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You know when you have this classic object from the past that you know is way older than you. It's amazing how this one object could have experienced more than you. Tell us about that here.
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#1
My Grandfather's Clock, Circa 1770
Final score:
518points
Mark Richards (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
This clock has been in my family a long time. It's older than the US and it still works perfectly!
Terri Martin 3 years ago
3 years ago I found a half empty bottle of ibuprofen that expired in 1996.
Azolane 3 years ago
The style looks more like 19th century Renaissance revival. It's a gorgeous piece.
Gerard Neaux 3 years ago
Idk why this comment was downvoted, here's an upvote. Guess accuracy isn't welcome here.
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#2
Me
Because I am moving house and everything that I have that is older has been boxed.
Final score:
509points
Sharon Morris 3 years ago
I was thinking of doing this but don't want to admit that I'm old. 😕🥴😒
#3
My Aunt At 2 Years Old, 100 Years Ago, 1922
Final score:
435points
Gail Smith 3 years ago
Is that blown into convex glass? I have a portrait of my grandmother with this type of frame from about 1910.
Megan Pippenger 3 years ago
I love these! There was one in my great-grandparents’ house of my great-great grandmother. They just feel so special. Like you can put anything in a fancy frame, but seeing a photo like this feels like the person in it has a place of honor on the wall.
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Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
The frame appears much older, perhaps 1880s? The bottom is slightly damaged.
Melissa Monks 3 years ago
I’ve got photos of my great grandparents on their wedding day in the same style.
#4
Mum Just Turned 90 Today
Final score:
409points
Huzzir Zakaria 3 years ago (edited)
Her birthday "today" memorialized here forever, Happy Birthday Grandma. Wishing u happy, blesses n healty times, for years to comes! BtW, 90? She looks ageless!
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
Happy birthday, Mum! Hope you had a wonderful day! And just what is your secret? You look amazing!
Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Tell your Grandma she looks great for 90! (And I'm not just saying that) And Happy Birthday too!
#5
Mahogany Riveria Radio. Circa 1920. Still Works Great, Beautiful Sound
Final score:
409points
Tuna Fish 3 years ago
Dude, I am obsessed with the VW van on top! Complete with luggage and awning!
Rick Fray 3 years ago
This is not a circa 1920 radio. FM was not invented until 1933 and style Is more late 1940s-1950s
GFSTaylor 3 years ago
This radio is nothing like that old. FM radio wasn't developed until 1933 and then only broadcast in a very limited area, and not on the frequencies used today. The quality of FM broadcasting was felt to threaten the development of television, so there was lobbying to have the FM frequencies changed. The fledgling FM network collapsed and the use of FM effectively vanished until the late 1950's. This radion is a lovely thing, but it's unlikely to be from the 30's, let alone the 20's.
Stephen Meade (Submission author) 3 years ago
My friend passed away left it to me ... he always figured 20's.What year then.
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Orange Is Aging 3 years ago (edited)
At first I thought Stephen meant mahogany as in the deep reddish color and I was like whaaa
Stephen Meade (Submission author) 3 years ago
Hey...no...its African Mahogany..different shades 🦚🦚🤣
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Randy Volz 3 years ago
It's not from the 20s. They were manufactured in the 1950s-60s by Blaupunkt. They were also marketed under the name Grundig. My mother and uncle had Grundigs.
#6
I Have No Idea How Old It Is, But It Works Like A Charm And Can Sew Pretty Much Anything You Put Under It
Final score:
391points
Cat Conatser 3 years ago
I bet there's a serial # somewhere on that old beauty to research her true age. If you're in to that kinda thing... 😺
Iva Sativa (Submission author) 3 years ago
I have looked when I was younger never found anything,and currently both of my legs are injured so I cant really lift it or turn it around to check. I am a seamstress by call and I use it daily. It's a really good product I will never sell it.
Load More Replies... Gerard Neaux 3 years ago
I'd say anywhere between 1940 and 1960 by the shape, painted pattern, and paint vibrancy. Judging by how clean the shiny steel is, I'd say closer to 1960.
Jill Taylor 3 years ago
Wow! It's a beauty! Looks like it's seen some miles by the wear on the bed. I'm in Australia and I've never heard of the brand' Empire' . When I was little it was virtually 'Singer' brand or nothing. Ours worked by pressing a handle with your knee. I have a Husqvarna now that's about 30 years old and works really well. Hope you have many more years out of that old girl.
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Things today seem to be built with a planned obsolescence built in. The stuff that gets thrown out because it's cheaper and easier to get a new one than yo fix is insane.
