Antiquarian Mugs

Rare Books / Exceedingly Rare Books / Never Published Books

"It belonged to my great... great creepy Uncle Edgar."

"Just how rare? The first print run of this book, in 1935 was just 6 copies and we're still waiting for one of those to sell...."

"It's not a first edition, but it's from Moses' workshop."

Rare Book Store: Telephone Directories

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

"It looks like our house got sick and threw up the attic."

Southwark Fair.

Rare Books

'My luck, I buy a bottle of wine from 450 B.C. and it's still five years from reaching maturity.'

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

'When I met him he was all bright and shiny - now he's a rust bucket.'

Dynasties - Ping, Ching, Ming.

Antiques

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

The First Printed Bible

Riverboat 4 Square Hustlers

'No, you can't just watch the end of Bargainhunt!'

'It's an antique!'

Estate Sale! All the stuff my kids said they don't want to inherit.

Stone Age women were less happy than men at the arrival of the iron age: Look what I've invented just for you darling.

Dinner at the Jolly Sandboys (opening to Ch 19)

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

Auctioneer: 'Sold to the lady whose husband just walked out!'

At last, Clarence thought, the long-awaited return to the old economy had begun.

The Cattle show Week.

"The keep saying unrestored and what a nice PATINA, Ted. A better-sounding word for old tarnished stuff would be SCRINCH or SKRITCH, don't you think, eh, Ted?"

Archeologists discover Egyptian Computers.

Egyptian Mummy/Egyptian Mummy and Toddler.

The dead sea scrolls

Books of Tablets

Grandfather Clock

Authentic Rinkelmier chair (Built 1723)