Nasty Jack’s Antiques

This was a fun place to browse for sure! If I return to this town I will be back to pick up some fun items.

Neat shop with lots of cool things and great signs.

Amazing place to spend an hour, beautiful antiques, always a funky surprise around every corner. The staff are great. Something for everyone

I loved this store… its eclectic, it has sinking floors, it smells old, but its not nasty smelling, nor does it have nasty things (although I found a book called go the **** to sleep on the front table)
We spent almost an hour wandering, digging through their records (they have a really large selection!) and gazing at the plethora of metal signs. The signs are priced really reasonable one for $ 25 or two for $ 25.
My Hubby bought an old texaco truck for his collection. He was very happy with it.
I loved the old tin badges the had for sale (especially the brothel inspector… I was thinking any bachelor party would love these). This is a place we will be back to and spend some money at in the future.

Truly fun place. I especially like the old books, art, and records. My kids like the old rides out front for a quarter! The furniture is all very nice here… nothing shabby or less than interesting.

If you’re in La Conner, you may as well stop in here. Even if you’re not a huge antique person, this place is still pretty cool. They have a huge selection and everything seems nicely organized.
I remember I came here when I young and bought one of those weird replica brothel coins, looking back not so appropriate! haha

I bribed a friend to go with me to the Tulip Festival with the agreement that we stopped by an antique store along the way. After doing some research I figured that Nasty Jack’s Antiques seemed like a good prospect. The website was quirky, the history was captivating, and the Tulip Festival recommended it.
I have lost track of the number of antique stores I have been in these last few months, and I must admit I won’t forget this one. It had some cool things that other antique stores did not have such as records and old cassette tapes. There was a photo studio as well where people could play dress up in vintage clothes.
A few things surprised me though. The website advertised it was one the largest antique shops around, yet it felt smaller than most. There was a lot of room to maneuver, but slim on the merchandise. The other thing that surprised me was the amount of broken items. I don’t think I have been to an antique store yet that displayed the amount of broken items as this one did. There was a statue that resembled a Greek statue of Athena. It would have been really cool, good size made of bronze, but the bow was missing, the hands were cleaved off, and the helmet had considerable damage. Most of the little statues were like that — a missing hand, a missing weapon, metal that was scratched — and the price reflected like nothing was wrong with the item. It caught me off guard.
We looked around for fifteen minutes and then left. It wasn’t worth any more time.

Nasty prices!

From the pony ride machines out front to the bins of old records in the back, and all the signs, vintage magazines, furniture, signs and novelties in between, Nasty Jack’s is really fun to browse.
The major thing I noticed about it was that there was no dust on anything, right up to the back wall, signalling that this is one well-​kept store. According to the display about the store itself, it’s still run by the family of Nasty Jack, a hippie type who started the business in the sixties. I’m not normally a big antiques fan, but I liked the spiciness of this store and the surprises around every corner and up in the rafters too.

I love browsing the old oak furniture and reading all of the funny signs. Today I found a great etching of Port Townsend from the early eighties when the ferry used to come into the center of town!

When in La Conner, one just HAS to visit this store. It’s been around for years, and it’s got character, unlike most stores which, let’s face it, have none.
This is the kind of place to reminisce about one’s childhood. There’s tons of memorabilia from the 70’s, 60’s, 50’s and earlier. Brady Bunch lunchboxes? Coca Cola posters? Elvis albums? Original Saturday Evening Post magazines? They’re all here. And much, much more.
It’s a fun place. Oh, and they now have an «old time» photographer in the rear of the store, if you want to take those cheesy old-​time photos (which can be fun for the family).

This place is very popular with tourists and visitors, but it’s extremely expensive. There’s a huge Life Magazine section, but there’s $ 15 a magazine, which is overpriced. Other antique stores have them for $ 6 – 7. Only bought one magazine (not Life) and left. Popular, but too expensive.

Antique stores start to look the same to me after some time but this one, I will definitely never forget. First off, we were conned that the kiddie rides outside were working… you know, those single pony rides that go back and forth for a quarter… We were by the ice cream shop behind and didn’t realize that it was part of an antique shop’s display. They still have those things in Queens and Brooklyn… and they’re still rocking!
Anyway, we didn’t have enough time to really look at each merchandise but several things struck us and made us realize why the store’s called so. They had lots of kinky stuff from the old days— like a calendar with Marilyn Monroe’s naked shot (for display purpose, parts were covered with playing cards), bottle openers in the shape of men and their *bleeping bleeps*, naked lady letter openers, and (ones that I’ve never come across before) brothel tokens! They were quite interesting and had pretty graphic inscriptions on them too. Nasty, nasty Jack! Hehe!