downtown vintage shop junk giant is closing, but not because of poor sales. the store, which opened in march at 303 broadway, suite b, will close sunday, sept. 18th. owner aaron swinkels said business was booming at junk giant and his other shop, vinyl giant, which opened last September at 1304 13th ave. S. as junk giant. the first store switched to focus on stereo equipment and records and got a new name in the spring, and junk giant moved downtown...

Junk giant grew too big for its space. The antique, record and vintage furnishings store at 1304 13th ave. S. has split into two. The original location now houses only records and vintage stereo equipment and it'll be renames vinyl giant once a new logo is ready, says owner aaron swinkels...

on thier farm in 1950s minnesota, ron roche and his family huddled around a radio to listen to glenn miller and duke ellington. decades later, aaron swinkels learned to dance as michael jackson played from a turntable. although 30 years apart in age, swinkels and roche frequented the same auctions in the FM area bidding on vintage audio Equipment. A few years ago, they sat next to each other and became friends...

to aaron swinkels, co-owner of antique store junk giant, there's an art to selling antiques that extends beyond buying as low as you can and selling as hight as possible. that art is about community and contrast. the store which opened in mid-september, offers more than other antique stores, which are often strictly period, swinkels said. that is where the art comes into play....

Junk Giant owner Aaron swinkels looks for "things built really well" and things that are "weird," preferably both, to fill his new antique store. The washington state native has Been "junking,"or what some refer to as antiquing, for as long as he can remember. he specializes in vintage stereo equipment, which he repairs himself, but he also sells records, furniture, lighting, cameras, and much more...