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ClosedMonday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
1602 Fort View Rd, Austin, TX 78704, USA Get directions
Uncommon Objects is a longtime Austin institution for antiques and curiosities, where a collective of dealers fills the space with carefully arranged vintage Americana, oddities, old photographs, and salvaged ephemera. The first thing you'll notice is how everything is staged by color and theme rather than just piled on shelves, so browsing feels less like a flea market and more like wandering through a series of small, deliberate still lifes.
Monday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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