Selim’s Estate Jewellery & Antiques

On Corydon Avenue in Winnipeg’s Little Italy district, a family has been buying and selling fine estate pieces since long before sustainable luxury became a marketing phrase. Selim’s Estate Jewellery and Antiques traces its roots back more than fifty years, with the shop settling into its current storefront at 801 Corydon Avenue in 1977 and never leaving. Selim Aysan founded the business, and today his eldest son Dan Aysan works alongside him, giving the store the kind of continuity that is rare in the antiques trade and reassuring to collectors who prefer to deal with the same familiar faces over decades rather than a rotating cast of dealers. The shop’s specialty is estate jewellery: engagement rings, platinum and diamond pieces, cocktail rings, brooches, and other items that once belonged to someone else and are ready for a second life. Alongside the jewellery cases, Selim’s carries fine mechanical watches, original art, antique and vintage furniture, decorative collectibles, hand-knotted rugs, and fine tableware, the kind of mixed inventory that lets a single visit turn into a treasure hunt across several categories rather than one narrow specialty. Selim’s also actively buys, meaning the inventory turns over regularly as older pieces sell and new estate finds arrive, so a return visit rarely looks like the last one. Corydon Avenue itself is one of Winnipeg’s best-known commercial strips, threading through the Little Italy neighbourhood with cafes, restaurants, and independent shops lining the street, which makes a stop at Selim’s an easy add-on to an afternoon spent exploring the area on foot. The shop keeps focused hours, open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon, a schedule that rewards planning ahead rather than a spontaneous evening drop-in, and closed Sunday and Monday. Customers looking to sell pieces of their own, whether a single ring inherited from a relative or a full estate of jewellery and antiques, are welcome to bring items in for evaluation, and the shop has built part of its reputation on that willingness to buy directly from the public rather than relying solely on auctions or wholesale sources. What sets Selim’s apart in a city with no shortage of antique dealers is the combination of longevity and specialization. Fifty-plus years under one family’s direction is a long time for any small retailer to survive, and it typically only happens when a shop earns repeat trust from serious collectors, estate executors, and jewellers referring clients who want authenticated older pieces rather than new manufacture. The business describes its own goal plainly: offering the finest that Winnipeg has to offer in estate jewellery and antiques, and the inventory spans centuries of craftsmanship rather than a single era or style. For anyone in Winnipeg or passing through who wants a genuine platinum ring with history behind it, a mechanical watch built to be serviced and worn for decades rather than replaced, or simply an afternoon spent handling real antiques instead of reproductions, Selim’s Estate Jewellery and Antiques on Corydon Avenue remains one of the city’s most established places to look. Selim’s Estate Jewellery and Antiques is a family-run Winnipeg institution on Corydon Avenue that has bought and sold estate jewellery, fine watches, art, and antiques since 1977.