4674 best r/antiques images on Pholder | I was given my Great Grandfather's WWI tam o' shanter today. He was in the Royal Highlanders, 42nd Battalion. This tam o' shanter is 105 years old.

I was given my Great Grandfather's WWI tam o' shanter today. He was in the Royal Highlanders, 42nd Battalion. This tam o' shanter is 105 years old.

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I love the graphic on this copyright 1930 magic book titled The Book of 1000 Wonders

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Bought the uniform yesterday. 100 years old but still mostly in perfect condition. :D

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Here’s a 1950s dental cabinet I restored.

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Before and after of a piano stool I found for $5 ($18 to repair)!

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Just moved into an old house (1910, eastern Iowa), chimney inspector was baffled. Could anyone describe the style of this fireplace and the weird green tile around it?

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My kitchen gadget Christmas tree. I love collecting old and unusual kitchen gadgets. Just wanted to share with other collectors! Merry Kitchmas!!

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Check out this alligator skin dial phone I found at in antique story in North Carolina

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The 1936 Hoover 825, featured here with the pile of dirt and extracted from rugs. This of course was a day after I vacuumed them all with a modern machine. The Hoover's of that era were among the most powerful, even when pitted against today's machines they can run circles around them.

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1920s Tambour Net Lace Wedding Dress

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Chess set/table I inherited from my Grandfather.

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Went to my local antique shop and picked up this absolute beauty.

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You can wear your fancy attire all you want Marie. I’m wearing the scuba suit and that’s final.

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I've collected and repaired vacuums for 22 years, but I have only really gotten into restoring antique ones for the past 10. One of my oldest electrics, Circa 1908 Eclipse. Runs like a top!

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So I bought a new refrigerator

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Bought this today for $100- any info on it would be great! Owner said it’s from 1865, I haven’t had a solid chance to check it out

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Just wanted to share this amazing desk I bought my husband last year. It's huge - 8.5' tall and 4' wide.

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Literally tripped over this gem in an abandoned Scooby-Doo-ish warehouse. NCR series 3000 accounting machine

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Rotary phones from 1928 to 1960. Some of my collection.

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Handcuffs found by my father on his property

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Just bought an old four square house and these beauties are on every door!

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Martin Howard and his collection of 19th century typewriters - antiquetypewriters.com

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Picked up these beautiful early-1900’s/pre-1900 books with the gilt covers at an auction recently (a whole box for $1!). All together they make a rather regal stack, don’t they?

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So... My grandmother loved her Christmas gift (the bowl and plate in the center)! She also had a couple pieces she didn't know were Uranium, the pitcher (her mother gave her) and the butter dish (a friend gave her) back in the 40's! So, it was a cool Christmas!

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This is the oldest mostly in-tact dust jacket I've come across in the wild from an 1898 novel by Clara Louise Burnham

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Wind up horse racing machine.

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My restored 1940s Crouse Hinds 4-way traffic light

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I have my great-great grandfather's enlistment papers for WW1

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I recently started collecting vintage gun cleaning supplies. Oldest one so far is a hand blown Hoppers #9 solvent bottle from around 1900 with the original box.

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Piece of furniture me and my wife found in goodwill. Curious to what year it’s from and also who made it. Any help would be great!

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Small collection of randomness

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Found this beauty by the dumpster, even if no one has any info I figured people needed to see this deer head fish shrimp lamp

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My cookbook from 1943 is war conscious

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Check this finger chopping beauty!

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This is the opposite side of my study. I need to buy drapes, folks.

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Found a wood frame convex eagle mirror

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I own this German 'Thus spoke Zarathustra', printed 1918 on Kriegspapier (war paper). Since all wood was needed for heating, paper was made of cloth.

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My great great grandmas sewing machine that I picked up from my grandmas house from 1910 with the pheasant pattern on it. It needs a lot of work, but I like it.

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53 deck of cards from around 1890. Collected from cigarette packs.

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This antique shop in Philly was mesmerizing.

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Going through my grandparents house today and found this. Circa 1930s

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Got this in a odds and ends box and I love it. Has a patent # on the bottom. I try to imagine where this was used when it was new. The decor, what people where wearing. Those thoughts make me happy and that’s why I collect.

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Selma Ice Chest that came with the house. Anyone know what it might be worth?

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1903 heater, made in the USA - Found at an estate sale today

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Old 1923 typewriter I fixed up

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Circa 1890 Pump Organ (with Decorative Pipes) by Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, Bought at an Auction in Northwoods, New Hampshire

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My old book collection (far left is from 1889 the rest is from 1756)

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An old photo album passed through my family (details in comments)

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My favorite view, most of my stuff is antique or living 😉😉

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I like to imagine what life was like when these where new. Only have room for one more, with an airplane. Fakes abound, originals are very pricey.

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My grandma just gifted me this 1929 victor talking machine.

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My collection of (mostly) political buttons.

