I have lot of antiques from jewelry, books, furniture, watches and even license plates but for this I’ll add a small set of toys from my youth which get closer to antiques every year.
The monkey got on my back looking for native artifacts when I was a child. I never bought any. I found this paleo scraper in my garden the other day—it is the equivalent of a damaged 1936 cent. The thrill never leaves.
@Crypto said:
I have lot of antiques from jewelry, books, furniture, watches and even license plates but for this I’ll add a small set of toys from my youth which get closer to antiques every year.
I’ve got the 928 and the 911, well played with. I was showing my son these just the other day and we compared them to his extensive transformers collection. The complexity has come a long way.
1964 Studebaker Cruiser, built on December 18, 1963, two days before the production shutdown. This car was built for Studebaker President Byers Burlingame. I bought it in 1974, last year it done 4,000 miles as a daily driver1966 Studebaker Daytona Sport Sedan. From Studebakers last year, built in Hamilton Ontario, equipped with a factory 283 GM engine. Out of 528 built, only about 25 are on the road today. 78,000 miles!1999 Range Rover 4.0 SE. The somewhat infamous P38, this example has been fairly troublefree. I bought it in 2007, and really enjoy its quality and style Hard to believe it’s an “Antique” and could qualify for “Historic” plates!
I have collected many items throughout my life. Currently collecting mosasaur bones, (The largest mosasaur Mosasaurus hoffmannii was the apex predator of the Late Cretaceous oceans, reaching more than 11 metres (36 ft) in length and weighing up to 10 metric tons (11 short tons) in body mass.) Copied from Wikipedia
Love the Cab bank! In the “real” automotive world, cabs are amongst the rarest cars. For instance the 1939 Checker Model A is known by ONE surviving car.
@OAKSTAR said:
I have a question. I know cars start at a certain year to be a classic or historic car. What year do antiquities in general start at?
My understanding...
Classic - 20ish to 40ish years old
Vintage - 20ish to 75ish to 90ish years old
Antique - About 75ish to 100 years old or more
Antiquity - Middle ages-ish to absolutely ancient
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
@OAKSTAR said:
I have a question. I know cars start at a certain year to be a classic or historic car. What year do antiquities in general start at?
My understanding...
Classic - 20ish to 40ish years old
Vintage - 20ish to 75ish to 90ish years old
Antique - About 75ish to 100 years old or more
Antiquity - Middle ages-ish to absolutely ancient
Can you tell us about this sculpture? It looks really old.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Can you tell us about this sculpture? It looks really old.
It’s a 17th or 18th Century sandstone Thai Buddha head removed from a statue in Ayutthaya, probably back in the 50s or 60s when looting of sites like that was common.
The iron on the road in a pinch is amazing and LOL! Great collections, everyone! Giving me ideas of different things to pursue.
Some collections I personally find hard to verify, such as fossils or ancient artifacts. For those I guess you have to trust your seller, source or provenance background. Vaulting forward into a modern era, even toys from my youth (roughly the same as crypto's era examples) have come into their own a bit -- some later 70's/80's Hot Wheels even, desirable for the fact that all such toys were "all metal" bodies and bases at the time. The standard for inexpensive toy cars now is a mostly plastic/some metal construction -- metal/metal bodies and bases are sold in premium lines at a higher price point.
My mom was into clocks and I got these along the way. My son gave me the petrified wood. He lives about 50 miles from Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. My father was stationed in Frankfurt (West) Germany after WWII and got the Hummels...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
Trip of a lifetime in 2000, made it to Sydney Australia for our honeymoon and stayed less than a mile from a park overlooking Rushcutter Bay. This was the site where the Johnson-Burns title fight was held. Or at least close in a nearby neighborhood. The park you walk through is gorgeous. They have bats hanging in the tree during the day.... the size of vultures!
Once had an extensive ticket and ticket stub collection. Not much value but some cool fights and fighters.
Johnson-Jeffries Fight of the Century Collection
At one point owned nearly 100 postcards of the Jack Johnson vs Jim Jeffries title fight.
Charles Dana are the most valuable but many, many others were made from across the world.
A few toys.
Had only one competitor bidding against me.
Sold them during the housing crisis.
Today they are 3 to 5X what I paid
Posters
Was too poor to compete in the Movie Poster craze but had a few cool items... until marriage and decorating tastes changed life
Still proudly own WW1 bond drive poster of the haunting NY Harbor scene by Joseph Pennell
Dempsey-Willard fight poster (just sick that I sold it)
A few Japanese Godzilla posters
A massive six sheet James Bond Poster
Bucket list...
