About Us

Come take a stroll through our shop for macabre old statuary, menacing ironwork & haunting mortuary decor. Light your way through the darkness of a forsaken Victorian era parlor with bewitching chandeliers, candelabras, votive stands & antique sconces. Revamp your sinful boudoir with nocturnal period clothing; phantom opera cloaks, grotesque Estate jewelry, vintage masks, wicked old hat pins & fascinating mourning collectibles. To complete your visit, browse for old medical curiosities, anatomy charts, disturbing old undertaker/surgical tools, embalming fluid jars, bones, apothecary bottles & strange old books.

A touch of Transylvania to be found here!

Terms and Conditions Disclaimer

- Most of the items we sell are old, antique, vintage and previously used. The Wicked Wares by Crystal are Dark Art Creations designed and created from altered antiques with added original art photos and found vintage objects. Some accessory items and some masks are ordered new. For clarification on any item, just ask. Some weapons and medical tools are SHARP! Be careful not to cut yourself as we are not responsible for bloody accidents! Some of the items in the apothecary jars are authentic and some are faux and sold for decor and curio purposes only - DO NOT CONSUME! BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND ENJOY!! Shipping prices may vary for international buyers. Please choose your purchase carefully as All Sales are Final. ALL CONTENT, DESIGNS AND IMAGES ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROPERTY OF GOTHIC ROSE ANTIQUES, COPYRIGHT 2006-2012 - DO NOT COPY!!!

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We buy Estates or single items and prefer the “Bizarre and the Beautiful”. If you have something old and unusual to sell, please contact us. If you are looking for something in particular, we keep an ongoing customer “Want List” and will search for you during our Treasure Hunts!

(Be sure to visit our shop as we have many more unusual items than what you see here on the website)

Our new shop, Gothic Rose Antiques and Curiosities is located at 484 Main St. in Historic Downtown Placerville, CA 95667 just 40 minutes from Sacramento on the way to Lake Tahoe in the Gold Country Open Thursday - Sunday 11am - 5pm sometimes later

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday by chance or appointment, usually open but call first 530-295-0703 or 916-769-6898

Closed Major Holidays and Snow days

Our shop in Petaluma no longer exists, please visit our new shop in Placerville

Payment - (checks and money orders preferred, paypal credit card payments also accepted)

Dark Design Consultation, Store Front Windows, Set Dressing, Prop Rentals and Visual Merchandising Available by Appointment. To date, we have supplied authentic antique props to Deon Taylor Enterprises for their TV series, "Nite Tales", Porter Media Group and Imagination Theater for "Dracula", Fire Five Productions and Columbia Pictures out of New York and we were approached by HBO for props for their last season of "Carnivale". Film your next movie in our Curiosity Shop!

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Gothic Rose “Want List”

Do you have something unusual to sell? We buy things that are Old and Macabre, Haunting and Unusual or Dark and Romantic that look like they came out of Dracula’s Castle or an Old Cemetery, Opera House Theatre, Mortuary, Funeral Home, Victorian Boudoir, Bordello, Haunted House, Circus, Freak Sideshow, Carnival, Gypsy Caravan, Wax Museum, Insane Asylum, Horror Movie, Alchemy Laboratory or Dungeon. Contact us with what you have to sell - the Older, the Better!