6 Lebanese Vintage Collectors Bringing You Pieces From The Past
Collecting memorabilia and passing them from one generation to the next is a wonderful hobby and we’re here to appreciate it through these 6 local repositories of heritage items:
Marc Hanna has been collecting old stocks of Lebanese vinyl records, posters, and VHS movies since 2005. His current collection holds many more items that remind him of his childhood including old paper money, diecast cars, Ghandour tin boxes, tin toys and beer cans, most of which he found while visiting old stores around the country.
Inside Alfurat Bookstore in Hamra, Lebanese cinephile Abboudi Bou Jaoude opened a treasure trove for old movie posters and cinema-related magazines, prints, and pictures which he had been collecting off the walls of local and regional theaters for over 40 years. All of Bou Jaoude’s posters are originals, but A3 copies can also be made and sold for cheaper prices upon request.
For those who miss the glory days of regional cinema, here’s another poster curator. City Light Poster celebrates the golden era of Egyptian films though vintage poster collections that can be viewed on the shop’s online catalogue.
Located in Ballouneh, this trove exhibits French vintage pieces from the 19th century ranging from bronze lamps to clocks, serves vases, paintings, and furniture. They ship worldwide and buy your antiques as well!
Always featured at Le Marche Aux Puce exhibits, Antiquebiotic sells a vast array of rare vintage items including mostly phones, radios, typewriters and cameras.
This one is a bit different but still belongs in this listicle for being an online archive of old TV and cinema footage. Instead of gathering vintage items, Radio Karantina collects unforgettable cultural and artistic visual moments from Beirut and the rest of the world, including music videos and dance scenes from famous musicals.
