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The Collectors Newsletter #1145--January 18, 2019

2019-01-18

Contents: 1. Give vintage for Valentine's Day! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Give vintage for Valentine's Day! Here are some suggestions: A vintage vase - with or without flowers! https://bit.ly/2TXz2cH Thousands of hearts! https://bit.ly/2W2GDIT Lovely lockets! https://bit.ly/2Ctthwj Vintage valentines! https://bit.ly/2U5ZX6r ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Valentine's Day Coupon: GOLD10. 10% off $299. 10k, 14k, 18k, 22k Gold Jewelry. Vintage Designer Signed Rings, Bracelets, Pendants, Necklaces. Morganite, Aquamarine, Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine, Tanzanite, Diopside Joann's Junque http://www.tias.com/stores/jjt Just added a lovely Opal ring with lots of fire, set in a 10k gold heart. Opal is rumored to have miraculous healing powers for the one wearing it. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy New Inventory includes: Art; Laundry & Kitchen Collectibles; Art Pottery; Glass; Porcelain; Barware; Linens; Teacups; Graniteware; Tins; Spice Sets; Primitives; China; Orientalia; Majolica; Victoriana, plus SALES! A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Customer Appreciation Sale At A Date In Time! Save 20% on all orders. Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1144--December 14, 2018

2018-12-14

Contents: 1. Christmas Countdown and shipping deadlines 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown! Only 10 days until Christmas! Hurry to order from online merchants before it's too late! Most of the items that are for sale by the various dealers at TIAS.com are one-of-a-kind items. When they are gone, they are gone! Don't lose out on that special item for those on your list! From USPS.com, here are some deadlines: 2018 Holiday Shipping Dates for Contiguous U.S. First-Class Mail Service® Dec. 20 Priority Mail Service® Dec. 20 Priority Mail Express® Service2 Dec. 22 USPS Retail Ground® Dec. 14 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Large Holiday Sales: 25% off listed prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue and cloisonne. Featuring rare paperweights, American/European artglass vases, pottery. Layaways!! A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Christmas Sale at A Date In Time! Save 20% on all orders. Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Holiday Sales & Great Finds include: Art Pottery; Biscuit Jars; Spice Sets; Linens; Teacups; Bookends; Paperweights; China; Glass; Porcelain; Crystal; Primitives; Majolica; Vanity Accessories; Laundry/Sewing Collectibles; etc. Allie's Vintage Alley http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage 25% off any item located in my Holiday and Seasonal - Christmas Category Group. Use offer number 12Christmas on your order form. Contact me with any questions. Antique, Vintage or Contemporary Pendant, Wall Sconce, Chandelier or Ceiling Fan Light Fixtures. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1143--November 30, 2018

2018-11-30

Contents: 1. Christmas Countdown 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown! Only 24 days until Christmas! It's never too early to shop for Christmas, especially from online merchants, so start your shopping now! Most of the items that are for sale by the various dealers at TIAS.com are one-of-a-kind items. When they are gone, they are gone! Don't lose out on that special item for those on your list! ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: The Good Ole' Days http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod Do you have someone who loves vintage toys. This is the right place to look. Vintage Toy Sale: 30% off of all toys, games, and dolls. Bothell Jewelers & Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/bothellj Vintage die-cast cars, gold, silver, costume jewelry; antiques, collectibles, watches, clocks, figurines, books, comics, Playboy, Mad magazines, postcards, trading cards, LPs vinyl records; musical instruments; Star Wars, Star Trek toys. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab 10% off $69 Coupon: CYBERSAV. Rare religious Medals, jewelry, Shrine Cameo Lockets; Madonna and Child, Virgin Mary, Scapulars, Cross necklaces, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver Gemstone Rings, pendants, Bracelets; Crystals, Christmas. Awesome Brenda's TIAS Jewelry Store http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Show off your love for Rudolph this holiday season by wearing this red rhinestone nosed reindeer pin. Get in the holiday mood. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Restocked: Clear Lead Crystal Glass Bell Light Shade. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage or Contemporary Pendant, Wall Sconce, Chandelier or Ceiling Fan Light Fixtures. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1142--November 16, 2018

