Antiques Freaks

138 Walkingware

This ware was made for walking, and that's just what it'll do! Rejoice in the adorable kitsch of dishes, cups, plates, bowls, and all sorts of ceramics with cute little feet.

137 Fiestaware

Brightly colored art deco ceramics come in all sorts of delightful collectible hues. Homer Laughlin produced a whole rainbow of cups, plates, bowls, and sundries to mix and match and have a ball!

136 Etsy

Join the Antiques Freaks for a casual chat about our favorite online selling platform for antiques and vintage goods - Etsy!

135 Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood

Hail, wind, and rain! The Antiques Freaks explore the first chapter of the Victorian penny dreadful that paved the way for Dracula.

134 Smalls

What are smalls? We just don't know. But they do form the backbone of the antiques industry! (You can have two fast nickels or one slow dime.)

133 Pixieware

From Amherst, Massachusetts comes kitschy condiment containers! Learn about Holt Howard's Pixieware and marvel at the mystery of the spoofy spoon.

132 Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (with Terrible Book Club)

It's time for an Edwardian ghost-hunting Sherlock Holmes knock-off! We do a live read of the William Hope Hodgson short story The Searcher of End House from the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. Including bingo, wet-aged mutton, and our special guests Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast. It's the very best/worst of 1910s science fiction.

131 Upcycling!

Turning trash into treasure! Or turning treasure into trash? The upsides and downsides of upcycling.

130 Lockets

Wherein it turns out Little Orphan Annie was a documentary this whole time.

129 Hen on Nest (Chicken Dishes)

By popular demand! Everyone's talking about the infinite varieties of poultry-themed glassware!

128 Glass Insulators

We need something to protect our precious electricity from the wood vampires. Enter: the glass insulator! And come with us on a collectible treasure hunt!

127 Tin Toys

By listener demand, it's Toy Story: Tin Edition!

126 Snuff Bottles

Not boxes - bottles! Join the Antiques Freaks as we learn about collectible and antique Chinese snuff bottles. Back in my day, we had to paint our tobacco-snorting miniatures upside-down at right angles inside tiny medicine bottles, uphill both ways through the snow - and we liked it!

125 Vintage Jewelry with Sara Duchovnay of Songbird Sara Jewelry!

Recorded in May, professional opera singer and jewelry expert Sara Duchovnay chats with the Antiques Freaks about saving treasures from scrap heaps, the positive ecological impact of antique engagement rings, and her wealth of knowledge about beautiful artifacts from human history! Connect with Sara on Instagram @songbirdsarajewelry and check out her online shop: songbirdsaraantiquejewelry.com !

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124 Antiques Fraud! Cottingley Fairy Photos

Sherlock Holmes would have cracked this case. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not. Make way for The Coming of the Fairies! (Houdini not included.)

123 Humidors

Are your cigars too moist? Or not moist enough? Fret not! A vintage humidor will probably make the problem worse in either or both directions!

122 Wedding Cake Toppers

Need your wedding cake taller than Shaq? Go full Miss Havisham and try a vintage wedding cake topper today! (Apologies to the Kennedy estate.)

121 Larceny and Old Lace by Tamar Myers

It's time for another antiques-themed cozy mystery! The first in the Den of Antiquity series, this novel has it all. The murder weapon? An antique. The motive? Another antique. The victim? Antiques dealer. The sleuth? Another antiques dealer. The suspects? Even more antiques dealers! It's antiques all the way down!

120 Barbie!

It's vintage doll time! Dive in to the history of Barbie, Mattel's greatest creation, from her glories to her horrors. What mysterious chemical forever changed her? Why are doll wigs so terrifying? And whatever became of Midge?