Ocean Beach Antique Mall

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Anchoring the OB Antique District at 4926 Newport Ave in a two-block stretch named "best antique shopping" by San Diego Magazine, Ocean Beach Antique Mall runs a multi-dealer booth format carrying costume jewelry, art pottery, sports memorabilia, Americana, vintage watches, silver, glass, tiki collectibles, dolls, postcards, books, and LPs. Booth inventory rotates through individual vendors rather than a single buyer, so interior design trade clients and decorators working with retailers such as Mallory's Furniture can source period-accurate accent pieces across multiple aesthetic lanes in a single visit. Closed Wednesdays for floor resets and new-booth installs, the shop operates a six-day schedule that invites slow browsing rather than quick-visit tourism. Dealer specialties cover mid-century modern, industrial, shabby chic, nautical, Victorian, and deco — a lineup that serves home-remodel clients working with builders such as CairnsCraft Design & Remodel on period-appropriate fixture and hardware sourcing for historic OB and Point Loma homes. Sports memorabilia rotates through vintage baseball cards, game-worn jerseys, pennants, and Americana flags from mid-century to the 1990s. The shop's signature complex workflow is full-property estate-settlement consignment — a single family's estate of costume jewelry, porcelain, art pottery, and collectibles sorted into relevant booths, photographed, tagged, and staged across the multi-dealer floor with proceeds split across vendor specialty categories over a 90-to-120-day sell-through window.