From period furniture and fine crystal to baseball cards and Beatles memorabilia, there's something for every taste in the antiques and collectibles shops of Oswego County.
Every town boasts at least one emporium of antiquities.
The shops cater to tourists and locals alike, with most enjoying repeat business from customers who spread their reputation by word of mouth. Beverly Breen of East Bridge Antiques in Oswego sees a lot of local customers coming from Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown, for example. But a lot of business comes in the form of tourists from all over the United States as well as Europe and Asia. Breen has run the store with daughter Judy Naioti and friend Carolyn Long at the same location since 1983, and were show dealers before that. Alan Drohan of Fulton runs his antiques business, founded in 1982, by appointment only.