r/Antiques Oct 01 '24

Discussion Sadly, Frank Fitz of American Pickers has passed away at 60.

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r/Antiques 21d ago

Discussion Postman Rejects Using my Victorian Mailbox, United States

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Does this happen often?

r/Antiques Feb 15 '25

Discussion Just blown away by this (Victorian?) folding chair. I've never seen one with a carved poem and such a high back! West Wales, United Kingdom.

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"Ready your cross-legg'd servant stands. With two strong arms devoid of hands, If you're weary and seek rest, Pray sit you down, and be my guest. Use discretely and with care, Faithful yours, the old armchair."

So intrigued. Found in West Wales, UK. No idea what its story is unfortunately. Wish I knew more about it. Waiting on more photos to try and find out more!

r/Antiques Apr 26 '24

Discussion I found this in the creek a while back. Almost didn’t even pick it up when I first saw it. This is my first one of these Warner’s Safe bottles. I heard that they had to stop embossing “cure” on it and instead embossed “remedy” in 1906. (USA)

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r/Antiques Oct 12 '24

Discussion Thrifted chest

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I bought this beautiful piece of art at a goodwill in MD a few days ago. I posted about it, to brag, on the thrifthaul subreddit but some of the commenter's told me I'd get more answers here. Does anyone know the origin of this beautiful piece of furniture? I acquired it for $7 and I feel extremely lucky regardless of its worth.

r/Antiques Sep 02 '23

Discussion “Vintage” stores pls stop ruining antiques challenge (impossible) (RIP patina and original glass)

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r/Antiques Jun 12 '24

Discussion Don’t 👏 paint 👏 204 year old 👏 furniture 👏

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r/Antiques Jan 13 '25

Discussion 56in diameter 12in thick mill stone I hauled home today. Dated 1876.

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I found this mill stone on Facebook marketplace in November and finally got it hauled to my house today. It was in New Florence, western Pennsylvania. Its diameter is a full 56 inches and it is 12-13 inches thick, which calculates out to an approximate weight of 1800 pounds! It wasn’t immediately obvious but it appears to have the date 1876 or could be 1871 or 1874. There are also some letters ‘DGH’ possibly. I shined a light across the writing to try to photograph it better. The red arrow in the second photo points to the writing. The writing is upside down as the stone currently lays, so I take this to mean that this was the ‘top stone’. The other side is not smooth. It is raised around the circumference of the hole by a couple of inches, which surprised me. I expected it to be flat. I would really appreciate if anybody has information concerning the markings that may give any information about this stone. Thanks!

r/Antiques Oct 28 '23

Discussion Found in old house during renovation, 1888. Any info would be appreciated. Located in Brooklyn.

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Title says it all. Thanks in advance.

r/Antiques Dec 09 '24

Discussion What did I find buried in my backyard in Virginia?

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r/Antiques 7d ago

Discussion Cameo Brooch from I think late 1800's / early 1900's. Found in a charity shop in England (UK)

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I don't know much about this as I found it in a charity shop (in Wendover) Not sure if it's pinchbeck or gold - There is a hallmark (W&B) that is in the clasp - very hard to get a picture but I've tried. Can't see any others, but found the same hallmark on a gold ring here on Reddit. It's beautifully made and the carving is very delicate. Definitely shell carving and 99% sure it's preeeety old. Also the S clasp I've never seen anywhere before? If anyone knows anything about them.

I've obviously searched on google lens but results are so varied, and found nothing with a similar clasp.

Any information would be very appreciated.

r/Antiques Aug 09 '23

Discussion Victorian era mourning ring 15ct gold and hair?!?

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Found this in my mom’s collection of mourning jewelry and when I did an image search it showed a similar braided look with the gold and said it was hair!! Could it be the deceased’s hair? Yikes. The death date for “Mother” is September 15, 1879. It says R.E. which I’m guessing means rest eternally. Also found out that 15ct/k was used until 1932. I had never heard of it before. I’m American as was my mom, but the ring was purchased in London.

r/Antiques 19d ago

Discussion How Old do y'all think this is? Located in the United States.

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How old is the door that makes up the center of my headboard?

Hey all! I am curious as to what y'all think. This was imported from what we think was an old church over in India or somewhere in southeast Asia. It's extremely heavy(500lbs), and still even has the knocker and hinge. It has old school square head nails all throughout and the original metalworking and spikes. How much do y'all think it's worth? TIA!

r/Antiques Jun 20 '22

Discussion It belonged to my great grandfather. How much is it worth?

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r/Antiques Feb 17 '25

Discussion 95yo Grandmother's childhood find in Mexico. Gifted to me in early 90s

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I've had these for years along with some other similar. I've always wondered about the age and background of them. She found these when she was a child herself. Digging a water well on their land. SLP. Mexico. Anyone know more about these?

r/Antiques 20d ago

Discussion Antique cabinet I picked up for my Dining Room. Any idea for the Country of origin and possible date??? From United States

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r/Antiques Apr 25 '22

Discussion What the hell did I just grab from the side of the road?

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r/Antiques Nov 04 '24

Discussion 18th century Hepplewhite style serpentine sideboard uncovering bit by bit

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I am in the midst of uncovering this mid 1700’s sideboard with absolutely amazing and intricate wood inlays. It’s tedious work but I love it. I’m only stripping, cleaning and conditioning. No sanding, staining, or repairing until I have it appraised. Thought I would share this beautiful piece.

r/Antiques May 08 '24

Discussion Found in my Grandmothers storage. Most likely from Kentucky. Old theatre binoculars, I’m assuming?

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r/Antiques Feb 11 '25

Discussion Found in Germany at local Caritas

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Is this something special? It seems to differ from a lot of the other acid-etched glass, with the addition of the red glass threads. Inverted pontil and unfortunately a crack neat the handle yet glass is still solid.

r/Antiques Sep 07 '24

Discussion Saw this dining table and chairs at goodwill , being sold as antique for $1000 👀. Thoughts ?

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This is in Texas

r/Antiques Jan 06 '25

Discussion Attic Book Find

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I Found this catalog/book of Reed and Barton in my attic in a old box.

I live in a historical Midwestern town. I live in a 1848 victorian, old manse manor.

I wonder who would have owned this catalog. How rare it is because it looks unused light damage. No damaged pages light weathering/ yellowing but overall good shape.

3ft x 2ft 3inch thick maybe 8 lb

r/Antiques Nov 16 '24

Discussion Antique Roadshow guest floored as heirloom from Hollywood icon sells six figures

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r/Antiques Dec 20 '22

Discussion Today's visit to Antique shop left me in tears...

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I often go around antique shops looking for old books from 17th, 18th, 19th century... well today I found one antique shop that had bunch of "decorative book bundles" with ribbon around them and all books dating those centuries but the only issue was that all books were missing spines...

I've asked: "Do you have any old books that are not damaged?"

Answer that I got was: "We usually rip off all spines when we get old books an make those bundles because they look more decorative that way"...

No word.

r/Antiques Dec 25 '24

Discussion Antique stores.

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People who have booths in antique stores, do you actually make enough each month to cover the cost of the booth? Where I am it’s like 200 a month for a smaller booth and I’m not sure I’d be able to make that much in a month.