Black Diamonds Aren't Forever

Black Diamond Antiques & Collectibles
Schuylkill Mall - Frackville, PA
Photo Album / Video
This store truly was a treasure.  Going to Black Diamond was like walking through 50,000 square feet of eBay.  I've seen a little of everything here: records, VHS tapes, video games, toys, comics, advertising signs, arcade machines, even phone booths from the early 20th century.  The store was broken up into over a hundred separate booths.  Some of them had a theme, like vintage music or collectibles.  Others were a random assortment that looked more like a yard sale.  Just about every booth had pretty cool stuff, most of which was less expensive than buying it online.  It's the kind of place you could spend a full day just walking around, even if you didn't buy anything.  Sadly, after 14 years, they are closing for good at the end of the day.

For some reason, Black Diamond was really touchy about cameras, but I managed to take about 300 photos and a video walk-through to share, so at least some small parts of this incredible store can live on.

Walking Through Black Diamond

Black Diamond Antiques & Collectibles
Schuylkill Mall - Frackville, PA
Angie and I took a trip to Black Diamond to buy some vintage toys and collectibles as an early Christmas present to ourselves.  This is an almost 20 minute walk-through of the store.

Black Diamond is an incredible place to walk around and spend a few hours.  If you get tired, the other side of the mall has a movie theater to spend a few hours relaxing.

Black Diamond

Black Diamond Antiques & Collectibles
Schuylkill Mall - Frackville, PA
This is my absolute favorite store.  It's located in the former Hess Department Store anchor at the Schuylkill Mall, and it's feels like walking through eBay.  The store is divided up into about 75 separate vendors, each of which have merchandise set up on tables and shelves.  The people who are selling this merchandise aren't manning their stations like a flea market.  Instead, their items are tagged with stickers that identify which vendor they came from, which allows you to push a shopping cart through the place and pay for everything all at once at the same cash register.

Dad, Grandma and I took a trip there earlier today, and I managed to take a few photos of some of the items available for sale.  I could probably have taken a thousand pictures and still not come close to fully documenting this place, but the staff here is a little touchy about cameras, so I had to be a little careful about who was around when I took out the camera.  Still, this is a decent cross section of the kinds of things you'll find when shopping at Black Diamond.