2018-11-16

Contents: 1. Christmas Countdown 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown! Only 38 days until Christmas! It's never too early to shop for Christmasm, especially from online merchants, so start your shopping now! Most of the items that are for sale by the various dealers at TIAS.com are one-of-a-kind items. When they are gone, they are gone! Don't lose out on that special item for those on your list! ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Recently Added: White Frosted Swirl Bell Light. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage or Contemporary Pendant, Chandelier, Wall Light or Ceiling Fan Light Fixtures. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Huge store Sales: 25% off listed prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue,cloisonne. 20% off rest of store. Featuring rare paperweights, American/European artglass vases. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Pre-Christmas Savings at Ads By Dee. Save 20% On All Orders. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. Awesome Brenda's TIAS Jewelry Store http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Check out our jewelry featuring polished agate if you like natural stones. Ask for a 20% discount but don't pay until it reflects on your order. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1141--November 9, 2018

2018-11-09

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Christmas Countdown 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Wicker Baby Carriage 1924 https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/84 Fashion Manor Vintage China https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/85 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Art Glass, Blown Glass, Vases, GIFTS. Mint items. New. Antiques. Glassware. Dinnerware. Plus Cookie Jars on sale 25% off. BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery If you need replacement pieces like this sugar bowl for your Homer Laughlin Wheat Pattern dinnerware we may have what you need. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab 10% off $125 Coupon "PreXmas". 14k rings, sterling silver gemstone jewelry; Crystals, Crystal Skulls, Bowls, Minerals; Antique prints; Rare Catholic Holy Medals, Madonna Jesus Prayer Lockets; Vintage Magazines; Decor, More More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Thanksgiving Pre-Sales & New inventory including; Antique Glass; McCoy & Art Pottery; Spice Sets; Kitchen Collectibles; Linens; Sewing & Laundry Collectibles; Vintage Vanity Accessories; Teacups; Bookends; China; Doorstops; etc. A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Pre-Holiday Sale at A Date In Time! Save 20% on all orders. Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1140--November 2, 2018

2018-11-02

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Christmas Countdown 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Check out our boards 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New Online Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Wicker Baby Carriage 1924 https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/84 Fashion Manor Vintage China https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/85 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Awesome Brenda's TIAS Jewelry Store http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Check out our contemporary bracelets like this pretty one. We have a nice variety in our listings. Use the offer button since it is on. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Awesome Sales & New Inventory includes: Art Pottery; Teacups; Carnival Glass; Victoriana; Native American; Epergne; Vanity Jars, Trays, Bottles; Linens; Kitchen/Laundry/Sewing Collectibles; Cranberry Glass; etc. Bothell Jewelers & Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/bothellj Vintage die-cast cars, gold, silver, costume jewelry; antiques, collectibles, watches, clocks, figurines, books, comics, Playboy, Mad magazines, postcards, trading cards, LPs vinyl records; musical instruments; Star Wars, Star Trek toys. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab 10% off $125 Coupon "PreXmas". 14k rings, sterling silver gemstone jewelry; Crystals, Crystal Skulls, Bowls, Minerals; Antique prints; Rare Catholic Holy Medals, Madonna Jesus Prayer Lockets; Vintage Magazines; Decor, More Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr We have many unique items for your use and also for gifts for the coming holidays. Mint items. New. Antiques. Glassware. Dinnerware. Plus Cookie Jars on sale 25% off. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1138--October 12, 2018

2018-10-12

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Less than 3 months until Christmas! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: New board added! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Antique Crystal Lamp https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/82 Lladro Figurine https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/83 Greek paper money https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/80 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Joann's Junque http://www.tias.com/stores/jjt Added several silver strike gaming tokens that are .999 fine silver with a brass outer ring. They are uncirculated and enclosed in plastic protectors. This one is dated 1999. A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Pre-Holiday Sale at A Date In Time! Save 20% on all orders. Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Clearance Sales & New Inventory includes: Art Pottery; McCoy; Limoges; Teacups; Toothpick Holders; Paperweights; Victoriana; China; Linens; Spice Sets; Bookends; Art; Ironstone; Graniteware; Doorstops; Kitchen Collectibles; etc. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Recently Added: Bell Milk Glass Light Shade w/ Yellow Band. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage or Contemporary Pendant, Chandelier, Wall Light or Ceiling Fan Light Fixtures. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1137--October 5, 2018

