Kolectic Treasures Antique Market

Anniston is home to one of the larger antique markets in northeast Alabama, and Kolectic Treasures Antique Market anchors that scene from an 18,000-square-foot building at 3208 McClellan Boulevard. Founded by Danny and Jason Kellner, the market operates under the motto “Selling Yesterday’s Treasures Today,” a phrase that captures the constantly rotating mix of vintage furniture, glassware, tools, jewelry, handmade crafts and collectibles spread across booths rented by more than 345 individual vendors.

The founders describe building the space to give local businesses, antique dealers and handmade-item sellers a home, and the scale of the operation shows it. Rather than a single shop built around one curated point of view, Kolectic Treasures functions more like an indoor village of small dealers, each booth reflecting the taste of the vendor who stocks it, from mid-century Pyrex and pressed glass to vintage clothing racks and furniture refinished by hand.

Special events give regular shoppers a reason to keep coming back throughout the year. A recurring Pyrex swap has become a fixture on the market’s calendar, drawing collectors who trade and hunt for specific patterns among the vendor booths, while the market also runs live auctions and maintains an online shop for browsing pieces without a trip to Anniston. A loyalty program and a newsletter, dubbed Kolectic’s Newspaper, keep frequent visitors updated on new vendor booths and upcoming sale weekends.

The Anniston location is the flagship of a small but growing Alabama footprint. A sister market operates in Pell City with roughly 8,000 square feet and 250 vendors, and a third location in Gadsden has been announced as coming soon, though Anniston remains the largest of the group. That growth has not changed the day-to-day experience inside the McClellan Boulevard building, where narrow aisles wind between booths and regulars often spend an hour or more working through sections rather than making a quick pass through the front rooms.

Hours run Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., making the market accessible for both weekday browsing and weekend treasure hunts. Vendors interested in renting booth space can find information posted through the market’s website, and the mix of full-time dealers and rotating pop-up sellers means the merchandise on the floor changes noticeably from one visit to the next, even for shoppers who stop in every few weeks.

McClellan Boulevard runs through a stretch of Anniston lined with other retail and service businesses, making the market an easy stop to pair with other errands rather than a standalone destination requiring a special trip. Shoppers who prefer to plan ahead can browse a portion of the inventory through the market’s online Treasure Shop before visiting in person, though longtime customers tend to say the in-person experience, wandering booth to booth, is where the real finds turn up.

The market’s growth beyond Anniston, first to Pell City and now toward a Gadsden location, has not come at the expense of the vendor community that built the original McClellan Boulevard building. Many of the dealers who fill booths on any given weekend have been part of the market for years, and the constant churn of new merchandise keeps even the most frequent shoppers from ever fully mapping the place, since a booth that held furniture last month might be stacked with vintage toys or handmade jewelry the next time through.

For Anniston shoppers who enjoy the hunt as much as the find, whether searching for a specific piece of vintage glassware, a handmade gift, or simply an afternoon spent browsing booths built by dozens of different sellers, Kolectic Treasures Antique Market offers one of the more comprehensive antiquing stops in Calhoun County. The scale of the space, paired with a steady rotation of vendors and events like the Pyrex swap, keeps the market from feeling static even for people who visit often.