Many people like things that smell brand new and can be unwrapped from plastic, meaning in reality, they just add to pollution of our planet. But some people specifically prefer the items that have been touched by history and are commonly referred to as antiques.

Antique objects often bear an extra value thanks to their aesthetic or historical significance, and they can be defined as any object which is at least 100 years old. Meanwhile, vintage and collectibles are described as items that are “younger” than that.

And while some are born antique aficionados, real collectors spend their entire lives learning the subtleties of this miscellaneous profession. Below are some of the most incredible examples of antique objects and goods posted on the r/Antiques subreddit, where every member of the community is an antique dealer at heart.

#1 I Snagged This Edwardian Dress Yesterday. It’s Just Too Stunning Not To Share

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#2 The Lenox Spice Village. My Grandmother Bought This For Me 30 Years Ago And It Has Been In My Parents Storage Shed Until Now….

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#3 Picked Up A Victorian Style Cathedral Birdcage Today. It’s 7’ Tall With The Base! Never Seen One Like It

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#4 300 Year Old Library Tool That Enabled A Researcher To Have Seven Book Open At Once

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#5 Just Showing Off My Desk. It’s A Beautiful Hunk Of Hungarian Oak, Previously A Farm House Table. It’s Used On A Daily Basis And So Just Giving It A Fresh Coat Of Wax To Keep Up With Its Maintenance

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#6 An Old, Metal, Pocket-Sized Grocery List!

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#7 Medicine Cabinet In One Of My Grandmas Rarely Used Bathrooms

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#8 Roman Tigress Cart Decoration – Found Metal Detecting In Norfolk UK

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#9 Vendo 44 Vending Machine From The 50s. The Smallest Machine That Vendo Ever Made. Found At An Estate Sale!

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#10 Check Out My Latest Acquisition! ~1910 Tiffany Desk Pieces. Bronze And Abalone.

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#11 Found This Wonderful 17th Century Doodle Inside A Bible I’m Restoring

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#12 I Typically Collect Contemporary Jewelry But Could Not Resist This Victorian Period Gilt Silver Brooch. It Was Made In Philadelphia And Dates To About 1880. The Detail And Construction Are Amazing To Me

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#13 1909 Wooden Koken Congress Restored

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#14 I Doubt This Has Any Real Value But I Thought It Was Fun And Cool And For .25 Cents It Was Worth It!

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#15 Hand Holding An Orange Door Knocker

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#16 Top Hat That Belonged To My Great Great Great Grandfather (I Think) During The Late 19th Century From Ohio

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#17 In The Middle Of Unpacking Most Of My Library For The New Office Setup. 1481 To 2005, And Still Lots To Catalog. Thought I’d Share A Near Finished View.

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#18 Check Out How They Curved The Roof Of This Antique Barn. (Ohio)

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#19 Photographed In 1974, Freshly Excavated 2000-Year-Old Terracotta Warriors Still Showing The Original Color Scheme Before Rapid Deterioration

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#20 This Silver Ww2 Naval Aviator Sweetheart Brooch I Found While I Was Metal Detecting A Few Months Ago Is Still My Favourite Piece

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#21 There’s Something About A Jet Black Cartonnage Binding Lit Up With Golden Gilt And Highlighted With Flowering Designs. Something Great. The Book Is Le Manuscrit Bleu, 1848

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#22 My Grandmother Unfortunately Passed This Year. This Is Her Copy Of Alice In Wonderland I Inherited

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#23 My Grandpa Just Gifted Me This 19th Century Mandolin

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#24 The First Gift My Great Grandfather Purchased For My Great Grandmother Nearly 100 Years Ago. Thought I’d Share.

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#25 I Guess We’re Posting Our Uranium Glass Collections? Here’s Mine!

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#26 My Great-Great Grandfather Started A Plumbing Business In St. Paul, Mn In The 1880’s. I Just Inherited His Desk.

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#27 A Pair Of Old Lamps I Found On Facebook Marketplace For Dirt Cheap. I Think They Look Pretty Neat In Our Victorian House, But My Fiancé Hates Em’ Lol.

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#28 My Seltzer Bottle Collection

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#29 Wall Fell Apart Giving A Glimpse Into The Past.

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#30 “To Miss J.g.k., To Whom This Cabinet Is Cheerfully Given, Hoping That She May Enjoy It As I Have Making It For Her. G.j.c Sept 14, 1926,” From A Note Written In Pencil On The Bottom Of This Cabinet I Brought Home Today (Ma/Nh)

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#31 Well I Got It Open And Here Are The Contents Of The Octagonal Sewing Box

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#32 Anyone Have Any Info On This? It’s Been In My Family For A Very Long Time.

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#33 1870’s Victorian Mirror Meant To Sit Over A Mantel (It’s Difficult To Tell From The Picture But It’s About 6ft Y’all And 4.5ft Wide

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#34 Three Early 20th Century English Microscopes In My Collection. Not Much Practical Use Out Of Them, But They Do Look Good!

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#35 Bought This Flag At Goodwill For $20 And Just Sold It At Auction For $4,200!! Thought It Was A Cool Wall Decoration, Turned Out To Be A Civil War Union General’s Flag!!

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#36 The Most Ironic Two Month Late Birthday Gift I’ve Ever Received.

