Meet the antiquers behind Antique Junque.

It’s a collection of 29 years managed by antiquers Chris Page and Margaret McGir.

Mr Page said the business fell into his lap when he met an old antiques dealer in the Blue Mountains who was ready to sell up and ship out.

“It was serendipitous, pure chance,” he said.

Among their treasures are a set of bull horns rumoured to have been carved and decorated by notorious bushranger Ned Kelly’s sisters’ boyfriend.

“We don’t put all of our best stuff in the shop. Chris has his own personal collection,” Ms McGir said.

“But we call ourselves Antique Junque and that is definitely meant to convey the idea that we try and value everything in a way – things that are not necessarily valuable we don’t throw away.

“We try to make things nobody wants look interesting, then somebody will come in and often it will remind them of someone. There’s a lot of nostalgia and memory and it’s really to do with valuing things.”

The pair are fond of shows on hoarding and said they are interested in the dangers of keeping items.

“There is always a danger in hanging onto things and not throwing them away,” Ms McGir said.

“Luckily for us, having a shop probably saves us from being in that category – we’re probably on the spectrum but I think having a shop counts as recycling.”

The pair plan to continue working in the shop for the “foreseeable future”.

“We plan to do this for as long as we’ve got our faculties – I think some people already think we’ve lost the plot,” Ms McGir laughs.

“We’re still here and I think that’s a great benefit that we are here, though we do rely a lot on passing traffic.

“Usually it’s pretty busy around the Australia Day weekend.”

This year they plan to restart their Trash and Treasure markets and start a Book Barn out the back.

Antique Junque is located on the corner of Aspley and Derby street sin Walcha.