Antiques Freaks

We need something to protect our precious electricity from the wood vampires. Enter: the glass insulator! And come with us on a collectible treasure hunt!

By listener demand, it's Toy Story: Tin Edition!

Not boxes - bottles! Join the Antiques Freaks as we learn about collectible and antique Chinese snuff bottles. Back in my day, we had to paint our tobacco-snorting miniatures upside-down at right angles inside tiny medicine bottles, uphill both ways through the snow - and we liked it!

Recorded in May, professional opera singer and jewelry expert Sara Duchovnay chats with the Antiques Freaks about saving treasures from scrap heaps, the positive ecological impact of antique engagement rings, and her wealth of knowledge about beautiful artifacts from human history! Connect with Sara on Instagram @songbirdsarajewelry and check out her online shop: songbirdsaraantiquejewelry.com !

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Sherlock Holmes would have cracked this case. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not. Make way for The Coming of the Fairies! (Houdini not included.)

Are your cigars too moist? Or not moist enough? Fret not! A vintage humidor will probably make the problem worse in either or both directions!

Need your wedding cake taller than Shaq? Go full Miss Havisham and try a vintage wedding cake topper today! (Apologies to the Kennedy estate.)

It's time for another antiques-themed cozy mystery! The first in the Den of Antiquity series, this novel has it all. The murder weapon? An antique. The motive? Another antique. The victim? Antiques dealer. The sleuth? Another antiques dealer. The suspects? Even more antiques dealers! It's antiques all the way down!

It's vintage doll time! Dive in to the history of Barbie, Mattel's greatest creation, from her glories to her horrors. What mysterious chemical forever changed her? Why are doll wigs so terrifying? And whatever became of Midge?