Antiques Freaks

Neon returns! We chat with DJ, a neon bender and restorer, to learn about how to tell new neon from old, what the coolest pieces are, and why it's superior to LEDs!

And don't forget to check out @d_j_neon on instagram for wicked cool neon art!

It's time for another antiques cozy mystery! The good: this one actually has antiques! The less-good: pretty much everything else!

Lettuce tell you about Lettuceware! Spoiler alert: it's cabbage kitsch.

Now is the time for gay Victorians! Violets, calamus, green carnations, and hyacinth. Don't let heteronormative flower dictionaries limit your bouquet-based communications! Listen up and learn about the plants that mean a great deal to the gay Victorian heart.

This week we dive into "Tagged for Death" by Sherry Harris, an antiques-themed cozy mystery that was neither antiques-themed nor cozy! Reader beware the perils of false marketing.

Sickening whimsy returns with the Language of Flowers! What does the bouquet you just received REALLY mean? If an acquaintance just handed you some rhododendron, watch out! And listen up while you're at it, because the Antiques Freaks are here with the floriography you need to make it in high society.

Milk bottles. They're like bottles, but for milk. Got it? (Paid for by Big Dairy.)

Charles Spencer March Phillips returns with his own wacky Victorian spin on the equestrian arts! The English are suspicious of dressage because it is French. Can our boy Charles change their minds? Maybe!

Once upon a time in the mid-twentieth century everyone decided it was a great idea to put flowers in ceramic sculptures of women's heads. And it only got weirder from there!

You have an old photo! But is it a Dageurrotype, Calotype, albumen print, Ambrotype, tintype, Carte de Visite, or cabinet card? Should you bite it? Lick it? Or listen to this episode? Maybe listen to this episode first. Then lick it.