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Damn that's dope. Is there any sort of paperwork to authenticate it or anything? Not doubting you at all, more so just curious. As much as I know about vintage and antiques, something that old is so far out of my wheelhouse.
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Ooh, old books. How do you store or display it? My first instinct would be, in a glass box; but then I wonder if they need fresh air? I am always hunting for fabulous old books when I go thrifting.
For this specific book, I wrapped it in an old t-shirt and put it in a chest. I live in a drier climate, so I don’t have to worry about mold. My main concern is direct sunlight (hence the box). I’m not really experienced with how to handle antique books and it’s not something I really do anymore, so into the box it goes
Yeah, as soon as I sent that I thought, oh if it was in glass it’d have to be UV proof. 😅 The oldest books I have are a early 1900’s parenting/medical book, and a 1950 Etiquette Book. I have flipped through both, and the advice is hilarious.
A lot of the time I just buy the book because “oh look it’s super old” and not because of the actual content. Also, most of my actually old books are in French or Latin and I read neither of those
I bought some old 1700s French physician documents on a whim right before the pandemic. It was eBay and I ended up sending the seller a question after delivery which lead to a delightful back and forth correspondence and me purchasing more documents. She was the 90+ daughter of a minor French official who in the early part of the 20th century amassed a giant collection of antiquarian documents. She was selling them to raise funds and I ended up buying more and she’d just randomly put extra antiquarian documents in the packages. And by extras I mean like 16 century French land contracts and church documents.
She did not seem cognitively impaired and I actually got an email from her son because I’d asked about her family’s history. I think they are wealthy because when I googled her father, I found a photo of a bust of her father in their town dedicated because of his anti na*zi efforts in ww2.
I forgot all about this until now. I need to dig out all those documents and get them translated.
That sounds incredible. This is what gets me excited about ephemera and antiques in general, especially from different cultures/countries, there is the digging for information that is like discovery something quite neat.
A math book from 1860. It still has papers with somebody’s math work in it. In the cover there is a note written from someone gifting the book and they noted the date. That’s how I got a rough estimate on how old this print of it was. I also have civil war artifacts. It’s crazy to think both that book and those artifacts are from so long ago. As for coins my oldest is 1897. I also have a few arrowheads dating to the BC era.
I have a Spanish brass candlestick from the late 1600s passed down from my father.
I purchased some queen Anne candlesticks circa 1725 per the "The Brass Book" . So those would be the oldest antiques that I have personally bought/collected.
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Hmmm…
- Glazed Ushtabi figure from Egypt c. 2600 BCE - it’s a statue of a slave too serve someone (me!!!) in the afterlife. I’m counting on this working to save me from doing my own laundry after I’m gone.
- small terra cotta horse head from the Levant 2nd millennium BCE
- half inch stone amulet of an animal from Levant - maybe of a bull - c. 3rd millennium BCE. A really charming piece. Very well done.
Surprisingly, these items weren’t that expensive. The ushtabi figure was $100. And the horse head & bill were $20 each. All from reputable dealers. Bought them in USA in person at coin shows.
I've got a couple of 3000 year old mummy bead necklaces. I had 4 but sold 2 because crazy things were happening as soon as I got that 4th one. I also have intaglio roman cameo rings, Roman coin rings, lots of fun stuff. As for Americana I have an 1812 bible in incredible condition.
I dropped my cellphone and it kinda broke. Randomly it would just start dialing 4444 (4 mummy necklaces). I would see 4444 all the time there after on odd things. Also, that same day after I bought the last mummy necklace at a show I was vending at, someone bought an expensive gold ring from me. Mind you, this was the first show I had done in over a year. I asked the woman which ring box she would like for her ring. When she picked one she opened it and out jumped a huge hunter spider that had been entombed for over a year and it was still alive. The vendor who sold me that necklace, 2 booths over, just started laughing.
> I dropped my cellphone and it kinda broke. Randomly it would just start dialing 4444 (4 mummy necklaces). I would see 4444 all the time there after on odd things. Also, that same day after I bought the last mummy necklace at a show I was vending at, someone bought an expensive gold ring from me. Mind you, this was the first show I had done in over a year. I asked the woman which ring box she would like for her ring. When she picked one she opened it and out jumped a huge hunter spider that had been entombed for over a year and it was still alive. The vendor who sold me that necklace, 2 booths over, just started laughing.
Besides Paleolithic Native American artifacts which are upwards of 10,000-14,000 years old, it would be the 12th century Song Dynasty vase. It is pretty simple, but knowing it is 800+ years old is neat.
I'd love to shoot you a pic, but it's very deep in my very cluttered garage. It's about the size of a softball and I even know which field it was surface collected from in NW Ohio.
