antiques Why are these antique pipes shaped like human hands? Popkin

History 19th-century page turners were carved to look like human hands Popkin

auctions From dodo bones to devil pinball: Inside the year's strangest auction Ellsworth Toohey

vintage 1890s pencil sharpener looks better and works faster than modern models Popkin

antiques Thrift store vase is actually an ancient Mayan artifact Allan Rose Hill

Comics Superman comic sets new record, selling for $6 million Gail Sherman

books Watch a 100-year-old book deconstructed and restored Popkin

art Visit automata around the world Popkin

fun These Viking Glass vases are dressed up like the Yip-Yips Jennifer Sandlin

antiques Construction crew digs up magnificent 2,000-year-old marble head that had been reused as building material David Pescovitz

nostalgia Rare Discontinued Choco Taco being auctioned off for $25,000 Thom Dunn

books How hundred year old books are restored Devin Nealy

antiques This priceless piece of Caligula's mosaic floor was unknowingly used for 50 years as a coffee table in a NYC apartment David Pescovitz

antiques Amateur diver hauls up 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel coast Rob Beschizza

smuggling Hobby Lobby surrenders ancient Gilgamesh tablets to the US Government Thom Dunn

antiques A yard sale customer who bought a small bowl for $35 found out it's worth up to $500,000 Carla Sinclair

automation A tour of Roentgen's 1785 mechanical desk Gareth Branwyn

History Very cheap ancient coins for learning about history David Pescovitz

antiques Ancient inscribed Roman slab mysteriously found in England garden David Pescovitz

antiques Heavy metal: down the rabbit hole of cast-iron doorstops Miss Cellania