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Please follow our journey here. We'd like to keep you updated about our travels, our new inventory, the finding of some of our treasures. Sometimes we dig a little deeper into information about an item that's in our inventory and sometimes we'll provide you with a short list of tips for wandering into the countries we've visited! Have fun reading our stories.

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Exploring the past: a vintage map of the DDR from the USSR (1971)

Exploring the past: a vintage map of the DDR fr...

History has a way of capturing our imagination, especially when it comes to significant moments and places. One such captivating artifact from the past is an original tourist map of...

Exploring the past: a vintage map of the DDR fr...

History has a way of capturing our imagination, especially when it comes to significant moments and places. One such captivating artifact from the past is an original tourist map of...

Exploring the art and ideology of Soviet propaganda posters

Exploring the art and ideology of Soviet propag...

Soviet propaganda posters stand as powerful artifacts, encapsulating the visual language and political ideology of the Soviet era. For decades, these posters served as a vital tool for disseminating messages,...

Exploring the art and ideology of Soviet propag...

Soviet propaganda posters stand as powerful artifacts, encapsulating the visual language and political ideology of the Soviet era. For decades, these posters served as a vital tool for disseminating messages,...

Vostok: pioneering the cosmos – a glimpse into the Soviet space programme

Vostok: pioneering the cosmos – a glimpse into ...

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States marked a defining era in human exploration. One of the most significant...

Vostok: pioneering the cosmos – a glimpse into ...

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States marked a defining era in human exploration. One of the most significant...

We've got some cool 1930s fashion posters by Jean Darroux (Paris)

We've got some cool 1930s fashion posters by Je...

We've got little posters with illustrative work from Jean Darroux. A Parisien tailor who designed several series of designs, probably for other tailors to use. The 1930s was a decade marked...

We've got some cool 1930s fashion posters by Je...

We've got little posters with illustrative work from Jean Darroux. A Parisien tailor who designed several series of designs, probably for other tailors to use. The 1930s was a decade marked...

Big Gear from The Old Days: The Lada Niva (Лада Нива)

Big Gear from The Old Days: The Lada Niva (Лада...

Let's start off with the names of this little rugged off-roader / street fighter machine as the Lada Niva (Лада Нива) is known by different names. Some may know this...

Big Gear from The Old Days: The Lada Niva (Лада...

Let's start off with the names of this little rugged off-roader / street fighter machine as the Lada Niva (Лада Нива) is known by different names. Some may know this...

Who was Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov?

Who was Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov?

Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov (Simbirsk, 1870 – Leningrad [St Petersburg], 1942) was a renowned Russian photographer who had a career spanning several decades. As he was brought up by his aunt who was married to the...

Who was Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov?

Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov (Simbirsk, 1870 – Leningrad [St Petersburg], 1942) was a renowned Russian photographer who had a career spanning several decades. As he was brought up by his aunt who was married to the...

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