antique
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A collection of antique silver found by chance in a family's attic in Edinburgh has sold for nearly £60,000 at auction.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
It was there that See grew up, exploring the nooks and crannies of her grandparents’ antique shop, F. Suie One Co.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The seller, from Western Colorado, was happy to oblige my “provenance” question, as if I were inquiring about an antique Cartier watch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Among the answers: a small ink-stained mahogany desk, an antique light bulb, a brown leather flight suit and a baseball jersey.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Against the opposite wall, a large television stood on an antique wooden table.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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But by the 1960s, it was much diminished, and a later owner, Benjamin Swig, had sold close to 1,000 antiques and artworks to help pay bills.
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
The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
According to Sheets’ cast bio, the antiques enthusiast loved to brag about “four Picassos and the world’s most lucrative comic book collection” that he scored through storage auctions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Chacko lived in Canada now, and ran an unsuccessful antiques business.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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
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
Create an Instagram moment with this pendant earring in antiqued gold with pearl-like insets.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
With glasses, and an unbelted Mother Hubbard gown made out of antiqued gold cloth, she might have passed for a habitué of the pseudo-artistic colony that made its headquarters not far away from her domicile.
From Apron-Strings by Gates, Eleanor
For the “Yellowjackets” star, an ideal Sunday includes antiquing in Sherman Oaks, tea at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, record shopping at Mount Analog and lots of scrolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
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
A one-of-a-kind pillow on the bed was crafted from an antique tapestry discovered during an antiquing adventures.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“My houses have always been my creative, shopping and antiquing outlets — they just combine everything I like to do,” she explains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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