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10 Places to Find Antique Glass Doorknobs

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Antique glass doorknobs are a beautiful way to make your home look more unique, but finding the genuine article can be difficult. While antique glass knob door handles themselves may only be available in certain locations, you can find modern reproductions in several places as well, adding to your range of options if you're willing to go for something made within the last five years, rather than a genuine antique.

Salvage Hardware Stores

Some hardware stores specialize in selling not tools and modern appliances, but antique light fixtures, doors and other goods for houses, including glass door knobs. These hardware stores are a cross between the big-box store where you go to get a hammer, and an antique mall, offering items culled from older houses for re-use in a new home.

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Reuse Stores and Organizations

Americans have traditionally had an "out with the old, in with the new" approach toward buildings, but not everyone thinks that demolishing an old house and throwing its remnants in the garbage is a good idea. Some of these people have formed reuse groups or building material reuse businesses that sell salvaged materials like doorknobs. There may be an organization or store like this in your area.

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Online Auction Sites

Sites like eBay may have antique glass doorknobs for sale, and you can find them by with a simple search. As with anything else you might want to buy sight unseen there's a bit of a buyer beware factor to buying antiques from a private seller, but if you follow the auction site's fraud protection rules, you should be OK.

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Online and Physical Vintage Stores

Online craft and vintage marketplaces like Etsy may have a nice selection of antique glass doorknobs, but if you'd rather buy in person, you may be able to find something at a physical store. Antique markets may be one place to look as well.

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Classified Ads

There's no guarantee that you'll find exactly what you're looking for when you turn to classified ads, but it can't hurt to try. Online classified ad sites like Craigslist may have some local listings with antique knobs that you'll be able to inspect before buying.

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Garage Sales

Similarly to classifieds, you may be able to find the antique doorknobs you seek from a garage sale. This will take some effort and patience, but if you don't have an immediate need for a doorknob but rather a patient desire, you could score big this way.

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Online Antique Hardware Stores

Shoppers who are concerned with finding only authentic antiques and don't have any local resources for this kind of shopping may want to look into online antique stores that specialize in home hardware. These stores often offer a variety of different antique doorknob styles.

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Hardware Stores

Real antique glass doorknob values can be quite high, which means that budget shoppers may prefer to opt for a modern reproduction. You can look for these at big-box hardware stores.

Online Retailers

You can also find a wide variety of glass doorknob reproductions by looking at online retailers. You can either search for terms like "glass door knob" or browse the doorknob section of a home hardware category.

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Trendy Boutiques

Stores that sell a variety of different items, including clothing, jewelry and housewares, might offer glass doorknobs as an accessory. This is a less common way to find these items, but if a store you like has a quirky style sensibility and a section dedicated to housewares, it's worth a look.

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