Antiques Freaks

184 Folding Fans

We return with fantastic fanfare to our history of folding fans!

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.

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 for listening, and enjoy!

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.

180 Advertising Fans

Summer heat got you down? Cool off with our historical look at vintage and antique advertising fans!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

171 Victorian Toast

What did it take to get toast onto the breakfast table in the Victorian era? A lot. Like, a whole lot.

170 Rae Dunn

Beanie Babies, but make it home goods. It's time to cover the collecting frenzy over minimalist ceramics designer Rae Dunn.

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.)

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.

167 The Blue Boy

In 1770, master portraitist Thomas Gainsborough created a Rococo painting whose inexplicable universal appeal would echo on down through the ages into 20th century home decor and 21st century flea markets. Make room in your heart for this most splendid of boys!

166 Old Clothes and Conclusion! The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy (1876)

A Lounger At Clubs polishes off his masterwork with a chapter dedicated to a topic near and dear to our hearts - vintage fashion, or as he would have it, Old Clothes. What can be done to spruce up a vintage Victorian wardrobe? What 19th-century style advice remains? Join us for the conclusion to our antique fashion journey!

165 Charm Bracelets

From their magical history to their modern capitalist underpinnings and all the beautiful antique and vintage pieces in between, learn the many charms of charm bracelets!