Iva Sativa (Submission author) 3 years ago
They really dont, when we order new machines at my store,they always tell us to keep trying to fix the old ones because the new ones cant make it past 10 years. When I was younger I worked at an Italian lingerie factory,we had machines for some special stitches that were from 1971 that worked 3 shifts no problems,and that since they were built..some things are just built to last almost forever,it seems
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Iva Sativa (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thanks for correcting my english,its not my first language,although I do speak it on C1 level. I also speak german C1 dutch B1 and spanishB1 level,and my mother tongue is Serbian. How many foreign languages do you speak,since we are on the topic of being petty and posting comments out of context.
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Stacey Lu 3 years ago
My g-gma had one like that, she was a beautiful seamstress and i loved it because it only did what i knew how to sew...forward and backward, nothing fancy. Til i found out later all the fancy stuff needed attachments, lol. My sister has the machine and all the attachments still!
#7
Egg Basket Made By My Great Grandfather Sometime Between 1896 And 1900
Final score:
391points
Kate Hallberg 3 years ago
Melon baskets (because of the shape) are the best! They hold so much stuff down inside there. I've never heard them called egg baskets but it makes perfect sense.
Janet Phares 3 years ago
They are often called egg baskets because they could be used to take eggs to be sold; the shape of the basket allowed it to sit upon a horse’s neck—with the eggs nestled in the “pockets”.
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Vita Leach 3 years ago
I’ve heard them called butt baskets because turned upside down they look like a butt
grafxgal60073 3 years ago
I have a friend who was very much into antiques and collectibles. She called these baskets "buttocks" baskets.
#8
A Portrait Of My Great-Great-Grandmother. It's Around 160 Years Old
Final score:
354points
F. H. 3 years ago
I'm with you there. I have serious doubts about the age. Most likely its from the 2000s
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Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago (edited)
The hair style shows a high ponytail drawn up and folding inward. This was a early 2000s/mid-aughts style. (I've got a background in fashion and used to own a clothing business.) I would guess this picture, based on the artistic style and the hair, is from around 2003-2007. The butterflies, too. Lord, you couldn't get away from butterflies back then. Pop culture was obsessed because of Mariah Carey.
Emma Jolivet (Submission author) 3 years ago
she did a self-portrait actually, and i have two other drawings of hers that she did. she did a lot of surrealistic artwork.
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Kate Rollinson 3 years ago (edited)
The butterfly is literally traced from google images 😂 you can find the EXACT photograph it was traced from if you google ‘monarch butterfly’. It’s the image where the butterfly has landed on a lilac flower. Why are you lying for internet clout?
Emma Jolivet (Submission author) 3 years ago
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Natália Boanerges 3 years ago
Surrealistic art in 1862? In a paper that didn't aged at all? And she also "was supposed to be on the Titanic but missed her ship"? Sure.
Emma Jolivet (Submission author) 3 years ago
I was being funny please udnerstand that.
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Jennifer Rogers 3 years ago
Lol, absolutely not from that time period. (I'll take the hate for saying it bluntly.)
Emma Jolivet (Submission author) 3 years ago
She was actually going to be on the Titanic, but missed her ship!!
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#9
A Whole Shelf Of Vintage Things
Final score:
350points
Olga Dremina 3 years ago
Is that the oldest album of Slipknot in the middle? That stuff must be really old, never even heard about it😁
Hugo Santos 3 years ago (edited)
Reading these responses I sadly realize people have lost the ability to recognize sarcasm....
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*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago (edited)
Who new old Crayola boxes look like that (top left corner).
Laura Tasciato (Submission author) 3 years ago
Most of the products are still inside.
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#10
Oldest Known Fossil: 3.48 Billion Year Old Stromatolite
Final score:
336points
Ghost 3 years ago
Me too! Somewhere is a time goblin stealing megladon teeth
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Hope Cows&Chickens 3 years ago
The oldest item in my mom's house is from me as a birthday gift: a chunk of coprolite (fossilized dinosaur poop)! Now she tells people "my daughter got me a sh!t present!"
JLN 3 years ago
My kid has a coprolite too, as well as a few bone fossils and pieces of a raptor egg....not hard to tell my kid LOVES dinosaurs
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Louise Stange-Wahl 3 years ago
We have many fossils (including some ice age mammals) we have collected over the years, but the coolest is the Megalodon teeth. They come from the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, and diving there is a real nightmare. No visibility and you have to get to the bottom and sift through the bottom dirt...and usually, you can get lucky and find some teeth! Carcaridon...c3b54c.jpg 
Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Ok, this is really cool, because we have one (much more decrepit than those unfortunately) and also got them in SC!