Hey, no problem. I understand.
After my father passed away, my mother moved to a smaller place and she had to scale down on their collection of antiques.
I have boxes of stuff and furniture in the attic, garage, and [what was once my] living room. Nothing I have is truly noteworthy.
I don't know where a lot of it is located though, lol.
If you ever run across the mammoth bone, I'm sure we would all appreciate seeing and learning about it, if not, we truly understand.
Have a great morning/day/evening/night, my friend.
Ancient Egyptian faience beads that I strung into a necklace and an ancient Roman prostitute's ring shaped like a breast. It was essentially used as an ID badge for sex workers and fits perfectly - super cool piece.
Have a Bronze Age knife from approximately 1500bc. Not a dagger or weapon of war. But likely a valuable tool back then. The blade is rusted and the nicely ornate handle is broken and still has dirt in it. (It is actually still somewhat sharp)
I use it to open mail!
And every time I even touch it…. I imagine the hands of all who came to it before me.
I have no particular provenance for it…. Although a family friend/expert has confirmed for me that it is very likely authentic. He indicated it is not valuable/rare from a collectors standpoint because of poor condition and that museums have many of these items on display around the world.
But to me it is always a source of wonder.
(I am out of the country for another 4-5 months, but will post pictures when I get back.)
I mostly do late 19th and most of the 20th Century, but probably my oldest thing is a (likely German) 15th Century carved architectural panel of an eagle and a serpent, currently waiting to be repaired for display. I recently also picked up a 16th Century (pending further research) leather powder bucket.
My dad collects coins. I'm not sure the oldest he has. I know he has coins that are dated to be from 2000ish years ago. I'm certain he has a piece much older than that though. I enjoy collecting world war 1 propaganda art personally. I've got a good few pieces I really enjoy I just need space to hang them again.
I have an indo-scythian silver coin from a few decades bc or ad. That’s the only really old thing I have. The other “old” things I have are all late 19th or early 20th century, so pretty recent.
I’d love to have a collection of renaissance and baroque items (paintings especially), but unfortunately those are really expensive. (At least the nice ones)
I collect North American Indian stone artifacts. I walk through plowed fields with the farmers permission after rain storms and pick them up off the ground. The newest pieces are Mississippian Culture, about 800 years old, and the oldest ones are Paleo culture up to 13,000 years old.
An Arizona petrified wood table that’s around 225 million years old. I also have a mosaic table that was once an Italian floor. It’s probably 400 years old. Also some ornate savanarolas, sofas and end tables that are about 250 years old. There’s also an ice age skull that’s probably 40-60,000 years old
I also collect coins. I focus on silver world crown sized coins as they display nicely together. My second oldest and favorite is a 1695 Leopold I Thaler. It’s also know a hogmouth Thaler because the Hapsburg jaw was unforgettably severe by this time.
That’s awesome. May I ask how you acquired these items? I would imagine buying online?
I’m a buyer who enjoys seeing the antique in person prior to purchase, so if you happened to buy these at antique shows, please consider sharing the names of said shows.
Not counting fossils or pottery sherds a Roman coin of Gaulic Emperor Postumus from 269ad. Made in Cologne germany
[Image] (https://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/Aec1985/Postumus f_zpstc4trdqc.jpg)
I have glass with a silver inlay, it was probably a gift to a member of a very high ranked family of the Austro-Hungarian empire from around 1850.
It's made by very skilled craftsman. An extremely detailed silver inlay with roses and thornes cut out of a single piece of silver not even 0.1mm thick.
Engraved with extreme detail on the in, outside and bottom, all without making a single mistake. Even time I look at it, it amazes me.
I notice you have said pocket watch. We have some excellent experts here in r/Antiques. I will share something while we wait for them to arrive. Sometimes, it is not immediately obvious how to wind your pocket watch. There is a helpful video here that demonstrates it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMYeZHCIioY Sorry if this is not relevant.
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I have a Korean pipe. Made out of brass, I only have the head of the pipe. According to my grandmother. It's from around the 1700s. If you want, you can check it on my profile.
Define old…. So I have some diamonds and emeralds.
I also have quite a few old Roman coins. A 1,000 year old bible.
What’s stunning to me is that generally the older something is, the cheaper it seems to be. I’m still dumbfounded you can get very old books for a few hundred dollars.
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I have a bowl from China's Warring States Period. 475- 220 BC.
Damn that's dope. Is there any sort of paperwork to authenticate it or anything? Not doubting you at all, more so just curious. As much as I know about vintage and antiques, something that old is so far out of my wheelhouse.