2018-10-05

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Less than 3 months until Christmas! 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: New board added! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Antique Crystal Lamp https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/82 Lladro Figurine https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/83 Greek paper money https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/80 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab 10% off $125 Coupon PreXmas. 14k, sterling silver gemstone jewelry; Crystals, Crystal Skulls, Bowls, Minerals; Antique prints; Rare Catholic Holy Medals, Madoona Jesus Prayer Lockets; Vintage Magazines; Decor & More More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Great Additions include: California Pottery; McCoy; Sewing/Laundry/Kitchen/Vanity Collectibles; Art Pottery; Linens; Porcelain; Spice Sets; Hall China; Biscuit Jars; Syrup Pitchers; Bookends; Doorstops; Primitives; Copper; Pewter, etc. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr We have many unique items for your use and also for gifts for the coming holidays. Mint items. New. Antiques. Glassware. Dinnerware. Plus Cookie Jars on sale 25% off. Awesome Brenda's TIAS Jewelry Store http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox If you wear or collect men's cuff links check out this neat pair with a horse motif. Make great gifts too so surf through our many pairs and sets. Peacock Farm Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/peacockfarm Absolutely adorable, pink and purple tipped mohair, one of a kind, hand made, artist bear that will steal your heart! -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1136--September 28, 2018

2018-09-28

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1134--September 21, 2018

2018-09-21

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1133--September 14, 2018

2018-09-14

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1132--September 7, 2018

2018-09-07

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1131--August 31, 2018

2018-08-31

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1130--August 24, 2018

2018-08-24

Contents: ***New format for the Collectors Newsletter coming soon*** We're going to change the format soon. We'll be able to include pictures and clickable links in the newsletter. You won't need to do anything to stay subscribed. We're working on the changes now and are hoping to have it up and running soon. What would you like to see in the new Newsletter?

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The Collectors Newsletter #1129--June 8, 2018

2018-06-08

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Father's Day is June 17th this year 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes - What weird food did you mom make? 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: French Apothecary Cabinets https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/75 Grand daughter long case clock https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/70 Antique Wardrobe/Servant Furniture https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/71 Antique Silver plated Candle Holder set https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/72 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Kris Kollectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/kriskollectibles Brand New Just opened! Some hard to find glassware with lots more to come in the next few days. Antique Accents http://www.tias.com/stores/aalmw Just added a several items in gold and costume jewelry. All orders of two or more items in all categories will be combined when possible to lower shipping. Please inquire. Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Precious Moments pewter figurines. We also offer Hudson pewter figurines, Hallmark pewter Betsey Clark, Corning Coffee pots, Teapots, Harley pins, Keren Kopal trinket boxes. Much more. Hallelujah Vintage http://www.tias.com/stores/hvs Stylized birds Wall Vases bring your vines to life and make your home Springy and Summery! Also check out the hippie beaded curtains for your Workout or Tanning room! -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1128--May 18, 2018

2018-05-18

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Father's Day is June 17th this year 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes - What weird food did you mom make? 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Grand daughter long case clock https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/70 Antique Wardrobe/Servant Furniture https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/71 Antique Silver plated Candle Holder set https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/72 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon: SPRING $10 off orders of $99. Antique vintage Catholic Medals,Prayer Lockets, crosses. Signed 14k gold rings, Sterling Silver Gemstone jewelry, Armani Art Deco Figurines, prints, magazines; Crystals, Minerals. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Viking Art Glass Vase Mid Century. One of many new vases just listed. All colors and sizes. Brenda's Jewelry Box http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Check out this beautiful necklace that is close to 100 years old. If you like it make an offer on it while it is still available. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Summer Fun:Dollhouse Furniture, Cookie Cutters Of All Kinds, View-Master Viewers and Reels, Vintage Games, Jig-Saw Puzzles, Child's Camp Stool, Dolls, Childern's Books, Paper Dolls, Toy Cars, Crochet, Knitting, Sewing Patterns Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe ust Added: Vintage Lot of 52 Cookie Cutters in Aluminum Steel Plastic Wood. Great for Play Doh fun or Baking. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1127--May 11, 2018

