Collect to Reflect Antiques

Collect to Reflect Antiques Purveyor and seller of collectible vintage antiques and books.

Anyone ever run across something like this? Apparently it is some sort of prognostication book.
11/16/2025

Anyone ever run across something like this? Apparently it is some sort of prognostication book.

Found this old camera like device, however, I am not too sure what it was ever used for. Anyone some valuable input as t...
11/14/2025

Found this old camera like device, however, I am not too sure what it was ever used for. Anyone some valuable input as to how or what it may have been used for?

This is device is called a magneto and was used to power those old crank phones. If you hold it just right and turn the ...
11/13/2025

This is device is called a magneto and was used to power those old crank phones. If you hold it just right and turn the crank you can feel a very slight electrical charge pass through your fingers as you complete the circuit.

Another one of the collections I have been working on are these antique vintage business trade cards. I actually framed ...
11/13/2025

Another one of the collections I have been working on are these antique vintage business trade cards. I actually framed a few of these gems. Some of them have such great historical information on them.

Current inventory of books I recently acquired at an auction. The best part... this is a climate controlled storage unit...
11/06/2025

Current inventory of books I recently acquired at an auction. The best part... this is a climate controlled storage unit. I just have to now take some time and continue to sort through this rather large collection of old books. We also picked up the IKEA book shelves from a store that was closing up shop. I was happy they could to get some good use in the storage unit to store these treasures.

This is another random collection of hand painted saws I have been building over the past 15 years. Many of these saws a...
11/06/2025

This is another random collection of hand painted saws I have been building over the past 15 years. Many of these saws are painted by local artists and are one of a kind pieces of amazing art.

Last count...I believe I have approximately 72 different types of vintage cameras. I personally think the old pullout ca...
11/06/2025

Last count...I believe I have approximately 72 different types of vintage cameras. I personally think the old pullout cameras are so unique and so impressed with the inventive minds needed to develop such a neat piece of equipment.

I have a various number of different kinds of collections and am super happy with my to***co tin collection. I have alwa...
11/06/2025

I have a various number of different kinds of collections and am super happy with my to***co tin collection. I have always thought these were kind of cool and unique. Yes, I know...apparently I do still have Prince Albert in a can, and no...I don't plan on letting him out.

This old barn from 1881 provided the materials for our DIY renovation craft projects in the house. The weathered barn b...
11/05/2025

This old barn from 1881 provided the materials for our DIY renovation craft projects in the house. The weathered barn boards were repurposed into our king size head board and also used to line the stairway to cover up the six layers of wallpaper.

These old vintage books are some of the coolest ones in the collection and set on the shelf of the king sized head boar...
11/05/2025

These old vintage books are some of the coolest ones in the collection and set on the shelf of the king sized head board. I actually handcrafted this head board with old barn wood from a barn built in 1881. The top brown book is actually from 1787 and is bound in some type animal skin.

I affectionately refer to my office as the museum. This is just a few snapshots of the various collections of antiques a...
11/04/2025

I affectionately refer to my office as the museum. This is just a few snapshots of the various collections of antiques and old books. Did I mention how much I love the smell of old books.

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317 E. 3rd Street
Albert Lea, MN
56007

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(515)9793537

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