Antiquing with a Historian

My East German Map case indeed guided me to all th East German stuff..
Also there’s a part here where I call a kinjal a shashka two different things, my mind just blanked
They were kinjals 🗡
Let me know what you think, this was intended for Tiktok hence the aspect ratio, but I can film it for KZbin next time if you’re interested!
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[@gregoriochavez9881]

I personally really enjoyed this style of video. If you want to do more like this or get more good feedback you should do like a collector's guide of how to know the differences between fake and authentic stuff or show us your own collection of items! Have a lovely day.

[@ornos3133]

I second this suggestion.

[@user-xs3db5vk9e]

Soviet and foreign antiques etc. are a HUGE passion of mine. I could spend hours in this antique shop you visited. I really appreciate this video - thank you for making it! This is a really niche topic so I am happy you made it.

[@LadyIzdihar]

Oh I was there for 4 hours. And this is just a random place in the US. I lucked out!

[@TheDoubleBee]

Beautiful badges from the country I was born in-Yugoslavia. 😍

[@ndvs4391]

"We need more body parts in our home" is something I'll make sure to quote. Also you can never get too much East German aesthetics, loved the video.

[@verawall3772]

Ok ok ok I had to pause the video so I could comment - this is the best! I would watch a full hour of this. Antique stores are my favourite but I only have a few around where I live - I would watch more videos like this for sure! If you enjoyed making it. Only do what you love. The old lady setup with the doll in the casket and then straight to a bucket of ducks. Pure gold. I would cut that into a reel or a tiktok if that’s a thing. Sorry I’m old. 😂

[@azrielmartinson-bequette5656]

You literally went to one of my favorite antique places! I knew instantly once you showed the old lady next to the child’s casket. So great to know someone goes through the same place and can also recognize the cringe from the cool with old eastern memorabilia ❤

[@LadyIzdihar]

It's one of my favorites too! My fathers down in AZ so I visit from time to time. I once found a beautiful plaque with Mao on it here, but did not pick it up.

[@BloodBoss94]

This was a great adventure! I’d love to see more. That DPRK badge blew my mind, Also love the civil defense manual!

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

Please make more of these. It was fun.

[@cessiekat9500]

I found a copy of the Little Red Book at my local antique store- I live in a big Trump county too which was what made it a strange find

[@LadyIzdihar]

Ohhh interesting! I once found a collection of Maos works at an oddities shop because a local collector died in Seattle 😮 oddity shops often pick up "political" items

[@jacofried]

this is my kind of entertainment

[@chrissimpson6978]

I grew up around antiques and enjoy going to antique stores so this video was right up my alley. I have my own small collection of Soviet era pins and love to see others collect. I'd enjoy seeing you do more of this style of video!

[@ornos3133]

The part of where you said about collectors’ disappointment of the wrong outfits they received when reselling, is one I didn’t consider, but I lean to the explanation that they couldn’t distinguish or didn’t care to do so between the different uniforms for both sets were just German in their eyes.

[@LadyIzdihar]

It's only a theory, because there was ALOT of n*zi stuff and also quite a bit east German and nothing else. It might just be because there's a lot of East German stuff around on the market right now 🤷🏻‍♀️ they mass produced things and it's not in use anymore since reunification.

[@ornos3133]

@@LadyIzdihar regardless thank you for the video, for I didn’t realize how accessible stuff like that was outside of military shops.

[@pinkosock9728]

that style of floral painted houseware is gorgeous, i just wish i could spell the word you're calling it to find more 😅

[@LadyIzdihar]

Khakhloma!