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Andrea Careless 3 years ago
How do you know it’s the oldest known fossil. If it is, why isn’t it in a museum?
Auntriarch 3 years ago
Because stromatolites are the oldest known life on earth (so far)
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Cat Palmer 3 years ago
Shame I'm not at my mum's house as she has a fossil of 60 million year old shellfish. Not a patch on this, age-wise, but definitely older than anything I own!
#11
It's A Cast Iron Foo Dog Incense Burner, From The Late Qing Dynasty (China). Roughly 130 Years Old
Final score:
290points
beatnik crab 3 years ago
LOL sorry to burst your bubble, but no. I have this exact same thing. Literally, it could have been cast from the same mold. It's an incense burner for cone incense, circa the 1960~70s. My mom bought it in her college days, and it wasn't old when she bought it. I've seen one or two more just like it at vintage shops over the years as well.
Amber Bedard 3 years ago
Your mothers could be a reproduction for tourists
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Tania Moore 3 years ago
It IS older than 130 years! The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last dynasty in the imperial history of China. It was established in 1636 in Manchuria, and in 1644 its rule extended into China proper and lasted until 1912.
#12
My Doll, Given To Me When My Sister Was Born 1950
Final score:
289points
Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I really love this doll (agree that she looks precious, not creepy) although them hands look very real.
Pearl 3 years ago
"but hate it at the same time"..could at you least show some respect for the poster, Sue? The doll has been handled very lovingly and they don't really deserve your comment.
Load More Replies... Nazda Pokmov 3 years ago
Those porcelain or ceramic dolls are real antiques and hard to find in such pristine condition with all the clothes and shoes intact.
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
I had a couple of tiny porcelain baby dolls of my moms with glass eyes that opened and closed. Actually remember taking them to a doll hospital when I was under six. Oddly creepy. All I've got is the slip one wore. Brother tossed dolls when I moved.
Louise Stange-Wahl 3 years ago
So was I LOL....This coll is special...doesn't give off any "creepy" vibes!
#13
Trilobite I Found, South Africa. Approximately 250m Years Old
Final score:
288points
Louise Stange-Wahl 3 years ago
Incredible as it seems, we have some trilobites we found in Southern Ohio that look identical. It is the state fossil. They have some HUGE ones in museums there.
#14
This Photo I Found At A Flea-Market. The Back Says 05.09.1917
Final score:
251points
Lenn (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yes. Due to I'm from Germany and the writing on the back is german too... I strongly believe it was a german dude.
Load More Replies... Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Full of hope and promise. Only to be off to kill or be killed. War sucks.
Adinda Jane White 3 years ago
I truly believe he had nothing to do with war. He was just a sort of policeman. Lower in rank and in the country side. Common in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium
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Martin Forbes 3 years ago
5th September 1917, so much carnage and over a century later we still haven't learnt their lesson.
Lenn (Submission author) 3 years ago
Probably german, there is german written on the backside and I found it on a german flea-market ;)
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#15
An Original Restored Pharmacy Now Used For Coffee Accessories
Final score:
248points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
This is beautiful. Just imagine, this thing probably had laudanum, dilaudid, and/or other opioids as well as cocaine in it at one point.
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Imagine how much nicer it would feel getting your prescriptions out of something with the warmth of wood instead of chrome, glass and powder coated metal.
Tania Moore 3 years ago
That has a different name, a much better name. It was NOT called a ‘pharmacy’. https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antiques/antique-furniture/cabinets-vitrines/medicine_cabinets?period=20400
#16
The Lintel Of The Front Door 1678. Doubs France
Final score:
241points
Terry Butler 3 years ago
Children write their sevens backwards a lot until they eventually learn the correct way. Maybe this person didn't do a lot of hand-writing and just forgot which way it faced.
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#17
My Favorite Picture, Circa 1900
My great-grandmother and grandmother are in the crowd.
Final score:
218points
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
I used to call the woman on the left, all in black, the Wicked Witch of the West. Kids, what can I say?
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
My great-grandmother, holding my grandmother are just to the right of the woman in black. They died before I was born, so I never knew what was actually happening. I love the hats and the babies so much!
Load More Replies... HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
I never get tired of this picture. The sad thing is, I have no one to pass it on to! But I love all the comments.
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Exactly what was everybody up to. I love the clothes. Those babies must have put all that white to the test. I can't imagine how hard it was to dress as women used to. A photo today would be a sea of t-shirts sons flip flops.
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
I just sent this to the Sullivan Historical Society to see if they can help.
