Vintage Superman, X-Men, and Spiderman comic books, are just some of the items for sale.

    Estate sale junkies have a new place to peruse for collectibles.

    Everything from original issue comic books to vintage vinyl, antique furniture and old train sets can be found at Meridian’s newest consignment shop.

    Presley’s Consignment Shop, 319 23rd Avenue South, opened earlier this month under the ownership of business partners Brenny Crager and J.D. Watson.

    They bought a vacant downtown home in September, painted it yellow, and did numerous renovations to make it right for a consignment shop.

    Crager chose the name for her dog Presley. She’s also a huge Elvis Presley fan.

    She, Watson, and her son, Brandon Waite, started moving in the inventory in February.

    Consignment shops sell merchandise for other sellers and split the proceeds. It’s a good option for some people, Crager said.

    “If it’s something they’re having trouble selling or if they don’t want to have a garage sale, if they  don’t want people coming to their house and looking at their stuff, we’ll do all that for them,” Crager said. “We kind of take the hassle away from them.”

    Their policy is to split the proceeds of the sale 60/40 if the sale is more than $100. The store gets 40 percent; the seller gets 60 percent. Anything under $100 is split 50/50.

    They also attend estate sales and buy from sellers who do not want to consign.

    “We’ll take a look at it, make an offer and do it that way,” Crager said.

    A lot of their current inventory comes from their own collections.

    “My partner is a long-time buyer and seller,” Crager said. “He loves to find it. I like to find it and keep it, but you can’t do that and I know that. Sometimes it’s hard to let things go, but you have to let it go.”

    It’s especially hard for her to let go over her Elvis memorabilia.

    Items for sale include vintage jewelry, pottery, furniture, curios, collectible knives, coins, glassware, Dick Tracy detective sets, comic books, old record albums, bedding, cuckoo clocks, leaded crystal, silver candelabras, clothes, shoes, purses, dresses, duck hunter collectibles, old pictures, fishing equipment, carnival glass, milk glass, and some electronic equipment.

    There are Beatles and Elvis albums, R&B, country, books on tape, and DVDs, — lots of DVDs.

One conversation piece is a shield used as a prop in the 1995 Jim Carrey comedy, “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.”

She found it at a garage sale.

    “The guy bought it from the movie company,” Crager said. “They were selling off the props.”

    Vintage Superman, X-Men, and Spiderman comic books, along with a slew of other lesser-known serial comics are for sale.

    The store also has collectibles such as Hull pottery, Gail Pittman pottery, and Fostoria, a brand of vintage glassware.

    There are dining collections available also.

    “A lady came in the other day and she had a broken glass that she was trying to match,” Crager said. “She found a match for it here.”

    The store is open Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays 1-5 p.m.