The Antiques Magpie: A compendium of absorbing history, stories and facts from the world of antiques

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Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876

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Vintage Ephemera: From the Collection of Cavallini & Co.

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Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain

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Collect Value Divest

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Buttons

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Old Glass and How to Collect it

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Come Collect with Me: Musings on Collecting and American Antiques

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Collecting Old Glass: English and Irish

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ANTIQUES A TO Z - A POCKET HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS AND DEALERS

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Paperweights 101: An Introduction to Collecting Glass Paperweights

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Collecting Old Lustre Ware

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Buying & Selling Antiques & Collectibl: For Fun & Profit

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Clarice Cliff

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Collectables: 20th Century Classics

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Portmeirion

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China and Pottery Marks

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American Potters and Pottery

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Journal of Roman Pottery Studies: Volume 17

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Antiques Roadshow Behind the Scenes: An Insider's Guide to PBS's #1 Weekly Show

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Collecting the 20th Century

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Beswick Pottery

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Chaffers' Hand Book to Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate

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The Essential Guide to Old, Antique and Ancient Metal Spoons

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China and Pottery Marks

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600 Years in the Making: Highlights from the Museum Collections of the University of St Andrews

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Collecting Old Glass, English and Irish

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Boxes, Cases, and Necessaires. History Notes Book 11

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Susie Cooper

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British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork.

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Widows Unveiled: Fashionable Mourning in Late Victorian New York

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Gem Identification Made Easy (4th Edition): A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling

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Coin Collecting For Dummies

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Horny Stories And Comix # 3

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Garbage Pail Kids

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Brick Flicks: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Your Own Stop-Motion LEGO Movies

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Practical Pottery: 40 Pottery Projects for Creating and Selling Mugs, Cups, Plates, Bowls, and More (Pottery & Ceramics Sculpting Techniques)

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The Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering: How to Prepare Any Animal or Bird for the Table or Freezer

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Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising (3rd Edition): Antique, Period & Modern

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The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects

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The Complete Guide to Gunsmithing: Gun Care and Repair

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Coin Collecting - A Beginners Guide to Finding, Valuing and Profiting from Coins: The Collector Series, #1

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Restoring and Refinishing Furniture: An Illustrated Guide to Revitalizing Your Home

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Arrowpoints, Spearheads, and Knives of Prehistoric Times

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Jewellery Stories of a Different Kind

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Cacti and Succulents Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of More Than 140 Common Species and Varieties

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Jill Duggar Biography: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Freedom

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The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

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101 More Items To Sell On Ebay: 101 Items To Sell On Ebay, #2

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Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide: A traveler's guide to buying diamonds, colored gems, pearls, gold and platinum jewelry

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Southwest Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (5th ed.): Where and How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems and Minerals

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Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day

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The Trapper's Bible: The Most Complete Guide on Trapping and Hunting Tips Ever

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The Brick Bible Presents Brick Genesis

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The Philip K. Dick Collection

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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines

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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany

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The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System

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Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

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A Guide to Electronic Dance Music Volume 1: Foundations

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The Existential Literature Collection

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Episode 177 Part 2: History at Your Fingertips: How Beatriz Chadour-Sampson Catalogued 2,600 Historic Rings: What you’ll learn in this episode:   How Beatriz discovered and catalogued the 2,600 rings in the Alice and Louis Koch Ring Collection at the Swiss National Museum How Covid lockdown changed how people wear jewelry Beatriz’s tricks for...

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Looted Episode 3: Big Bronzes: This is the third in a series of podcasts from Zoe Kontes’ terrific “Looted.” There’s nothing like a full-bodied ancient Greek bronze nude to get the crowds to a museum. A visitor might even fall in love (speaking from personal experience Riace Bronzes...

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361. The Lost Library of Alexandria

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Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators: Museums are where we put our best stuff. An item might belong in a museum if it's rare, expensive, irreplaceable, or so ordinary and beloved it becomes extraordinary. A self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, a can of SPAM, a Romanian mud hut, a narwhal horn,...

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Episode 134 Part 2: Why the 17th Century Church Used Jewels to Entice New Members with Author and Photographer, Paul Koudounaris: What you’ll learn in this episode: What charnel houses and ossuaries are, and why they were an important part of people’s spiritual lives Why the Catholic Church decorated hundreds of Roman skeletons with jewels in the 17th century Why 17th...

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Episode 134 Part 1: Why the 17th Century Church Used Jewels to Entice New Members with Author and Photographer, Paul Koudounaris: What you’ll learn in this episode: What charnel houses and ossuaries are, and why they were an important part of people’s spiritual lives Why the Catholic Church decorated hundreds of Roman skeletons with jewels in the 17th century Why 17th...

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Looted Episode 1: Gold Digger: This is the first in a series of podcasts from Zoe Kontes’ terrific “Looted.” Listen to the story of a gold funerary wreath, looted from Northern Greece in the 1990s, smuggled into Germany, and eventually purchased by an illustrious U.S. museum.