Jennifer Griffin 3 years ago
The kid just above the shoulder of 'The Wicked Witch' to the right looks like she's having a fit and would rather be doing anything but getting her photo taken lol
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
And my grandmother is reaching toward the camera! LOL
Load More Replies... HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
Me too, but sadly there is no one left who knows anything about it. Even my dad didn't know.
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#18
Butter Mold
Final score:
206points
Terry Butler (Submission author) 3 years ago
Belonged to my mother-in-law's mom. My mother-in-law was born in 1924, so this is at least 100 years old. Her mother sold butter molded in this to her neighbors in Rome, Georgia.
Nazda Pokmov 3 years ago
Butter molds were very important back then making an every day meal something special.
Dawn Shackleford 3 years ago
My Grandma's mom had one of those in her house when I was very young. It got stolen later on in time.
Jesse Powers 3 years ago
Looks a lot like an old school hash press for cannabis this must be what inspired the design for the modern hash press
Penny Carter 3 years ago
I have one just like it. It imprints a flower design on a pat of butter. Mine is from 1890.
#19
Handmade Vase From Italy WWII
Final score:
206points
Susan Atkinson (Submission author) 3 years ago
No, the Evil Spirit is in the mirror down the basement! Lol
The Guy who Posts 3 years ago
My dad was a miner when he was like 30, He said these kind of vases we're quartz
Susan Atkinson (Submission author) 3 years ago
No, the Evil Spirit is in the old mirror in the basement! Lol
#20
Dutch And Hebrew Psalm Book From 1666. My Antique Dealer Friend Says It's Worth $20
Final score:
205points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
I gotta believe that anything from the 1600s is going to be worth more than $20. Is he trying to buy it? Lol hopefully not trying to lowball you.
John Verbrugge (Submission author) 3 years ago
No, he told me that old religious books are so common that no one wants them. I find it hard to believe, but I haven't found evidence to the contrary.
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dashiel bradey 3 years ago
i think its worth more than $20. just google it like I did. IBER PSALMORUM/RARE 1st HEBREW Ed./JOANNE LEUSDEN/1666 Album Album Album VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION RARE FIRST EDITION FINE LEATHER BINDING LIBER PSALMORUM EditusA JOANNE LEUSDEN AMSTERDAM: Typis & sumptibus Joseph Athias. Anno MDCLXVI. 1666. [published date: 1666]. 12mo. 5.0" x 3.0" inches. (LxB). 2 parts in 1. Pp. [18], [240, (5) pages. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Bound in the original full calf leather binding, spine with 4 raised bands. The first edition of Leusden's Hebrew Psalm text was 1st published by Joseph Athias in Amsterdam in 1666 with the title "Sefer tehillim" (= Liber Psalmorum). Next to this 1666 Hebrew-Latin edition, a Hebrew-Dutch and a Hebrew-English version was published in the same year. One of the three rare issues of the Book of Psalms with the Hebrew text edited by Johannes Leusden facing the Latin translation by Santes Pagninus (1470-1541). This Psalm edition was edited by Johannes Leusden
grafxgal60073 3 years ago
He's just trying to get you to sell it for cheap and he'll make a scandalous profit.
Lucky2BAlive 3 years ago
Before you do anything. Go and speak with a high level Rabbi. They will give you a fair and honest evaluation along with possible preservation. Whatever you do. DO NOT have it rebound. Then you will absolutely lose value. You can seek advice from a museum as well. Good luck to you.
#21
An Old Singer Sewing Machine From (Maybe) The 60s
Final score:
197points
Monique Reed 3 years ago
Definitely older, if it has a treadle---though many of those old machines were electrified later on. If it works, you have a real treasure. If it doesn't, it could probably be made to run. Those early Singers are darn near indestructible. (My own Singer is a baby by comparison--1949 and I wouldn't trade it for anything.)
Seabeast 3 years ago (edited)
Don't know about Singer, but many companies still made treadle machines well into the 50s for people who lived in remote areas with no electricity. Janome made one called the 712T until relatively recently. Not sure when they stopped, but it's still on one of their websites. __ https://www.janome.com/machines/sewing/712t/
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Candia Lee 3 years ago
Table is too new. I'd guess 1930ish. My table is way funkier.
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FLUXUS DAKOTA 3 years ago
The 60s! Wow, some of you young folks don't have a clue. I bet if it was a car as old as this sewing machine you'd be able to judge its age better.
