Antiques Freaks

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

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.

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.

It's the Magic Mike of furniture, Chippendale!

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.)

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Gather round for an extra-long episode explaining the scourge of the collectibles industry: Beanie Babies. They're completely worthless. Enjoy!

Antiques is a liar sometimes. Dee explains how to spot the fakes in glassware, porcelain, and mirrors. Ken knows too much about vampires. The wine fraud documentary is Sour Grapes (2016).

Dee tells us all about how to conduct ourselves at an antiques action. Protip: no cussin'.

(Since recording this episode, we have been informed that it is illegal to buy and/or sell T. Rex skulls. Ken will settle for a Parasaurolophus skull.)