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antiques

noun

plural of antique

as in artifacts

something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period their house is filled with rare antiques, including a collection of 19th-century African masks

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Recent Examples of antiques As the company was shutting its doors in 2022, Gelman opened the Six Bells in Cobble Hill, a country-style home goods store with kitchenware, antiques, and products from local small brands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 Paintings, artwork, sculptures, stamps, statuary, other collector’s pieces (such as pieces of archaeology), as well as antiques older than 100 years but not over 250 years old are listed, as are suitcases, trunks, vanities and other types of bags. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Detectives have learned that the shooting suspect and the owner of the antiques store were living in a trailer behind the store, police said. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Mill River Trading The collections of antiques and vintage clothing are always growing at Mill River Trading. — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026 Plenty of antiques are mass-produced, poorly constructed, or simply too widespread to warrant precious square footage. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026 Carly Martin is an expert on collecting antiques and the marketing director at the Ohio Valley Antique Mall. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 18 Aug. 2026 McDonnell was the head of a thriving $125 million company; had a $1 million stockpile of jewelry, antiques, and artwork; and held a number of investment properties, according to her bank loan application. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 Scout tops her list for antiques and midcentury modern furnishings; Room Service is the place to unearth affordable trinkets, vintage tableware, and furniture ready to be rehabbed. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2026

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On Monday, a German court in Hamburg convicted an unnamed brother and sister of money laundering in a case regarding the unlawful sale of ancient Egyptian artifacts.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
The judge ordered the company to file an inventory of the 5,500 artifacts, including when and where each item was salvaged, its current location, and its condition.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of artifacts

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Simonian is believed to have smuggled Egyptian relics to institutions that include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective sum of $64 million.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
In Freeport, Allen has built the Bahamas Maritime Museum, where relics are cataloged, conserved, and displayed, creating local jobs and drawing tourists.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026

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