289 Furby with Paris from Terrible Book Club
Behold, the Furby. Animatronic nostalgia or uncanny valley horror? What sort of aftermarket exists for these retro and vintage toys? And why do folks insist on making them long? Dee is joined by Paris...
2 Aug 20231h 7min
288 Antiques Fraud! Wendy Halstead Beard
When consignment goes just about as wrong as it can go, you get Wendy Halstead Beard and her high art photography gallery of fraud.
26 Jul 202316min
287 Old Books at the Westport Friends Book Fair
The Antiques Freaks went to a book fair! Tune in to hear about our haul, plus tips and tricks for finding cool vintage and antique books in the wild - including The Last Book on the Left; Dinotopia; N...
19 Jul 202323min
286 Ch. 12 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)
"Charles Holland, will you have a vampyre for your bride?" While Ken's voice recovers from respiratory illness, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults! To instantly unlock a hundred more ch...
12 Jul 202331min
285 Q and A with Antiques Freaks
You asked, we answered! Dee and Ken sit down for a Q&A session with questions provided by listeners like you.
5 Jul 202325min
284 Hoosier Cabinets
Edwardian, Gilded Age, and Jazz Age furniture designers, against all odds, have produced something practical. The Hoosier cabinet - a charming vintage look perfect for kitchens of yesterday, today, an...
28 Jun 202324min
283 Antiques Cryptid! Monteith
What are monteiths? It’s a silver punch bowl from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. But WHO is Monteith? We just don’t know. Or do we???
21 Jun 202318min
282 Magic Books with Abracadaniel
Daniel (as heard in our Magic: the Gathering episode) returns to teach the Antiques Freaks about a different kind of magic - the kind stored in ancient tomes that can only be found through secret cove...
14 Jun 202334min
