In Victorian times, a toy like this detailed butcher shop from 1840 wouldn't be all that unusual. It's just one of several such butcher shops, dollhouses, and other adult scenes that were common playthings for childr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/03/babys-first-butcher-shop/Ah, the things we endure to be beautiful! This perm machine from 1934 looks as if it belongs in a science-fiction story, but it was actually installed in some beauty salons. This is just one of a collection of strang...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/24/bizarro-beauty-products/(vimeo link) The filmmaker who just goes by the name Mark wandered into an interesting storefront in Manhattan thinking it was an antique shop. It was not. It was this guy's home. It was so interesting that he filmed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/21/this-is-my-home/After World War II, collecting whimsical ceramic dishes, accessories, and figurines became very popular in the U.S. -and for a while they were all made in America. Some designers became more popular than others, and thei...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/15/who-killed-american-kitsch/Ryan Matthew Cohn is an artist, antique collec... ...ector, blogger, and a buyer for the store Obscura Antiques and Oddities in New York City. He makes art objec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/31/ryan-matthew-cohns-creepy-antiques/In the 1960s, music videos were shown in coin-operated machines from a French company called Scopitone. Strange and somewhat exotic visuals were added to pop songs to draw viewers to the machines, which were introduced t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/23/scopitone-the-visual-jukebox-of-the-60s/Uranium glass isn't radioactive enough to be dangerous, but it still has the unique ability to glow under the black light. WebEcoist has a fascinating article showing a variety of uranium glass creations for your vie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/07/10-cool-objects-made-from-uranium-glass/When he was a boy, John Weber, 70, was given an old cup by his grandfather. He assumed that it was just a worthless piece of brass and occasionally used it for target practice with his air rifle. Eventually, Weber deci...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/11/man-discovers-that-the-old-cup-that-hes-been-using-as-a-plinking-target-is-worth-99000/Hmm, this looks like someone doing a steampunk... ...n of Star Wars, doesn't it? Wrong! These are real antiques . This pair of early rescue masks, shown above, d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/13/victorian-star-wars/The Opium Museum is, at the heart, about the t... ...Museum is, at the heart, about the trade in rare antiques , since opium smoking paraphernalia was outlawed....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/13/the-opium-museum/
