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Best Christmas Gifts for Your Dad or Husband: Antique & Vintage
Posted by Chris on 21/11/2025
With just over one month to go until Christmas Day, ‘tis the season to really start thinking seriously about what to give your family and friends this year.
We’re tackling one of the hardest groups to buy for in this article: the man (or men) in your life!
What Christmas gifts do you give to the man who has everything?
Is your father, or husband, the sort of man who gets socks and a box set of shower gel and deodorant every year, and loves them. Or, he might be someone who likes money being splashed on him.
Either way, it’s often quite challenging to think of decent Christmas gifts for your dad or husband – what do you buy someone who pretty much has everything they need already?
Chances are, if you’re buying for a man who is 40 or above, they might be watching their cholesterol, which makes any consumable gifts problematic.
Or they might be averse to getting too many ‘things,’ as they clutter the house.
The opportunity here is to find something that speaks to his interests – whether that’s sport, jewellery, or perhaps art, books or prints.
There’s every chance that you’ll find something that hits the right note right here on Antiques.co.uk.
Giving antique Christmas presents is a wonderful idea: not only are they thoroughly sustainable, but they’re all items that you won’t find on the high street. That makes them pretty much one-of-a-kind – something that any man will find value in.
Below, we’ve listed our suggestions for 2025’s best Christmas gifts for your dad or husband – the antique and vintage edition!
Antiques.co.uk: where the past makes a great present.
What are the best Christmas gifts for your dad or husband in 2025?
- Antique Books
- Vintage & Antique Prints
- Antique Cufflinks
- Antique & Vintage Signet Rings
- Antique Wine & Alcohol Accessories
- Toys for the Young at Heart
Antique books make fabulous Christmas gifts for your dad or husband.
1. Antique books
You really can’t go wrong with antique books as a Christmas gift for men. It could be a book that relates to an interest that your husband or father likes – especially historical accounts, poetry or first editions – or it might just be something unusual that he could pick up every now and then for a quick peek.
Either way, antique books make a brilliant Christmas present for your dad or husband – and they'll look fantastic on any book shelf at home or an office.
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- Cruchley’s 1863 County Atlas of England and Wales shewing all the Railways & Stations (pictured above), £425
- Carl Jung ‘Modern Man in Search of a Soul’ First Edition, £320
- Bradshaw’s Railway Companion 1844, £255
- Worcester Porcelain 1910 by RL Hobson, £125
- John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress c.1850s, £90
- Alfred Munnings First Editions (3 volumes), £650
- Letter from Prime Minister Palmerston 1851 Foreign Office, £250
Antique prints make lovely Christmas gifts for men, especially if they're around themes like sporting interests.
2. Vintage & Antique Prints
Again, vintage or antique prints can make fabulous Christmas gifts for men: picture them in a nice frame, on the wall adorning his home office or study. And just like books, they could have a connection to the place he grew up, or loves – or it might just have the right look for his style. You can find both art prints, and maps, at decent prices, framed and unframed.
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- Pair of Framed Golfing Prints, Hoylake (pictured above), £600
- Cricket Print Commissioned by MCC, £275
- Victorian Print of Scottish Chiefs, £250
- Newport Harbour, Rhode Island by John Hagen, £175
- Collection of 15th, 17th and 18th century prints, £2,250
- 1607 Christopher Saxton Hand-coloured map of Huntingdon, £145
- Wyld’s New Plan for London 1859, £400
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Give your dad or husband something a little more interesting to wear with his formal wear this Christmas!
3. Antique Cufflinks
There will undoubtedly be times throughout the year when the need for cufflinks arises for any man. Of course, the usual return can be made to the existing selection of cufflinks bought from the high street, but what might be really interesting is a pair of vintage ones instead.
Budget-wise, antique cufflinks are a great choice for a Christmas gift for your dad or husband - they often come in at £150 or under.
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- 1940 9 Ct Gold Engine Turned Cufflinks (pictured above), £POA
- 12 Ct Gold Man’s Cufflinks, £145
- Rennie Mackintosh Design Cufflinks, £75
Why not look into a gorgeous antique signet ring for Christmas this year?
4. Antique & Vintage Signet Rings
Whether or not your dad or husband wears much jewellery aside from a wedding band, we think that an antique signet ring would make a fabulous gift – something to be worn perhaps for very special occasions. The unique quality, for us, is the story behind the signet ring: who knows how many men (or who they were) have worn that signet ring before. Perhaps it has made an appearance at dinner parties, award ceremonies, interviews – maybe even the odd Cabinet meeting!
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- Vintage 1966 9ct Gold Spiral Signet Ring (pictured above), £585
- Antique 1919 Shield Signet Ring, £415
- Vintage Aries Signet Ring, £345
A simply wonderful vintage drinks globe - and top marks if you give this to your dad or husband for Christmas this year!
5. Antique Wine & Alcohol Accessories
If the man you’re buying for isn’t at immediate risk of gout, then an antique wine or alcohol accessory makes a really great seasonal present which would be useful throughout the year. We’re big fans of vintage hip flasks, a Victorian tantalus, cut glass ewers and decanters – or even a vintage wine cooler. Of course, there’s little need for those now that we all have refrigerators, but you could imagine one making an appearance at a garden party in the summer.
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- 1930s Vintage Drinks Globe (pictured above), £1,295.
- Three 1900s German Steins, £325
- Regency Rack & Pinion Bone Brushed Chromed Corkscrew, £695
- Victorian Oak Tantalus with Chess Set, £295
- WWII Soldier’s Whisky Flask, £495
- Victorian Copper hammered spittoon, £125
> View all wine & alcohol accessories
Could a vintage toy be the way to your dad or husband's heart this Christmas?
6. Toys for the young at heart
Transport your dad or husband back to a time when he was young and carefree, with a vintage toy, comic book or magazine. Most of us get rather sentimental for our youth, especially when the years keep advancing at a terrific pace, so giving one to your dad or husband will instantly recall those lovely memories.
It’s a brilliant Christmas gift idea and one that often won’t necessarily cost all that much.
Antiques.co.uk's top picks:
- Rail Race Vintage 1930s Board Game (pictured above), £250
- Lead Napoleonic Grenadier Soldier Company (1800-10, painted 1950), £175
- One Inch Scale Steam Traction Engine, £2,500
- Bowman’s Steam Powered Model Boat, £295
- Chad Valley Vintage Football Stadium, £195
- Rolls Royce 1907 Silver Ghost, £65
- Dinky Boxed Ford Escort, £45
Your next read
Hopefully these suggestions of the best antique and vintage Christmas gifts for your dad or husband have been helpful. If our top picks didn’t quite do it for you, it’s always worth browsing the ‘view all’ links to explore what else might be in those categories.
Happy Christmas shopping!
ICYMI: take a trip back to Christmas 2024 for more inspiration on what to buy for him at Christmas.