S and S Vintage Chicago

Arco de Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Unknown date: Arco de Chichicastenango, Guatemala

#antiques #travel #history

Cover of Travel magazine - August 1912 An illustration of an Austrian canal sided by regal stone turrets illuminated by the morning light.

Travel magazine - August 1912

#antiques #retro

This is an early contender for Winning Post Of The Night at this #antiquesroadshow live watch party

A classy cottage floor plan page from the 1918 Sears Home Plans Catalog

1918 Sears Catalog Home: the Winona

#retro #antiques

Ad for the Arcadian Extract Company, offering no capital provision of goods to salesmen and saleswomen.

Advertisement for a toiletry sales business - 1903

#antiques #antiquesroadshow

Horse detail shot of the horse rearing up

A large alabaster Italian statue clock with two large white alabaster horses over an alabaster outcropping with a clock insert.

The signature from a. Giannelli

Has anyone seen this beautiful sculpture clock before? Both horses are signed A. Giannelli 1991.

We've been able to find materials on Giannelli himself and many other horse pieces from his factory in Italy but not this specific piece.

#antiques #antiquesroadshow #researching

1902 print advertisement for Angostura bitters, allegedly imported from trinidad

If Dr. Siegert says so, I guess I'll have an old fashioned.

Silo Lullaby: The Final Days of Cleveland's Grain Craft Silos A nearly-century old abandoned grain silo complex faces an uncertain future in Cleveland, Ohio.

A new "Mr. P. Explores" Substack article and set of photos featuring the Grain Craft Silos of Cleveland, Ohio, a historical industrial complex that has little time left in this world as progress marches forward to erase them from their century-old perch on the Cuyahoga River.

#abandoned #urbex

Building shaped like a duck. Ironically not an architectural duck at all.

Duck buildings are hard to take seriously but they're so fun!

A dog in front of the world's largest chest of drawers in High Point NC

TIL the World's Largest Chest of Drawers is real and you can visit it in High Point NC!

#antiques #antiquesroadshow #retro

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High point NC "bureau" of information the building is shaped like a cabinet. It's a pun.

Postcard 1920s from High Point NC. Does anyone know if they actually built this "bureau" duck?

#antiques #retro #postcards #antiquesroadshow

Reliance building in Chicago. 1890 Burnham and Root (sort of), one of the most important buildings in modern architectural history.

Postcard of the Reliance building. Burnham and Root 1890, one of the most influential buildings in the western hemisphere.

10 story detective magazine cover from the 1940s of a story called the crimson crest.

Cover of 10 Story Detective March of 1940

I am really dismayed at how many animal welfare accounts I see regularly using AI generated images. It's really cool to see orgs like @woodstocksanctuary.bsky.social taking a public position against it. 👍

motel inn, san luis obispo, california, 1976

motel inn, san luis obispo, california, 1976

Home plan advertisement for The Osborn, early 20th century stucco and brick bungalow for only $2,192

Advertisement for a Sears Roebuck & Co Kit Home. Build a house for $2,192!

ikeda oranges, painted by royal charles steadman, 1919

ikeda oranges, painted by royal charles steadman, 1919

May 1917 cover of Today's Housewife

We're bringing canary back in 2025 #antiquesroadshow #antiques

A photo of the Giuseppe Armani winter woman with a cowl

I wish I had tickets to #antiquesroadshow I know exactly what I would bring, the Giuseppe Armani winter woman with a cowl.

www.ebay.com/itm/22659983...

1923 cover of Travel magazine, the cover is a stylized morning illustration of the sun rising over a small village in Asia

#antiquesroadshow #antiques

Prohibition era Welches grape juice advertisement. A stylized woman sucks juice from a straw.

Welch's grape juice ad - 1920s

dairy queen, lewiston, idaho, 2004

dairy queen, lewiston, idaho, 2004

Black and white photo of an elderly woman standing outside in a snowy yard wearing a crocheted head scarf and sweater over simple dress and apron. She looks down at a tabby cat that she has cradled in her arms.

Best friends. 💕 Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

September 1897 cover of The Yellow Book magazine. Mustachioed man and a woman are playing golf? Man is dressed in orange flannel pattern suit with cabby hat. Woman is in an impractically wide black suit with incredibly large shoulder pads and a pilgrim hat?

Me and who?

A small black cat sitting in the sunlight on a windowsill

I can't post here without paying the cat tax, obviously.

Gus is enjoying the spring sun

#antiques #catsofbluesky #cats

One of our customers told me recently, their fiance had been gifted a 1909 set of Harvard classics.

The customer searched for the last two volumes in the set until they found our shop. It turns out we had the volumes and it's on the way now to complete their set.

#antiques #antique

quinebaug drive-in theater sign, horizontal view, route 131, quinebaug, connecticut, 1977

quinebaug drive-in theater sign, horizontal view, route 131, quinebaug, connecticut, 1977

Today was certainly a day.

Review of an item sold by our store, a reviewer used it on her own umbrella.

A gold parasol handle

We recently sold a wonderful gold Victorian mother of pearl parasol handle. We learned from the buyer's review that they're going to reuse it and give it a new life as an umbrella handle.

We do this to save special items from the landfill and the melt pile to create joy in the future.

#antique