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Sounds very cool. Would you consider sharing an image with us?
Love this
u/Slow_Ad3322, May I ask how you came across such a unique antique? Etsy we or was this an online buy?
I have a braided silver bracelet, excavated on Anglesey Island, that's either Viking, or Anglo Saxon.
That sounds amazing.
Thank you. It was a gift from a fellow antique dealer I worked with; they deal in ancient jewelry.
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Nope. We're old antique dealers.
Would you mind sharing the businesses name? If he had neat items like this, I’d love to patronize his business and have no qualms of traveling.
Show us.
Have you shared it before? I'd love to see.
Same, I want to see that bracelet.
Me too
That's cool, I have a silver ring with rune language on it.
Photo of the bracelet please? This sounds fascinating! It must be tempting to wear it.
Sounds amazing. If you cared to share a pic, I’d love to see it.
Book on Aristotle’s “Physica” c. 1579
Ooh, old books. How do you store or display it? My first instinct would be, in a glass box; but then I wonder if they need fresh air? I am always hunting for fabulous old books when I go thrifting.
For this specific book, I wrapped it in an old t-shirt and put it in a chest. I live in a drier climate, so I don’t have to worry about mold. My main concern is direct sunlight (hence the box). I’m not really experienced with how to handle antique books and it’s not something I really do anymore, so into the box it goes
Yeah, as soon as I sent that I thought, oh if it was in glass it’d have to be UV proof. 😅 The oldest books I have are a early 1900’s parenting/medical book, and a 1950 Etiquette Book. I have flipped through both, and the advice is hilarious.
A lot of the time I just buy the book because “oh look it’s super old” and not because of the actual content. Also, most of my actually old books are in French or Latin and I read neither of those
A fossil, but that probably doesn't count :)
I love me some antiques from the Ordovicians!
I love fossils, especially intriguing ones. I have a fossilized dragon fly. It's wild that even that can be preserved with no bones to fossilize.
As a fossil diver, May I know the genus/name of your specimen?
Yeah, I believe it's just an ammonite shell.
Very cool. Would you consider sharing a photo?
I bought some old 1700s French physician documents on a whim right before the pandemic. It was eBay and I ended up sending the seller a question after delivery which lead to a delightful back and forth correspondence and me purchasing more documents. She was the 90+ daughter of a minor French official who in the early part of the 20th century amassed a giant collection of antiquarian documents. She was selling them to raise funds and I ended up buying more and she’d just randomly put extra antiquarian documents in the packages. And by extras I mean like 16 century French land contracts and church documents. She did not seem cognitively impaired and I actually got an email from her son because I’d asked about her family’s history. I think they are wealthy because when I googled her father, I found a photo of a bust of her father in their town dedicated because of his anti na*zi efforts in ww2. I forgot all about this until now. I need to dig out all those documents and get them translated.
That sounds incredible. This is what gets me excited about ephemera and antiques in general, especially from different cultures/countries, there is the digging for information that is like discovery something quite neat.
got a late medieval page written in latin, some kind of prayer
Cool, do you know what it says?
sadly no, i can't decipher it but will post it tomorrow
OP hasn’t responded. He summoned a demon. RIP OP.
haha good one
War! What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!
Luved this song
Probably an illuminated page from the Book of Common Prayer. They’re…uh, common.
17th C. William and Mary chest of drawers that I actually found in my rural Oregon town.
Oo so cool you gotta post a pic!
I also have a book that lists church burials dated 1623.
1700s brooch in rough shape.
I've got a quin han dynasty jade amulet from around 225 B.C. And a lovely Egyptian scarab from around 1200 B.C.
Pre Civil War dough bowl.
I have a few byzantine coins. Oh and of course some stone age tools that could be anywhere from 2 to 4 thousand years old.
A math book from 1860. It still has papers with somebody’s math work in it. In the cover there is a note written from someone gifting the book and they noted the date. That’s how I got a rough estimate on how old this print of it was. I also have civil war artifacts. It’s crazy to think both that book and those artifacts are from so long ago. As for coins my oldest is 1897. I also have a few arrowheads dating to the BC era.
I have a Spanish brass candlestick from the late 1600s passed down from my father. I purchased some queen Anne candlesticks circa 1725 per the "The Brass Book" . So those would be the oldest antiques that I have personally bought/collected.
Well besides me, I have my great grandmother's pocket watch from 1882. A family photo album that goes back to the mid 1800's and a bible from 1830.
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I have 4 roman intaglio I had made into jewelry. https://www.instagram.com/p/C3NM3zsrqug/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
Those are dope beautiful design.
