"Antiques" Blogs & Blog Posts

In 2019, an old vase on the shelf of a Washington DC thrift store caught the eye of Anna Lee Dozier who paid $4 for it. "I saw this vase, and I assumed it was like a tourist reproduction," Dozier, who works as an advocate for Mexico's Indigenous peo...

Superman made his debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938, when he could only leap tall buildings and not fly over them. All 200,000 copies quickly sold out, and fewer than one hundred copies still exist, making it one of the most sought-after comics. R...

Sophia Bogel is an author, teacher, and book restorer. Watch her take us through the fascinating process of deconstructing and restoring a 100-year-old book. Bogel shows us how restoring an old, fragile book is an incredibly delicate undertaking, and...

If you're a fan of automata, you'll want to check out Atlas Obscura's list of Automata to visit around the world. Although self-operating machines were a thing far earlier in history, Automata became a beloved type of entertainment during the industr...

I can't think of a cuter way to display these vintage Mid Century Modern Viking Glass vases—they're all dressed up like The Martians (also known as Yip-Yips) from Sesame Street. The vases were posted recently on the Instagram account of Atomic S...

Construction workers digging in Rome's historic center dug up this magnificent marble head. It's thought to be from the Augustan Age of Rome, more than 2,000 years ago and yet remains in exquisite condition. What's even more interesting is that the s...

Emmanuel Hébert transformed his childhood bungalow into a huge mansion filled top to bottom in antiques. See how he pulled off the huge renovation.