antiques

Just off of the main drag on Church Street in Noe Valley, there are three unassuming antiques shops that showcase smartly edited objects for the home.

 

At Lynn: Antiques & Beautiful Things  you will find Art Deco vessels, Victorian accessories and midcentury furnishings scattered throughout the shop.

Down the street, owners Kimberly Karnes and Donna Taylor carry chic furnishings from the 1960s through the 1980s at When Modern Was, which also showcases current pieces from local artists.

Go to Lovejoy’s for lace tablecloths, porcelain tea sets and glass cake stands. Be sure to cross the street and visit their tea room, where high tea includes cucumber sandwiches, shortbread biscuits and scones with preserves and Devonshire cream. 

This may just be enough to turn the entire economy around—on Tuesday evening at the San Francisco auction house Bonhams & Butterfields, a rare Joseon Dynasty Korean blue and white porcelain jar set a world record...