Antique Appreciator Gifts

"Careful now. It's fragile."

Any old Gold - 'There's a man ahead of his time'

Heirloom Hot Dogs.

"I knew you was mad when you tried to sell me to them "American Pickers" fellers."

'I believe this is one of the original sets'

"Your antique gold watch didn't float."

ANTIQUES: Buyers and Lookers

"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?"

"I don't know who on Facebook told you, but I can assure you Stradivarius didn't make accordions!"

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

Southwark Fair.

'It's genuine 17th century satsuma - and the pair would have been worth ?14,000.'

Long before the GPS, traveling humans found their way around by using an Atlas.

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

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

Antiques

The First Printed Bible

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

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

"Attention, everyone! I'd like to introduce the newest member of our family."

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

Finally! A cure for the common cold!

Dinner at the Jolly Sandboys (opening to Ch 19)

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

"I thought I'd add a punch line."

Snapshots in Time

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt

Acme Slide Rules: 'We'll be here and ready, when the current electronic gadgetry fad fades!'

"Don't you sometimes worry that if they do give us our stuff back we'll lose some of the sense of grievance that's so crucial to our cultural identity?"

Authentic Rinkelmier chair (Built 1723)

Antiques

Baby car seat for a Native American.

Books of Tablets