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Thor Motorcycles ~ Turning Bicycles into Moto Cycles ~ Lima Ohio
Here's a Pandora's Puzzle Box of a photograph. Researching it turned up all kinds of information, but never completed the puzzle I set out to solve. I saw the original sepia toned photograph (below),...
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Will Punxsatawney Phil Punk Us Again? Groundhog Day ~ Now with More Vintage...
Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? Will we have more winter? Something tells me we will have many more weeks of cold, no matter what the famous Groundhog does or does not see! Find out all you...
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Pssst... Wanna See Some Vintage Badges? Collecting Bicycle Badges
Screen shot of Collectors Weekly's new BADGES section. Pssst... Wanna See Some Badges? ''We DO need to show you some stinkin' badges!'' says Collectors Weekly. So they added a Vintage BADGES...
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Collecting Vintage Valentines Day Cards and Postcards ~ Happy St. Valentine's...
Vintage Valentines - sweet, colorful, addicting. But fewer calories than a heart shaped box of chocolates. They came in every theme imaginable, for all tastes. Some a little naughty, some for little...
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Happy President's Day ~ Some Vintage Patriotic Postcards
Presidents Day -- Read lots of history info here: link.© 2008-2012 Marianne Dow
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Baseball's Controversial Cosmetic Surgery - Is the Infamous T206 Honus Wagner...
Honus Wagner, 1903Baseball's Controversial Cosmetic Surgery - Is the Infamous T206 Honus Wagner Card Trimmed? VideoThe T206 Honus Wagner baseball card depicts Pittsburgh Pirates' Honus Wagner, a...
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Perfect Portable Pantry for Camping Chuckwagon Cooks ~ Antique Tin Food...
Love this counter top metal tole painted cabinet, with the colorful birds and flowers. There is a great gear-y clock work in the center. You can barely make out the words PERFECT PANTRY stenciled on...
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Keep Your Eyes Open for Daruma - Japanese Good Fortune Doll Figurines History
Daruma: this red round doll represents Bodhidharma, a priest and founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. It is traditionally purchased at the beginning of the year for good luck and throughout the year...
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Happy PI Day ~ It'd Be Irrational To Repeat Myself, But Happy PI Day!
It's National PI DayMarch 14, aka 3/14, is National PI Day, to commemorate the number called pi -- 3.14159265359etc. Here's your math lesson, for those who don't remember pi from their school days:The...
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Letterman Show Uses Antique Trader Price Guide for Book Joke
Did you see David Letterman last night? He had his fake book segment, and poked fun at antiques price guides with a copy of the Collector’s Guide To The Previous Editions of the Collector’s Guide --...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day ~ Vintage Postcard Collages
Top O'the Morning To You!May Your Glass Always Be Full! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Bigger is better, so click the collage pix to enlarge (there are 6).See more vintage St. Patrick's Day postcards on...
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Ebay News March 2013 ~ To Store or Not, That's the Question ~ Big news from...
New ebay fee structure (Starts May 2013) New listing fees and commision fees -- big pricing changes starting MAY 1, 2013 -- read all the details here: 2013 Spring Seller Update: Fee update Looks like...
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Easter Bunny Says Happy Easter with Beautiful #Vintage #Postcards
I love Easter, especially the colorful toys and vintage postcards. Here's a link to a display of some of my Easter Toys collection that I had up at our local library a couple of years ago. Easter...
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Something Fishy Fun and Foolish ~ #Vintage April Fools Day Postcards
Starting off with some pretty April postcards, then you'll see some pranks.HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!Watch out for those April Fools Day pranks. Why do we have the April Fools Day tradition? Read...
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April 15th ~ Ole Sir Taxy Waxy Says It's Tme to Pay Up! Income Tax Cartoon
OLE SIR TAXY-WAXY Ole Sir Taxy Waxy He turned my income out Ole Sir Taxy Waxy He knocked my upkeep down My overhead he under-footed My profits all he gayly looted He got my shoes and I got booted Ole...
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Spring issue of Antiques & Fine Art Magazine online now ~ Sign up for FREE 2...
The Spring 2013 issue of Antiques & Fine Art Magazine is online now. Sign up for their FREE 2 year online subscription - AFAmag.com© 2008-2012 Marianne Dow
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1,000 Posts - A Blogger Remembers Getting My Blog-a-Rythym
Pic of my first 'Tique Talk blog post. I am well into my 6th year of blogging. I started in January 2008, and time has gone by quickly. Looking at my archives, between 'Tique Talk (this blog), and the...
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May Queen For A Day ~ May Day Maypole Dance Celebrations ~ Collecting Vintage...
Vintage Products for the Merry Month of MayApril Showers Bring May FlowersIsn't it appropriate that income tax month begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of May Day!?“Enjoy the little...
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It's Derby Time ~ Collecting Kentucky Derby Glasses, Hats and Horse Racing...
It's Derby Time! The famous horse race is always on the first saturday in May, so this year it's on May 4, 2013. Here's just a taste of Kentucky Derby history and lore. There's tons more info online....
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo ~ Collecting: Vintage Bauer Pottery
May 5th = Cinco de Mayo ~ ole! There's plenty of info out there about this day and its importance to Mexico. This site has several info links: Cinco De Mayo Sites. If I were still living in Southern...
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