Unrecognizable Paris: The Monuments that Vanished
What you are looking at is not Disneyland Paris. These are photographs colored by hand…
Category Lost & Found
Trolling Nazis (and the world) with Forged Art
The accepted number of authenticated Vermeer paintings today is 34, but that number became mysteriously…
Found Snapshots of a Secret 1960s Drag Resort in the Catskills
If you were to journey to Jewett, NY today, you would find yet another semi-abandoned…
A Forgotten Ode to the Little Paris Shopfront
I was walking along the Seine this weekend, slowing my pace for the lonely bouquinistes…
Moonlight Etchings of the Forgotten Artist who Taught Edward Hopper
Martin Lewis died in obscurity in 1962; a retired art teacher who had found some…
Smoke, Mirrors & Magic Lanterns: How a Parisian Horror Story Became our First Cinematic Experience
I have a rather curious new addition to the Cabinet and I’m waiting for that…
Hunting for Harold Lloyd’s Legendary Christmas Ornaments
Harold Lloyd probably isn’t a name that rings many bells in the 21st century, but…
Collectors Item du Jour: The “Pigeon Pink” Treasures of Post-Revolutionary France
I was doing the rounds at my go-to brocante / Aladdin’s cave and caught a…
A Brief Compendium of the Traveling Salesman’s Vintage Sample Case
Unlike most of the vintage stuff we tend to get nostalgic about on this blog,…
Uncovering Hollywood’s 1920s “Antichrist” Photo Shoots
Somewhere in a dark room almost a century ago, an image emerges of a woman…
True Collectors Know the Secret Charm of Antique Faux Gold
Every Thursday, Spitalfields antique market in London spans a historic covered marketplace that transforms itself…
Never Again Would There Be a Toga Party Like the Lost 1920s Delphic Festival
Every summer we run into the same problem: too many amazing festivals, too little time.…