Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesday.
Episodes
Jul 28, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
20 min
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 14, 2021
Jul 14, 2021
24 min
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!
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
52 min
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.
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
22 min
Summer heat got you down? Cool off with our historical look at vintage and antique advertising fans!
Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
49 min
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 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
59 min
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 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021
20 min
UK kitsch is here! Learn about the adorable Staffordshire ceramics company SylvaC and all the bunnies and puppies your heart can hold.
Jun 2, 2021
Jun 2, 2021
36 min
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.
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
33 min
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 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
54 min
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 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
30 min
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 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
28 min
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.
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
25 min
What did it take to get toast onto the breakfast table in the Victorian era? A lot. Like, a whole lot.
Apr 21, 2021
Apr 21, 2021
44 min
Beanie Babies, but make it home goods. It's time to cover the collecting frenzy over minimalist ceramics designer Rae Dunn.
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
33 min
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 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
46 min
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.
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
26 min
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!
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021
18 min
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!
Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
38 min
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!