Antique Community

I miss going to antique shops

Love going to shops like this because I find the prettiest most unique things in there that holds stories. I sometimes find hundred year old items there. The ones I’m most fond of is the tea sets!

Today’s Project, restoring this old pan.

Show me your favorite antiques!

I just got started collecting some of them, I would love for you guys to show me some of your favorite antiques in the comments!

Gabaldon

A peek of the old time.

I need help translating an antique german postcard from 1943 that I believe is written in Sütterlin

Like the title says, I am looking for perhaps curious historians or germans that could help me translate the cursive writing of the postcard into English, if anyone is interested in the history of it or what it says. I am quite eager to solve this mystery, I got some clues so far, but not the full... read more

Brimtoy "Royal Scot" Locomotive, c1950s

There is an awful lot of beauty in the "budget" tin toys of the 1950s. Using simple pressed tin and beautiful decorative prints, a relatively shapeless lump became a highly evocative little machine that doubtless thrilled plenty of railcentric kids in their day. Wells-Brimtoy were one of the big... read more