Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesday.
Episodes
Oct 21, 2020
Oct 21, 2020
20 min
We return to the Victorian self-help guide to learn how to select the most fashionable and economical wardrobe of waistcoats and trousers, with perhaps a few hints as to the true identity of the mysterious author A Lounger At Clubs.
Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
22 min
Improve any porcelain instantly by adding DRAGONS! We chat about this delightful variety of vintage and antique Japanese pottery - some with hidden secrets!
Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
29 min
We return to The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy by A Lounger at the Clubs to hear this mysterious author's thoughts on coats. From antimacassars to fundaments to the humble origins of Orlando Bloom's career, it's a refreshingly shade-tastic journey through Victorian fashion.
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
24 min
Join us as we explore how these two Japanese pottery terms came to be so intertwined in the antiques industry.
Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020
24 min
A fashionable wardrobe for the discerning gentleman need not be expensive! Please enjoy this whimsical Victorian self-help book, with tips such as: always pay cash, consider occasionally dampening your trousers with a wet sponge, and brush the street filth off your clothes before it rains!
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
1hr 15 min
Our friends Paris and Chris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us once again for another read-along of everyone's favorite Edwardian supernatural Sherlock Holmes rip-off, Carnacki the Ghost Finder! In the adventure of the Whistling Room, Carnacki visits a haunted castle in Ireland and finds it's full of clowns. Our extremely scientific bingo card proves this is the most Carnacki story we've read yet!
Sep 9, 2020
Sep 9, 2020
19 min
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.
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020
20 min
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!
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
32 min
Join the Antiques Freaks for a casual chat about our favorite online selling platform for antiques and vintage goods - Etsy!
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020
26 min
Hail, wind, and rain! The Antiques Freaks explore the first chapter of the Victorian penny dreadful that paved the way for Dracula.
Aug 12, 2020
Aug 12, 2020
29 min
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.)
Aug 5, 2020
Aug 5, 2020
24 min
From Amherst, Massachusetts comes kitschy condiment containers! Learn about Holt Howard's Pixieware and marvel at the mystery of the spoofy spoon.
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
1hr 28 min
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.
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
32 min
Turning trash into treasure! Or turning treasure into trash? The upsides and downsides of upcycling.
Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
29 min
Wherein it turns out Little Orphan Annie was a documentary this whole time.
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
26 min
By popular demand! Everyone's talking about the infinite varieties of poultry-themed glassware!
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
23 min
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!
Jun 24, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
19 min
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!
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020
55 min
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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