Antiques Freaks

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196 Cane Quest with Anthony Moss Oct 20, 2021

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Special guest Anthony Moss (Joint Chairman of The Antique Walking Cane Society, member of The International Society of Cane Collectors, and a regular speaker at Canemania) is here to tell us all about the history and collecting and canes! From glass canes to sword canes to squirting canes and everything in between and beyond, join us on our epic Cane Quest.

For more cool canes, check out Anthony's book, A Visual History of Walking Sticks and Canes, available now wherever fine tomes are found!

195 Hobby Lobby Oct 13, 2021

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Special guest, brilliant author O. F. Cieri, joins the podcast to talk about antiquities, the looting of antiquities, and how Hobby Lobby came to represent the moral and legal crime of trading in looted antiquities! Plus, how museums work, the importance of antiquity repatriation, and MORE!

194 Antiques Creepypasta Oct 06, 2021

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Creepypasta - spooky stories from strangers on the internet. Do they contain antiques? Yes! Are they any good? Remains to be seen! Thrill at the chilling tales of demonic kaleidoscopes, haunted dolls, and the forbidden episode of Antiques Roadshow!

193 Faberge Eggs Sep 29, 2021

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Friend of the podcast Paris from Terrible Book Club is BACK AGAIN to help Dee explore the wonderful, wacky, and tragical story of Faberge Eggs! Learn how the experts identify the Faberge, learn how the not-experts spend too much money on the Fauxberge, and remember how dang cute Bartok from the animated Anastasia movie was.

192 Deck Prisms Sep 22, 2021

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A nautical history mystery where 19th-century whaling meets Dinotopia. Featuring cameos by the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror!

191 Uranium Glass Sep 15, 2021

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Friend of the podcast Paris from Terrible Book Club joins Dee for this episode on the ultimate glow-up - Uranium Glass! Learn to finally tell the difference between green glasses and whether or not the FDA thinks you should be grinding up and eating glass. (Spoiler Warning: Don't)

190 Tobacco Silks Sep 08, 2021

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Tobacco is whacko if you're a teen - but tobacco silks are for everyone! As are satins, cottons, flannels, and felts. Masonic tobacco silk quilt, anyone? (Apologies for our neglect of the vaping community.)

189 The Haunted Jarvee - Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, with Terrible Book Club! Sep 01, 2021

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Our friends Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us once again for another thrilling adventure! Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, an Edwardian supernatural Sherlock Holmes, investigates a haunted ship in his most sensual escapade yet. Frankly, this episode isn't appropriate for anyone. Except, perhaps, the sea.

Check out Chris's editing services for all your audio needs at oselkaaudio.com! (Or email him directly: Chris.Ramusiewicz@gmail.com)

188 Demitasse, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate Aug 25, 2021

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So many delightfully tiny cups! So many wee saucers! And so many elegant pots! But which are for tea, which are for coffee, and which are for drinking chocolate? And while we're here, what the heck is a demitasse cup? The answers to all this and more on this week's episode of Antiques Freaks!

187 Rhinestones Aug 18, 2021

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Shimmering, sparkling, and superior to diamonds in every regard, it's time to explore vintage and antique costume jewelery with rhinestones!

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