CODY UNiQUES sits at 2631 Highway 120 South, just a few miles outside downtown Cody, Wyoming, on the route many travelers take toward the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park, and the shop has built its identity around a simple description its own owners use: two women who love to pick. That picking habit shows up on the sales floor as an ever rotating mix of western memorabilia, vintage furniture, antique tools, ranch and ranching era collectibles, local art, and secondhand furniture priced for buyers furnishing a home rather than building a museum collection. Cody has long marketed itself as the town Buffalo Bill Cody built, and CODY UNiQUES leans into that identity, stocking saddles, tack, cowboy gear, old advertising signage, and other pieces that fit the working ranch aesthetic the Bighorn Basin is known for, alongside more general antiques and collectibles that would fit any regional shop.
The store operates on a buy, sell, dicker, and trade model rather than a strict fixed price consignment system, which means regular visitors can bring items in as well as take them home, and the inventory reflects a genuinely local supply chain of estate finds, ranch liquidations, and item trades rather than pieces trucked in from a distant wholesaler. That local sourcing gives CODY UNiQUES a rotating, never quite the same twice character; shoppers who stop in every few months report finding different pieces on each visit because so much of the stock comes directly from area families and ranch estates rather than a predictable wholesale pipeline. Combined with its position directly on the corridor between Cody and the park’s east gate, the shop has become a natural stop for both locals hunting for a specific antique and out of state visitors picking up a distinctive western souvenir on their way to or from Yellowstone.
Hours run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with Sunday morning hours from 9 a.m. to noon as well, giving visitors several options across the week to fit a stop into a Yellowstone trip or a Cody weekend. The shop can be reached in advance at 307-587-5092 for questions about current inventory, whether that is a specific piece of ranch equipment, vintage western clothing, or a particular style of antique furniture, since the fast turnover on the floor means calling ahead is often worthwhile before making the drive out Highway 120. Because the shop trades directly with its own community, prices and selection can shift week to week in ways that larger antique malls, which tend to hold consignment inventory for months at fixed prices, generally do not.
For travelers and locals alike, CODY UNiQUES offers a genuinely regional alternative to generic tourist gift shops: a working antique and collectibles store built on trading with the community it serves, stocked with western memorabilia, vintage furniture, art, and secondhand goods that change with every visit, open six days a week just outside downtown Cody on the way to Yellowstone’s east entrance.
