Lovell’s Antique Gallery

I’ve been doing business at Lovell’s Gallery for a few years and I can honestly say that they are the only store in the area that is true and legit. They have over four floors of art including rare furnishings, light fixtures like chandeliers and hand blown glass and handmade rugs, among other things. They never pressured me into buying anything and they let the items and prices speak for themselves. I purchased a bronze horse and a couple of rugs the last time I visited and it arrived at my doorstep within a few days. If you’re looking for something unique and affordable to decorate your home, this place is a must see!

this is my Mother and her friends experience from today:
WARNING!!! STAY OUT OF THIS STORE!!! CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY!!! My friend and I (two middle aged women) entered this store and immediately were pressured to make a purchase. The men working ushered my friend and I upstairs, and continued to try to separate us. They interrupted our conversations multiple times to lay on the pressure and promises. I had started up the stairs when one of the men closed off the staircase, my friend saw this and immediately alerted me that we needed to leave ASAP. Who does that?! This was an incredibly alarming and creepy experience. They insisted that we had to go upstairs and promised all kinds of scams. DO NOT GO IN THIS STORE! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!

I have to admit that at first I was a bit overwhelmed with all the stuff in the store. As some have mentioned before, there is some pressure from the sales folks, but once you play the bartering game, it can be kind of fun. I did wind up purchasing an Oriental carving piece and had it shipped to Denver, CO. I have to say it was the best packing job I’ve ever seen. If this piece isn’t authentic, they sure did treat it like it was. I believe I’ll be back to check out some additional pieces in the future. Eric is and old school Eastern European guy who can come across as pushy and harsh, but in the end he’s a business man who truly does want the customer to be happy.

We were in San Francisco for business and shopped for a pair of Chinese jade Fu Dog statues for our home entryway. We walked all over Chinatown and finally found what we wanted at Lovell’s. The sales woman and owner/​manager were easy to deal with and straight forward in their negotiations. I am shocked to read some of these negative reviews here, because Lovell’s was the best shop we found. Quite a few other shops had high pressure sales tactics and it was obvious those other shops were targeting tourists whom they do not expect to return. We felt that Lovell’s actually wanted us to return as customers and was an honest seller. Our final purchase price was very fair based on our research for similar items elsewhere.
But that’s not all — one of our Fu Dogs was damaged during shipping. We were very concerned and called Yesika at Lovell’s and the shipper. The claim was going to take a while, so Lovell’s shipped another replacement Fu Dog to us before they were even paid by the insurance company. This goes to show that they are a responsible seller. Even though we were in MN, they still treated us well as customers. We will go back to them in the future when we are in SF again. Highly recommended!

at the very least I can say that I learned a valuable lesson here. It’s very sad that people are willing to lie to your face, pretend to be a decent caring person just to steal your money. all my life I’ve been a good judge of character, its always just come naturally to me, but occasionally I get swept up in the moment and get burned. I would urge anyone how to think 10 times before entering this pit of vipers. If they have something that you want, research it very deeply and try to buy it somewhere else. one of their many tricks is to inflate the price of an object astronomically, and when they see your interest they will come down drastically on the price, having you think that your lucky day has come to find such a great investment. That «low low“price that you are so lucky to have gotten is actually far above a fair price. unless you are a dealer, it becomes difficult 2 weed out the real valuable items from the attractive but cheap ones. Eric Baldano is the man that burned me. He assured me that he would include some information about the artist with my sculpture. Well I didn’t receive this information because my» sculpture” was actually a cheap casting, one of hundreds probably mass produced in Thailand from a mold. Of course their «all sales are final policy» offers their dirty tactics frequent protection. Well buddy, what comes around goes around. Your time will certainly come, and your trickery and lying will be of no use to you. I wonder if there are people looking for you in Romania (if that’s really where you’re from) I have friends with deep connections there…

We found a dining table we really liked: it came with 10 chairs that we could not see ahead of time (except a catalog photo): less than a week after they were delivered, I called and said we really didn’t like them and would like to exchange them. After two more phone calls in which they said they would look and send pictures of other possibilities, I have not had one photo, nor a call; it’s been over 2 months.
I will never recommend this store to anyone!

Liar liar! Creeps! Beware! The stuff they have in the store is nice but the salesman are liars. They told us we had to decide now if we want to buy because they were closing down the store in one month and auctioning off everything that same night!!! Really! We came back later that night and they were still opened while they claimed they were going to have an auction with everything must go… Stupid liars. They wouldn’t need to lie cause the stuff is truly nice. I don’t get it buy if you are from out of town and you are planning to have it shipped… I wouldn’t be surprised if something goes wrong.

Be very careful! High pressure sales tactics with lots of lies to entice you into ordering their severly overpriced furniture. They mark items down quickly telling you they have to sell everything at an auction so they are willing to give you a great deal.
We were suckered into the sales years ago. We seriously thought it was our good fortune to come upon the store at the hours before auction. The merchandise arrived filthy and damaged. We rejected the furniture and with the help of our credit card company were able to avoid any cost.

Creepy, creepy tourist trap! While wandering back from dinner with the bf and his parents we wandered into here. We were immediately propositioned by the owner even though we said we were just looking. He also tried to claim his pieces were designer antiques when they clearly were not the real thing. At one point we realized we were trapped upstairs with the owner and tried to wander back downstairs. We realized that they had closed off the upstairs because we were up there. I could not wait to get out of there and was completely creeped out. He also told us all of his stuff was going to auction that night… auction at 9pm… I don’t think so!

I made a large purchase at Lovell’s on 4÷5÷2010 and spent $ 9,307. (Very high pressure sales tactics). My lamp was received with a broken globe. To date Lovell’s has given me the run around and not replaced the broken globe. The lamp is useless with a broken globe. I have emailed, called and last July drove 150 miles to San Francisco to resolve this issue. I have been told that the globe is on order. I have finally had it and contacted the gallery to make arrangements to return the lamp on Saturday 5÷28÷2011. I was told that the only person who can help me will not be working on Saturday, therefore I cannot receive assistance. At this point, I want to return the lamp since it has not been used. I was told, all sales are final. l be filing a claim with the better business bureau. After fourteen months, 33 phone calls and numerous emails, I have been more than patient.

Tourist trap anyone?
Antique shop? I don’t know for sure but most of their things don’t look like antiques.
This place looks like the stores that sell expensive fine Italian crafts.
Ivory elephant tusks in the window display. I’m assuming it cost a fortune.