My head is stuck in the past. Lately even more than usual. I have been more or less reading several books at once; Dreamers of Decadence, Dracula, The Vampyre, The Symbolists and such... All masterpieces in their own right, and all an easy means to time travel. The recent trip home further justified this drift. European homes and cities are filled with ghosts of the past, antiques, and nostalgia of all sorts.
I decided to devote the next few posts of this blog to antiquarians, flea markets, auction houses and all merchants of memorabilia. Being a hopeless romantic, I have almost entirely devoted my shopping time to scouring antique shops for certain forgotten Victorian objects, and old books as if they would help me restore something of the past. In the process, it dawned on me that I have never explored the subject of antiques much in this blog.
So, that's to come soon.
For now I leave you with this treat from Maxence Cyrin, not really vintage, but a definite treasure
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