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Vintage Chef Kitchen Collectibles ~ My Display Video
I recently pulled together most of my Chef collectibles that have been in my kitchen for years. I'm displaying the collection at the Lima Public Library. [Note: Originally posted in 2010] Below is a...
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Rare Antique Folk Art Sand Paintings in Glass Bottles and Jars by A. Clemens
The artist who created these beautiful bottles in the late 1800's was Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) of McGregor, Iowa, who was a deaf-mute."... It's estimated that of the hundreds of sand art bottles...
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Early Bird Shopping is Best at May 17, 2013 Springfield Extravaganza Antique...
Want to see a Springfield Extravaganza in action?!! It's an amazing antique show. The PBS show, Market Warriors, filmed an episode at the 2012 May Extravaganza. Watch the entire episode online here....
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Collecting: Syroco Wood Look Bookends, Figurines, Corkscrews and So Much More
. These are some BOOKENDS -- Dogs on Chairs and Fireplace Mantels, that I sold over on my Delightfully Vintage Stuff site. Both sets are in the carved-wood-look style of SYROCO WOOD. The photo...
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My May 2013 Springfield Extravaganza Antique Show Photo Album
Sigh... well, that was it. The Spring Extravaganza has come and gone. Here are some photos I took on Friday during Early Bird shopping. It stayed overcast till noonish, after a super foggy start....
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Memorial Day ~ Nor Shall Their Story Be Forgot ~ Appreciating Our Veterans ~...
On Memorial Day ~ Nor Shall Their Story Be Forgot ~ Appreciating All of Our Soldiers and Veterans, today and every day.NOR SHALL THEIR STORY BE FORGOT Link: Lots of Memorial Day History Ms. Dow...
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Fashion, DIY Style ~ Collecting Vintage Sewing Patterns
[Originally posted back in May 2008] Well, I had my big garage sale this weekend. We get lots of traffic as our nearby tiny town of Harrod has their traditional Memorial Day Flea Market. I got rid of...
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WHO'S YOUR BOZO? Vintage Bozo the Clown TV Show Collectibles
Bozo the Clown died. That is, Larry Harmon, an early Bozo and owner of the Bozo franchise biz recently passed away. Although not the original Bozo, Harmon portrayed the popular clown in countless...
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Is Your Item Vintage or a Repro? Don't Get Fooled, Get Informed
Don't Get Fooled... Is Your Item Vintage or a Repro? Don't Get Fooled, Get Informed. There's a new website to help document and identify reproduction, fakes, and fantasy items. It's from the folks at...
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Baseball History in Photograph Books and Collecting Antique Baseball Cigar...
Baseball at Tulane University, LABaseball in Washington, D.C.Brooklyn Dodgers, NYDetroit Sluggers: The First 75 Years, MILittle League World Series, PAWomen's Baseball Thought I'd share some great...
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Collecting Vintage Palmer Cox Brownies Advertising ~ Featuring A Rare Brownie...
Thought I'd share this interesting item I have sold on eBay right now back in 2009. It was this Palmer Cox Brownie Character Head Tobacco Jar HumidorSo interesting --sharp strong features -- from a...
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Vintage Game Boards Project ~ Turn Old Games into Photo Frames
I subscribe to so many online newsletters, some of which aren't even about antiques. But sometimes world's collide. The fun photography site, PHOTOJOJO did a piece on creatively re-purposing vintage...
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SQUARE ~ How To Accept Credit Cards with Your Phone / Smartphone at Antique...
[6/27/13] Another exciting update -- now Square offers free online stores and an entire virtual cash-register system. Wowza! -- https://squareup.com/register/sell-online You can use any smartphone,...
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Treasures Magazine is for Vintage and Antiques Collectors ~ Read the June...
Did you know that you can read the June 2013 issue of TREASURES MAGAZINE online for free? Read show reports, auction results, and informative articles about collecting things like vintage swimsuits,...
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Collecting Cookie Jars ~ Some of My Vintage Cookie Jars
Google images search ''rare cookie jars'' screen shots. My Vintage Cookie Jars[SUMMER RE-RUN FUN: Originally posted back in April 2008, but updated with new links/resources/pix June 2013] I'm sure I've...
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Things We Take For Granted: 8hr Workdays & 3day Weekends ~ #Vintage Labor Day...
"Without labor nothing prospers." --SophoclesRead up on the History of Labor Day.Once upon a time we didn't even have 8-hour workdays, or weekends, let alone 3-day weekends: "The eight-hour day...
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#Vintage Typewriter Collection on Display in Boston thru Sept. 25, 2013
BOSTON – Typewriters that belonged to Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kevorkian and more are on display at Northeastern University's Gallery 360.Stand up-close—and even touch!—14 typewriters...
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Early Birds Get the #Vintage Deals at Sept. 20 2013 Springfield Extravaganza...
Photo by Marianne DowThe 2013 September Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market Extravaganza is rapidly approaching... September 20-22, 2013.THIS IS THE BIG ONE, VINTAGE LOVERS: THE EXTRAVAGANZA!...
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Living In Vintage Cinderella Homes in Southern California
My old home, in Costa Mesa, artistically interpreted.I lived in Costa Mesa, California for many years, and now watch eBay for collectibles. Here is an item advertising "Cinderella Homes", which I had...
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Vintage Postcard Metropolitan Block Building Vortkamps Drug Store ~...
This vintage postcard, circa 1910s, pictures Lima, Ohio's Metropolitan Block Building, erected in 1890. Click the photo to enlarge.You can see: The Metropolitan Cigar StoreThe HF Vortkamp Drug...
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