Welcome to the French Yesterdays Web Showroom, home of 19th Century French religious antiques and other fine collectibles. We are an American-owned and operated site, with longtime experience in locating scarce liturgical antiques in France. This is not a traditional on-line store, but a place where we post pictures of our merchandise and where our customers and friends- new, old and future- can browse at leisure. Please don't hesitate to explore our galleries of sold items- you'll fine many rarities and exceptional liturgical antiques.
We specialize in 19th century liturgical antiques for churches, the clergy and collectors. but we also sell a mix of other fine old French antiques and collectibles as well. A tour of our Web Showroom will give you a good idea of the kinds of things we buy and sell.
As of this site update- early spring 2005- we have on hand two particularly important museum-grade liturgical antiques dating from the late 19th century. The first is a spectacular ceremonial pastoral stole bearing images of St. Louis with the Crown of Thorns and other saints. A detail view is shown above. The second is an extraordinary three-panel set of gold-embossed altar cards encrusted with semi-precious stones. 
Enjoy photos of these two spectacular items (yes, they are for sale) on our new Masterpieces page.
We also have acquired the entire inventory of 19th century altar and display reliquaries from an ancient abbey. We'll be photographing them as time permits: please see our Church Relqiuary page. 
We have only two iron-clad rules: we sell only the highest quality merchandise (never reproductions!) and our customers must be satisfied or their money is refunded- no questions asked.
Most- but not all- of the items you see here are for sale. If you see something you like, please e-mail us for a price. We are pleased to accept checks and money orders in US dollars. We also accept payment by Pay Pal, an easy, quick and secure way to use your credit card to make purchases.
We ship from Europe or the US, depending on where the item is located.
From time to time we also post items at auction on eBay. Please click the box at left to see if we have any current auctions.
For answers to more questions about our Web Showroom, please go to our Frequently Asked Questions page by clicking the 'FAQs' button at the left.
Thanks for visiting! We hope you'll spend some time browsing. And don't hesitate to e-mail us with any questions or comments. We'll respond just as quickly as possible. |
