Antiques Freaks

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276 Cup Plates May 03, 2023

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From practical tea-time necessity to collectible glassware plague upon the local antiques industry, cup plates have gone on an incredible journey throughout history. Stay tuned for the laughing sheep!

275 Bridal Baskets Apr 26, 2023

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Dee has all the deets you could possibly want about bridal baskets just in time for wedding season. Ken has an actual real-life fever. Who will win? You, dear listener. Always you.

274 Lot No. 249 - Mummy Horror with Terrible Book Club Apr 19, 2023

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Once upon a time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote something besides Sherlock Holmes. (Shocking, we know.) What if you went to medical school in the 1880s and also your dormitory neighbor had an ancient Egyptian mummy? Chris and Paris have joined the Antiques Freaks to answer this most daring question. CONTENT WARNING for Victorian racism and Orientalism.

273 Lisa Frank Apr 12, 2023

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Frankly, she’s Lisa. Iconic rainbow graphic design from the 80s, 90s, 00s, and beyond! It’s vintage Trapper Keepers, stickers, pens, pencils, cookie jars, backpacks, and so much more—featuring beloved characters like Markie the unicorn, Rainbow the horse, Hunter the leopard, and also the weird Y2K aliens that no one likes to look at but everyone wants to own. Which one is worth three hundred bucks? Tune in to find out!

272 Antique Frames Apr 05, 2023

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When is the frame worth more than the picture within? Tune in for everything you’ve ever wanted to know about antique picture frames but were too afraid to ask!

271 Ch. 9 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845) Mar 29, 2023

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A family emergency precluded this week’s regularly scheduled antiques. Instead, please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults, wherein leaving Flora alone at home with two guns was probably the best plan the Bannerworth brothers ever had.

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270 I, Sailor - The Sailor’s Word Book (1867) Mar 22, 2023

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Ice-bound. In the wind. Iron-sick. All these nautical terms and more defined in this chapter of the Sailor’s Word Book!

269 Rain Lamps Mar 15, 2023

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20th-century kitsch turned 21st-century trend! Just watch that mineral oil drip down that fishing line and boggle at the price tag.

268 Garbageware and Texasware Mar 08, 2023

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Wherein Rachel Ray betrays the 20th-century plastics collecting community.

267 Ch. 8 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845) Mar 01, 2023

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Please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults! Wherein Mr Chillingworth proves himself an ensemble dark horse as we get a crash course in Victorian grave-robbing.

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