Antique Collector Gifts

Iron age men, "I've only just bought this bronze stuff and you're telling me I ought to upgrade to iron?"

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

'But it must be valuable, it's got 'Made in China' stamped on the bottom!'

Ye Old Accountants, Slow Books

"These Romans must've been very clumsy - all their pottery is in pieces..."

A street scene.

The Drunkard's Children - Drinking at Gin Shop, Haven of Social Evils

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)

The Recruits journey.

'It's up to you, Mr Snedly. Get it fixed, or enter it in the antique show.'

Maid

Portrait of Frederick Locker.

The lord chancellor copies from memory

A couple promenading in the fashionable dress of 1795

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

"It belonged to an elderly knight who only used it for Sunday battles!"

I'm looking for some stamps in the Jungle Series.'

Abacus manufacturer waits for virus to destroy computers.

'Buy a Newspaper Dated the Day You were Born.'

"I'm running a few grains slow..."

Primitve God symbol

'Son, the closest anybody should get to exercise is collecting antique bowling pins.'

'This one belonged to a little old lady who couldn't even walk upright.'

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

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

Something for everyone!

The First Printed Bible

"This had better be important! I was in the middle of Antiques Roadshow..."

"See their cave paintings - all bought in."

"I don't want to get into a hypothetical debate about the nature of reality while I'm watching 'Bargain Hunt'. . ."

Downsizing Pushback

Time pieces through history

'I lost my leg during the great war serving as captain's table.'

Child found in the Street is Brought into Shelter at a Ragged School