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Bargain John & Sons Antiques Bargain John's Antiques carries a wide variety of quality American Antique items dating from the 1850 to 1930 time period. Every month Bargain John's Antiques hand-selects some of our antique items and offers them at reduced prices. It is our mission here at Bargain John's Antiques to offer our clientele QUALITY antique merchandise while also providing the highest QUALITY service.
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The story of Bargain John's Antiques is a good one. It all began in 1968 when John and Annette Ostrom started buying and selling antiques out of the family's home. His business was known as the Poor-Man's Friend Antiques and Second Hand Store. And the motto was, "We buy, sell, and trade for anything that does not eat!" (understandable for a man with three kids and three ponies).
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Marc Shoemaker
Jun 05, 2022
On our way to Denver we stopped in Lexington for the antique store to see what they had. Totally amazed at the high quality items from the early 1900s. Many items are furniture type things such as rockers, hand caved table sets with chairs, dressers iron toys and such. They have an additional warehouse next door with the largest selection I've seen to date! Joni was very knowledgeable on each piece we inquired about.
Jeneane Malone
May 06, 2022
Beautiful pieces! Lots of things I've never seen before. Store owner was very knowledgeable about the things for sale as well. We will definitely be back again.
Ashlynne Xiarhos
Mar 27, 2022
Stopped in to check out this antique shop on our trip to Utah to just look around and take a break from driving. Although we didn't buy anything, we were happy we stopped in! Beautiful collection of antiques and John was so friendly. Thank you
Anonymous Anonymous
Mar 18, 2022
Unique items in very nice condition. People were very helpful and pleasant. We had a good day.
Ed Pollock
Mar 07, 2022
Amazing antiques, especially the furniture. Well worth a visit and we drove 5 hours to check it out.
John Michael Dmitriy Lobur
Aug 18, 2021
Very friendly family run shop, highly recommend if passing through
Pam Ninness
Jul 28, 2021
Excellent break stop in Lexington, NE. Great selection and knowledgeable father/son owners
Ken
Jul 21, 2021
Imagine my surprise to find this antique business open on the 4th of July; I had traveled 1300 miles to pick up an antique to deliver to a Kansas museum and expected to have to wait for it to re-open on the 5th or 6th. Two of the owners even helped me load the antique - no small feat as it had to be partially dismantled and packed just right for the trip. This is truly an outstanding, dedicated establishment.
Carson Eilers
Sep 20, 2020
This place has some of the best antiques I have seen. Family owned and operated. I love to look through there inventory when in Lexington.
Bruce Wasserman
Sep 03, 2020
The store has an amazing selection of high quality and even museum quality antiques. The owners are are very knowledgeable and helpful. It is very much worth a visit!
Rex Hendricks
Jul 20, 2020
Excellent selection of Crocks we LOVE the 30 gallon Birch leaf we purchased from you. Enjoyed meeting your Dad, Chris and I look forward to doing business again very soon.
Val S.
Jul 04, 2020
Beautiful furniture in amazing condition. I was thoroughly impressed with his vast selection. Very friendly father and son.
Patricia Sheneman
Mar 05, 2020
The antiques are amazing! Museum quality pieces. Easy to find in Lexington, Ne.look for the blue buildings.
Dan Stubert
Jun 07, 2019
Cool place to visit they have a lot of nice looking stuff. I not versed in prices for antiques so I can not say anything on prices. The were very friendly and had no problem just letting me wander around looking a everything. Had a great time stop and visit them and have fun.
Barbara Kurczodyna
Jan 25, 2018
Traveling thru Nebraska and found this beautiful antique store. Sorry we didn't get to meet the owners but the gentleman at the store was a gem. Probably one of the nicest stores I have been to in a very long time. Displayed and laid out so nicely. Quality pieces. I was impressed, we need more antique stores like this one. We will be back.
Douglas Zotz
Nov 23, 2017
Oh my! Never expected this! Traveling, looking to go to antique stores and looking for items not normally found in our home area, we saw a billboard for Bargain John's. The most lovely antique furniture and great quality, plus a few items that we had not seen before. I must admit, it may be a bargain because of the uniqueness of the furniture but it was out of our price range. John's son owns the store now and was a great guy, as well as the other staff. Out in the middle of Nebraska, in a smaller town, if you can not get there, he does have a website and will ship.
Steve S.
Sep 06, 2016
Wow! You would be hard pressed to find more high end antique furniture pieces anywhere. Don't be fooled by the size of the store, they have another warehouse nearby loaded with some amazing quality antique furniture. Price tags seemed rather high but they were willing to deal and I walked out with a couple nice pieces I couldn't find in several large cities.
Brenda F.
Aug 17, 2015
Our favorite Nebraska stop! Great collection of quality antiques, owned by a knowledgeable and personable family. They've been in the antique business since the 60's so definitely know their stuff and price items fairly based on their value. They have a website too, so you can find them anytime, an they ship just about anywhere.
Nicole B.
Aug 16, 2015
Discovered this place while road tripping from LA to Chicago. It's a great store with a giant warehouse of all high end antique furniture. All of their antiques are in excellent shape and the quantity of stuff is pretty amazing. The owner was knowledgable and friendly. Definitely worth a visit!
Lauren K.
Jul 23, 2015
I'd been looking for a set of antique mission style chairs for a few years, and could find nothing locally (Phoenix, Arizona) that I liked. I tried Googling mission furniture, and up came Bargain John's. I loved one set of chairs that they had. The shipping charge was reasonable, so I bought them. Joni was my email contact, and she had a crate made up, the chairs packed inside and shipped, and in Phoenix within a week, where I picked them up at the shipper's warehouse.

I loved the chairs, which are just as described and depicted on their site. The entire process was very easy, and went much faster than I thought possible. I am very impressed with the great customer service.
Sarah C.
Oct 10, 2012
We were thrilled to find Bargain John's Antiques! Bargain Johns has the BEST website that is easy to navigate, informative and up to date! My husband and I were so impressed that we decided to make a trip out to Lexington, Nebraska.from Rhode Island! Upon our arrival, we were thrilled to find a friendly and knowledgeable family run business with a unique and beautiful selection of quality antiques. Lars Ostrom was especially patient with us and knowledgeable about each and every antique.

Not only did we find everything we were looking for, Lars helped my husband and I organize the shipping of our antiques safely back home! We highly recommend this family run business!