Website: https://rarebirdantiques.com/
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Rare Bird Antiques, also known as Rare Bird Antique Mall, is an antique and vintage retail mall located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, approximately 20 minutes north of downtown Nashville off Interstate 65. The mall opened in 1996 and offers a multi-dealer retail environment featuring antiques, vintage furniture, collectibles, and repurposed goods across more than 10,000 square feet of retail space.
Products
Rare Bird Antiques houses multiple independent dealers, each operating individual booths within the mall. The combined inventory spans a wide range of antique and vintage categories, including:
- Antique and vintage furniture
- Collectibles
- Glassware and art
- Mid-century pieces
- Industrial and retro items
- Re-purposed and upcycled finds
- Vintage games, pottery, glass, silver, and linens
Owner Lori Hanks, who also serves as a dealer in the mall, is noted on the site as specializing in ironstone, tole trays, cloisonné, and bird-themed items. Because the mall is dealer-driven — the site references approximately fifty independent dealers operating individual booths — the available stock rotates continually as dealers add and sell pieces, giving repeat visitors a changing selection.
About
Rare Bird Antiques opened in 1996. According to the company’s website, it was founded by Jon and Joan Wright, who retired in April 2017. Jon specialized in automobilia and advertising signs, while Joan collected old store merchandise. Since 2017 the business has been owned by Lori and Jody Hanks. Lori actively manages daily operations and serves as a dealer, while Jody maintains a law practice as “of counsel” with Mainsail Lawyers. The business is described as family-owned and operated.
The mall has connections to film and television productions. The website notes that items from Rare Bird have been featured in films including Walk the Line, Water for Elephants, and Patsy & Loretta, as well as television programming including ABC’s Nashville and CMT.
Location & Contact
- Address: 212 S. Main Street, Goodlettsville, TN 37072
- Phone: 615.851.2635
- Email: [email protected]
- Hours: Monday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The mall is located on South Main Street in Goodlettsville, approximately 20 minutes north of downtown Nashville and positioned just off Interstate 65 for shoppers traveling from the greater Nashville area.
Additional Information
Rare Bird Antiques offers booth rental for dealers interested in selling within the mall, making it both a retail destination and a venue for independent antique and vintage sellers. The website maintains a blog covering categories such as collectibles, glass, holidays, ironstone, linens, pottery, and silver. The business is also present on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Yelp, and TripAdvisor.
With more than 10,000 square feet of space and roughly fifty independent dealers, the mall presents a broad and changing selection of antique, vintage, and repurposed merchandise to visitors. The dealer-booth model means shoppers encounter a wide cross-section of categories — from furniture and glassware to pottery, silver, linens, and collectibles — under a single roof, while the booth-rental option supports independent sellers looking for retail space in the Goodlettsville area.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (rarebirdantiques.com).