Here we talk about antiques/old shit

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Has to be a few kiwis here who like collecting stuff of old. Some crossover perhaps between the 'old tech' thread and such, but I reckon we've got something unique to talk about here.

I myself am into my old books/records for the most part, occasional other stuff like pottery, treen (wooden stuff) and furniture. This became way more relevant once I bought my own house.

I figure as the world becomes more and more cucked and censorious, the collection and preservation of things from the 'before times' becomes increasingly relevant.

 

[Cats]

I love old worn in / well loved items. They make me so happy. Especially musical instruments. Sadly like most beloved niches there is a huge community of people that exists to completely ruin it for you. Musicians (especially guitarists) will know what I mean by this. The "relics", the outright fakes, artificially aged which is the dumbest thing I think I have ever heard, the whole "vintage" market. Leave it to people to corrupt something that should remain special.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

I love old worn in / well loved items. They make me so happy. Especially musical instruments. Sadly like most beloved niches there is a huge community of people that exists to completely ruin it for you. Musicians (especially guitarists) will know what I mean by this. The "relics", the outright fakes, artificially aged which is the dumbest thing I think I have ever heard, the whole "vintage" market. Leave it to people to corrupt something that should remain special.

I get it. I don't want perfect, I want well used and taken care of.

I'm only an amateur musician, but I use a an antique bow as my 'daily driver.' Even after saying what exactly it is, I've had more 'serious' violinists question why I'm using such an 'unpredictable' piece of shit in place of something more modern. I guess all the big names who play antique instruments are just fucking retards then lol

 

[Daguerrean]

I collect old photos. Daguerreotypes and ambrotypes mostly, American 1840s-60s. I have since I was in high school and I think it’s a nice enough hobby. There are maybe a few dozen or so people seriously into it, if you don’t count instagram goth girl posers. Of course I have a few non photo odds and ends too, but I don’t collect those as seriously.

 

[Haramburger]

A hundred year old Singer sewing machine that transforms into the table it's installed on, it sinks in and it becomes a flat end table. I've even used it and serviced its pedal parts.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

A hundred year old Singer sewing machine that transforms into the table it's installed on, it sinks in and it becomes a flat end table. I've even used it and serviced its pedal parts.

Are you in the US? I know they were fairly reasonable to acquire in the 90s-2000s in the UK, but more valuable in the US. Maintaining them properly is another thing altogether.

 

[Haramburger]

Yeah, US. They're hard to transport, but I've seen two others, one in a tailor shop's window for men's suits and an antique/craft store, both display only and not entertaining offers. I assume they'd be a couple hundred bucks minimum unless you were lucky at an estate sale or something.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

My house is full of vintage shit, I love it. I most recently got one of my dream finds, a Kron siamese cat lamp, for only 20 dollars. I almost felt guilty. Rewired it and put in a multicolor bulb, usually keep it on green like pic related (not my pic) its much more beautiful irl.

 

[The Last Stand]

I had considered collecting old movies, but I'm sure I could just access them freely on the Interwebs.

@The Cunting Death

 

[Daguerrean]

Collecting treen is definitely unexpected here lol. You mean like 18th/19th C stuff like master salts and spice boxes an whatnot?

 

[Fag Albert]

I have a habitual soft spot for older versions of anything. More contemporary stuff like early versions of Tabletop/Card/Video games where they're still experimenting with ideas or are starting with an entirely different idea from where things ended up.

I have some oddball designs for some more common stuff like a padlock that instead of the standard "insert and turn the key" It's a small slot on the bottom that you push until it pops open. Then I have inherited a grab bag of stuff when my grandmother died a few years back. Some things like these old missals bound with covers made from mother of pearl, farm tools and a straight razor that was in crazy good shape.

It was pretty neat to take some of the stuff like the farm tools, peel the rust off the metal, give the wooden handles a little TLC with some wax & oil if they still feel sturdy. Some of the stuff I still use like an axe that's probably 80+ years old and the razor on the off chance I need to take the whole beard off. I feel like if I had more room I'd love to fix up more stuff that i could still reasonably use in this day and age.

 

[krazy orange cat]

I've been collecting old cookbooks for years, mostly WW2 cookbooks and rations cookbooks but a few from the Great Depression. I also like cookbooks that are aimed at children because I figure if a literal child can make it then I my odds of success go up.

I have a few old typewriters and keypunch machines from when my parents were working on an Army base that closed. That's how I learned that if a cloth typewriter ribbon has dried up you can unspool it, spray the ribbon with WD40 and then rewind it and the ribbon can be used again.

 

[User names must be unique]

My favourite piece is a pair of antique brass air duct covers.

 

[Easterling]

I collect 80s heavy metal vinyl records and leather bound books.

 

[Cats]

A hundred year old Singer sewing machine that transforms into the table it's installed on, it sinks in and it becomes a flat end table. I've even used it and serviced its pedal parts.

Way back when I still lived at the BOQ dorms and didn't have my own private place in the housing area yet I had one of those ancient sewing machine desks in my room, I loved it, it looked like an old ship's captain desk or something. Someone who I suspect was one of my alternate-card roommates who had either resigned or gotten fired tried to steal it from my room one day, but they dropped it while they were coming down the stairs and just left all the broken pieces there. So I come back to work on my days on and there is my desk in pieces in the corner of the lobby. The SSI told me he found it in a broken heap at the base of the stairway and he swept it into the corner. When I got up to my room all the stuff I had in the desk was just thrown into a pile on my bunk. To say I was "furious" would be putting it very lightly.

There was basically no theft in the BOQ ever so it was a really serious incident. Admin took it very seriously, but there was really no way to prove exactly who it was. Sorta just faded away and I got over it. But that was a cool desk.

 

[Carnivorous Plant]

I've collected antique biology lithographs for most of my life! Unfortunately over the last decade or so antique markets have become inundated with soulless, trendy recreations which have jacked the prices of the authentic articles up.

I ended up pivoting to antique biology books but people have gotten wise and they're now categorically purchased to be torn apart for their lithographs. Can't win lol

 

[✨Tard-Star✨]

I love finding old magazines, I'll use them for collages or junk journaling.

I collect lockets, I have three vintage pieces.
I want to start a saint medallion collection as well

 

[Sir Baz the Intolerant]

Old books are my main kryptonite, and I have a collection of history books from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I'm also lucky to have two sets of first edition prints of military uniforms and engagements from the Napoleonic Wars, one British one French, dated around 1810-1812.

Also have a Gurkha kukri from WW2 but that's the only antique weapon I have so far.

 

[Eternal Spirit of Light]

I find antique furniture to be especially beautiful. The furniture produced today is quite bland and boring.

 

[WSPWSPWSPWSP]

I love old grandfather clocks. It's a shame they're quite expensive these days.