197 Haunted Doll Selling on Etsy
Or; How (Not) to Sell a Haunted Doll on Etsy!
Oct 27, 2021•22 min•Ep. 199
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196 Cane Quest with Anthony Moss
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!...
Oct 20, 2021•30 min•Ep. 198
195 Hobby Lobby
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!
Oct 13, 2021•59 min•Ep. 197
194 Antiques Creepypasta
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!
Oct 06, 2021•41 min•Ep. 196
193 Faberge Eggs
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.
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 195
192 Deck Prisms
A nautical history mystery where 19th-century whaling meets Dinotopia. Featuring cameos by the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror!
Sep 22, 2021•18 min•Ep. 194
191 Uranium Glass
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)
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 193
190 Tobacco Silks
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.)
Sep 08, 2021•20 min•Ep. 192
189 The Haunted Jarvee - Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, with Terrible Book Club!
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)
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 191
188 Demitasse, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate
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!
Aug 25, 2021•20 min•Ep. 190
187 Rhinestones
Shimmering, sparkling, and superior to diamonds in every regard, it's time to explore vintage and antique costume jewelery with rhinestones!
Aug 18, 2021•21 min•Ep. 189
186 Skeleton Keys
Unlock the knowledge of spooky scary skeleton keys! Goth as heck and so so affordable - bet you can't collect just one!
Aug 11, 2021•25 min•Ep. 188
185 What Not to Donate! Thrifting with Nigel
Our friend Nigel joins us for a behind-the-scenes look at a major thrift store chain. What becomes of antiques in the donation bin? Tune in to find out! Content warning for discussions of child endangerment and death.
Aug 04, 2021•44 min•Ep. 187
184 Folding Fans
We return with fantastic fanfare to our history of folding fans!
Jul 28, 2021•28 min•Ep. 186
183 Lovejoy - The Firefly Cage
It's the classic 1980s British TV tale of a rogue antiques dealer (Ian McShane) solving antiques mysteries! Including cricket cages, coal carving, explosions, ambiguously gay fishermen, and the single most boring auction ever filmed.
Jul 21, 2021•21 min•Ep. 185
182 Varney the Vampire, Chapter Two (1845)
Hi folks, Ken here! We had a minor medical emergency this past week - nothing to worry about, everyone is fine, but it did prevent podcast recording. So instead, we have the second chapter of the penny dreadful Varney the Vampire . You may remember chapter one from last October. Since then, we've been reading aloud a chapter a week over on our Patreon. And today, we release chapter two from the Patreon vaults. We hope to be back next week with a regular Antiques Freaks episode. Thanks so much fo...
Jul 14, 2021•25 min•Ep. 184
181 Magic: the Gathering
One trading card. Half a million dollars. What? How? Why? Our friends Daniel and Jon join us for a round-table discussion about Magic: the Gathering, a trading card game of wizards, spells, and wildly unpredictable secondary markets. Including, but not limited to: Tinybones Trinket Thief, Rebecca Guay, and the infamous Black Lotus.
Jul 07, 2021•53 min•Ep. 183
180 Advertising Fans
Summer heat got you down? Cool off with our historical look at vintage and antique advertising fans!
Jun 30, 2021•23 min•Ep. 182
A Stitch In Time - The Boardwalk Antiques Shop
Join us for the third and final novella in the antiques-themed romance trilogy, wherein we find sewing machine valuations and a bizzaro-universe antiques convention!
Jun 23, 2021•50 min•Ep. 181
178 Harajuku Fashion History with Sarah Sews!
Sarah Sews returns to tell us all about how Japanese street fashion became an international sensation with genuine vintage pieces and historically-inspired designs!
Jun 16, 2021•59 min•Ep. 180
177 SylvaC Pottery
UK kitsch is here! Learn about the adorable Staffordshire ceramics company SylvaC and all the bunnies and puppies your heart can hold.
Jun 09, 2021•21 min•Ep. 179
Solving for X - The Boardwalk Antiques Shop
We return to the antiques romance trilogy The Boardwalk Antiques Shop to review the second novella in the collection, Solving for X! Fewer antiques than promised, and what remains is certainly... something.
Jun 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 178
175 Jelly Molds
From the kitchen drawers of yesteryear to the kitchen walls of today, it's jelly molds! Or gelatin molds. Or Jell-O molds. Pick yer poison.
May 26, 2021•33 min•Ep. 177
Message in a Bottle - The Boardwalk Antiques Shop
Love is in the air! The Antiques Freaks return to reviewing antiques-themed fiction with the romantic novella trilogy The Boardwalk Antiques Shop by Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson, and Heather B. Moore.
May 19, 2021•54 min•Ep. 176
173 Pie Birds
Are your pies soggy? Do you wish you had an adorable ceramic kitchen friend to ensure crisp crust? Are you in the market for a tiny porcelain bird, goat, or dragon? You're in luck, because pie birds are here!
May 12, 2021•30 min•Ep. 175
172 The Horror! Stilton's Antiques by Bruce Blake
The antiques are on point! The horror, not so much. This week the Antiques Freaks review the short horror story Stilton's Antiques by Bruce Blake. Haunted dolls, funerary relics, and spooky antics abound! Content warning for discussions of historical and fictional child death.
May 05, 2021•28 min•Ep. 174
171 Victorian Toast
What did it take to get toast onto the breakfast table in the Victorian era? A lot. Like, a whole lot.
Apr 28, 2021•25 min•Ep. 173
170 Rae Dunn
Beanie Babies, but make it home goods. It's time to cover the collecting frenzy over minimalist ceramics designer Rae Dunn.
Apr 21, 2021•44 min•Ep. 172
169 Staple Repairs for Porcelain and Ceramics
Cracked a mug? Snapped a plate in half? Shattered a bone china teacup containing the soul of a Victorian workhouse orphan? Why not repair it... with STAPLES! (With bonus hints on why used car haggling doesn't work in the antiques world.)
Apr 14, 2021•33 min•Ep. 171
168 The Find! Carnacki the Ghost Finder with Terrible Book Club
Everyone's favorite Edwardian ghost-hunting Sherlock Holmes rip-off is back for another adventure! Together with Chris and Paris of the Terrible Book Club podcast, the Antiques Freaks delve into the spooky mysteries of the antiquarian book trade.
Apr 07, 2021•46 min•Ep. 170
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