antique
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Over the years, Barton scoured antique shops, bookshops and auctions to add to his collection, which has grown to about 100,000 artifacts owned by Barton and his son Tim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
It also featured what we’d now call a “vintage” kitchen, featuring antique appliances.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The red and white Victorian farmhouse had belonged to their friend, the late Steve Baker, who served as the city’s longtime historian and had packed the property with thousands of antique relics over his lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Pat Cunningham, who worked at the castle between 1988 and 2010, bought the cards online or from local antique shops over decades, according to English Heritage.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It would be cool if she fixed it up like an antique, but it’s just plain old.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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"These weren't simply Christmas cards, they were pieces of political campaigning that helped fund one of the most significant social movements in British history," said Matt Case, an antiques specialist.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I don’t remember a time when we weren’t shopping for antiques; it’s what we did on weekends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Over time, Miller built it into an architectural wonderland filled with art and antiques gathered in the U.S. and Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I don’t think she meant to do it, but she did,” said Annette Davis Bradley, owner of Downtown Envy, an antiques store a short walk from the Colleton County Courthouse where Hill presided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
There were green couches, definitely antiques, and in one corner there was even a piano, a baby grand.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Of course, the only caveat is watching the slick show in the antiqued DVD format.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
It hangs from an antiqued sterling silver chain, complemented with Heishi beads and polished stones.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Do you think it’s OK to have a low-key party to celebrate our child, or is this an antiqued ordeal that needs to go?
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
Designed by Stephen Rieman and Mark Krasne, the condo features antiqued mirrors, hand-stenciled doors and a wet bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
If you are using dull coloured carpets and hangings, have your modern reproductions antiqued.
From The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood
Two years later, their love of thrifting, antiquing, bargaining and restoring has turned their Westwood rental into a showcase of “secondhand treasures,” says Van Hulsen, 28, who works as a commercial contract specialist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Two lamps weren’t just two lamps, but the best outing she spent antiquing with my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
“We love to go to estate sales and antiquing together — it’s hard sometimes because we all like the same things!”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
At this year’s TromaDance, the Demmers sat in lawn chairs next to a newly renovated drive-in speaker that Mr. Demmer found and repaired while antiquing in Detroit.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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