What’s the coolest antique you’ve purchased?
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shaneaproductions
ANSWERS: 13
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A first printing of "The Isle of Yew" written by Frank L. Baum, the same man who wrote the Oz series. Beautiful book, great story.
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Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators. They were made between 1900 and 1940. They are for real medicinal butt plugs. You would not believe what they are supposed to cure. This is medical quackery at its finest. AB will not let me post a picture so here they are photobucketed: http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/Arisztid/youngsdirections2.jpg http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/Arisztid/bottlesc.jpg
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I know this is not ebay, but my answer fits into both categories. How about this? An old 78 rpm record, in good condition, of Elvis Presley on Sun Records singing Thats Allright Mamma.
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A 1909 T-206 Ty Cobb tobacco baseball card.
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Either my 1848 Bible, my 1890 baby grand piano (still has the original strings!), or my Victorian wedding dress (it was for a costume to be used in a play in high school) They're not butt-plugs, but I like them. ^_^
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I found a huge old Japanese Kutani blue and white flower vase, it had an old pattern on it that is not commonly seen anymore called "Fishnet." I paid $10.00 in the thrift store. It is worth easily over $2,000.00!
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All kinds of stuff. I recently bought a label maker from prolly the 1930's (not sure how old it is or even that it is a label maker). I have an old corked bottle of yellow food coloring. According to the label it is 75% alcohol and it even has a little of it in the bottle still. I would LOVE to keep talking about this cos I love antiqueing but the last thing I will talk about is an old newspaper dated March 27, 1673. The text is still readable but they replaced all the S's with F's. For example the city of Brussels looks like Bruffelf. All their F's are normal though. Just the S's. But I love antiques!! I go to antique stores a time or two a month and buy things I will never be able to use but like having them anyway.
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IN 1967 I BOUGHT MY LITTLE COUSIN A JAPANESE DOLL IN JAPAN WHEN I WAS IN JAPAN, SHE NEVER GOT IT. I HAD IT APPRAISED. ITS WORTH $640,000. NOW AND I'M TOLD ITS A CHINA DOLL FROM CHINA, BUT IN A BOX WRITTEN IN JAPANESE. THATS 42 YEARS OLD FROM WHEN I BOUGHT IT. STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX.
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My father gave me a Hand made felt lined Wooden Tool Chest made by my Great,Great grandfather in 1890
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A little concertina drinking vessel. Which folds down flat. It is completely watertight when expanded. I believe it was manufactured in America early 20th cent. & used as a liquid travelling medicine dispenser. Cost a few pence when purchased at auction.
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A purple Van Briggle flower frog. It is a large flower petal and the frog sits down inside it. I didn't know Van Briggle did purple until I saw it. Absolutely beautiful!
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I wish I had a pic of it.....it is a painting 2'X5' of a banjo, some vases, some flowers and a couple glasses of wine.
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a 1966 lost in space robot(red and blue} and a 1902 wind up metal train with cars and track.
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