Old Home Aficionado Gifts

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

Second hand furniture.

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

"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."

Dynasties - Ping, Ching, Ming.

'I'm old enough to remember when smiley faces were right side up.'

"Oh it's not haunted, it's just really old and nothing works."

'I'd like to match this credenza.'

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

"I put my faith in coal. Because there’s no fuel like an old fuel."

'Have you any idea just how little this is worth?'

Abacus.

'Do you know what I miss? - Chalk talks!'

"My goodness, no! Grandfather would never, ever let us near this!!"

"You're unlikely to find anyplace on the market that is truly impregnable."

"Now we're leaving the hall of stuff we stole from other cultures and entering the hall of stuff we paid too much for."

For sale sign: 'Unique 16th Century cottage. Similar properties wanted.'

Grandfather Clock

A new meaning in the Roman

'I was 'Sweatin' To The Oldies', and I flipped over on my back!'

"He's our back-up if our computers fail."

Johannes Gutenberg

"At the Christmas Artifacts Museum"

"Of course it sends your message digitally. If you want analogue we'll have to saddle up old Bessie."

"I'd like to make a return."

Capt. Ahab's landlocked brother Morab, searching for the white elephant.

Lady visiting the 1862 International Exhibition fands that the omnibuses ruin her crinolines

'Sorry, I'm married to that one.'

King and Queen with real estate agent view castle for sale: 'My wife likes it, but she wants to know if you have the same thing in purple.'

Restored antique carriage in A.D. 2500