La storia comincia con due amiche impegnate a rovistare nella soffitta di casa. Mentre saccheggiano uno scatolone pieno di cianfrusaglie inutili, le ragazze si imbattono in una vecchia macchina fotografica pieghevole in ottime condizioni. Una sola fotografia condanna una delle due a una fine orrenda, preannunciata da scricchiolii sinistri, visioni di donne impiccate e pericolose ombre sfuggenti.

Quattro ragazzi tentano la fortuna nel gioco d'azzardo ma si ritorvano fortmente indebitati con un boss locale. Disperati, decidono di derubare dei coltivatori di erba, ma le cose non andranno nel modo stabilito.

20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.

Un giovane archeologo, Steffen si trova in Israele per partecipare agli scavi effettuati da una squadra di archeologi tedeschi. Quando trova uno scheletro vecchio di duemila anni, che ha tra le mani un foglietto con le istruzioni per l'uso di una telecamera Sony, ipotizza che si tratti delle ossa di un viaggiatore del tempo. La sua teoria viene derisa da tutti, ma in seguito si rivelerà pericolosa.

When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a car accident, from the dead.

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he faces his own inner demons.

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.

Una segretaria inglese, che accompagna in un viaggio in Europa un'anziana dama britannica, incontra a Varsavia un conte polacco e lo sposa. Va ad abitare con lui al castello degli avi e, quando scoppia la guerra, alla partenza del marito, organizza la vita nella casa, il lavoro nei campi e poi la resistenza ai nazisti. Finirà male.

Stephen Smith explores the extraordinary life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge. He talks to HRH Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge items in the Royal Collection and to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who spent $100 million acquiring nine exquisite Faberge eggs. The bejewelled trinkets Faberge made for the last tsars of Russia in the twilight of their rule have become some of the most sought-after treasures in the world, sometimes worth millions. Smith follows in Faberge's footsteps, from the legendary Green Vaults in Dresden to the palaces of the tsars and the corridors of the Kremlin museum, as he discovers how this fin de siecle genius transformed his father's modest business into the world's most famous supplier of luxury items.

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in architecture and craftsmanship. These works of art depict the lifestyle, thoughts, and beliefs of the Elamites.

Oscar Winning documentary short about antique mechanical toys.