Antiques & Collectables

On the Scent – Vintage Perfume Bottles

The second of my collections to get its turn in the spotlight is my vintage perfume bottle collection. I don’t collect the ‘comercial’ type bottles (although I wouldn’t turn up my nose at a nice Lalique specimen). I prefer the sort of bottles that perfume used to be decanted into. The only exception is my [...]

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Confessions of a Collectoholic

Hello. My name is Karen and I’m a Collectoholic. It all started when I was a child, collecting stamps and the labels off wine bottles and anything else that caught my eye. But in recent years it’s progressed to a more serious condition and I’m currently supporting 14 collections of ‘stuff’. I mostly collect stuff [...]

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Allan’s Organ

You may recall the organ I wrote about last week that we saw at the Macedonia in Lancefield and Allan was quite smitten by. Well the days passed and I was wondering if he was still thinking about it and considering buying it. I tried to give him a gentle prompt by the following Wednesday. [...]

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St. Patrick’s @ the Macedonia

Went up to Lancefield for St Patrick’s Night on Friday. A friend has taken over management of the old Macedonia Hotel which is now a wine bar/gallery/antiques place/café. It was a great place. Everything was spread over four floors and there was a traditional balcony around two sides of the second story where you could [...]

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