Antique stores in Merritt

We haven't mapped any antique stores in Merritt, BC yet. We searched about 40 km around town in OpenStreetMap's community data — antique stores — and came up empty. That usually means the places exist but nobody's mapped them, not that there's nothing to find. This page refreshes daily from the latest map data, so a blank today can be a full guide tomorrow.

The beginner's authentication kit

Until Merritt has mapped antique shops, here's the starter method. Learn the marks — maker's marks and hallmarks are the ID cards of antiques. Check backs and undersides; construction tells the truth. Ask about provenance and restoration, openly. And if the price seems too good, assume reproduction until proven otherwise.

Merritt sits about 50° north of the equator, so it gets proper seasons. Winter is prime antiquing season: estate clearances peak, the shops are full of fresh stock, and there's nothing better than a slow browse on a grey afternoon.

A loupe, a marks guide, and a tape measure fit in one pocket and change the whole game.

Antique smarts for Merritt

No mapped antique shops yet, but the hunting skills work anywhere. Four worth knowing:

• Trust your eye, verify with research. If a piece sings to you, check it out properly before buying. Enthusiasm plus homework beats either alone.
• Keep receipts and records. For anything valuable, keep the receipt and the dealer's description. Provenance starts with you.
• Learn your periods. Victorian, Art Deco, mid-century — knowing the periods keeps you from paying Georgian prices for 1980s revival.
• Beware the reproduction. Good fakes exist for everything collectible. If the price seems too good, assume reproduction until proven otherwise.

The kind of shop that belongs here

Somewhere you can ask about provenance and get a real answer: an antique dealer. Not a homeware chain — the genuine article.

When a qualifying antique store gets mapped in Merritt, this page updates on the next refresh with its name, address where available, and whatever hours, phone or website the mappers recorded. Nothing here is paid placement and nothing is sponsored — if it's on the map, it's on the page.

This page refreshes daily from the latest map data, so the moment a qualifying antique store appears in Merritt's OpenStreetMap data, it shows up here — usually within a day of being mapped.

Put Merritt on the map

Know an antique store here that isn't listed? The fastest route onto this page runs through OpenStreetMap: add it as shop=antiques with its name and address, and it'll appear here after our next daily refresh. Local knowledge beats every dataset. The most useful details are the antique store's name, its street address, and its opening hours — even a name and a pin on the map is enough to get started.