Almost worth the drive from Florida, this has got to b the most eclectic antique store in all of New England, as is owner Rene Vallee, retired professor at U of Vermont and a native son. The library and lost art collection along with furniture and old china areas are you will find the finds. Best to call 802 372 8324... read full comment
September 2024
I absolutely love this place, I haven't been there in a while though because it hasn't been open the last few time I've swung by. I'm curious to know if there are ways to know when they are open as I'd love to stop by again.
July 2024
Great place to shop antiques in North Hero. All kinds of stuff and huge inventory.
The tenant was really nice to us, greetings from Montreal! ?
Vallee's Den of Antiquity is a large antique shop and art gallery (The Loft Art Gallery) located on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain in Vermont accessed by a causeway from the mainland. The shop is run by a retired college professor of many years, an author on Antiques and other matters. The shop was started in 1955 by Velva and Lou McGarity and the famed Arthur Godfrey (who came to the area to fish). It is perhaps the oldest antique shop in the state at the same address it started at. Professor Vallee bought it in 1985 and has been running it summers since then. Being a large shop it has many treasures and reasonable prices as well--anything from primitives to a Rolls Royce; a large library of some 12,000 plus volumes is also
