Vintage Collecting Gifts

Books On Paper

"Look what they did to her! We should be thankful they only had us spayed."

Rag and Bone

"Now then, what does Madam desire?"

'But how do you download music?'

"We had an expert restore all the original shag carpeting."

Flower Seller Girl with Baby

'You know, I've been thinking. If only I could get Multitouch...'

Roasted

Dick's hobby of collecting manhole covers kept him out of trouble... except of the hernias.

'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.'

'This is from City Hospital...Everyone born in 1931 is being recalled.'

'I really like these black and white pictures, Gramps. Did you Photoshop them?'

"Your most precious investments are gold, fine wine, and all those vinyl records you've been hauling around since college."

They were long past their canine pasts, but the rare stamp brought out the beast in them.

'Change? We're not against change. . . Change everything back to how it used to be!'

"We're up-grading the phone system."

"Sorry sir, if you take the record player, you must take the dog."

"Look what I found in the garage!"

"Look, Baldo...a cool used car for only $300!"

"I'm impressed! Junior actually asked to use our old-fashioned dictionary!"

"How long did you say this Christmas Tree has been in your family?"

Retro gear

Steampunk

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

Today's unsaleables are tomorrow's antiques.

'It's a World War II portable phone and it works great when I have someone to crank it.'

That's supposed to say garage sale!

Junk Bought, Antiques Sold.

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

'Antiques are things one generation buys, the next generation gets rid of, and the following generation buys again.'

'Repeats! Nothing but repeats! Why don't they repeat the news from 1970, when news was much better?'

"Did you know we have "Hotel California" on album, 8-track, cassette, CD and MP3?"

'A regular computer wouldn't have been so bad — I was replaced by an electric typewriter.'

Football merchandising - 1953.