Antiques Freaks

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?

119 Neon 2! with special guest DJ!

Neon returns! We chat with DJ, a neon bender and restorer, to learn about how to tell new neon from old, what the coolest pieces are, and why it's superior to LEDs!

And don't forget to check out @d_j_neon on instagram for wicked cool neon art!

118 Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan

It's time for another antiques cozy mystery! The good: this one actually has antiques! The less-good: pretty much everything else!

117 Lettuceware

Lettuce tell you about Lettuceware! Spoiler alert: it's cabbage kitsch.

116 Victorian Flower Language: Gay Edition!

Now is the time for gay Victorians! Violets, calamus, green carnations, and hyacinth. Don't let heteronormative flower dictionaries limit your bouquet-based communications! Listen up and learn about the plants that mean a great deal to the gay Victorian heart.

115 Tagged for Death

This week we dive into "Tagged for Death" by Sherry Harris, an antiques-themed cozy mystery that was neither antiques-themed nor cozy! Reader beware the perils of false marketing.

114 Victorian Flower Language

Sickening whimsy returns with the Language of Flowers! What does the bouquet you just received REALLY mean? If an acquaintance just handed you some rhododendron, watch out! And listen up while you're at it, because the Antiques Freaks are here with the floriography you need to make it in high society.

113 Milk Bottles

Milk bottles. They're like bottles, but for milk. Got it? (Paid for by Big Dairy.)