[@pinkosock9728]

@@LadyIzdihar ty queen 💚

[@seductive_fishstick8961]

I love Soviet stuff (also a Marxist-Leninist) but I’m also a big history buff and find Nazi Germany and the Military there of quite fascinating. So I can understand why you find fascist stuff problematic, but at the same time I can’t help but find an original iron cross from 42 or a NSDAP pin or even like an original Kar98k with the original serial number and waffenamt Eagle stamp just interesting, personally I think owning those things are fine as long as you actually understand what they mean, and what Nazi germany did. And when it comes to displaying Nazi stuff, i.e. a museum or maybe a glass case at home. It needs to have something that tells your what it is, what it meant and what the Nazis did, or direct you to somewhere that does tell you those things. I got really luck an found an original Luftwaffe knife. (Also own many original soviet things such as medals and such) but I keep my Luftwaffe knife away from view and only show it to people when I’m able to give proper context. I also thing military stuff is less important context wise then say a banner or party pin. As something like a knife or gun is a lot less fascist and more just military but still need to be told what the item is.

[@LifeOfReshmalai]

Salams x love your content I learnt so much from you. Keep doing it! Lots of love from the UK x.

[@anaquezia5532]

Yayy I havent went to an antique store yet, I love this kind of videos

[@cowboybyrd9328]

I went the other day to an antique store I normally don’t go to, and I found a Soviet Army Choir Record. Best purchase I’ve made in awhile!

[@tacidian7573]

Thrift shops are really interesting places. Just the other day, I read that some English guy had bought an actual 3rd century BCE Ancient Greek gold wreath and nobody knew that it was genuine until he brought to an expert decades later.

[@LadyIzdihar]

Which is why they are so much fun if you know what you are looking for ;)

[@Sully_Iqbal]

This was awesome! All the antique places I’ve been to in the U.K. are depressingly colonial 😭

[@LadyIzdihar]

They also have a tendency to hoard the good stuff don't they 😂

[@anaquezia5532]

I would love to know more about how the soviets dealt with the fear of cold war, if they felt it, if the people or at least the government had any procedures in case that happened...

[@N238E]

That's really cool. I like it.

[@cyrusspitama]

So interesting to see someone who is really dedicated to being someone who knows all about the ussr and collects lots of soviet stuff, ill definitely be looking for an antique store near me.

[@firstnamelastname-nk4ut]

Off topic but possibly interesting? *The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin* - Douglas Smith. "An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster"

[@user-gf6xb1xl8g]

3:59 BEST BOYYY

[@lauramartens30]

My cello teacher is from Odessa! Such a beautiful city, I would consider it the cultural heart of Ukraine.

[@nathanjo1376]

... did you just say radium-ware?...

[@lukatosic09]

Okay but you have such impeccable fashion

[@joshuaharumtanoso2611]

Subhanallah that scarf hijab is soo gorgeous. You look like a matroshka doll 😍

[@odintheprole6068]

Is this store in the Seattle area? All the thrift stores up in Snohomish/Everett area only have old farmers stuff

[@LadyIzdihar]

No, I’m currently visiting family in the southwest. However I would highly recommend making a trip to Poulsbo for antique stores! I used to spend a lot of time at antique and vintage stores there and you can spend a whole day just doing that in Poulsbo

[@odintheprole6068]

​@@LadyIzdihar Awesome thanks!

[@KarmicXRestrictions]

I love your dress! Where did you get it?

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

I need to find a place like this in Chicago

[@usa-1129]

Where can I get a real KGB badge? I've seen so many iterations of it but I don't know which one is historically accurate or if they even had the insignia as badges at all 🤔🧐 Awesome channel! 😁

[@ALEXXOAVAK]

2:46 LOL

[@lillegards]

Feel free to completely ignore my comment but I am so absolutely curious as to what you games you play on your PS4. I see the controllers behind you and it just got me wondering. ✌🏼

[@aliasalone5823]

What antique store did you go to?!

[@redvelvetunderground]

lol honestly the nerve of americans to feel paranoid about the soviets being the ones to drop an atomic bomb when that was the US' first thought when it came to ending the war w/ japan, smdh great finds!!

[@BloodBoss94]

Do you ever find soviet cameras?

[@andrejmucic5003]

I think we were separated at birth.

[@LadyIzdihar]

There's always a possibility

[@FrankBurnham]

It is great that you can own private property! Isn't capitalism just the best.

[@LadyIzdihar]

You could own property in the USSR as well!

[@KoIossov]

All my family is from the USSR. Everyone had loads of personal property. What are you talking about?