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
Dude, it's probably 50 years older than that. I found photos of a damn near identical one from 1907. https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2012/12/05/identifying-vintage-sewing-machines
Vetus Vespertilio 3 years ago
My mother had the same one. It was given to her as a wedding gift in 1948 by her godmother, who had used it all her life but felt too old for dressmaking. Mother made every stitch of our clothing, even her hats, my dad’s dress shirts and ties, and our overcoats until she passed in 1961. The first “store-bought” dress I ever owned was for her funeral.
Elizabeth Bass 3 years ago
I have this table. Run the serial number on the machine. Mine was from 1918
Dawn Shackleford 3 years ago
Really beautiful table for the sewing machine. Wish it were opened up to show the machine.
Michalina Nowak 3 years ago
My parents have the same thing! Well my mother has gotten it from my grandpa.. It's pretty cool tbh!
#22
My Grand Grandmother's Plant Pot, Circa 1896, Art Nouveau/Liberty
Final score:
195points
Akasha Tulau (Submission author) 3 years ago
lol i'm not english! sorry :D but she was a GREAT, GREAT SUPER Great-Grandmother, anyway! :D
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Betsy Novack 3 years ago
I love the art nouveau rich eroticism. The curves and the shadows. It's lusty and alive and just makes you want to touch it.
#23
A 16th Century Woodcut
Final score:
187points
F. H. (Submission author) 3 years ago
I bought it. If you can find them anywhere but in an antique shop, they are usually not expensive.
Load More Replies... Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago (edited)
A print? It's not the cut block, is it? What's it printed on? It's really quite amazing. Always had so much respect for people who could do this kind of thing back before CNCs were around. I've tried wood carving and I would have messed it up within the first 20 minutes. 😆
F. H. (Submission author) 3 years ago
It's printed on paper, a book page actually. Cunning antique sellers in the 19th century cut books that were in bad condition apart and sold the individual pages. I don't think it's that a technique to master when you start your training at the age of twelve and never are allowed to do anything but this.
Load More Replies... Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Imagine how tough it was to do illumination and calligraphy on parchment paper. No back space or white out is coming to the rescue.
Lori West 3 years ago
People should be very careful what they post online. Some of these items are very valuable and they could be inviting scammers.
F. H. (Submission author) 3 years ago
This has a value of about 50 Euro. Maybe 100 to a collector. Just because something is very old, it doesn't mean that it has a high value. I once bought the 1827 edition of a book because it was half the price of the new on and even included an extra story. It cost 7 Euro.
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66 Million
Final score:
172points
David Parker 3 years ago
"Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" Is a very small book I bought many years ago at a yard sale. It's a nice leather-bound book about a song. The book was first published in 1865 then again in 1889.
#25
This Marble My Sister Found In Our Parents' Field 15 Years Ago. Unknown Date, Guessing Circa 1920
Final score:
168points
Dana Castonguay 3 years ago
Nah, that's a croak from the 80's...had some just like it...came in that colour which I called caramel, one was mint green and white mixed and blue/white mix....
Load More Replies... Joanne Lawrence (Submission author) 3 years ago
The good people over on r/marbles were somewhat helpful in my efforts to try to identify it, but I wasn't able to nail down a year or where it came from with any real specificity.
John Otruba 3 years ago
I had a ton of marbles when I was a kid(some of them gifted by Grandma) We called these 'swirlies" and I never used then when playing "keepsies" Yes winner kept all the marbles, Early 1960s
#26
I Have This Magazine From The 40s But Don’t Have A Pic Of It So Here’s My Vintage Protector From The Early 50s
Final score:
160points
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
The handle is that of a Keystone, probably from the 1940s.
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Steve Fischer 3 years ago
I have a mint 1927 National Geographic. What's amazing are the ads of what people desired just before the 1929 Crash.
Tania Moore 3 years ago
That is MUCH older than the 1950s! My parents had a film projector from the 1950s and it looked FAR newer than that.
That pigeon -> 3 years ago
I like the picture in the background ❤️ such a bittersweet moment In history when all the men came back and the widows could stop crying, worrying and could finally sleep with their husbands at night 🙂
Ecto Plasm 3 years ago
do you know the actual story? bc thats not her husband it was a case of mistaken identity
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#27
Dinosaur Coprolites Have Been Dated Back To The Cretaceous Period (146–66 Million Years Ago)
Final score:
155points
Russ Kincade 3 years ago
I'm guessing it belonged to a paleontologist, but he got tired of studying the same old $hit and sold it.
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Can't help but appreciate the irony that someone appears to have buffed it to a shine.
YourWorstNightmare 3 years ago (edited)
I have a coprolite that a family friend found in their garden! I think mine came from the Jurassic.
