Old as Adam – Antiques & Americana

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Old as Adam is moving to 507 Main Street in Warren, RI.

Reopening in late July or August. Updates to follow.

THE GOODS

Out of stock

House Cabinet

$3,800
Attic Finish Game Board

$450
Tin House Store Container

$650
Out of stock

On the Bowery Painting
Out of stock

Moving House
Out of stock

Boston Insane Asylum Plate
Farmhouse Portrait

$450
Watercolor Homestead

$950

SEE MORE OF THE GOODS

FOUND OBJECT GALLERY

AMERICANISM | on view now

EXHIBITIONS

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ART WITHOUT INTENT BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

INSTAGRAMS

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October at Old as Adam. 507 Main Street in Warren,

October at Old as Adam. 507 Main Street in Warren, RI.

Open Friday and Saturday afternoons, by chance or appointment.

#warrenri #rhodeisland #warrenwalkabout #antiquestore #halloweendecor #antiquedealer

It's apple picking season, but take care to pick f

It's apple picking season, but take care to pick from the right tree...

Rare Currier print of the “Tree of Death," ca. 1845. Watered by the Devil, the death tree bears the fruits of sin: Fornication, Anger, Vainglory, Love of Pleasure, Lasciviousness, and so on. Its timeworn state befits its rotten subject.

Professionally framed and mounted on an acid-free mat in a period lemon gold frame.

18 x 13 inches. Available.

Speaking of patina: @lastnamebadger dropped in tod

Speaking of patina: @lastnamebadger dropped in today and left with this fantastic thumb-back chair in old blue paint with a make-do replaced deerskin seat.

Open till 5 today. (Thanks, Erik!)

It's a rainy one, and though the sidewalk sign is

It's a rainy one, and though the sidewalk sign is indoors, the shop is open with plenty of other signs to see.

(All available for sale, each $345 plus ship.)

Today I had the pleasure of lecturing at @risd1877

Today I had the pleasure of lecturing at @risd1877 on a subject near and dear: patina.

Nick Heywood of @nickhausshop invited me to speak to his students at a senior furniture seminar, and we discussed several million years of human evolution, ocean plastics, the ramifications of "Shabby Chic", and how an old dish that hasn't changed at all is now something entirely different. And one student, Evan, left class as the proud new owner of a beautiful weatherbeaten Boston Rocker, ca. 1860s, sidewalk-fresh and free.

My intended takeaways:

If you consider yourself an environmentalist or an anticapitalist, designing for patina is the most important thing you can do.

Also, appreciating patina may be one of the fundamental things that makes us human.

Credits:
@leigh_keno working his magic
Make-do repaired sign chair a recent purchase from @barbary_bradley
Tongue dish from @ben_rah
Alligator chair from @killingsistergeorge (and now a favorite in my collection)

The store is open today with dozens of new finds s

The store is open today with dozens of new finds set to take flight, including this antique late 19th century homemade box kite.

Come visit. 507 Main Street in Warren, RI.

A few shots from my @threadbareshow September '24

A few shots from my @threadbareshow September '24 booth (it was such a busy show I never had a chance to post). Thanks to all who attended and see you again at @brimfield.antique.flea.market this week (you'll find me at Hertan's on Wednesday).z

@threadbareshow is for the vintage geeks. THIS SU

@threadbareshow is for the vintage geeks.

THIS SUNDAY, 9/1, kick off Brimfield Antique Flea Market Week with the best vintage clothing and antique textile show in the Northeast. Find me with these antique painted canvas carnival knockdown geeks alongside forty other vintage dealer geeks at Threadbare.

Don't miss it - last show of 2024!

THREADBARE SHOW
Vintage Clothing + Antique Textiles
Sunday, September 1 | 10:00 - 4:00
Southbridge, MA | 1 hour from Boston, 2.5 hours from NYC
40+ Dealers | Brimfield Flea Market Week

Threadbare Show features 40+ top vintage clothing and antique textile dealers selling women’s and men’s vintage clothing, quilts, textiles, accessories and more, c. 1790-1990.

Opening two days before the famous Brimfield Antique Flea Market, Threadbare brings together designers, collectors, curators, and fans of fashion and design for this one-day only event.

Vintage workwear, antique quilts, vintage couture, unexpected finds — from tapestries to tee shirts, Threadbare Show has it all.⠀

LOCATION
La Salle Reception Center
444 Main Street
Southbridge, MA

TICKETS
General Admission – $10 /// 11:00 - 4:00
Early Buyers – $25 /// 10:00 *Opening Time Change*

LEARN MORE
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Open today till 6. The new store is located at 507

Open today till 6. The new store is located at 507 Main Street, Warren, RI, across from the town hall.

Baby steps here getting the new shop in order, but

Baby steps here getting the new shop in order, but now open at 507 Main Street in Warren, RI. Still clowning around as it comes together, so no shop pics yet, but come see what's afoot tomorrow, Saturday, 8/17 from noon till six.

SOLD • Worn-out clown shoes, c. early 20th century

Did I broadcast something about a grand opening of

Did I broadcast something about a grand opening of the new store this Friday? Well, maybe...but a "soft" opening sounds better, no?

The doors of the new store will open tomorrow at 507 Main in Warren, RI from 12-6, 8/16, but let's call it a soft opening since it's still coming together as we wait for several new fixtures arrive. Drop by...or, better yet, wait for something grand to come next weekend.

Token soft object: Stuffed toy dog with real silken hair, c. late 19th century. (Available.)

