Lover Of Antiquities Gifts

"The End of Classicism as we know it."

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

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

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

Antiques

Souvenirs.

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

Egyptian Mummy/Egyptian Mummy and Toddler.

"Tut's outdone himself this time."

'...And it comes with valuable coupons toward your next purchase.'

"I'm still looking, sir?"

Authentic Rinkelmier chair (Built 1723)

Islington Angels.

Books of Tablets

Tilden Formally Withdraws from Democratic Candidacy Race

"Aha! - Proof that this is definitely an iron-age site..."

'What I especially like about being a philosopher-scientist is that I don't have to get my hands dirty.'

"Look - I've just invented the spade!..."

The Old Curiosity Shop

My own museum.

First aid and sculpture

I brake for anything discarded that I can bring to the antiques roadshow.

"I'm collecting everyday objects for a time capsule."

"I'll take it."

Queen Anne

'I'm afraid my husband will stop loving me as I get older.' - 'Mine would never do that with me. You know why, don't you. He's an antique dealer.'

Antique silver

Antique shop owner looks at old chalice, saying: 'Well, it MIGHT be worth something if it had the original myrrh inside.'

"I never expected you to pay through the nose."

"I've up cycled your Chippendale!"

Socrates does lunch

'And exactly where did you find the 'antique salami slicer'?'

'But Grandma, how did you text on them?'

'Don't even think about it, Walter.'

'Now we come to what it would have been worth'