#28
I Recently Acquired This Ancient Item, Specifically For Its Age
Final score:
145points
Rob Eman (Submission author) 3 years ago
Wish I could edit my post. With reference to grabbing screen from my Heritage Auction Archives.... also replace with my own photo later. Lame 1st post from me. Will do better if I post again...
Mistralok 3 years ago
No problem my friend. Well all make mistakes here from time to time.
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Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
I'll bet that cost a pretty penny! (Lame excuse for a pun 100% intended)
Rob Eman (Submission author) 3 years ago
Actually most ancient coins don't have very high premiums. I figure I effectively paid face value after adjusting for inflation. Perhaps another reason why stocks are better investments than gold. But believing perhaps a king or a biblical person may have spent this brings me joy.
Load More Replies... Stacey Lu 3 years ago
A drop of gold? A coin? I like it. That being said, is gold all the same age as the earth? We can't make more, we can melt it and mix it with other stuff but the gold is still the same gold, right? And old. Just a thought, lol
Rob Eman (Submission author) 3 years ago
Technically most astronomers believe exploding stars bring us virtually all of our heavy metals. So time frames may vary? Also technically small quantities can be created in a lab by getting the proton count to add up to 79 but it's a very expensive nuclear reaction... So technically gold should be far more valuable than diamonds, since diamonds can now be easily created in labs. (It's a drop of gold hammered with an image on reverse. )
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Blondieybat 3 years ago
Can I include my g’ma’s china? Homer Laughlin. This year officially 200 years old and still on use for high holidays.
#29
Metal Bowl And Spoon
Final score:
131points
Elin Peterson 🥐 (Submission author) 3 years ago
I don’t even know where it came from but my mom said it’s like 100 years old
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Raye West 3 years ago
Armies all over the world 100-- 150 years ago used these to give to soldiers as their one reuseable plate.
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago (edited)
I was thinking that it looked a lot like a civil war mess set. By WWI, the field mess kits were designed to clip together--a bowl/pan, a plate, and the utensils kept inside between them.
Load More Replies... John Otruba 3 years ago
Grandpa told me that HIS dad told him it was always needed to carry your own bowl and spoon in the "Old" west. Many folks had no extras if you were invited to eat you got your bowl/plate from saddlebags
Official_Blink 3 years ago
My family and I still eat in steel plates- The special pretty ones are for guests 🙃✨
#30
This Vase Is From The '60s
Final score:
110points
#31
My Great Grandfather, Circa 1875
Final score:
51points
#32
1760s Ten Plate Stove
Final score:
36points
Paula Lerch (Submission author) 3 years ago
This stove was used during the revolutionary war. I live near valley forge Pa, very historic area. It is said that George Washington used ten plate stoves. We found this in the woods!
#33
Wooden German Carving. Working Clock And Waterwheel
Final score:
34points
#34
Great Grandad George Who Is 90 In April!
Final score:
33points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Wow....he's so dapper. We should all age so well and be so fashionable when we are that age.
Marissa Taylor 3 years ago
Def looks like the kinda man wholl buy you ice cream and taLk about hes youth
#35
Hockey Stick 1972 Summit Series Signed By Players
Final score:
31points
Connie Hirsch 3 years ago
Kind of odd object to keep displayed on your breakfast table, but OK. :-)
Stephen Meade (Submission author) 3 years ago
It's not normally on the island 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁🤣🤣Just for the picture.
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A Brass Cigarette Lighter That Belonged To My Great Grandfather Who Served In WWI
Final score:
28points
Cat Palmer (Submission author) 3 years ago
I found it in my grandmother's junk drawer while clearing her house after she died. I count myself very lucky that I decided to look through the contents rather than just throwing the lot in the bin!
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My Old Silver Collection. Some Items Are More Than A Century Old
Final score:
27points
Samia Salem (Submission author) 3 years ago
They are typical to some eastern Egyptian tribes who live along the red sea & one of them belongs to some other tribe living in the western desert
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My Mom, Who Turned 100 In February. Long May She Live
Final score:
27points
#39
Ancient Kandarian Summoning Book
Bound in human flesh and inked in blood. It has the power to harness the Kandarian demon's ability to control both the dead and deadites, as well as summon the Kandarian demon itself.
Final score:
25points
LRevello 3 years ago
Don't burn this, don't burn ouji boards... BURY it instead
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K 3 years ago
Very very much doubt it's human skin. This practice was incredibly rare. There aren't that many books done this way (a lot of reasons for this). I highly recommend reading Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom if interested
lordsyphil (Submission author) 3 years ago
You're absolutely right. It's a movie prop replica.
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Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Uhhhh...This looks an awful lot like the Necronomicon from Evil Dead. Just sayin'.
