The Strange Brass Object Found at a Flea Market Wasn’t What It Seemed

Set on a shelf or in a display case, it becomes a conversation piece — a physical connection to a different era, when objects did more than one thing and held, frequently, a story.

A Flea Market Find That’s a Keeper
In our fast, throwaway world, coming across something like this solid, handcrafted object is a treat. That vintage brass cigarette holder offers a small but vivid reminder of the path behind. It speaks to a time when design and sturdiness stitched their way into the fabric of everything, even something as lowly as a cigarette case.

Antique smoking accessories
For collectors of such things or history lovers in general or people who are just attracted, as bugs are to lights, to beautiful old junk, items like this carry more than charm — they also carry history