Waynesville has earned an unsurpassed reputation for its variety of antique shops and unique treasures. Waynesville's shops are a premier destination for beginning and discriminating collectors alike.

Etsy provides a niche marketplace with a focus on handmade and vintage items, making it an attractive platform for selling antiques and collectibles. Etsy provides a dedicated marketplace for sellers to list and sell their antique and collectible items.

In the fall of 1996, The Factory Antique Mall opened its doors. Nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley, the mall is the largest antique mall (over 147,000 sq. ft.) in America-and still growing!

The advent of the modern antique store was announced by the New York Times on February 5, 1899, with the straightforward title “How to Start an Old Curiosity Shop.” Though the article began with the usual aphorisms about the great collectors being born and not made, it immediately reversed itself with the claim that ...