IrrelevantNonsense 3 years ago (edited)
Wait, bound in human flesh with blood? Frame it or burn it! Ew, don’t hold it with your bare hands.. *gag*
lordsyphil (Submission author) 3 years ago
I had to use this to send the deadites back to hell.
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Flint Blades From Neolithic Egypt, Around 7000-5000 BCE
Final score:
23points
#41
The Printed Book Is From 1794, The Handwritten Text - 1741
Final score:
23points
Claudia Schmid 3 years ago
It's acutally a history book: a comparison of customs, trade, religion and science between the middle ages and the century the book was written in. It's German but the old writing is not that easy to read.
MarmotArchivist (Submission author) 3 years ago
Right, the handwritten is French, the printed book is German. I’m an Archivist and now read Fraktur almost as fast as a modern typeface. German handwriting on the other hand is sometimes challenging to read because the script has so many variations through history, much more than French or other romance languages. But in the end, what really determines the legibility of a text is not the century it was written in, but rather if the person wrote like a pig or not.
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Late 1500s/Early 1600s Chest On Chest Passed Down In The Family
Brought over from England. May have been in Europe before that. Built like a beast.
Final score:
22points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) (Submission author) 3 years ago
"Restoring" it was the hard part because, since it's so antique, you have to use things only available and used during the era it was built. So it took me a lot of research before I even started. Have to use beeswax candles to keep the drawers even remotely slidable.
Megan Pippenger 3 years ago
That is amazing! It looks gorgeous so clearly the research and hard work paid off in the restoration. It looks so good it’s hard to believe it’s as old as it is!
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WebbyWebWeb 3 years ago
This is Georgian, so from 1714 on (furniture just didn't look like this in 15/1600s). Mahogany with satinwood stringing. The drawers look to be from a different piece (might explain why they are tight) this was not uncommon with well made furniture before the throwaway culture. I wonder what their story is?
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) (Submission author) 3 years ago
The drawers are original, and we had it appraised and dated bc it was a custom made item for a several times-great grandfather. He was a wealthy English ship merchant who owned a fleet of ships in that general era and apparently had this built for and installed in quarters on his favorite ship, which he traveled on the most. It was initially built with tighter drawers, apparently, so they wouldn't slide out when the ship pitched and yawed. It's a removable chest on chest. The feet were added later by his great grandson, I believe. I'm not sure about the crown.
Load More Replies... Klaatu Verrata (Cough) (Submission author) 3 years ago
Easier said than done. Do I have a time machine? Because I would need to go back in time to have more made to keep the value.
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Winnie The Pooh. Had Him Since The Day I Was Born. I'm 40
Final score:
22points
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
My grandmother had the first editions of the original first two Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne, published in 1926, as well as first editions of 3 Ernest Thompson Seton works. I've collected a number of vintage books and love their history!
#44
My Great-Grandmother’s Sewing Machine, Circa 1920s/1930s
Usually set into a wood table but removed during our recent move for ease of transport as this thing is heavy. Also planning on repairing and refinishing the table it folds into. I’m a professional seamstress so I love having this family heirloom. Was also used to make my great-aunt’s wedding dress in 1952, which I also have if anyone wants to see.
Final score:
20points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
I was just saying to someone else, and I'm sure you've already considered this, but to maintain its value it's a good idea to research what products were used during the period it was built so you don't degrade the value of it by using modern products to restore it. I have an old Singer first electric series that's from the mid or late 1890s that my son restored and gave me. He buys, restores, and sells them as a hobby. He uses kerosene to clean these old machines--iso alcohol ruins the lacquer. Same applies to restoring the cabinets. Electric sanders, modern polymer-based paints and finishes will ruin the value bc they aren't period-true. Antique specialists often say that it's better to leave something falling apart than to try to fix it using modern methods. I imagine you considered this, already, since you are a professional, but I thought I'd throw that in there in case you were considering updating it to modern standards in order to optimize its function. :)
Megan Pippenger (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thanks for those suggestions! I hadn’t given that a lot of thought, beyond making sure I didn’t use anything that would damage it. I’m less concerned about maintaining its value as an antique, as it is a family heirloom and not something I’d ever consider selling, but I do care about authenticity over modernity. I have no idea how old this thing actually is, and for all I know it could be as old as the late 1800’s-early 1900s, making research difficult. I have multiple modern sewing machines I use for my actual sewing work so I have no intention of sticking a modern motor on this thing, for sure! I may not be able to use only period products and methods (especially on the table) but certainly where appropriate/necessary I plan to. Good tip about the kerosene! Do people use iso alcohol to clean sewing machines? Even with my modern machines I wouldn’t want to use something that abrasive and dry.
