I was making the rounds at local antique shops the other day, and had a pretty good hunt searching for some vintage pop culture items to add to my collection. I found some cool things for the display shelf, but then at the Pink House Antiques shop in Manassas, I found this bad boy that will […]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Poster from Mondo
Going on sale tomorrow at a random time is the latest poster from Mondo, this time the subject is Steven Spielberg’s classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That movie gave me the creeps as a kid, because it seemed so real to my young mind. This poster by Todd Slater is anything but creepy, and […]
American Pickers – Before They Were Famous
Before a TV show becomes a reality, there needs to be something for the TV execs to review to convince them to put the show into production. Check out these videos of American Picker’s Mike Wolfe before he had a show on the History Channel. These clips are great because they show how American Pickers […]
Rare Vintage Magic Posters Found in a Basement
Just once, I want to find an original Houdini poster in my basement. Whenever I hear a story about someone finding rare treasures in their attic and basement it makes me want to buy an old house where I can take a sledgehammer to the walls. Of course, in this case, the woman “found” her […]
Slash is Having a Yard Sale — and there are Dinosaurs!
Well, it’s not really a yard sale, but the Guns n Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist is unloading a bunch of his stuff at auction. As you might expect, there is a ton of his clothes and guitars, but what interested me was all the cool things he used to decorate his home. From the […]
Planet of the Apes nod in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”
One of the great things about having a blog about retro things is that I can be really late to the party and no one cares. Here’s an example: last night, I happened across an airing of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on cable. It was right at the famous street fight scene, so […]