Buying pre-revolutionary books, magazines, postcards, photographs, porcelain figurines and vases, tea sets, cup holders, cigarette cases, jewelry boxes, samovars, icons, Easter eggs, awards, badges and pins with screw-backs, and other items from the long-gone era of the Russian Empire, as well as Soviet porcelain figurines, Christmas tree ornaments, screw-back badges for excellent students, shock workers, winners of socialist competitions, ministries and departments.