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Rich Man Poor Man opens new
antique shop in Morro Bay
Rich Man Poor Man is an
antique lover’s paradise. With
8,000 square feet and 35 antique
dealers, it’s hard to imagine walk-
ing out without finding a treasure.
With the original store already a
long-time Cambria tradition, the
second location opening in Morro
Bay in April is the culmination of
owner JoAnna Crebs’ collecting and
curating efforts.
“I’ve spent my time working on
attracting the best talent, and this
store has been the fruition of that,”
aaid Joanna. She has taken her time
finding the best antique dealers for
the store. Like her and her husband
Myles, many of the dealers are
enjoying this as a second career.
They’re professionals who take
pride in what they find and sell. She
adds, “These folks are not junkin’
around. They work on getting a
really good product. At this store,
we only allow antiques and vintage.
You’re allowed to have just a little
bit of new for décor. This is a true
antique store.”
So, what’s the difference
between the thrift stores that have
been popping up everywhere and
an antique store like Rich Man Poor
Morro Bay store
showcases antiques
and vintage
Man? Antiques are over 100 years
old. Vintage is 20 years old or older.
Thrift stores tend to offer contem-
porary items that others have given
away, with sprinklings of vintage,
and an occasional antique treasure.
The majority of things in Rich Man
Poor Man are antique or vintage.
They’re also beautiful items because
JoAnna Crebs likes pretty things.
She fell in love with antiques
at 18 years old when a co-worker
invited her to an auction. “I said,
oh okay, I don’t know what that is,
but I’ll go. And I bought things. I
bought a lot of things, and I was
hooked.” She then explained that
this was during the 1970s, “nothing
was really pretty then.” She fell in
love with the beauty of the vintage
and antique pieces. She stopped
buying new things and started
collecting older more interesting
items.
She and her husband were
corporate accountants, a far cry
from antique dealers, but they
always preferred the old to the new.
Their accounting jobs took them
to Stone Mountain, Georgia, and
while there, they opened an antique
store. They worked as accountants
during the week and ran the store
on weekends. Sourcing antiques
in Georgia was fun said Joanna
because Southerners were like,
“Oh this old thing.” Of course, she
and Myles appreciated the antique
treasures that people were trying to
sell or declutter.
Rich Man Poor Man started
in 1976 in Visalia. Joanna was an
antique dealer in the Visalia store
before the store opened in Cayucos
in the mid-1980s. For many years
the couple juggled both accounting
Rich Man Poor Man in Morro Bay.