Kruger’s antiques shop closing: Everything must sell

Kruger’s Antiques has been in Annandale for decades.

Kruger’s Antiques Plus is being forced out of business, so the store is slashing the price of every item in an attempt to sell its inventory, says owner Kurt Kruger.

The store has been at 7130 Little River Turnpike in Annandale for 39 years.

The owner of the property is trying to sell it. The property consists of the Antiques & Art Emporium, a small shopping mall with about a dozen shops, as well as Kruger’s antiques business in a separate barnlike building. The Emporium shops had been forced to vacate the building last summer after the power was shut off and a county inspector found it unsafe.

Matt Riesett, who manages the property for the owner, his mother, Patricia Riesett, has been trying to sell the property for years. It had been on the market for $3.7 million, but Kruger says the price has been reduced to $1.5 million.

The property is under contract and was set for closing but that deal has apparently fallen through. “It’s not going to fly,” said William Marshall, an Annandale-based attorney who represents the owner. “There’s some question about whether it will be sold or not. We don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Other buyers are interested, however, he said. “Whoever buys it will redevelop the property. There’s no question about that.”

Whether the property sells now or later, Kruger still has to vacate the property by the end of February, Marshall said.

“We can’t move anywhere, because we have too much stuff,” Kruger said. He’s planning to relocate many items to the parking lot, beginning this weekend, “to try to sell as much as possible.”

Everything will be half price. A mahogany secretary from 1840 has been reduced from $7,000 to $2,000. There are also lots of dining tables, chairs, and other furniture from the 19th century. There are thousands of books on sale for $1.

The 2,000 square foot building is also filled to the brim with record albums; old copies of Life and other magazines; paintings; and small items, such as jewelry and Hummel figurines.

“We’ve got a lot of stuff, and we have to sell it all somehow,” Kruger said. He just found out about the termination of his lease earlier this week. He had to close the shop for several days during the “deep freeze” this month as the barn is unheated.

The shop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11-6 on Sundays.