2018-05-11

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Father's Day is June 17th this year 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes - What weird food did you mom make? 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Grand daughter long case clock https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/70 Antique Wardrobe/Servant Furniture https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/71 Antique Silver plated Candle Holder set https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/72 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Hallmark pewter prototype figurines, Hallmark little gallery. We also offer Fire King, Hudson villager's, Hudson Walli, Hudson Noah's Ark, Corning coffee pots, Precious moments, Much more. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Shop Sales, Selection, Shop! Thousands of antiques in every price range and category all at your fingertips! Visit More Than McCoy anytime online! Just added: Pottery; Glass; Kitchen Collectibles, etc. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Butterflies:Butterflies of North America View-Master Packet, Jewelry, Butterfly Clip Stand, Ornaments, Cracker Jack, Drinking Glasses, Coasters, Casserole With Butterflies On Lid, Cup/Saucers, Milk Glass & Brass Painted Butterfly Table Lamp Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe ReStocked: Stalactite or Flame Glass Lamp Shade. Lighting Replacement LampShade for Flush Mount, Semi-Drop, or Ceiling Fan Light, Pendant Light, Swag Lamp or Art Deco Figural Radio Accent Lamps. Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo Check out these neat Woodduck decoys if you need some for your pond or just for decoration in a Man Cave. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1127--May 11, 2018

2018-05-11

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Father's Day is June 17th this year 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes - What weird food did you mom make? 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Grand daughter long case clock https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/70 Antique Wardrobe/Servant Furniture https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/71 Antique Silver plated Candle Holder set https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/72 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Hallmark pewter prototype figurines, Hallmark little gallery. We also offer Fire King, Hudson villager's, Hudson Walli, Hudson Noah's Ark, Corning coffee pots, Precious moments, Much more. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Shop Sales, Selection, Shop! Thousands of antiques in every price range and category all at your fingertips! Visit More Than McCoy anytime online! Just added: Pottery; Glass; Kitchen Collectibles, etc. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Butterflies:Butterflies of North America View-Master Packet, Jewelry, Butterfly Clip Stand, Ornaments, Cracker Jack, Drinking Glasses, Coasters, Casserole With Butterflies On Lid, Cup/Saucers, Milk Glass & Brass Painted Butterfly Table Lamp Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe ReStocked: Stalactite or Flame Glass Lamp Shade. Lighting Replacement LampShade for Flush Mount, Semi-Drop, or Ceiling Fan Light, Pendant Light, Swag Lamp or Art Deco Figural Radio Accent Lamps. Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo Check out these neat Woodduck decoys if you need some for your pond or just for decoration in a Man Cave. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1126--April 20, 2018

2018-04-20

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Shopping for Mother's Day 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes - What weird food did you mom make? 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Hallmark Prototype pewter figurines. We also offer Hudson Pewter villagers, Noah's Ark, Corning Coffee pots, Precious Moments pewter, Rawcliffe Disney figurines, Teapots, Much more, Come look. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Just Added: Vintage Westmoreland Milk Glass Forget-Me-Not Plate with Apricots. Lovely Decorative Collectors Plate. Stop in and Browse our Selection of Beautiful Glassware Gifts. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Hand blown glass cased large bowl. Mint and beautiful. przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures http://www.tias.com/stores/praz Tiffany Sterling Silver Charm Bracelet for sale in our store. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy April Sales & New Inventory includes: Vintage Flint Gadgets; Piebirds; Books; McCoy; Art Pottery; Art Glass; Limoges; Primitives; Kitchen Collectibles; Sewing/Laundry/Vanity Items; Art; Graniteware; Majolica; Victoriana; Inkwells; Bookends. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1125--April 13, 2018

2018-04-13

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Shopping for Mother's Day 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Great Sales on most items in the store! Plus, new inventory including: Pottery; Teacups; Linens; Primitives; Glass; Porcelain; Kitchen Collectibles; Vanity Accessories; Art; & more! Anticus Antiques http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus Just added: Long heavy watch chain with Art Nouveau slider, USA silver chatelaine, Victorian moonstone ring, and lots of other items of jewelry and objet d'art. Brenda's Jewelry Box http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Check out our nice variety of tie tacks and tie clasps if you still wear ties for business or pleasure. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Vintage Orrefors Vase purchased in Sweden 25 yrs. ago. MINT. Green with cobalt base. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon: SPRING $10 off orders of $99. Antique vintage Catholic Medals,Prayer Lockets. Designer signed 14k gold rings, Sterling Silver Gemstone jewelry, Art Deco & Edwardian prints, magazines; Crystals, Minerals. -- Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1124--April 6, 2018