Thanks to everyone who attended the NH Antiques Sh

Thanks to everyone who attended the NH Antiques Show for making this weekend with the @nhantiquesdealers one of my favorites of the year. What other show begins with a thousand people who have traveled from around the country to wait in line for who knows what, all with an appreciation for patina, history, and unexpected discoveries? For diehard collectors, the hunt is always exhilarating, but there's nothing like the rush of the Manchester show. It's the way antiquing ought to be.

A big thanks to the NHADA volunteers who put the show together and Kate @criticaleyefinds for helping build out the booth. See you next August in NH.

SOLD • A rare survivor and new addition to my bo

SOLD • A rare survivor and new addition to my booth at @nhantiquesdealers show:

San Francisco trolley car advertisement for the grand opening of the famous Sutro Baths. Opening to the public in 1897, the legendary California public pool and bathhouse burned to the ground in 1966, its ruins remaining landmarks in San Francisco to this day.

Original wooden type letterpress print in period frame (18 x 14 inches)

Now sold.

#antiques #ephemera #americanantiques #sanfrancisco #sutrobaths #californiahistory

You're running out of time to see the 2024 NH Anti

You're running out of time to see the 2024 NH Antiques Show: Saturday, 8/10 is the last day to shop the @nhantiquesdealers this year.

For sale:

Pocket watch trade sign | painted cast iron & tin | c. third quarter 19th century (18 inches tall)

"Happy Thought" toy horse cart | painted wood | c. fourth quarter 19th century (16 inches long)

Folk art painted diminutive mirror | painted wood | c. fourth quarter 19th century (12 inches tall)

Vernacular Gothic architectural window | original wavy early glass | c. second quarter 19th century (44 inches high, 47 inches wide)

Message for details, or better yet, come to check out the show!

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
@nhantiquesdealers
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

#antiques #americanantiques #folkart #americanfolkart #antiquesign #americana #tradesign #antiquesign #antiquesigns #pocketwatch #antiquewatch

I've always wanted to handle an Odd Fellows heart

I've always wanted to handle an Odd Fellows heart in hand, and was pleased to hang this early example in my NH Antiques Show @nhantiquesdealers booth.

Recently discovered in an old Indiana fraternal lodge, this mid-19th century ritual prop is life-size and of hand-carved and gilded wood. It holds a painted red heart in its golden palm.

In the symbolism of the Odd Fellows, the “Heart in Hand” represented “cheerful giving” and benevolence to those in need, and one of their three core values: Friendship (the others are Love and Truth).

The historic command of the Odd Fellow is to “visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.” Founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1819, the International Order of the Odd Fellows grew to become the largest fraternal organization in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of members by the late nineteenth century and fraternal lodges in every state, and in some regions, every town. While the organization is still in existence today, the Odd Fellows are now extinct within most of the communities where their charitable and social endeavors once thrived.

Hand: 9 inches tall (6 feet tall when mounted on its original post)

Available for sale. Message for details.

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

#fixedit • Just added to my booth on day two of

#fixedit • Just added to my booth on day two of the NH Antiques Show today:

"Broken" cobalt blue-decorated stoneware crock, c. second quarter 19th century, with wonderful make-do repairs, including a blacksmith-made base and wire support structure. 20 inched tall. (Available for sale.)

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
@nhantiquesdealers
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

#antiques #americanantiques #folkart #americanfolkart #antiquesign #americana #makedo #stoneware #antiquestoneware

Bear market? Not at the New Hampshire Antiques Sho

Bear market? Not at the New Hampshire Antiques Show, open now in Manchester, NH. Come visit the @nhantiquesdealers this weekend for the most necessary things of all - that is, those moments that delight the eye, mind and spirit.

Antiques are too often mistaken for things - in fact they are experiences. Like this 140-year-old clockwork toy bear, they are enjoyed in the moment, and shared only with future generations if we take them home (and wind the bear with care). Collecting antiques is not about "me" but "we": a shared experience across time between those past, present and future.

Old as Adam has nothing you need at the NH Antiques Show, but I hope I'm able to offer folks those soulful or silly necessities from time to time.

Captured in the wild:

SOLD • Toy clockwork mechanical bear with its original box | wooden face, hands and feet, rabbit fur | Ives, Blakeslee & Co. | c. 1880s

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

#antiques #americanantiques #folkart #americanfolkart #antiquesign #americana #antiquetoys

Old as Adam at the 2024 New Hampshire Antique Show

Old as Adam at the 2024 New Hampshire Antique Show @nhantiquesdealers . Come visit.

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

#antiques #americanantiques #folkart #americanfolkart #antiquesign #americana

The NH Antiques Show is OPEN. Many things have alr

The NH Antiques Show is OPEN. Many things have already found new owners, but that doesn't mean there aren't new things to see: I just now hung this whole wall with new additions after the first round sold.

Come visit the @nhantiquesdealers in
#manchesternh open till 7 this evening as well as Friday and Saturday.

Available for Sale:

"Open Blow Horn" painted wooden sign, c. 1930s

Butcher's saw, cleaver and knife weathervane trade sign, sheet iron, c. third quarter 19th century.

Occupational cabinet card portrait photograph of a butcher, Providence, RI, c. 1880s.

The 67th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show⁠
August 8-10, 2024⁠
Thursday & Friday 10am-7pm | Saturday 10am-4pm⁠
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown⁠
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101⁠
Admission $15 Thursday, $10 Friday and Saturday (Free return visits)⁠
Free to visitors 30 and under with ID⁠
nhada.org

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