Shops in Hobart City

Antiques & Collectables

Antiques To Retro

Robin, Jan, and Suzie Cooper run this Bathurst Street shop through a tight four-day week — closed Sunday except the last of each month. Stock spans Georgian antiques to mid-century Hornsea ceramics, Australian pottery, LP vinyl, and vintage clothing. The range is genuinely broad; the hours are not. Plan accordingly.

Antiques & Collectables

Archive Antiques & Books

Carl has been trading antiques for over 35 years, and his New Town Road shop — occupying a former Post Office Stores building — shows the accumulation. Georgian furniture sits alongside mid-century Scandinavian pieces, convict memorabilia, whaling artefacts, scientific instruments, and stacks of books. The range is genuinely broad; the building gives it ballast.

Books & Ephemera

Bent Books

Bent Books is a bookshop and ephemera dealer in Hobart, Tasmania, specialising in secondhand books, vintage prints, maps, postcards, and paper ephemera. Particularly known for tasmanian authors, Antarctic, natural history. Book lovers can spend hours exploring shelves stacked with out-of-print titles, rare editions, and fascinating paper ephemera. In Hobart, Tasmania's charming waterfront capital, known for its Saturday Salamanca Market, MONA, and thriving arts scene.

Vintage Furniture & Homewares

Folklore Vintage Furniture

Folklore Vintage Furniture is a vintage furniture shop in Hobart, Tasmania, specialising in mid-century modern furniture, retro homewares, and vintage decor. Particularly known for tasmanian heritage timber, blackwood, Huon pine. Browse showroom floors filled with restored sideboards, dining settings, armchairs, and lighting from the 1950s through the 1980s. In Hobart, Tasmania's charming waterfront capital, known for its Saturday Salamanca Market, MONA, and thriving arts scene.

Art & Objects

Handmark Gallery

Handmark Gallery is an art and objects gallery in Hobart, Tasmania, specialising in vintage art, ceramics, sculpture, and curated decorative objects. Particularly known for tasmanian art, woodcraft, glass. A gallery-like experience where carefully selected vintage art, ceramics, and decorative objects are displayed for collectors and interior enthusiasts. In Hobart, Tasmania's charming waterfront capital, known for its Saturday Salamanca Market, MONA, and thriving arts scene.

Op Shop

Lifeline Shop Hobart

A community-focused op shop supporting Lifeline Tasmania's suicide prevention and mental health programs. This vintage and secondhand retailer welcomes donations of quality clothing, books, games, toys, and bric-a-brac while offering volunteers meaningful retail experience.

Op Shop

Salvos Stores Hobart

Salvos Stores Hobart is an op shop (charity thrift store) in Hobart, Tasmania, offering secondhand clothing, homewares, books, and bric-a-brac at bargain prices. Part of the Salvos network. Particularly known for books and cold-weather clothing. A treasure hunt for bargain seekers, where every purchase supports charitable community programs. In Hobart, Tasmania's charming waterfront capital, known for its Saturday Salamanca Market, MONA, and thriving arts scene.

Op Shop

The Tip Shop Hobart

Worker-owned since 1993, this not-for-profit cooperative at McRobies Gully runs on consensus decision-making and employs 40 people to keep usable things out of landfill. Secondhand electronics, reclaimed timber, repaired computers, and an annual Art From Trash exhibition make it something stranger and more purposeful than a standard op shop. Eighty-five cents of every dollar goes directly to wages.