The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls of a Mid-Century smoking room where Don Draper and Roger Sterling slap each other on the back. And the names of the artists that come up over and over again are…
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar 
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake? 
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
Reality TV Cracks Open the Extravagant World of Hollywood Vintage
Diablitos in the Details: The Curious Tale of Mexico's Most Peculiar Pottery
Digging for the Perfect Beat: Davey D on the Vinyl Roots of Hip-Hop
Lucas-Tesla Project to Give Drivers a Charge While They Watch a Movie
Take That, Instagram: The Enduring Allure of Vintage Snapshots
Dying To Go Retro? This Modern-Day Morticia Gives Death A Makeover
Dr. Seuss, the Mad Hatter: A Peek Inside His Secret Closet
Should You Feel Guilty About Wearing Vintage Fur?
Making, and Eating, the 1950s' Most Nauseating Jell-O Soaked Recipes
Black Is Beautiful: Why Black Dolls Matter
