Antiques Freaks

Deck Chairs with Dr. Elizabeth Yuko

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko returns to educate the Antiques Freaks on the wild history of deck chairs - from tuberculosis sanitoria to the Adirondacks to the Titanic and beyond!

346 Ch. 27 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

While Ken recuperates, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults - wherein we discover the noble confidence of Flora Bannerworth in her lover, her opinion of the three letters, and the Admiral's admiration!

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345 Women Silversmiths with Carolyn Law

Carolyn Law takes Dee and Ken on an adventure throughout the hidden history of women silversmiths! Including Hester Bateman, Anne Tanqueray, Clara Barck Welles, and Frances Macbeth Glessner. Carolyn is a personal property appraiser with a specialization in silver, English, Irish, American Colonial and Federal; a collector of 18th century English silver, particularly by women silversmiths; an author of articles on silver and appraisal practice in Silver Magazine; and a member of the UK Silver Society. 

You can learn more about Carolyn and her work at CarolynLawAntiques.com

344 Ch. 26 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults, wherein Charles Holland writes three letters - OR DOES HE!?

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343 Antiques Fraud! Earl Washington Woodblocks

Dee and Ken demonstrate a troubling lack of moral fiber in this fascinating tale of high art fraud! Once upon a time there was a truly excellent printmaker whose woodblock carvings and illustrations made viewers weep for their beauty. Unfortunately good art doesn’t pay. You know what does? Crime. Never apologize for your art.

342 The Terror (2018) - Historical Costuming with Hannah

Our old shipmate Hannah Haverkamp returns to regale us with the historical inspiration behind the costumes of The Terror! For all your age of sail, nautical, polar exploration, Victorian, historical-fiction-with-a-supernatural-twist needs. Featuring Royal Navy uniforms (and their lack of uniformity), Inuit engineering, and the thematic tragedy of Carnivale.

Hannah’s Sources

• Parks Canada "Dressing For Arctic Expedition"
• Terror Camp 2022 Keynote: Annie Symon (Costume Designer)
• Terror Camp 2021 Panel D - Costuming: Alexa Figuerres (Uniforms and Undress), and Kit Barton (Carnivale)
• "Tales of the Doomed Franklin Expedition Long Ignored the Inuit Side, But “The Terror” Flips the Script" - Kat Eschner, for Smithsonian
• DRESSED TO KILL: BRITISH NAVAL UNIFORM, MASCULINITY, AND CONTEMPORARY FASHIONS 1748-1857 – Amy Miller
• THE ROYAL NAVY 1790-1970 – Robert Wilkinson-Latham HOW TO READ A SUIT – Lydia Edwards

Ken’s Sources

• Erebus by Michael Palin
• Terrorspotting by Tealin on tumblr
• every post collected under our Terror tag on tumblr

Dee’s Sources

• ‘Our ancestors returned home’: How a Chilkat robe made its way back to Southeast Alaska by Tripp J Crouse, KTOO
• watching the ding-danged show The Terror (2018) season one on AMC

341 Ch. 25 - Varney the Vampire, or, the Feast of Blood (1845)

Wherein Admiral Bell serves up a shaggy fish story that proves Charles Holland got his authorship talent from his uncle.

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340 Magic Lantern and Chromatropes

Back in MY day (read: 18th and 19th century) we had to make our OWN Netflix! Uphill! Both ways! With hand-painted frame-by-frame animations spinning around an open flame! Kids these days don’t know how good they have it, or how shockingly affordable these handcrafted works of mechanical art have become on the secondary market.

339 The Hall and Staircase - Decorative Electricity with a Chapter on Fire Risks (1891)

Victorian interior decorating, now with electricity! Paris of Terrible Book Club joins the Antiques Freaks for a deeper dive into our old friend Decorative Electricity. Where once we presented you a Sparknotes summary, we now give you the full text of Chapter Three: The Hall and Staircase. Join us, won’t you? Thank you.

338 Ch. 24 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

"With a heightened colour she gently repulsed him."

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337 Dough Boxes

When is a dough box not a dough box? Learn to tell the dough boxes from the doughn’t boxes with the Antiques Freaks!

336 Match Safes

Finally, a safe place for the Victorians to keep their matches. Now with attached knife!

335 Ch. 23 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Jack Pringle returns! Admiral Bell meets Sir Francis Varney face-to-face! The Hollandaise are disbanded (again)! All this and more in the twenty-third chapter of Varney the Vampire!

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334 Fruit Crate Labels

Happy June, everybody. The Antiques Freaks delve into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of vintage and antique produce crate labels to emerge from a twisted game with shocking treasures.

333 Questions? Answers!

You asked ‘em, we answered ‘em! Our listener questions episode covers such diverse topics as coastal grandpa, art glass, The Lighthouse, which antiques would be best for desert island survival, what item from today’s trash will become tomorrow’s treasure, how not to become a hoarder, which antiques trends surprised us, our antiques white whales, and where to find the best antiques in New England this summer!

332 Fairy Lamps

The burglar’s horror! If you’ve ever wanted to trap Tinkerbell in your own home, we have the Victorian glassware for you.

331 Ch. 22 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

All we're saying is that nobody has ever seen Chillingworth and Jack Pringle in the same place at the same time.

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330 Guardian Serviceware

All hail the aluminum knight, defender of nutrition!

329 P - The Sailor’s Word Book (1867) with special guest Hannah!

What is a lobster? We just don’t know. But we’re pretty sure we know how to prevent scurvy with one weird trick that doctors don’t want you to know about. Keep a weather eye out for Beef Hardtack!

328 Ch. 21 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Wherein is foreshadowed the return of Chillingworth!

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