Johnson-Jefferies silver watch fob
Silver plated Platter of Corbett vs Fitzsimmons
Ticket/programs/Posters... Johnson-Burns (super rare) and Willard-Dempsey and Dempsey-Carpentier fight
Visit Reno NV fight site of Johnson-Jeffries
Visit Toledo OH fight site Dempsey-Willard
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
A friend in Spain found Roman artifacts when he excavated for a pool. He stopped because he did not want to disturb the remains any further nor did he want state archaeologists to take over his farm. I’ve seen large millstones, but never a table-sized one. I think that it is a grinding stone.
Every so often, I buy a coin collection and a customer says they need to get rid of a vehicle.
My wife keeps telling me to sell and quit buying. Need a car ?
@Bikergeek said:
1974 Z1 900. (The blue one in the background isn't mine).
When Harley was purchased by AMF in the 70’s all my buddies bought these. Boy did Harleys suck then. Of course by the 90’s I went back but the funny thing is I bought a 2018 Softtail with the throw back 70’s AMF paint scheme. Now everyone loves the paint.
W.C.Fields "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
A bucket list sort of item scratched off my want list with this recent acquisition.
A cup and saucer that was made for the White Star Line to be used on their new Olympic class fleet of ships,
“Olympic”, “Titanic” and “Gigantic” (which would later be called “Brittanic”)
This set is the Wisteria pattern which was used for first class passenger accommodations.
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No pictures, but I used to restore and resell antique tabletop radios. I also have a small knife collection that belonged to the wifes' grandfather.
Anyone recall expressions that were called, "Tom Swifties?"
Played a few pinball games with my granddaughter yesterday.
This Silverball Mania game has a neat tie in to a specific coin and it dates the game.
Notice the natural patina (toning), honest wear, the play was super - almost mint state.
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Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
I love old clocks.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
I have lot of antiques from jewelry, books, furniture, watches and even license plates but for this I’ll add a small set of toys from my youth which get closer to antiques every year.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
The monkey got on my back looking for native artifacts when I was a child. I never bought any. I found this paleo scraper in my garden the other day—it is the equivalent of a damaged 1936 cent. The thrill never leaves.
I’ve kept a half-dozen frames and some stone.
I'll add a few pictures.
Just random stuff that I have come across.
Not necessarily a collection but one or two of this or that.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. -formerly Ownerofawheatiehorde. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON, Gerard
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who do not.
Here is something you won't see everyday.
An optional rear view mirror accessory clock for Chrysler cars.
Smoked beveled glass, pull wind.
I found it in the attic of a bowling alley that I worked at when I was 14 years old.
Very cool!
My YouTube Channel
I collect to many things from porcelain signs to meteorites, indian artifacts and coins
I’ve got the 928 and the 911, well played with. I was showing my son these just the other day and we compared them to his extensive transformers collection. The complexity has come a long way.
Some of my inherited military memorabilia.
Original comic art & illustrations. Pinup from Angela #3, image comics.
Just checking in. Blown away at the amazing items I see in this thread. Kindred spirits.
https://www.ebay.com/mys/active
1964 Studebaker Cruiser, built on December 18, 1963, two days before the production shutdown. This car was built for Studebaker President Byers Burlingame. I bought it in 1974, last year it done 4,000 miles as a daily driver
1966 Studebaker Daytona Sport Sedan. From Studebakers last year, built in Hamilton Ontario, equipped with a factory 283 GM engine. Out of 528 built, only about 25 are on the road today. 78,000 miles!
1999 Range Rover 4.0 SE. The somewhat infamous P38, this example has been fairly troublefree. I bought it in 2007, and really enjoy its quality and style Hard to believe it’s an “Antique” and could qualify for “Historic” plates! 
Clocks, Pedal Cars, Metalware, American Art Pottery, and Rottweilers to watch over it all.
Fast Freddie your collections are incredible, would love to see all that in person.
1974 Z1 900. (The blue one in the background isn't mine).
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
I have collected many items throughout my life. Currently collecting mosasaur bones, (The largest mosasaur Mosasaurus hoffmannii was the apex predator of the Late Cretaceous oceans, reaching more than 11 metres (36 ft) in length and weighing up to 10 metric tons (11 short tons) in body mass.) Copied from Wikipedia
Successful buys on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2
Not really an antique. Brought home by my uncle after WWII.
The Yellow Cab taxi bank was a birthday gift to my dad in 1923.