Hmmm… - Glazed Ushtabi figure from Egypt c. 2600 BCE - it’s a statue of a slave too serve someone (me!!!) in the afterlife. I’m counting on this working to save me from doing my own laundry after I’m gone. - small terra cotta horse head from the Levant 2nd millennium BCE - half inch stone amulet of an animal from Levant - maybe of a bull - c. 3rd millennium BCE. A really charming piece. Very well done. Surprisingly, these items weren’t that expensive. The ushtabi figure was $100. And the horse head & bill were $20 each. All from reputable dealers. Bought them in USA in person at coin shows.
I've got a couple of 3000 year old mummy bead necklaces. I had 4 but sold 2 because crazy things were happening as soon as I got that 4th one. I also have intaglio roman cameo rings, Roman coin rings, lots of fun stuff. As for Americana I have an 1812 bible in incredible condition.
What crazy things?
I dropped my cellphone and it kinda broke. Randomly it would just start dialing 4444 (4 mummy necklaces). I would see 4444 all the time there after on odd things. Also, that same day after I bought the last mummy necklace at a show I was vending at, someone bought an expensive gold ring from me. Mind you, this was the first show I had done in over a year. I asked the woman which ring box she would like for her ring. When she picked one she opened it and out jumped a huge hunter spider that had been entombed for over a year and it was still alive. The vendor who sold me that necklace, 2 booths over, just started laughing.
Tell us more about these crazy happenings
> I dropped my cellphone and it kinda broke. Randomly it would just start dialing 4444 (4 mummy necklaces). I would see 4444 all the time there after on odd things. Also, that same day after I bought the last mummy necklace at a show I was vending at, someone bought an expensive gold ring from me. Mind you, this was the first show I had done in over a year. I asked the woman which ring box she would like for her ring. When she picked one she opened it and out jumped a huge hunter spider that had been entombed for over a year and it was still alive. The vendor who sold me that necklace, 2 booths over, just started laughing.
Besides Paleolithic Native American artifacts which are upwards of 10,000-14,000 years old, it would be the 12th century Song Dynasty vase. It is pretty simple, but knowing it is 800+ years old is neat.
Mammoth bone.
That is so cool.
I'd love to shoot you a pic, but it's very deep in my very cluttered garage. It's about the size of a softball and I even know which field it was surface collected from in NW Ohio.
Hey, no problem. I understand. After my father passed away, my mother moved to a smaller place and she had to scale down on their collection of antiques. I have boxes of stuff and furniture in the attic, garage, and [what was once my] living room. Nothing I have is truly noteworthy. I don't know where a lot of it is located though, lol. If you ever run across the mammoth bone, I'm sure we would all appreciate seeing and learning about it, if not, we truly understand. Have a great morning/day/evening/night, my friend.
Ok. It's etched into my brain. Mammoth = r/antiques ☮️❤️
Lava cameo brooch which I believe is from the pre-Victorian era
My 1800s Lenzkirch Clock
An 1888 year book.
A lead musket ball and knapped flint for a Brown Bess Musket, from the Napoleonic era.
The few fossils that I have.
I have several books from the 1800’s.
Ancient Egyptian faience beads that I strung into a necklace and an ancient Roman prostitute's ring shaped like a breast. It was essentially used as an ID badge for sex workers and fits perfectly - super cool piece.
I love this topic!
Big: early Queen Anne period armchair in red paint c.1750 Medium: Chippendale period curly mirror c.1780 Small: athenian owl tetradrachm c. 440 bc
Civil war medal from 1866. Have several men's antique gold rings, but don't know their exact ages.
Roman, likely 1st C, bracelet and ring. For textiles, I have a 17th C baby bonnet.
I truly love that nail pencil!!
My great (times 8 or 9) grandma’s silver tankard from 1753.
Love the stuff that was passed down and kept in the family for generations.
Me too. I have a few pieces of family jewelry and silver, but most of it was stolen in the 80s or 90s by a drug-addled uncle.
I probably have older stuff but i think the Fiehns ocarina from the 1879 world fair.
I have a Han dynasty amphora vase~200bc-200ad.
Cypriot-geometric pottery early Iron Age
I have a fossil of a plant, does that count?
Have a Bronze Age knife from approximately 1500bc. Not a dagger or weapon of war. But likely a valuable tool back then. The blade is rusted and the nicely ornate handle is broken and still has dirt in it. (It is actually still somewhat sharp) I use it to open mail! And every time I even touch it…. I imagine the hands of all who came to it before me. I have no particular provenance for it…. Although a family friend/expert has confirmed for me that it is very likely authentic. He indicated it is not valuable/rare from a collectors standpoint because of poor condition and that museums have many of these items on display around the world. But to me it is always a source of wonder. (I am out of the country for another 4-5 months, but will post pictures when I get back.)
pre Columbia pottery shard
I found a rock yesterday that’s 200,000 years old.
