16. Bedell & Co.
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 939-9292
Address: 767 Pearl Street
Description: When visiting Boulder’s West End, stop by this elegant antiques store. Bedell & Co. specializes in fine antiques and jewelry from the Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Arts and Crafts periods. They are noted for the largest selection of antique picture frames and bookends in Colorado and feature an extensive collection of American and European sterling silver, art glass, and lighting.
17. Classic Facets
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 938-8851
Address: 942 Pearl Street
Description: This unique little shop specializes in rare antiques—diamonds and colored stones, period jewelry from the 1700s to 1950s, and vintage designer costume jewelry. If you’re looking to sell, your stuff better be good—consigners from 30 states and 9 countries send items to the exclusive shop; 90 percent of the offerings are rejected.
18. Eighth & Pearl Antiques
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-0699
Address: 740 Pearl Street
Description: This store on the west end of the Pearl Street Mall is always worth popping into. Great finds, typically at good prices, await. The shop isn’t hard to find, for on nice days they always have wonderful items out on the sidewalk.
19. Art And Soul Gallery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 544-5803
Address: 1615 Pearl Street
Description: A unique array of crafts and fine art, this international collection includes sculpture, paintings, fine woodworking, jewelry, and ceramics. It’s located just off the east end of the Pearl Street Mall.
20. Art Mart
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 443-8248
Address: 1222 Pearl Street
Description: This is kind of a crafts supermarket, which bills itself as an “artist outlet store.” It overflows with Southwestern objects, including jewelry, pottery, weavings, dream catchers, and all manner of other popular items. The large store also carries clothing, candles, wood inlays, and myriad other crafts, along with a large collection of local and regional photography.
21. Art Source International
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-4080
Address: 1237 Pearl Street
Description: This store specializes in antique maps and prints, books, and vintage Colorado photographs. Many are already framed, some are ready for your choice of frame, and all are fascinating. In addition to a great selection of 18th- and 19th-century maps, the gallery displays prints from the same era. Check out the public art just out front—a chess table and two chairs commemorating a Pearl Street Mall frequenter who didn’t live to enjoy his dream of playing chess with his grandson on the Mall.
22. Boulder Arts And Crafts Cooperative
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 443-3683
Address: 1421 Pearl Street
Description: This is the biggest and most diverse of the city’s several crafts co-ops. It shows the works of more than 150 artists from Colorado and surrounding mountain states, displaying high-quality crafts in all media. Pottery, puppets, jewelry, photographs, weavings, stained glass, clothing, leather wallets stamped with leaves, whimsically painted wood tables and benches, hand-weaving, and other items make great gifts or accent pieces for your home. The co-op will also ship purchases anywhere in the continental United States.
23. Earthwood Gallery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-3838
Address: 1412 Pearl Street
Description: This is Boulder’s newest art gallery featuring fine art and exquisite handcrafts by prominent local and national artists.
24. Mary Williams Fine Arts
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 938-1588
Address: 2116 Pearl Street
Description: This gallery shows old and new American works, including some with strong Western and Native American orientations. Fine prints and graphics on such themes as botanicals, natural history, and architecture from the 17th through 20th centuries abound. There’s free on-site parking, a scarce commodity downtown.
25. Mercury Framing
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 938-0123
Address: 4692 Broadway
Description: Located in North Broadway, Mercury Framing provides quality, custom framing for artists, collectors, galleries and lovers of art. Watch for regular gallery openings in their cozy shop with some of Boulder’s top artists.
26. Old Tibet
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 440-0323
Address: 948 Pearl Street
Description: More than 200 Tibetan Thanka paintings are at the heart of this rich collection of Hindu and Buddhist art and religious items. You will find statues, ceremonial pieces, jewelry, books, singing bowls, bells and cymbals, clothing, music, incense, and beads. The shop is a generous supporter of the struggling country that has attracted the attention and concern of many Boulder citizens.
27. Smith-Klein Gallery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-7200
Address: 1116 Pearl Street
Description: This gallery houses contemporary art, including jewelry, hand-blown glass, and folk art animals, by both local and regional artists. A recent show featured a collection of hand-carved Zuni horse fetishes dating from the early 1900s.
28. Village Custom Framing & Art
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 413-9110
Address: 2525 Arapahoe Avenue
Description: At Village Custom Framing & Art you will find both the picture framer and art dealer. They sell rare prints, antique engravings and prints, hard-to-find limited editions, stained-glass decorative objects, and engraved plaques and ornaments. If you are looking for a particular print from the publisher, they will assist you in finding the print at the best price. They employ a certified picture framer, ensuring that your project will receive the attention it needs.
29. Art Hardware
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-3063
Address: 1135 Broadway
Description: This is one of Boulder’s top professional (and amateur) artists’ supply center, with a full line of art and drafting supplies in a 14,000-square-foot building. The shop also does blue printing, large-format copying for architects and engineers, and custom framing. The store boasts free covered parking for customers, a real rarity on The Hill.
30. 15Th Street Studio
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 447-2841
Address: 1708 15th Street
Description: Specialty framing studio, also features gallery exhibits: works on paper including collages, monotypes, and limited edition lithographs; paintings on canvas and three-dimensional wood sculpture.