Kruger’s Antiques slashing prices before the store closes April 30

Kurt Kruger (left) and Don Brightly in front of Kruger’s Antiques.

Kruger’s Antiques is closing at the end of April – the date was extended a month – and the owner of the business, Kurt Kruger, is cutting prices to entice buyers. The shop has been a landmark in Annandale for nearly 40 years.

A “flame mahogany” dresser in the Colonial revival style from about 1900-10 has been marked down from $2,000 to $650.

The antique shop has 2,400 square feet of furniture, silver, china, jewelry, paintings, collectibles, and much more. There are many pieces of furniture from the 1800s on sale for bargain-basement prices and more than 20,000 books dating from 1630 to the present. Everything is at least 50 percent off, and Kruger is willing to negotiate.

A country Gothic pine armoire from 1840 is priced at $950.

 He wants to sell as much as possible before he has to vacate the building by April 30. The shop will stay open to 6 or 7 p.m. every day.

A mahogany dresser from 1830 with a mirror and glass knobs has been discounted from $1,800 to $600.

The property, which consists of a white building at 7130 Little River Turnpike, as well as the barn in back that houses Kruger’s Antiques, has been for sale for years. The property owner is listed as Patricia Riesett of Cary, N.C. The assessed value is just over $861,300.

There could be a hidden treasure in here.

All of the tenants in the white building, the former Art & Antiques Emporium, left several months ago. They had stopped paying rent when the electricity was cut off. The building had been deteriorating and was deemed unsafe by a county inspector.

There are thousands of old magazines in the shop, including Life, Playboy, and National Geographic.

According to Kruger, the building had been a lumber mill in the 1960s, and the barn at the rear was used to store lumber. It was later the site of Kerlin’s Consignments. Kruger opened the antiques shop in 1981 after retiring from the CIA where he was a Russia analyst.

The price of this circa 1840 mahogany secretary with attached bookcase has been cut from $7,000 to $1,000.

Depression glass.

An 1850 sewing table is marked down from $1,200 to $400.

There are lots of fun things in the shop, too, like this trivia game.