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I found this 1864 Confederate States of America $50 note when cleaning out my grandfather’s bookshelf

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Hundreds of Early 1900's National Geographic Magazine Volumes

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1400 century needlepoint I think German

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McKee 'PRESCUT' Puritan Pattern Ca.~1910

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Just got this for $5. Does anyone recognize a manufacturer / approximate age? I’m way out of my league with this antique furniture.

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We just bought a 1939 home, and found this “Harmony House” address light box buried under the leaves in the front yard. Anyone know more about this product line?

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My grandmother’s watch, before and after restoration. C. 1945.

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I found this Nazi spoon at my grandmothers in her silver drawer. She said she found it in a pile of stuff the old owners left when she moved into her house in 1960.

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Georgian / victorian mourning brooch. Found in old box of buttons. Rose gold, glass, human hair. Unfortunately no engraving on it.

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My father and I found this pretty heavy (approx 1kg) bottle of mercury, late 1800s we think. Can anyone estimate the value?:)

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Look what I found in a street second hand market for 2,5€ 😊. The marks in the back side are of Louis XV royal army 1732. I’m in shock yet.

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Grandfather's Unique Roll Top Desk 6ft Tall

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The remarkable Mignon typewriter

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Found this old Coca Cola sign in a storage unit. Any idea of age and value?

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Husband surprised me with this Georgian Silver Centerpiece

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Can anyone help me identify the bedroom suite or any info on it? I bought it at an estate sale and theres no names or identifiers on it.

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the coolest thing I own - 1906 medical cannibis

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Collection of bound 1870’s American Agriculturist magazines

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My granddad made this piece of art out of an empty shell for my grandma, dated 1944

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Antique glass experts, please help identify 80+ year old perfume decanter?

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Antique mug-set, the handle is a woman in a green dress, getting increasingly intoxicated and naked as she presumably drinks from the large barrel that she leans on. These are definitely not in use in my house! Display only!

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A newspaper from June 6th, 1944

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1920s perfume bottle, should I clean it

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1963 card-deck from my grandparents

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Daggers inherited from grandma she bought in Russia and said they were old. I assume tourist decorative, but she did have some bizarre authentic antiques. Worth an appraisal? Thanks!

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Coal bucket. Presumed victorian. Any info welcome.

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Just picked up this beautiful Victorian writing slope for a song. Just need a dip pen, ink and paper to start writing beautiful letters to friends and family.

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old magazine I found in my attic

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Opening Night tickets for Oklahoma! on Broadway St. James Theatre 1943

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I found this is my Grampa's old things. The writing is Hungarian and has Morse Code. Would anyone know anything about this tool? Side note: my family is from Norway, not Hungary.

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Found in my loft, today.

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The rarest and most historically important thing I own. A destroyer squadron flag that survived the attack on pearl harbor.

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I picked up this lamp recently. I understand it is Austrian circa 1900, bronze, chunk, bead and stained glass. I've not been able to locate a makers mark. Wondering if anyone knows more?

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This was found in the Southern California desert by a buddy of mine. I wonder what it is....

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My washer/mangle, after over 70 years of almost daily use it still works fine

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Jiffy electric hotdog cooker I picked up for $10 at auction

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It’s driving me crazy I can’t find out about this book. Publisher is Albert Whitman and company. Info page is missing :( I just want to know what year this one was published, can’t find anywhere online. Apparently Albert Whitman and company is a children’s publisher?!

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Need help identifying the maker of this carnival glass vase. It was my great grandmother’s and she was an antique collector. Any info would be helpful.

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Sterling silver pieces thrown away! My neighbor died last week and her daughter is throwing away everything and put it at the curb. She said take what you want. I found all of this sterling silver pieces in a bag!

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Found in storage: a bunch of old British coins dating from 1860 - 1960.

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Victorian gun metal coin locket? Not sure if this is a real one or if they made replicas at some point. Either way it's in great condition.

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Found an old drawing my gran did. So I got it framed. She was 16 when she drew this.

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Anybody know what kind of clock this is or what it might be worth

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I'd love to share part of my antique camera collection with everyone. Hope you enjoy

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National cash register

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A colleague who served in Hong Kong in the 70s, said that he was given this by a woman and her child to barter for passage into Hong Kong from China, just after her husband was caught and killed by Chinese dogs. He has taken it with him everywhere ever since.

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Just snagged this working emerald green emerson pancake for 55$ at auction.

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These were a wedding gift to my grandma over 60 years ago.

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Just got this Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist dummy from the 1960s. He’s in the closet for tonight

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Most likely one of the coolest books in collection at the moment. Probably not worth much, but hey.

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Thanks to this group I found out that my antique necklace is 136 years old! Made in 1882 Birmingham. Not looking bad for it’s age if I do say so myself. (Note: It’s a family heirloom and was passed onto me by my dad. On the inside there is a picture of a man in army uniform).

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This definitely belongs here. Found in Southeastern Pennsylvania

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