photos by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal David Small, one of 15 vendors at the Antique Mall in Mound House, holds an old brakeman's lantern Tuesday that was use on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific rail line during the 1930s. Small sells very specific antiques at the store including railroad relics, brothel decanters and Coca-Cola collectibles.
Want an old Amish buggy? How about an 1920s refrigerator? Classic Victorian jewelry? Blue Willow dishes?
You name it, you'll probably find it in Mound House.
Antique shops in Nevada tend to be in quaint areas like Minden or Gardnerville, historic areas like Genoa, Virginia City or downtown Carson City.
But the town known primarily as an industrial area - including the brothel industry - is also home to a stretch of shops where antique hunters can find almost anything they are looking for.
Secondhand Rose
At Secondhand Rose, owner Barbara Cadelli deals in high-quality used furniture as well as antiques and reproductions.
Cadelli, who has owned the store for almost 19 years, said the definition of "antique" has changed over time.
"It used to be antiques had to be 100 years old," she said. "But now things from the '50s are called antiques."
Among the centenarian pieces Secondhand Rose has to offer are a commode from the early 20th century - not a toilet, but a small, wooden cabinet.
"It was used to hold a pitcher and bowl on top," Cadelli said. "They kept the chamber pot inside."
Another item from the same era is an Empire-style rocker; there's also an 1894 Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine.
Among her more modern items is a 1947 Chambers stove, dressers from the 1930s or '40s and an old dentist's set-up including drills and spit bowl.
april's attic
At April's Attic, April Plantiko lets her customers decide what is antique and what isn't.
"It's what people like," she said. "These days, anything over 20 years old can be an antique. A lot of the kids are now looking for '70s items."
Plantiko mostly offers furniture, but there are plenty of other items available. Glassware, Barbie dolls (still in the boxes) and old toys.
primrose lane antiques
Primrose Lane Antiques puts the focus on glassware.
Though owner Janet Covey has furniture, toys and many other antique items, dishes and glassware abound in her shop.
There is a Flow Blue dish set for sale, Blue Willow pieces and a Nasco "Springtime" collection from Japan that Covey said was very fragile.
"I collected that for years," she said. "I just didn't have room at my house anymore."
She sells older collectibles as well as traditional antiques.
"I was always a collector," she said. "I've been a collector since I was 14. It was either get a store or live in a barn."
Items that stand out among the dishes is a genuine Amish buggy, a 110-year-old cane-bottom office chair, a 1927 General Electric refrigerator and a set of old and scary-looking gynecologist's tools.
"Thank God they don't use those anymore," she said.
antique mall
Antique Mall owners Ruth Hall and Don Sexton have their own items and lease space to other sellers.
Sexton has several old buckboards out front that may be able to be restored, or can be used as lawn ornaments.
"We don't take anything without the original chassis," he said. "The beds have been rebuilt, but axles and the wheels can't be."
Inside, an antique hunter will find items of all types and from all eras. Hall said the definition depends on the individual.
"Really, an antique in the purest sense is at least 100 years old," she said. "But people call a lot of things antiques that aren't that old."
Hall said items from the '50s are hot these days, and a number of her renters were showcasing that decade. The mall is full of signs, glassware, toys, Old West items, birdcages and even an old baby buggy.
Lund's Used Mining Equipment
Lund's Used Mining Equipment, which will open on March 17 after being closed for the winter, offers just that, mining equipment, as well as some items for ranching or farming. There's even an old sheepherder's wagon, the 1800s version of a travel trailer, and old motors.
The only new items available are metal detectors, presumably used to find old mining equipment.
-- Contact reporter Karen Woodmansee at kwoodmansee@nevadaappeal.com or 882-2111 ext. 351.
Mound House antique stores
Antique Mall
Sells: Variety, including wagons, furniture, glassware, jewelry.
Where: 10104 Highway 50 E.
Hours: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Call: 246-1618
April's Attic
Sells: Variety, including furniture, glassware, Barbie dolls, toys
Where: 10116 Highway 50 E.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday
Call: 246-3757
Lund's Used Mining Equipment
Sells: Antique mining equipment, motors, ore cars, metal detectors
Where: 10106 Highway 50 E.
Hours: Closed until March 17. Regular hours 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday
Call: 246-0226
Primrose Lane Antiques
Sells: Variety, glassware, furniture, dolls, toys, knickknacks, etc.
Where: 10112 Highway 50 E.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Saturday
Call: 246-3372
Secondhand Rose
Sells: Furniture - antiques, reproductions, quality used.
Where: 10128 Highway 50 E.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Saturday
Call: 883-6575