Antiques Freaks

076 Antiques Fraud! Tear Catchers

Once upon a time, ancient Romans began the tradition of catching their tears in tiny glass bottles, a tradition which the Victorians carried on throughout the nineteenth century. OR DID THEY? Learn the lies behind the lachrymatory!

075 Cast Iron Pans

Put the spider on the cross. Cleanse your sins with fire and lye. The time has come to join the Cast Iron Cult.

074 Staffordshire Murder Pottery

What do the Red Barn Murder, the Murders at Stanfield Hall, the Bermondsey Horror, and the Prince of Poisoners have in common? They're all immortalized in Staffordshire pottery! Because the only thing the Victorians loved more than murder was knick-knacks.

073 Neon Signs

A bubble that will never burst! Enter the realm of the tube-benders, and join the noble gases on their quest to light up the night!

072 Lesbian Pulp Fiction

I Am A Woman (In Love With a Woman - Must Society Reject Me?) and other fantastical tales from the Isle of Lesbos! The true story behind Beebo Brinker! Which man had his fictional protagonist read his nonfiction tome? Which woman pretended to be a literary agent to represent herself several times over? And just how much is The Price of Salt? There is only one answer sufficient for all these questions: Harold, they're lesbians.

071 Antiques Fraud! The Keno Twins

Antiques Roadshow stars behaving badly! Twins bidding against each other! Auction fever blazing! What harm can one or three Coors Lights do? Join us on this wild ride.

070 Antiques Fraud! Jefferson Wine

What if one of the founding fathers of America had bought wine in Paris? And what if a bottle of that wine happened to show up at a Christie's auction? And what if no one questioned its veracity until it was too late? All these inquiries and more answered on this very special episode, where we drag billionaires into the dirt where they belong.

069 The New Home Sewing Machine Co. and the Grout Automobile

How does one tiny New England town go from chair-making to sewing machines to steam-powered cars in just one century? Come along with us on a wild journey through the history of the New Home Sewing Machine Co.!

068 Cast Iron Door Stop

Do you wish your door would move less? We may just have a solution. CAST IRON DOOR STOPS! Special shout out to #brickclub.

067 Dead Birds on Hats

It begins with John James "Bonkers for Birds" Audubon and ends with the Migratory Birds Treaty Act. With some pit stops along the way for Teddy Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, and the Audubonnet. Vintage fashion is wild, y'all. Almost as wild as all these dead birds! Seriously, entire hummingbird corpses for earrings. It's bananas.

066 Tiffany

It's time to learn about Louis Comfort Tiffany, the Gilded Age glassware mogul who contributed almost no creativity to the company that bears his name!

065 Dime Novels

Delve into the daring adventures of Deadwood Dick - amongst others! Yes, it's time to read up on America's answer to the penny dreadful.

064 Model Trains

From the earliest piddler to the lion known as Lionel, come learn about model trains! With a slight detour into Gillette Castle.

063 Valuing Vintage and Antique Sewing Machines

What's that old Singer treadle cabinet in the attic worth? Absolutely nothing? Probably! But let us explore further and see if we might find some gold-plated dolphins in the rough.

062 Appraisals

What is this antique, and how much is it worth? We're no Antiques Roadshow, but we'll give it a shot, and show you how to do it, too!

061 Regretsy

From the mysterious origins of Helen Killer to the swift and sudden demise at the peak of popularity, we chronicle the one blog who dared to take on the crappy crafts and vulgar vintage offerings of the Etsy marketplace: Regretsy.

060 Diamonds

Diamonds are a girl's best friend? Nope. Diamonds are forever? Not even close. Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust? Sure! Join us on a nightmare spiral of lies as we discover how diamonds tie into the antiques industry.

059 Buttonhooks

In a dark age before the dawn of zippers, we had buttons. So many buttons. Too many buttons. Solution? BUTTONHOOKS! Warning for terrible things happening to brains and eyes.

058 Razors

It's a hatchet for your face! This week we discuss razors, from their ancient origins to their stage musical and silver screen fame, all the way up to their hipster resurgence. With a pit stop in King Camp Gillette's bizarre utopian metropolis.

057 Decorative Electricity with a Chapter on Fire Risks (1891)

Meet the electric Victorian version of Martha Stewart! Mrs. J. E. H. Gordon, aka Alice, is here to tell us all how to best decorate our London townhouses. With electricity! You won't believe what she does to her Chippendale. It will rejoice the heart of your butler.