Antique Center on Main Street Opens Saturday

Don Post is bringing something new and something old to New Port Richey.

Post is the owner of the Antique Center on Main Street, a new shop specializing in old goods. He is planning to open the shop, where seven antiques dealers will show off their wares, on Saturday.

Post has a long history in the antiques business. He sold some of his goods at Carter’s Antique Asylum in Tarpon Springs for 17 years, he said. The Asylum closed a couple months ago, he added.

When Post learned about the space available at the corner of Main Street and Adams Boulevard his interest was piqued. 

“I came and looked at it, and I thought ‘Gee, this has great possibility,'" he said. 

The business actually takes up two storefronts.  

He also continues to sell wares at a booth at a shop in Hernando County's Crystal River.

Post, who is originally from Upstate New York, started collecting antiques as a young man. His earliest collection was one made of Carnival glass.

“I have always been a history buff, and I enjoy older things,” he said. 

Post, who has also worked in the medical industry, eventually ran his own antique centers and participated in antique shows up and down the east coast of the United States.

This is the first shop Post has owned since moving to Florida years ago.

“It’s scary and exciting at the same time,” he said.

Post says he brings upscale shopping to downtown New Port Richey. He points to ample parking, a central location and an antiques center right across Main Street that could provide healthy competition as assets for his business.

“We’re certainly hoping to be accepted,” he said.

Want to visit Post’s shop?  

The Antique Center on Main Street is located at 5811 Main St., and its hours this summer are: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.