Name that game: You're a feudal lord trying to conquer neighboring territories on a sort of RISK-style board. Make the wrong move and you'll enrage the pope. [more inside]
posted by zvs on Dec 5, 2009 - 8 answers

I'm want to recreate this headboard recently featured on Apartment Therapy. Does anyone know where I can look for a vintage mantle aside from craigslist & ebay? [more inside]
posted by thisiswater on Oct 29, 2009 - 9 answers

We're in NYC. How do we dress as Bonnie and Clyde for Halloween for under $40/pp? [more inside]
posted by andromache on Oct 22, 2009 - 8 answers

Do you know vintage cognac? My Father-in-law was handed down a bottle of, assumably, nice cognac. It was given to his father as a gift from his company in the 1930s. It's been sitting in the basket it was packaged in for years and years and we'd really like to have more information about it. It's a bottle of "Cognac Napoleon, Grande Fine Champagne, Reserve". Pictures of the front label, the mark on the bottle's neck, and the back label. [more inside]
posted by qwip on Oct 8, 2009 - 8 answers

What should I do with this awesome vintage cat carrier? [more inside]
posted by kathrineg on Sep 7, 2009 - 10 answers

I can't find this "adidas"-lookalike retro jacket from this Utah Saints "Something Good" music video, and I kind of want to buy one for ~$50 in Canada! [more inside]
posted by Khazk on Sep 4, 2009 - 2 answers

This might be a wild goose chase. But can anyone help me track down any sort of a technical clue for why a white tint very specifically applied to one part of a photo taken in the 1920s – for the purpose of deliberate deception – would have turned a dark, purplish navy color over time? [more inside]
posted by Jody Tresidder on Jul 24, 2009 - 9 answers

Hey, Seattle-area photographers! I was just gifted a Baby Brownie Special for helping a family member find a good computer. I'm really excited and I want to start using it. Just a few things... [more inside]
posted by gc on May 30, 2009 - 6 answers

Vintage Stores with Permanently Inlaid Sidewalk Logos? [more inside]
posted by jfrancis on May 19, 2009 - 24 answers

Help identifying a very old cartoon? [more inside]
posted by branparsons on May 14, 2009 - 4 answers

Point me to some real examples of the cinematic style parodied in Flight of the Conchords' "Foux de Fa Fa!" [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Mar 16, 2009 - 10 answers

I have nearly year old duck eggs. Are they safe to pickle? [more inside]
posted by jadepearl on Feb 22, 2009 - 12 answers

I am looking for information and references to a toy that was available during the 1960s. It was an electrically heated hand powered plastic injection toy. [more inside]
posted by Drasher on Feb 19, 2009 - 9 answers

I am confused about assembling a relatively budget, quality home stereo system. (long) [more inside]
posted by Marquis on Oct 13, 2008 - 14 answers

What can you tell me about buying one 1978 vintage wine? [more inside]
posted by n'muakolo on Apr 9, 2008 - 8 answers

Looking for a UK clothing designer's website I saw a few years ago. As well as making tweed jackets and other garments, they had another "arm" of the business that specialised in vintage looking, quirky, World War 2 era replica work clothing that was trendy and quite pricey rather than historically accurate, as well as vintage kitchen and garden tools. [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Aug 25, 2007 - 8 answers