Three generations of one Worcester, Massachusetts family stand behind A and A Antiques and Salvage, a business whose owners describe it as the longest running antique store in the city. Current owner George LaConte carries forward a trade his father and grandfather practiced before him, buying and selling antiques and collectibles pulled from local Worcester area homes for more than fifty years, a lineage that gives the shop a depth of institutional knowledge about the region’s estates, attics, and barns that a newer competitor simply could not match. The business is based at 276 Plantation Street in Worcester, and it operates two distinct sides of the same trade: a retail storefront stocked with antiques and collectibles, and a separate one acre architectural salvage yard that also runs its own dumpster and cleanout services for customers clearing out a property.
On the jewelry side of the business, Gina LaConte has built a specialty in vintage and costume jewelry as well as sterling silver, sourcing and selling pieces across multiple online marketplaces in addition to whatever moves through the physical location. The shop’s estate liquidation service covers everything from a single inherited piece to a full household, and the LaContes describe handling the process from beginning to end so that a property is left broom swept and ready for a realtor to list, a detail that speaks to how much of the business’s work happens off site, inside the homes of Worcester area families settling an estate rather than purely across a retail counter. Anyone with a house full of inherited furniture, tools, or collectibles and no clear plan for it can call the shop directly for a free in home appraisal before deciding what to do next.
At the time of this writing, the retail storefront itself is temporarily closed while the business works toward a reopening, with the LaContes asking customers to watch their social media channels for updates on when the doors will open again. Importantly, that pause applies to walk in retail sales only. The salvage yard, the dumpster and cleanout services, and the appraisal and buying side of the operation continue, meaning a Worcester household in the middle of an estate cleanout or a renovation generating usable architectural material still has a working point of contact even while the shop floor itself sits dark. This kind of honest, transparent posture, keeping customers informed about what is and is not currently available rather than letting an old listing imply business as usual, matters for anyone trying to plan a visit or a call around the business’s actual current status.
Architectural salvage in particular fills a niche that few Worcester businesses serve: reclaimed doors, fixtures, trim, and hardware pulled from demolitions and renovations across the region get a second life rather than heading straight to a landfill, giving homeowners working on older properties a source for period appropriate materials that no new construction supplier can offer. Combined with the antiques and jewelry side of the operation, that makes A and A Antiques and Salvage a rare single stop for anything from a small piece of vintage costume jewelry to a full architectural salvage haul.
In short, A and A Antiques and Salvage is a three generation, family run antiques, vintage jewelry, and architectural salvage business on Plantation Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, still actively buying, appraising, and salvaging even while its retail storefront awaits a reopening.