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MAP#38 – Medieval Archaeology News: I was first introduced to archaeology as a kid and up on the movie screen was a whip carrying, fedora wearing relic hunter. When Indiana Jones wasn't fighting Nazis or running for his life he was on a quest to gather ancient artifacts. -

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Looted Episode 2: Figure Drawing: This is the second in a series of podcasts from Zoe Kontes’ terrific “Looted.” Marble figurines made ca. 5,000 years ago in the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean became all the rage for collectors, and a great influence in Modernist Art.

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Separate fact from fiction; reveal facts; and explore fiction with The Torch!: The truth is out there! Explore misconceptions about how your mind works, uncover overlooked history, and define two-sides of the same literary coin.

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Episode 132: Paleontological Frauds: Ever heard of the Piltdown Man? What about Missourium or Archaeoraptor? They're all frauds! Let's learn about them and more this week. - Further reading: - The Chimeric Missourium and Hydrarchos - Investigation of a claim of a late-surviving pterosa...

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67. Why don’t spiders get stuck in their own webs? Where do bricks that build houses come from? How long does it take to build a motorway? Ft special guest Charlie Luxton: This week we answer three questions from Orla, Reuben and Gil with the help of expert Charlie Luxton.Charlie is an architect who specialises in environmentally friendly homes.We find out how spiders manage to trap flies in their webs but don...

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Virginia Campbell & The Sauchie Poltergeist: Despite the number of documented cases, the poltergeist has consistently been one of the most difficult forms of paranormal phenomena to define with very little consensus over what they are actually supposed to be. Spirits, invisible, unknown energy ...

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Episode 162 Part 1: Why Fair Trade Is the Gold Standard for Ethical Jewelry

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61. Why do rockets fly to planets? If you let go of a helium balloon would it go into space? How many satellites are there in space? Ft special guest expert Richard Branson.: Welcome back to the second series of Everything Under The Sun! Thanks for sending in your questions. In this week's show we answer three questions from Ithaca, Benji and Elijah with help from special guest expert Sir Richard Branson....

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Tarot Decks: This episode examines the history of Tarot and its place in esoteric and occult history.

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Is the Dead Sea copper scroll an ancient treasure map?

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Matt LaCroix: The Epic of Humanity: This book includes: · The largest collection of ancient texts ever contained in a single book that includes: Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Gnostic, Greek, and more. · The 200,000-year timeline of humanity, from the rise of civilization. ·...

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Ep. 114 - What Neanderthals and Other Ancient Hominins Teach Us About Being Human, with Gregory Forth and Rebecca Wragg Sykes: What makes us human? It’s a question we keep coming back to, in part because it's got no definitive answer.

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Ann R. Williams: National Geographic's, Lost Cities Ancient Tombs: Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City of the Monkey God" tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that...

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Episode 117: Decolonising Palaeontology: Elsa takes a look at the legacy of racism and colonialism in palaeontology and museum collections, and what efforts are being made to address these issues.

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Episode 124: Jewelry and Shoe Lovers Unite: What Our Accessories Represent with Dr. Kimberly Alexander, University of New Hampshire Faculty: What you’ll learn in this episode: What material culture is, and how we can understand history through its lens Why people tend to save their shoes even if they don’t wear them How high heels relate to women’s sense of power—or powerlessness...

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Episode 67: The Sherlock Holmes Collections

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The Art of Volcanoes (S01/E21): A Visit to the Volcano Museum in Stykkishólmur, Iceland.

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James Delbourgo, “Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane” (Allen Lane, 2017): James Delbourgo‘s new book Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane (Allen Lane, 2017) tells the fascinatingly complex and controversial story of Hans Sloane, the man whose collection and last will laid the foundation for the British...

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James Delbourgo, “Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane” (Allen Lane, 2017): James Delbourgo‘s new book Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane (Allen Lane, 2017) tells the fascinatingly complex and controversial story of Hans Sloane, the man whose collection and last will laid the foundation for the British...

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James Delbourgo, “Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane” (Allen Lane, 2017): James Delbourgo‘s new book Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane (Allen Lane, 2017) tells the fascinatingly complex and controversial story of Hans Sloane, the man whose collection and last will laid the foundation for the British...

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Episode 44: "The Importance of Being Earnest" Act 1: This week on The Literary Life podcast, our hosts dive into Act 1 of Oscar Wilde’s satirical play . Angelina, Cindy and Thomas share their commonplace quotes, which leads into a conversation on education before they begin talking about the play....

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Episode 87: The Literary Life of Wes Callihan: This week on The Literary Life podcast, our hosts chat with Wes Callihan, founder of and primary instructor in the by Roman Roads Media. Thomas starts off our interview today asking Wes what he remembers about stories and reading as a young person....

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MAP85: Mudlarks: Searching for London's Lost Treasures: Mudlarks A mudlark is defined as someone who digs or searches in in river or harbor mud for items of value. The term was widely used in 18th and 19th century London. Mudlarks would search the shores of the River Thames during low tide to find valuable...