Posted 11 months ago
PhilDavidA…
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I like to think of it as my own waiting room in Collectors heaven,
have a seat, the t.v. will be your contact !~
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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…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Art DecoArt Deco was an international design and art movement in the 1920s and ’30s…
FurnitureAntique and vintage furniture is the collecting area that's been least impa…
LOVE THIS :) very cool:)
There's in there and there's out there! Wow!
Does this doctor have a cure for hoarding?
Another nice one Phil!
No Amber there is no cure for us, we are on our own colony here, hoarding or collecting, the line is so fine, it can easily be crossed over and then back again !!
Haha, it is sad it is so true.
Wow! I adore the TV ensemble. Wow.
The second is a night time shot, there are lights under the chairs, so the second shot is simply a night time shot, no special effects, except a blue filter intead of black and white.
Much appreciated Eye4beauty. Phil.
Wolfard oil lamps (hand blown) would light up the room at night! I inherited 4 from my mother and broke two, but replaced them from Ebay for $14 and $19. You can light them with long match or 1 long spaghetti! spaghetti burns slow and works good! My mother would light them at night and we all would relax and be mesmerized by them!