I am Angie, and welcome to the Blue Moon Antique Shop!

Our Story:

We came to Wharton, TX, James and I, after 6+ years on the road with the antique shows. The shows had been good to us, but had begun a decline due to being overrun by crafts, reproductions and garage sale items. It was an expensive, exhausting lifestyle and it was just time to try another path.

Wharton offered charm and location; far enough from Houston so that one doesn’t have to put up with the annoyances of city life and traffic, and CLOSE enough to make Wharton attractive as a day-trip destination for Houstonians who have tired of the impersonal shopping experience in their home town and are looking for something a bit different.

Blue Moon Antiques is certainly different! Unusual antiques for those who are tired of antique shops full of garage sale rejects, reproduction antiques and craft items. Stock is ever-changing and includes items from the most unusual vintage toys to vintage glass, porcelains and pottery, vintage kitchen collectibles and interesting furniture. It was never the goal to pack the shop full; I’ve always been more interested in having items to offer that actually ARE something. I firmly believe that you have seen every common piece of trash that you ever want to see and don’t think you should have to look at that sort of thing in my shop, too.

Every antique shop must have secondary lines of stock (referred to as “cash crops”) in order to appeal to those who are maybe just along for the ride with those shopping for antiques. So Blue Moon elected to target those who have no taste for the mundane and mediocre.

Over the early years, those “cash crops” were custom fine jewelry, loose gemstones and pearls; as business moved in another direction, I added vintage to antique Japanese kimono, haori (pronounced HOW-ree), various cotton working jackets and decorative items. 

Then, in 2014, I added Vaping equipment and e-liquids in response to my personal success in using it to quit a 43 year smoking habit.  It was magic for me and I wanted my many fellow sufferers to have the chance to experience that same magic with products carefully selected to provide this alternative to deadly tobacco. 

In 2020, following James’ unexpected death in late 2019, I discovered the benefits of Canna River CBD products for myself and once again, I added another venue for others who might also benefit from the use of CBD products.  As everything must be vetted by me before I make it available to my clients, you can be certain that Canna River CBD is processed in the U.S.A. from U.S.A.-grown hemp and safe for your use.

If you want to keep up with the Joneses, you may wish to look at another website.  If you like the unique, exclusive or unusual and prefer that the Joneses should scramble in an attempt to keep up with you, then you have come to the right place.