Which is the oldest thing in your house?  |
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 I developed an interest in antiques after writing around 50 articles on antique furniture for a client. After completing the fiftieth article and breathing a sigh of relief, I wondered about my own house. "Which is the oldest thing here?" I asked my Mom, and she said, "I am the oldest thing."
"Well, you are a human being," I replied. "Not a thing!"
Come to think of it, I don't have anything that is really old. We sold everything when we shifted house, and everything here is brand new. I felt a bit disappointed when I realized that. Isn't it charming to have something really old in your house that has been cherished for years and years and years? Something that seems to have a soul and can tell stories of what happened years ago?
Does this remind you of something really old that you own?
Cheers and happy Mylotting
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| 1. syzygy (37) | 1 year ago |  My mother has a porcelain doll from Victorian England and my father has a sword from the US Civil War. This guy my brother knows is a Civil War antiquity buff and said the sword could sell for $1,000+. Pretty neat.
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| birules19 (6) | 1 year ago | well the oldest thing in my house is the stove. the only reason why i still have the oven is because me and my boyfriend doesn't have enough money to by a new stove. the other day it caught on fire and it still works after that day so yeah. | |
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| czar_cstr (2) | 1 year ago | The oldest thing in my house is an old 1980's style television.
I don't use to tv but it just sits there and collects dust. The tv is so old a hanger is the antenna and you have to pull a knob to turn on the tv. | |
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| El_Sancho (13) | 1 year ago | I have a cupboard and a clock that were made during World War I (abot 100 years old). These things belonged to my great grandmother and i think are pretty worthy. | |
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 positiveminded1977 (4517) | 1 year ago | You are right...some old things are more durable than the new ones.:) | |
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| 3. yanwei (42) | 1 year ago |  A saucer my grandfather gave us is the oldest thing in my house.It is a china,beautiful. My grandfather passed away years ago,the china remind me of the happy time with my grandfather.
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| 4. winterose (17936) | 1 year ago |  the oldest thing in my house is me
after that let's see, my pots and pans, they are 33 years old.
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| overwings (3639) | 1 year ago |  Oh true, I hadn't thought about that. So the oldest thing in my house is also a birth certificate. A real relic from the 70s!
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| meirong (56) | 1 year ago | a good question and a funny answer.:) | |
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| positiveminded1977 (4517) | 1 year ago | heehhe LOL! That's interesting...I wish my birth certificate was that old, but it isn't. I lost my antique one and had to get a new one recently. But that certificate for best handwriting that I got when I was nine...yup, that is really old. LOL! I never thought of certificates. Thanks for the lovely response. | |
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| 6. SAdave1 (60) | 1 year ago | I love old things, just to look at them, think about where they have been, who may have used them in the past. I have some really old trinkets of my Mom's, some old photos and books.
They are probably not worth that much, but I treasure them. The sad thing is that someone will probably just throw them away one day, when I am no longer around. | |
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7.  daffodil1949 (1319) | 1 year ago |  A huge copper vessel which is used to bake idlis is he oldest thing in our house. It is more than 70 years old.It has never seen any repair. I am so fond of it that I do not want anything to happen to it
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| positiveminded1977 (4517) | 1 year ago | Don't worry, daffodil! I don't think any harm will come to it if it is 70 years old.:)
Cheers! | |
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8.  arthi_88 (935) | 1 year ago |  Looking at it everything in my house is very old as my grandpa had built this house...But the oldest working thing will be an alarm clock my grandpa had gifted my dad..It works till now!
It used to wake my dad up during his college days and now irritates me and my brother every morning..Guess it tell the story about our laziness!
Have a nice day!
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| positiveminded1977 (4517) | 1 year ago | LOL! That must be a real antique piece. Do take good care of it.:) | |
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9.  Frederick42 (1293) | 1 year ago |  The oldest thing is the radio. There are also many other old things that are enough to open an antique shop.
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| 10. overwings (3639) | 1 year ago | I think the oldest thing in my house it's me. I was looking around and I don't think there is anything older than the building itself that it is around 25 years old. I've been moving a few times in the last years so I've been keeping only the most essential things with me and among them there is nothing really old. I left all the old things at my parents place. There the oldest thing might be a couple of silver coins from the 1870s. I have as well a few fossils which are a few million years old. In my house we never had a "grandma's old silver spoons collection" | |
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| Iconoclast1 (256) | 1 year ago |  My bedroom set used to belong to my grandmother. She bought it in 1930. I used to have a chest of drawers from the early '20s, but it was destroyed when the garage flooded. But I got $1,000 from homeowners insurance for it so that was alright. I had no idea that it was worth that much until after the flood. Interestingly enough I had picked it out of someone's trash about 13 years ago. Also I have an amethyst geode that is millions of years old.
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| Iconoclast1 (256) | 1 year ago | Oh, and a Swiss Army jacket from 1923 that's in terrific shape. No holes its just missing 2 buttons. And no it doesn't turn into other jackets. ha ha.:) | |
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| xutaosimon (28) | 1 year ago |  maybe i dont have in fact,but i have a photo which was taked when i was one hundred days old.:p
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| positiveminded1977 (4517) | 1 year ago | You have million year old fossils? WOW! I bet you should get the award for owning the oldest thing, overwings.
Thanks for sharing. | |
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| headofaxes (41) | 1 year ago |  Hmmm... This is kinda hard for me to say... I guess that its the coins from imperial china that are probably 200-300 years old, they could be fake though... You can never trust shifty asian dudes in china!
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