Happiness is rummaging attics, flea markets, curio shops & finding that rare antique!
That's why I love collecting antiques! :)
When I was a small kid, back in our ancestral home in Sooramangalam Village in Pondicherry, we had a LP record player. Not a gramophone but a modern (then!) player. My Dad and Uncle owned Record album holders (which looked like monstrous sized photo albums) with records of English, Tamil and Hindi songs. As we grew up and moved houses, no one knows where the record player and the LPs are. My suspicion is that they are all discarded and must be lying in garbage dumps somewhere. When I started my antiques...
Yesterday was one of those amazing days that rarely happens. It all started with a simple tweet I received from Rajendran Dandapani, the Head of iGarage – the Apple-focused development team at one of my favorite companies, Zoho Corp. Kiruba, Heard you are gunning for a comic-collection record? Didn’t know you were a Tarzan fan. Have a trunkful from old Indian Express.. Rajendran had obviously chanced upon my Comics Collection website http://www.Kiruba.com/Comics . I was happy to find another comic...
The interest in antiques has been steadily growing and it has reached a stage where it warranted its own microsite. Please check out http://www.Kiruba.com/antiqes Please note that its a soft beta launch. The paint is still fresh and rough around the edges. Please do let me know what you think of it…especially areas that need improvement. Please feel free to be critical. Through the site, I hope to share with others not only information about my collection but also my experiences. The information would come...
The last few months, I have been very active in following my passion of collecting antiques. During my trips to Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi, I have rummaged through flea markets and old curio shops in narrow gullies. The hunt has been fairly successful and I have picked up an amazing list of antiques I’m quite proud of. Some of the items are very old and hence in dilapidated condition or rusted all over. Now, should I repair that century old Commodore camera? If I do so, will it lose its antique charm. ...