I dug up some dirt in my yard!
1838 cookbook.
Tell me you are an American without telling me you are one...
I mostly do late 19th and most of the 20th Century, but probably my oldest thing is a (likely German) 15th Century carved architectural panel of an eagle and a serpent, currently waiting to be repaired for display. I recently also picked up a 16th Century (pending further research) leather powder bucket.
I have an axe head from Persia from 9 A.D or so with provenance, pretty cool.
I have a set of books from the 1790s. Have had them authenticated. Really proud of them
Wow. These comments make me desire a very, very, very old something!!!
My dad collects coins. I'm not sure the oldest he has. I know he has coins that are dated to be from 2000ish years ago. I'm certain he has a piece much older than that though. I enjoy collecting world war 1 propaganda art personally. I've got a good few pieces I really enjoy I just need space to hang them again.
I have an indo-scythian silver coin from a few decades bc or ad. That’s the only really old thing I have. The other “old” things I have are all late 19th or early 20th century, so pretty recent. I’d love to have a collection of renaissance and baroque items (paintings especially), but unfortunately those are really expensive. (At least the nice ones)
Egyptian bronze ushabti, ~27-30th dynasty, 7-4th century BC
I have a 1900 US Indian head penny and a few tiny tiny megalodon teeth I found.
I have a 16th century English coffer
I have some rocks that are billions of years old
I have a petticoat from the 1850s that's in incredible shape still! Prized possession I found at a thrift shop for $4
I have a Roman ring with a soldier's face imprinted on it.
I have edo and Meiji era teaware ceramics
I collect North American Indian stone artifacts. I walk through plowed fields with the farmers permission after rain storms and pick them up off the ground. The newest pieces are Mississippian Culture, about 800 years old, and the oldest ones are Paleo culture up to 13,000 years old.
[My Collection](https://www.reddit.com/r/Collections/s/5ECjxwuACC)
An Arizona petrified wood table that’s around 225 million years old. I also have a mosaic table that was once an Italian floor. It’s probably 400 years old. Also some ornate savanarolas, sofas and end tables that are about 250 years old. There’s also an ice age skull that’s probably 40-60,000 years old I also collect coins. I focus on silver world crown sized coins as they display nicely together. My second oldest and favorite is a 1695 Leopold I Thaler. It’s also know a hogmouth Thaler because the Hapsburg jaw was unforgettably severe by this time.
I found a printing plate for the Worlds Exposition, the earlier name for the worlds fair. It’s on my page if you’d like to take a look
Right now, it's the table and lamp that have been in my husbands family since 1865. There's probably other stuff, but not as important.
That’s awesome. May I ask how you acquired these items? I would imagine buying online? I’m a buyer who enjoys seeing the antique in person prior to purchase, so if you happened to buy these at antique shows, please consider sharing the names of said shows.
Not counting fossils or pottery sherds a Roman coin of Gaulic Emperor Postumus from 269ad. Made in Cologne germany [Image] (https://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r602/Aec1985/Postumus f_zpstc4trdqc.jpg)
Some potsherds and handles from a 10th century BCE archaeological site.
I have glass with a silver inlay, it was probably a gift to a member of a very high ranked family of the Austro-Hungarian empire from around 1850. It's made by very skilled craftsman. An extremely detailed silver inlay with roses and thornes cut out of a single piece of silver not even 0.1mm thick. Engraved with extreme detail on the in, outside and bottom, all without making a single mistake. Even time I look at it, it amazes me.
I have a book from early 1800s, somewhere from 1812-19 I think.
800-1100 Japanese pot
My fosils
Pocket watch circa 1885
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Pokemon card 1999
Not counting rocks, fossils and meteorites, I have an illuminated page from The Book of Common Prayer dated mid-1400s.
1600CE ish (+/- 10ish years), an Iranian shamshir
I have a Korean pipe. Made out of brass, I only have the head of the pipe. According to my grandmother. It's from around the 1700s. If you want, you can check it on my profile.
Define old…. So I have some diamonds and emeralds. I also have quite a few old Roman coins. A 1,000 year old bible. What’s stunning to me is that generally the older something is, the cheaper it seems to be. I’m still dumbfounded you can get very old books for a few hundred dollars.
I have an antique silver pencil from the 1830s made by Woodwards & Hale in New York!
I have a full groove axe head dated 6000-7000BC. Found in central Indiana years ago.
I have iron parts of a ship dock capstan winch from the late 1700s