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The Trove
4.7 ★★★★★ 109 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Offering colonial antiques to vintage pieces from the 1950s, this shop also sells jewelry.
Plan your visit
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (860) 391-8636
- Website thetroveoldsaybrook.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“TONS of antiques, glass, ceramics, furniture, jewelry, vintage toys, ephemera and everything you want!”
What players say again and again
“So much to look at and the staff is helpful and really nice.”
From the reviews
I've been here a lot, made purchases every time. There is a wide variety of things, staff is usually friendly and most things are priced fair enough that you are willing to buy even if something is tad higher than it should be.
I absolutely loved this store. First of all, it's huge, and there's a little bit of everything. There's just so much STUFF, every kind of old thing you can think of. Pricing is reasonable. The staff we encountered were friendly but not intrusive. If you visit, don't forget that there's a second building in the back!
I visited The Trove on Saturday; my husband and I enjoy poking around antique stores. Everyone who worked there was just as pleasant as could be and there was plenty to look at whole we were there. I was on the hunt for vintage Blenko--I'm a collector--and found many hidden gems. I brought home the four in the photo.
My favorite antiques store in the area. Two stores in one! They always have new stuff, and the dealers have high quality, desirable, collectible items. There’s something for everyone, from the highly collectible and higher priced to the cheap and cheerful.
Selling or trading gear at The Trove
The Trove comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
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