For some reason, out of our 500 or so antique category pages, a handful especially catch the eye because of their beauty, or more specifically, the beauty created by the symmetry of the images and the shapes (or colors) of the group of items.
Here’s a few examples: the hand fans page (aka ventagli in Italian, […]
If you’re into vintage posters, check out our posters pages, all 11 of them (overview, aviation, circus, magic, movie, music, political, railroad, sports, art and war). If you collect other paper as well, you may also like our postcards, photographs, ticket stubs, menus, comics, baseball cards, football cards or trade cards pages.
This colorful Southern Pacific […]
For some reason, among the thousands of great antiques and collecting sites on the web, there are very few great ones which focus specifically on porcelain signs (if you like signs, check out our signs pages). This may be because sign collectors also tend to have other interests, so they combine the two (e.g. see […]
If you’re interested in antique telephones, check out our pages on candlestick telephones and Western Electric telephones. From there you’ll find 10 other pages of phones, ranging from early wood to more modern Princess, Trimline, and Ericofon models.
This circa 1910 nickel-plated candlestick intercom telephone (model 20T, transmitter model 269W) has the original green cord, and […]
If you’re into trolley and streetcar-related antiques, check out our trolley page.
I found this Johnson model D Farebox in an antique shop in Bisbee, Arizona, and it turned out to be a 1920s San Francisco Muni farebox, which unbelievably can still use the MUNI tokens sold in stores today. It was probably used on a […]
Got this beauty on eBay, and love it even with the damage. Not sure what they mean by “office rates” - anybody got any ideas? If you like porcelain signs, check out our extensive signs section.
If you’re into postal antiques, check out our postal page.
This 1940s porcelain-front stamp dispenser is a beauty, in near-mint condition. Originally stamps were only sold at post offices, but at some point the USPS branched out into drugstores and supermarkets. This machine sold four 1c stamps for 5c or three 3c stamps for 10c.
The sticker […]
If you’re into railroad antiques like this CBQ (Chicago Burlington and Quincy) railroad wrench, check out our railroadiana pages. I picked this wrench up at Winterrail 2006 in Stockton, California, just because I liked the looks of it. Very heavy, date unknown.