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#37 A Wall In My Grandpa’s Small Library Room

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#38 Art Deco Exit Sign

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#39 1897-1898, First Edition, Edgar Allan Poe -Poems And Tales. Found It At A Used Book Store.

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#40 My Great-Great-Grandfather’s School Textbooks From The Late 1800’s. The Oldest One Is From 1860.

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#41 The Biggest Victorian Glass Dome I’ve Ever Seen! Now To Find A Base For It.

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#42 My Collection Of Antique Phonographs

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#43 Busy Month This Year, But Not Too Busy To Share A Bookcase Of Recent Arrivals I Finished Collating For Fall! Dates Range From 1518-1714.

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#44 Late Georgian 18ct Gold Emerald And Diamond Ring

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#45 Art Deco Butterfly Brooch, Norwegian Silver And Enamel, Marked For H C Østrem

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#46 This Is Kind Of Cool! Six Months Ago, I Bought The Photo On The Right From An Antique Mall. Yesterday, I Went Back And Purchased The Photo On The Left. Only After Getting Home Did I Realize That They’re The Same Kids, Just Taken A Few Years Apart!

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#47 Here Is An Elevator Emergency Stop Switch That I Took Out Of A Building On Park Aveune In Manhattan, NY. Was Installed Around 1890. That Little Piece Of Glass Is 130 Years Old. I Had To Save It From The Trash Bin.

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#48 A 1920s Belgian Embroidery Folding Screen

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#49 This Curio Is Known As A Curse Tablet. Curse Tablets Were Inscribed Strips Of Lead, With An Iron Nail Piercing It. They Are Typically Roman Or Grecian. This Piece Has Hair Clamped Between The Folds, Indicating That This May Be A Love Spell. Thinking To Contact A Museum On This One.

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#50 It Took Me A Little While To Get This Many Cartonnage Bindings, But I Truly Do Love These 19th Century Books. Time To See How Fast Of A Speedrun I Can Do Photographing All Of These Today.

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#51 Inherited Lamp

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#52 How Happy Am I With This Find Today? Victorian Bacchus God Of Wine Mirror!

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#53 I Restored A 1920s Art Deco Lamp And Made A Black Art Design Silver Mica Shade W/ Silent Film Actress Dolores Costello’s Eyes

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#54 Found This Old Oak Ice Chest

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#55 Early United Motors Service Auto Radio Workbench – One Of My Best Finds!

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#56 Purchased This Beautiful Antique Cabinet Online. It Now Houses My Art Supplies 🙂

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#57 My Dad Restored A 1929 Ford Model A After 40 Years Of Wait. We Helped Out Over The Course Of 3 Years, And I Edited This Photo To Make Us Looks Like 20s Gangsters

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#58 I Restore Old Lamps From The Late 1800s-1930s And Make Custom Mica Shades For Them

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#59 An Antique Toupee And Toupee Plaster I Found Locked In The Drawer Of A Victorian Drop-Well Dresser.

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#60 Old Photo Found In House.. In The Wall?

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#61 French Map Of The Pacific. 1750

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#62 1892 Bank Vault

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#63 An 104 Year Old Copy Of ‘The Jungle Book’ By Rudyard Kipling.

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#64 My 4x Great Grandmothers(1823-1916) Apron And Bonnet

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#65 After Removing Old Floor Boards To Fix A Water Leak, I Found This Newspaper From 1953 Underneath One Of The Boards. Not As Cool As Most Of The Things Here, But I Think It Fits In.

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#66 Been Working On This Old Gas Pump For 2 Years.. It Was NY Late Grandfather’s.. Its About Done.. I Plan On Entering It In The Hildago County New Mexico Fair As Art

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#67 Found This In The Wall While Gutting My Bathroom. Still Sharp!

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#68 I’m Moving Into My First House And Snagged This Couch Off Fb Marketplace For $60. Kitty Approves!

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#69 Pins From 1915 When My Great-Grandfather Ran For City Council.

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#70 Beautiful Glass Negative From The Late 1800s, I Love Seeing The Photos In The Background

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#71 My Great Grandfathers Only Toy Growing Up

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#72 Garage Sale Find. Seems Super Neat. Cp-1 (Chicago Pile) Nuclear Reactor. 1942. Predates The Manhattan Project

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#73 I’m In Love With This Victorian Eastlake Parlor Set I Scored For A Great Price At An Auction. I Like Anything With Figural Carved Heads.

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#74 My Parents Got This As A Wedding Gift In 1957. Rewired It And New Shade.

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#75 Got For $10 – The Plays Of William Shakespear 1839

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#76 Handmade Jacquard Woven Coverlet From 1835. Saved It From An Estate Sale For $75 Now It’s One Of My Prized Possessions

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#77 Antiques Make My Knees Weak (Chinese Camphor Chest From The 1920s)

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#78 Some Roman Coins My Mom Found When She Was A Child

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#79 Mid 1800s Pharmacy Display Cases That Made Their Way Across The Pond.

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#80 Hell! I’m 13 And Have Loved Antiques My Whole Life. I Decided To Show Off My Room, I Have Quite The Collection!

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#81 Uranium Glass Cup And Plate

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#82 My Haul Of 1940s Papier Mache Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Candy Buckets.

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#83 Found This Original Chesterfield, What Do You Guys Think?

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#84 Sewing Done By My Great Grandma 1920s. Hope You All Enjoy As Much As I Do!

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#85 My Antique Art Collection

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