/2025

A perhaps unexpected Hummel figurine, as the maker is most associated with depictions of children. The Virgin Mary ~ Madonna, c. 1970s. Porcelain. Truly beautiful, and right on time ✨. In shop and available, $68.

Here’s a corner of how my quirky mind works: It’s November already? That’s about as implausible as Godzilla plucking a c...
11/07/2025

Here’s a corner of how my quirky mind works: It’s November already? That’s about as implausible as Godzilla plucking a crescent moon from the sky.

Apparently, they are both true 😉. May the roll slow.

c. 1998 Godzilla cake topper. Was one of a collection of four by Toho Bakery Crafts, 3”x5”, $9. This one may not yet have seen a cake - great condition. Extremely beautiful early vintage faux tortoise hair barrette ~ teeny crystals and simulated pearls. Made in France. Likely spoken for, but DM for BU/ more photos. Large pulley with hook, gorgeous patina, $45 (there’s a companion smaller one, too, that stacks perfectly on this one, hello bookcase or coffee table!).

It’s simply an old black and white photograph of a doll. A doll standing by itself, no big deal. Maybe also taking a cou...
11/01/2025

It’s simply an old black and white photograph of a doll. A doll standing by itself, no big deal. Maybe also taking a couple steps, though? And with very wide-open eyes, right, don’t you think? Staring, actually. And possibly about to speak. Anyway. The letters are from a vintage word game. It’s a picture. It’s toys. All is well 🕸️.

“In the evening, the bats weave soft black circles, and their wings splashed delicate ink upon the pale blue air.”Joseph...
11/01/2025

“In the evening, the bats weave soft black circles, and their wings splashed delicate ink upon the pale blue air.”

Joseph Auslander, Poet {and more} 1897-1965

Pictured ~ A cheery 197Os vending machine bat ring, plastic and molded rubber, small size. Available.

Well, hello there! A little tale to share that I wrote to start off Halloween Day 🎃. Writing is one of my great loves. H...
10/31/2025

Well, hello there! A little tale to share that I wrote to start off Halloween Day 🎃. Writing is one of my great loves. Hope it brings you a smile. It’s good to be back 🧡. This one is a tongue-twister, so buckle up!

Sometimes there are glitches - when a stitch of witches switches the hitches on a heap of magical britches. Britches made for a dozen or more burly-sized, enchanted-leaning men called the Mitches. I can’t explain how the men in this story all have the same name, they just do, but it makes it easy, referring to the lot of them at once. The Mitches were, presently, late for the fitting of their britches with the witches. Why? Because en route to the witches, the motorcars of the Mitches slid, one by one, into a series of muddy roadside ditches. How unexpected! So, while the Mitches stood, baffled, alongside the ditches, away across town, in changing rooms readied by the witches, hung the magical britches with the switched hitches. But, alas, no Mitches, only witches and britches.

The britches, when donned by the Mitches, were supposed to bring them rapid, untold riches. Seems a lot to ask of britches, but that’s the magic. And the Mitches needed the money. In fact, easily half of them already had the windfall spent. However, what with the motorcars in ditches and the no fitting of britches, instead the Mitches had anxiety, with itches and twitches, over their now surely jeopardized riches. “Oh, why these terrible glitches?”, moaned the Mitches.

The witches lamented, too, “If only we’d not switched the britches’ hitches, we’d surely have avoided these Mitch-y glitches. Drat!”. Frustrated, the witches vowed to never again take suggestions from that meddlesome snaggle of snitches who’d boastfully pitched their pitches about hitches and britches. The witches should’ve known better than to trust the snitches, who frankly know paltry little about sewing, anyway.

So then, off the witches flew on their brooms - to gather the Mitches, pull motorcars from ditches, and then get to work reversing hitches on britches.

May your Halloween-time be full of enchanting imagination, and have no glitches! XOXO, Allie

Hello lovely people! Life certainly can dish up the challenges. IKYK. We’ve all been/are/will be there ❤️‍🩹. In my world...
06/27/2025

Hello lovely people! Life certainly can dish up the challenges. IKYK. We’ve all been/are/will be there ❤️‍🩹. In my world, it’s been a tipping-over buffet-plate-a-month of life challenges, since January of this year. I can’t even fathom that July is arriving next week. Shop days and hours have been erratic {mildly put} for months, and might remain so in the immediate. I don’t like it, but it’s what is. I love my shop ✨, my people ✨, and all of the treasures ✨, and I will find my way back to a schedule that regularly has the doors open 😄. And I have scores of photos of wonderful things, and I will catch up on albums here. ✨ Thank you ✨ for hanging in there with me on the socials, and IRL, too. Please DM with questions, hours, or requests, or [email protected] ~ Big hugs! Allie 💖

Another Easter moment, for a moment, because like with every holiday since Christmas, I’m late for a date 😄. I have a bi...
04/26/2025

Another Easter moment, for a moment, because like with every holiday since Christmas, I’m late for a date 😄. I have a big crush on old postcards, and always have them nearby. Plenty for sale in the shop, and if you gather seasonal postcards, I can help you find them ~ before, during, or after a holiday ✨!

I want to go to this party ✨.All of this goodness available 🐥.
04/20/2025

I want to go to this party ✨.
All of this goodness available 🐥.

Happy Spring🪻🌷🌼! Goodness, it seems like Christmas was only yesterday! Oh wait, nope, that’s just my FEED talking 😄. ✨Lo...
03/23/2025

Happy Spring🪻🌷🌼! Goodness, it seems like Christmas was only yesterday! Oh wait, nope, that’s just my FEED talking 😄. ✨Lovely old clock’s cloche on tin lid ‘base’ has sold. I’m extra pleased with myself, btw, for doggedly holding on to that solo tin lid, for a long time. It’s perfectly touch-worn, and in that just right vintage shade of green, and I knew it was perfect for something. It was! Probably a lesson in there somewhere✨

This beautiful postcard was processed December 22, 1907, in San Francisco, California. Written from Annie to Jennie in S...
12/26/2024

This beautiful postcard was processed December 22, 1907, in San Francisco, California. Written from Annie to Jennie in San Rafael, California. Sold.

Christmas Day at my Mom’s. I grew up with this Santa at the top of the tree, and my Mom grew up with him, too. I treasur...
12/25/2024

Christmas Day at my Mom’s. I grew up with this Santa at the top of the tree, and my Mom grew up with him, too. I treasure him ✨. I hope your day is filled with love, and meaningful sparkles and shine. XO, Allie

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