I Love Antiques

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finally. a place for us. I am so excited.

Among the many things I seem to collect are antique hankies.  I collect various types, but the ones I am most drawn to are the lovely hankies that women have added their own adornment to.  It seems such a shame to let those go...

No better way to hold a piece of History:)   How it's made...What it's made of...Who made it...Who used it.
And even better when it's family history:)    Like finding an old boardgame that you and Grandma...

2013, In China is the snake year, during the chinese new year, people like to buy some Jade Animal Signs, they think it would protect them to get a happy year

Has anyone seen the History Channel show American Pickers? I love it, it is like Antiques Roadshow gone rogue. I not always interested in the kinds of things that the guys on the show seek out, but their lifestyle looks like so much...

I love Antiques-
it probably appeals to the artist in me, being as i spendn so much time  around  ar history.
 
192-1950/60  is my favorate.
i like art deco, and 50/60's style furnishings, antiques ...

Well its honestly the first and the only one i got but i plan on researching more into these things.
The book i have its called "catechism history " its written in latin by a priest on 1616 i believe , and its a 4 in one book...

i am from Egypt  i have so old antiques and treasures my personnel life its my business life i love to collect and sell antiques the antiques i have so old and original 

Anything up until the 1960's.. people had lush taste's long ago...

I found a dime buried in the dirt when I was putting in sidewalk blocks. It was exactly 100 years old. I thought that was pretty neat.

In Antiques you see work that people don't do anymore. Carved chairs instead of pieces put together, woven fabrics instead of synthetic, etc..
My favorite item that I'm still looking for as the perfect piece is an antique phone, the...

...And love them more than modern things used for the same function like stoves, furniture, clothes, and other items. I just don't like going to antique malls and seeing what I know to be junk there, and that they pass them off as...

Hello my name is John and I have antiques.

It started out with an ink well. Now I just have a horde of them.

I love the find of an antique that seems to call out to you, I will circle something many times just to feel the memories of past times, then I can not separate myself from it, and want to treasure it forever.

I've been going to flea markets for decades (ok about 3 decades) and always love to find hidden treasures. My favourites right now are cast iron cookware. Sure you can find them on Ebay but the shipping costs are atrocious because the...

Wish I had the money to buy them!

im no antique nut but i do enjoy them when i do find them i dont have much in my collection but i have a few odd and ins i just like how they are a lot easyer to understand to me

I have been on the lookout for a steamer trunk that I could use as a coffee table. I put the word out on various buy and sell sites, and have chased around looking for just the right item. About a week ago, I had a message from one of...