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
Love the Cab bank! In the “real” automotive world, cabs are amongst the rarest cars. For instance the 1939 Checker Model A is known by ONE surviving car.
I have a question. I know cars start at a certain year to be a classic or historic car. What year do antiquities in general start at?
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
My understanding...
Classic - 20ish to 40ish years old
Vintage - 20ish to 75ish to 90ish years old
Antique - About 75ish to 100 years old or more
Antiquity - Middle ages-ish to absolutely ancient
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
Thanks for that @Kurisu! 👍
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Can you tell us about this sculpture? It looks really old.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
It’s a 17th or 18th Century sandstone Thai Buddha head removed from a statue in Ayutthaya, probably back in the 50s or 60s when looting of sites like that was common.
Just in case you're off grid and have to iron a shirt.
The iron on the road in a pinch is amazing and LOL! Great collections, everyone! Giving me ideas of different things to pursue.
Some collections I personally find hard to verify, such as fossils or ancient artifacts. For those I guess you have to trust your seller, source or provenance background. Vaulting forward into a modern era, even toys from my youth (roughly the same as crypto's era examples) have come into their own a bit -- some later 70's/80's Hot Wheels even, desirable for the fact that all such toys were "all metal" bodies and bases at the time. The standard for inexpensive toy cars now is a mostly plastic/some metal construction -- metal/metal bodies and bases are sold in premium lines at a higher price point.
My mom was into clocks and I got these along the way. My son gave me the petrified wood. He lives about 50 miles from Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. My father was stationed in Frankfurt (West) Germany after WWII and got the Hummels...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
I just purchased another type of Galvanic Bettery Pendant Token to go with my Boyd’s Batteries
Here’s my Boyd’s Batteries Collection
Mr_Spud
Red Lines find me everywhere. They are easy to sell in any condition.
I picked up two milk crates full of marbles from a yard sale. I know some are vintage through my limited knowledge.
Might need some help identifying.
Any resources you reccomend?
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
Boxing...
Trip of a lifetime in 2000, made it to Sydney Australia for our honeymoon and stayed less than a mile from a park overlooking Rushcutter Bay. This was the site where the Johnson-Burns title fight was held. Or at least close in a nearby neighborhood. The park you walk through is gorgeous. They have bats hanging in the tree during the day.... the size of vultures!
Once had an extensive ticket and ticket stub collection. Not much value but some cool fights and fighters.
Johnson-Jeffries Fight of the Century Collection
At one point owned nearly 100 postcards of the Jack Johnson vs Jim Jeffries title fight.
Charles Dana are the most valuable but many, many others were made from across the world.
A few toys.
Had only one competitor bidding against me.
Sold them during the housing crisis.
Today they are 3 to 5X what I paid
Posters
Was too poor to compete in the Movie Poster craze but had a few cool items... until marriage and decorating tastes changed life
Still proudly own WW1 bond drive poster of the haunting NY Harbor scene by Joseph Pennell
Dempsey-Willard fight poster (just sick that I sold it)
A few Japanese Godzilla posters
A massive six sheet James Bond Poster
Bucket list...
Johnson-Jefferies silver watch fob
Silver plated Platter of Corbett vs Fitzsimmons
Ticket/programs/Posters... Johnson-Burns (super rare) and Willard-Dempsey and Dempsey-Carpentier fight
Visit Reno NV fight site of Johnson-Jeffries
Visit Toledo OH fight site Dempsey-Willard
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
A friend in Spain found Roman artifacts when he excavated for a pool. He stopped because he did not want to disturb the remains any further nor did he want state archaeologists to take over his farm. I’ve seen large millstones, but never a table-sized one. I think that it is a grinding stone.
This car was 60 yesterday !
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Every so often, I buy a coin collection and a customer says they need to get rid of a vehicle.
My wife keeps telling me to sell and quit buying. Need a car ?
R Atkinson Fox. 1860-1935
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
When Harley was purchased by AMF in the 70’s all my buddies bought these. Boy did Harleys suck then. Of course by the 90’s I went back but the funny thing is I bought a 2018 Softtail with the throw back 70’s AMF paint scheme. Now everyone loves the paint.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
Lafayette Grading Set
A bucket list sort of item scratched off my want list with this recent acquisition.
A cup and saucer that was made for the White Star Line to be used on their new Olympic class fleet of ships,
“Olympic”, “Titanic” and “Gigantic” (which would later be called “Brittanic”)
This set is the Wisteria pattern which was used for first class passenger accommodations.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940