Host Benjamin Miller digs into the history of Beauport, the Gilded-Age mansion perched on a rock ledge overlooking Massachusetts’s Gloucester Harbor.
Curious Objects Whale Teeth and the Pirate Princess
Under discussion in this episode are a pair of sperm whale teeth bearing depictions of what look like female pirates.
Curious Objects: Are trends sooo over?
Are collectors still entranced by trends, or has the algorithm swayed our passions? Curious Objects host Benjamin Miller explores historical design trends…
Curious Objects: Discovering a Forgotten Folk Artist and a Secret Code Book at the Independence Seaport Museum
Host Benjamin Miller is introduced to an amazing folk art watercolor depicting the father of the US Navy…
Curious Objects: A Precious 17th-Century Kleenex
Elena Kanagy-Loux, co-founder of the Brooklyn Lace Guild, talks Renaissance lace and all its wonders.
Curious Objects: Rescued by the Romanovs, a Fabergé Treasure Comes to Market
The Romanov dynasty was wiped out in 1918 . . . but what happened to all their stuff? We have the details on Heritage Auction’s sale of Romanov treasures.
Curious Objects: Advice Ep: How to Buy an Antique/Vintage Rug
Everything you need to know about how to buy an antique rug, including the surprising origins of the world’s best carpets.
Curious Objects: CO Bites: A Pitch-Perfect Vermont Songbook
In this Curious Objects Bites episode, Benjamin Miller examines an 1830s manuscript tune book from rural Vermont.
Curious Objects: The Book of Dragons (and the Con Artist Who Made It), with Rebecca Romney
Meet the Sobieski Stuarts, two eccentric book publishers who produced a fantastical dragon-themed abecebestiary (alphabet book).
Curious Objects CO BITES: Toshiko Takaezu’s “Closed Form,” with Glenn Adamson
Glenn Adamson returns to the podcast to talk about the work of Okinawan-American ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, and in particular one unique “closed form” vessel.