This week, Dee tells all about the Arts and Crafts ceramics artist that revived ancient glazing practices to create the longest-continually-operating pottery in America—plus, unsolicited financial advice.

From phone books to Civil War letters to ancient Kraft macaroni, Elizabeth McLeod of the Auction Waves podcast takes the Antiques Freaks on a journey through ephemera. Watch out for alligators.

Elizabeth McLeod brings to Auction Waves over forty years of experience as an author, editor, journalist, broadcaster, audio producer, researcher, and collector, with a specialty in American culture of the first half of the 20th Century. She has appeared as a guest expert on television programs ranging from PBS's "History Detectives" to "The American Experience," as well as on NPR and the BBC. Over the past thirty years she has written over five thousand scripts for the daily CBS Radio Network feature "Sound*Bytes." When not engaged in deep dives of research, she has been known to take on acting roles, both in radio and on the stage, and is also accomplished in the preservation and use of antique electronics and audio equipment—including the gear she uses to record each episode of Auction Waves.

Wherein Jack Pringle's true strength is revealed!

Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience.

To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

What are the most obnoxious reseller habits? How do we feel about “mantiques”? And is anyone ever truly Kenough? This week the Antiques Freaks answer burning questions from listeners just like you!

Discover astonishing truths about yourself through The Devil Wears Prada fanfiction and more in this tome of Edwardian university advice!

Our friends Daniel and Jon join us for a chapter wherein Jack Pringle arrives drunk.

Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience.

To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

From beloved baby boomer dolls of the 1960s to the 1990s revival millennials adored, it’s the Liddle Kiddle dolls!

Our friend Tarra rejoins us for a chapter wherein Admiral Bell and Mr. Chillingworth are left alone to watch over the abandoned Bannerworth Hall.

Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience.

To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

From Netflix’s Bridgerton to Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the Antiques Freaks tell all about the rare antique that Dee won’t eat.

An Unwarranted Market Prediction brought to you by Antiques Freaks, featuring clinch covers, bodice rippers, and a very particular brand of mass-market pulp paperback oft overlooked by vintage and antiquarian booksellers.