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Chor Bazaar, Mumbai

The second-hand and antique market.

The antiques and salvage market, on Mutton Street off Grant Road. The name means thieves’ market; the usual explanation is that it was originally Shor Bazaar, the noisy market, and the name shifted. Either way it has sold colonial furniture, brass, gramophones, car parts, film posters, chandeliers and reproductions since the nineteenth century.

Provenance is what you make of it. A great deal of what is sold as antique is reproduction, and the dealers will tell you so if you ask directly. Friday is traditionally the big day.

8named shops and sections
5things to know
2trades listed
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Inside the market

The sections, the shops and what each one sells
NameWhereWhat is there
Mutton Street1850soff Grant RoadThe main antiques lane; furniture, brass, lamps, gramophones.
Furniture dealersMutton Street and aroundColonial and Art Deco furniture, restored and unrestored.
Brass and metalware shopsMutton StreetLamps, vessels, nautical instruments, door fittings.
Film poster and memorabilia dealersMutton StreetHand-painted Hindi film posters, mostly reproductions now.
Car and machine parts lanesaround Mutton StreetVintage car parts; a serious trade with its own following.
Reproduction workshopsbehind the marketWhere a good deal of the ‘antique’ stock is made.
Phillips Antiques1860Colaba, opposite the RegalThe documented end of the same trade, if you want provenance.
Null BazaaradjoiningThe general market next door.

Worth knowing before you go

  • Friday is the traditional big day.
  • Assume reproduction unless told otherwise, and ask directly — dealers usually answer honestly.
  • Bargain hard. Opening prices are several times the closing ones.
  • Genuine antiquities over a hundred years old are export-controlled under Indian law.
  • Most shops shut on Friday afternoon for prayers.
Named shops

Antiques and Second-Hand Goods

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Named houses

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NameWhereWhat they carry
Dadabhai & Sons 1904Mutton Street, Chor BazaarAntique and Art Deco furniture, industrial pieces and mid-century lighting since 1904; the family firm moved into film props and antique restoration, and is the dealer the street is known for.
Taherallys26/28 Mutton StreetLeather trunks and suitcases; one of the oldest names on the street.
Mini Art Centre145, Mutton StreetVintage dial telephones and wooden phones.
Camera House Miniature Shop137, Mutton Street, opp. the masjidVintage cameras, typewriters, film and ink.
Bought & Sold40/A, Mutton StreetVintage cameras.
Mansoori Curio Shop32, Mutton Street, Shop 3Old televisions, radios and curios.
Indian Art Corner66/9, Sayyed Abu Mohammad Road, Mutton Street cornerBollywood posters, lobby cards and stills.
Vintage CuriosityGround Floor, 145, Mutton Street, opp. Ali TowerVintage watches: HMT, Citizen, Orient, Seiko.

What is traded here, trade by trade

Antiques and Second-Hand GoodsElectrical and Hardware

The other markets

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