Antiques Freaks

323 Ch. 20 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Tarra (wellntruly) joins the Antiques Freaks for a very early draft of Interview with the Vampire.

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322 Pie Safes

Or as we like to call ‘em, the No-Rat Box. (Patent pending.) Tune in to learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch and/or Mennonite and/or Amish handmade furniture classic.

(Rivalry ENDED with Martha Stewart! Now PIONEER WOMAN is our new nemesis.)

321 O - The Sailor’s Word Book with Hannah!

Orlop. Over-boyed. To open lower deckers. Out-licker. Special guest Hannah Haverkamp joins the Antiques Freaks to help define all these nautical terms and more!

(Press-Ganged into His Majesty's Royal Navy by One Direction. 150k words, Chapter 1/?)

(Henry Peglar sails by either tack, pass it on.)

320 Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders Toys

90s kids remember. 90s kids will always remember. 90s kids have tried to forget but nothing will scrub this toy commercial jingle from their heads.

With bonus valuations for vintage TV Guide magazines.

319 Vinaigrette Boxes

Move over, pomanders - there’s a new stink in town!

318 Questions and Answers

The Antiques Freaks are answering YOUR listener questions! From obscure blow molds to painful Victorian literature and everything between and beyond. What is Myrtle the Beetle and why is she so friend-shaped? What do Dee and Ken want buried with them when they die? What whimsical nonsense do they have planned for listeners in a post-Varney-the-Vampire podcasting landscape? Inquiring minds must know.

317 Ch. 19 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

While Dee recovers from surgery, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Our friend Olivia rejoins us for Charles Holland's NaNoWriMo project, aka The Count of Monte Crisco.

Check out Olivia's short speculative fiction and essays at ofcieri.com, and buy her spooky novels LORD OF THUNDERTOWN and BACKMASK!

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316 Blenko Glass

Dee puts Ken in the torment nexus to teach him all about mid-century mod art glass. Someone free him. Please.

315 N - The Sailor’s Word Book with special guest Hannah! (1867)

Nancy Dawson. Neptune’s goblets. North-West Passage.Nuts of an anchor. All these nautical terms and more defined at long last in this, the Nth chapter of the Sailor’s Word Book! (With special guest Hannah Haverkamp.)

314 Ch. 18 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

You're not wamping high enough. You need to wamphigher.

Our friends Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us for the arrival of Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle at Bannerworth Hall and a wild ride through the particulars of Charles Holland's inheritance.

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313 Butter Pat Dish

Our most contentious episode yet! Does your kitty, ferret, or hedgehog require a fancy lil dish for their fancy lil dinner? Consider, the humble butter pat.

312 Antiques Predictions for 2024

Dee and Ken explore the forecast for the 2024 antiques market. Cottagecore? Shaker? Maximalism? Yes please!

311 The Getting Even of Tommy Dodd by William Hope Hodgson

Terrible Book Club is back to help the Antiques Freaks cope with William Hope Hodgson’s non-Carnacki fiction. Come for the crossdressing sailors, stay for the true story of how Dee got banned from the mantis shrimp facebook group.

310 Hess Trucks Toys

Wherein an oil baron sells collectible commercial products branded with his company name and logo out of the sheer goodness of his heart and not for any crude capitalist purposes. With bonus digressions into Polly Pocket and the Marx brothers.

309 Nutcrackers

Despite Ken’s grinching, Dee is determined to tell you all about the history of vintage and antique nutcrackers. (With bonus diversions into the absurdity of the Yankee Candle flagship store.)

308 M - The Sailor’s Word Book with special guest Hannah! (1867)

Hannah has rejoined the Antiques Freaks to delve into nautical nonsense! Marling-spike. Midshipman. Mollymauk. Mosquito fleet. With bonus diversions into Master & Commander, Moby-Dick, AMC’s cult horror hit The Terror (2018), and Dee’s insatiable hunger for mackerel.

307 Bottle Whimsy

A ship in a bottle is just the tip of the iceberg. Consider: an entire coal-mining enterprise bottled up, complete with miniature town celebrating industry atop whilst workers toil away below. Intrigued? Let’s get eensy-weensy with antique folk art.

306 Ch. 17 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Friendship ended with CHARLES HOLLAND. Now SIR FRANCIS VARNEY is our best friend.

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305 Rushton Rubber Face Dolls

Before Puppy Surprise, before Glow Worm, and well before Five Nights at Freddy’s, there were still more horrific plush toys with molded rubber faces. Dee loves ‘em! Ken hates ‘em! It’s time to delve into the strange Edwardian to mid-century kitsch of the Rushton Rubber Face Doll.

304 Syroco

Wood that is not wood. Regency that is not Regency. Particleboard and yet mold-injected. And Victorian? What the heck happened over at the Syracuse Ornamental Company? The Antiques Freaks are on the case!