Antiques Freaks

028 Danger! The Snellen Reform Eye

It was the best of eyes, it was the worst of eyes. The creator of the best-selling poster in America brings you the Snellen reform eye, the greatest prosthetic eye of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There's just one little problem...

WARNING! This episode is to eyesockets what our Danger! Paris Green episode is to Victorian children. If you're sensitive to eye squick, maaaybe check out a different episode?

027 Crimson Peak (2015)

Guillermo del Toro's Gothic romance masterpiece gives the Antiques Freaks an excuse to talk about chatelaines, hair jewelry, spirit photography, and a whole lot more!

026 Antiques Fraud! Furniture

Chairs? Lies. Desks? Also lies. Antiques Freaks learn which fraud fooled the furniture experts at Versailles and how you can avoid making the same mistakes.

025 Steiff

It's time for the teddy bear parade, starring Steiff! With special guest appearance by the darkest teddy of all time.

024 Pineapples

We answer a listener question this week and discover just why there are so many gosh-darned pineapples all over antique furniture. Ken writes some pineapple fanfiction.

023 Majolica

It's our first listener-suggested episode topic: Majolica! The Victorians went wild for it. Queen Mary destroyed it. Many strong feelings this week. Get hype.

022 Chippendale

It's the Magic Mike of furniture, Chippendale!

021 Danger! Paris Green

Fashion... to DIE for! Antiques Freaks explain the deadly Victorian pigment Paris green. (Warning: if you're sensitive to bad things happening to kids, you may want to listen with one finger on the skip button.)

020 Josiah Wedgwood

One potter to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them. We delve deep (perhaps... too deep...) into the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood and his incredible ceramics legacy.

019 Definitions II: Ceramics Edition

How do you pronounce "sevres"? We don't know. But we do know why all dolls are haunted. Join us on a journey of ceramics discovery.

018 Transferware

Transfer where? Transfer here! With transferware. Learn how to live up to your blue-and-white china. (Apologies to Oscar Wilde.)

017 Wheat Pennies

Check your pockets! There might be antiques in there! Tune in to learn the scandalous history of the fabled wheat penny.

016 Calling Cards (and Calling Card Cases)

Are you a big nerd for Victorian nonsense? Tune in to learn all about the bizzare social ritual of calling cards, from A Member of the Aristocracy.

015 Danger! Mercury

Antiques Freaks are not doctors, but even we know mercury isn't good for you. Learn which antiques will definitely for sure kill you with mercury poisoning in this week's episode!

014 - Roseville Pottery

Our hearts are in Ohio this week as we tackle Roseville pottery! It's very valuable and prestigious. Ken has literally never heard of it before. Thankfully Dee knows all about it.

013 Depression Glass

Don't get sad, get happy! Learn all about the brightly colored glassware that cheered up miserable folks of yesteryear.

012 Sterling Silver

What do fish forks, grape shears, and tracheotomy tubes have in common? STERLING SILVER! Dee goes off on scrappers. Ken has no idea what electroplating is. Join us, won't you? Thank you.

011 Bakelite (with Celluloid!)

Dive into early plastics and learn the difference between Bakelite (not flammable) and Celluloid (more flammable than paper).

010 Flea Market Flip

The antiques are streaming this week as Dee and Ken binge and review HGTV's Flea Market Flip! Please stop spraypainting over solid mahogany.

009 Thrift Shops

Move over, Macklemore. The Antiques Freaks are here to tell you how to sniff out hidden treasures at your local thrift shop!