Inside Building H of the Antiques Galleria at The Shoppes at Lafayette, in Lafayette Township, New Jersey, a shop called Sophie G’s Attic operates on the classic buy sell collect model that has drawn generations of pickers to Sussex County. Rather than specializing narrowly, owner Bob has built a booth that reads like a running inventory of twentieth century American collecting culture, moving from vinyl LPs and classic rock CDs and DVDs on one shelf to cases of gold and silver coins, proof sets, and estate jewelry, rings, necklaces, and bracelets, on the next.
Toy collectors will find Matchbox cars, Hess trucks, Hot Wheels, and HO scale model trains sitting near display cases of pocket watches, wristwatches, and mantel and wall clocks. Decorative arts shoppers can browse Hummel figurines, Royal Doulton china, and both Carnival and Murano glass, while a separate section of the booth leans toward what collectors sometimes call man cave decor: lighted beer signs, trench art, and vintage tobacco pipes. There is a working tool corner too, mixing genuinely old hand tools with more recent Craftsman and Snap-On pieces, and a kitchen and tableware section stocked with flatware sets, crystal, and serving pieces alongside cast iron banks, music boxes, and majolica. Swords and knives round out a booth that, taken as a whole, functions less like a single specialty shop and more like an entire estate sale distilled into one space.
The Shoppes at Lafayette keeps generous hours for a rural New Jersey antiques destination: Sunday through Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, which makes an evening or weekend detour easy for shoppers coming from the Sussex County Route 15 and Route 94 corridor. Because Sophie G’s Attic operates on a buy and sell basis rather than strictly consignment, the inventory turns over as sellers bring in fresh estate and collection pieces, which means a repeat visitor is likely to find something new on the shelves even a few weeks apart. Anyone looking to sell rather than buy, whether it is a coin collection, a box of vinyl, or a set of grandmother’s china, is invited to contact Bob directly to arrange an appraisal or offer.
That churn is really the differentiating story here: this is not a static museum style display but an active marketplace where the mix of vinyl records, precious metals, toys, clocks, glassware, and tools reflects whatever the local community has recently chosen to part with, filtered through one dealer’s eye for value across an unusually broad set of categories.
For shoppers in the Lafayette Township and greater Sussex County area, Sophie G’s Attic at The Shoppes at Lafayette is a reliable stop for buying or selling vintage coins, jewelry, vinyl records, toys, clocks, and collectible glassware under one roof.
