Then and Now Consignments sits at 1969 New Scotland Road in Slingerlands, a hamlet within the town of New Scotland just southwest of Albany, where a steady stream of shoppers from the surrounding Capital Region towns come through looking for pieces with a story rather than something pulled off a factory line. The shop describes its mission simply: every item on the floor should meet a high standard of style, condition, and value, and should tell a story rather than sit as generic filler. That standard shapes a wide ranging inventory that spans women’s apparel and designer clothing, fine jewelry in sterling, gold, and costume pieces, shoes, handbags, home decor, furniture, linens, collectibles, and genuine antiques, all curated and hand selected rather than accepted wholesale from anyone who walks in the door.
The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, and closed Sunday and Monday, giving would be consignors and shoppers a predictable window to drop off items or browse the current selection. Consignors work through a straightforward appointment based system: bring up to 25 items per visit for on the spot review, and anything accepted goes on the floor for a 60 day selling window with a built in discount schedule, full price for the first 30 days, 25 percent off after that, and 50 percent off as the piece nears the end of its run. Anything still unsold after 90 days is donated rather than returned, which keeps the sales floor moving and gives every piece a fair, time limited shot at finding a new owner. Furniture consignors go through a slightly different process, submitting photos for pre approval before bringing a piece in, a practical step given how much more space and effort furniture requires compared to a folded sweater or a strand of costume jewelry.
Payment terms give consignors real flexibility: sellers earn 40 percent of the sale price on items priced under 65 dollars and 50 percent on items priced at 65 dollars or higher, with payouts available at any time or, for those who prefer to keep shopping the racks themselves, as store credit toward their next purchase. That tiered commission structure rewards higher value pieces more generously, an incentive structure that tends to attract consignors bringing in genuinely well kept designer clothing, fine jewelry, and quality furniture rather than closet overflow destined for a rummage sale.
New Scotland Road places the shop within easy reach of Slingerlands, Voorheesville, and the broader Albany suburbs, an area with a strong local appetite for consignment and antique shopping alongside the region’s more traditional retail corridors. For anyone furnishing a home, refreshing a wardrobe, or hunting for a specific piece of estate jewelry without paying new retail prices, the shop’s tight editorial standard means less digging through discount racks and more browsing pieces that have already been vetted for condition and worth. In short, Then and Now Consignments is a Slingerlands, New York consignment shop that hand selects designer clothing, fine jewelry, furniture, and antiques, giving both sellers and buyers in the Capital Region a curated alternative to buying and disposing of goods new.