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Additionally: I think the last time we tested it the motor didn’t work, but I hope to be able to find a replacement snd restore this thing to its former glory. Especially since my other antique sewing machine, my great aunt’s early 50’s model, still works perfectly! The table it folds into is beautiful (if in need of refinishing) so I wish I could show it, but it’s in my garage awaiting repair and we have painters coming in the next hour. Since the machine folds down into the table completely I didn’t even know we had this for most of my life! I was home on summer from fashion school and my mom mentioned it and I was like EXCUSE ME??? I WANT TO SEE ALSO YES I WANT IT WHY IS IT JUST SITTING IN STORAGE IN OUR BASEMENT???
#45
Early 1950s Sewing Machine From Macy’s. Belonged To My Great-Aunt And Still Works Perfectly!
Final score:
20points
Megan Pippenger (Submission author) 3 years ago
Though the shape is similar, the difference in weight between this one and my great-grandmother’s older machine is huge. This one is still heavy, probably around 25-30lbs, but the older one feels like one solid hunk of iron and probably weighs closer to 50lbs. Sorry to bend the rules by sharing them both, but I don’t have a lot of heirlooms, and so I’m very proud or and attached to the ones I do have, especially my sewing related ones, as I am a professional seamstress and designer. Also my great aunt took such good care of her things! She regularly has this thing serviced up until she died! It still has its accessories, carrying case, AND instruction booklet!
#46
Front And Back Of A Framed Postcard Postmarked 1911, With A Benjamin Franklin 1 Cent Stamp
I found this while out thrifting for pictures but I didn't realize how old it was until I took it home.
Final score:
20points
LittleBrownWren (Submission author) 3 years ago
I couldn't read parts of the message but here's appx. what it says, with original punctuation: Addressed to Mrs. John Lessard, Burlington, WA: Dear Sister, How are you getting along. Are you going on the farm soon. we have moved to Bristol now. We have a horse now. Will got it from his home wh---. We got a farm now so sue can k--- it. Your sister, Elsie W. Bristol Wi----
#47
Photo Of My Great-Grandparents
Final score:
20points
Jaaawn (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thank you :) Poor folks were only in their 40s when they were killed.
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My Coffee Pot
Final score:
19points
Kara Kramin 3 years ago
Grandma bought one just like it in Egypt the late 1950s. Her husband was a college professor and invited to teach in Egypt for a year.
#49
“Harry 1876”
Final score:
16points
Mari 3 years ago
I think it's a baptimal cup. It was a tradition the godfather gave this to the baby who was baptised.
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Bought This At A Yard Sale. Notice Creepy Child Peeking!
Final score:
16points
#51
This Is My Grandma's Toy Flatiron. She Got It In 1909 When She Was Five Years Old
Final score:
15points
#52
Bible With 1889 Inscription
Final score:
13points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Oh man, this reminds me...we have a family bible from my husband's side of the family that goes back to the 1400s! It's over 2 feet long and at least 1.5 feet wide. Biggest bible I've ever seen in my life. It's guided in gold with gold locks and has some kind of metal outer covers...I am guessing probably retrofitted well after 1400 to keep it from falling apart. Looks more like a box than a bible, at first glance. But this one you have has a lot more character than his, which I think is grey (we haven't pulled it out in like ten years) and it's so fragile you really don't want to even touch it. :/
#53
This Is My Great Grandma's Piano Stool
She even wrote her name on a piece of tape and stuck it on the bottom. I never got to meet her, but I feel connected to her based on what I've heard and this lovely piece she left behind.
Final score:
13points
#56
Binoculars From Circa 1917
Final score:
9points
#57
No Idea How Old This Is
Final score:
8points
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Do you know anything about its history? I wonder what the COCP stands for. Looks like it was well loved and used.
Axel Morales (Submission author) 3 years ago
It says CCCP, the Soviet Union's acronym in Russian. It looks like an O because of the lighting. I don't know anything about this, my dad got it in an antique store in Vienna.
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What do you think ?
Elaine Elder 3 years ago
I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
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Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
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Paradox Spitfire 3 years ago
I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
Jasmina Lejla Kovačević 3 years ago
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
Jo Choto 3 years ago
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
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B C 3 years ago
I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
Elaine Elder 3 years ago
I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
Load More Replies... Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
Load More Replies... Paradox Spitfire 3 years ago
I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
Jasmina Lejla Kovačević 3 years ago
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
Jo Choto 3 years ago
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
Load More Replies... B C 3 years ago
I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
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