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Lebell · 04-24-2003, 02:24 PM

Yes,

Here it is, a place to expand on your love of ANTIQUES, be they old baseball cards, clocks, furniture or what have you.

I love antiques. I love the concept of their history, that they are a time capsule of culture, wants, and desire that no longer exist.

I look at my victorian chair and I wonder who sat on it, what did they do, how did they die, what long twisting path it took to me.

My favorite antique things:

-Scientific gadgets. I love science anyway, so l love old balances, telescopes, microscopes and scientific minutia.

-furniture. I like victorian, renaissance revival, second empire, federal, gothic and rococo. I especially like marble topped tables.

-CLOCKS and Victorolas! More gadgets from the past, I LOVE old clocks of all types, I have 3 now and want MORE! I also love old edison phonographs, both cylinders and disks. I don't own one, but it is on my short list of things I WILL own one day.

-weapons. I don't know why, but I've always liked weapons, both ancient and modern, be they swords, pole arms, crossbows, or firearms. My prize is a Japanese sword my uncle (RIP) got in the south pacific during WW2 (yes, off a dead japanese officer). I also have a great old wooden bow and a couple of swords (need more tho!). I have a gun collection, but only two would be considered 'antique' and then not even quite, as they aren't yet 100 years old.

04-24-2003, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	The ANTIQUE Thread Yes, Here it is, a place to expand on your love of ANTIQUES, be they old baseball cards, clocks, furniture or what have you. I love antiques. I love the concept of their history, that they are a time capsule of culture, wants, and desire that no longer exist. I look at my victorian chair and I wonder who sat on it, what did they do, how did they die, what long twisting path it took to me. My favorite antique things: -Scientific gadgets. I love science anyway, so l love old balances, telescopes, microscopes and scientific minutia. -furniture. I like victorian, renaissance revival, second empire, federal, gothic and rococo. I especially like marble topped tables. -CLOCKS and Victorolas! More gadgets from the past, I LOVE old clocks of all types, I have 3 now and want MORE! I also love old edison phonographs, both cylinders and disks. I don't own one, but it is on my short list of things I WILL own one day. -weapons. I don't know why, but I've always liked weapons, both ancient and modern, be they swords, pole arms, crossbows, or firearms. My prize is a Japanese sword my uncle (RIP) got in the south pacific during WW2 (yes, off a dead japanese officer). I also have a great old wooden bow and a couple of swords (need more tho!). I have a gun collection, but only two would be considered 'antique' and then not even quite, as they aren't yet 100 years old. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!