2018-04-06

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. More shared stores and more to come! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: 1926 Schematic of Theatres in Chicago https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/67 GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon: SPRING $10 off orders of $99. Antique vintage Catholic Medals,Prayer Lockets. Designer signed 14k gold rings, Sterling Silver Gemstone jewelry, Art Deco & Edwardian prints, magazines; Crystals, Minerals. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Spring Finds:Enamel Dragonfly & Waterlily Vase, Celluloid Cat Baby Rattle, Luggage Labels, Metal Scottie Box, Cracker Jack, Barbie As Little Bo Peep, Frame Metal Rose & Bow Design, Cookie Cutters Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Featuring a French Canadian Wooden Folk Art Couple with their dog. Check out our varied folk art offerings. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Just Added: Ribbed Clear Glass Bell Light Shade with Beaded Rim. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage, Retro or Contemporary Ceiling Fan, Chandelier or Wall Sconce Light Fixtures Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Enormous Spring Sales: 25% off listed prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue and cloisonne. Featuring rare paperweights, American/European artglass vases, pottery. Layaways!! ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1123--March 30, 2018

2018-03-30

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: GB Lewis Shipping boxes https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/63 1891 First Edition Pilgrims Progress https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/68 Authentic Michael Jordan Original Autographed Wheaties Box--1990--BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!! https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/66 RARE 1934 FLIGHT LOG For Goodyear Airship Reliance https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/64 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Penn Country Exchange http://www.tias.com/stores/penncountry New merchandise has been added recently to Penn Country Exchange! Take a look around and when you find what you want use coupon PCE401218 to save 20% of you purchase! Ads By Dee ttp://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Easter Is Upon Us at Ads By Dee. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon Code: HAPPYEASTER for $10 off orders of $75 on Religious Catholic & Christian 14k Gold & sterling Jewelry, Prayer Lockets and Rare Holy Medals. See our newest listings Too! Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Just Added: Vintage China Clumber Spaniel Dog Figurine with Gold Trim. Beautiful Collectible Ivory China Dog. Stop by and check our selection of figurines and gift items. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1122 -- March 23, 2018

2018-03-23

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Rare Survey Chain https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/62 Rocking Chair Spindle Back Upholstered https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/61 Kittinger Chippendale Camel Back Sofa https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/60 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Fun Finds:Cat in Window Pin Signed JJ, Pillsbury Doughboy Popper, The Thing, Violet Hand Painted Plate, Coca Cola Leather Billfold, Wind Up Chicken, Baker’s Coconut Animal Cut-Up Cakes, Boyd's Bears Klassic Line Vintage Clothing & Costume http://www.tias.com/stores/klassicline 1920s Flapper Dresses. Plus Sizes and XSmall. Disco Mini Dresses. Bell Bottoms and Disco Shirts. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Mikasa Arabella dinnerware. Many pieces available. All mint condition. Beautiful Intaglio stoneware pattern. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Select Sales & New Inventory includes: Staffordshire; Ironstone; Victoriana; Limoges; Glass; Teacups; Orientalia; Majolica; Art Pottery; Linens; Kitchen/Sewing/Laundry room Collectibles; Bookends; Primitives; etc. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Vintage, Unique, Signed 14k Gold Gemstone Rings, Antique Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver, Virgin Mary, Saints, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, Jewelry, Edwardian & Art Deco Prints, Magazines, crystals, Armani Figurines. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Featuring unusual and attractive vintage metal letter openers. Check out our varied and eclectic offerings. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1121 -- March 9, 2018

2018-03-09

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Rare Survey Chain https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/62 Rocking Chair Spindle Back Upholstered https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/61 Kittinger Chippendale Camel Back Sofa https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/60 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: A Time Remembered http://www.tias.com/stores/tuffarelli Newly listed items include this Annalee Boy in Bunny Suit 1991 #1672 and so much more. Come in and browse, the door's always open. BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery Check out our fine English china collector plates like this Spode plate. Make an offer if you see one you like. We have Wedgewood plates too. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Enormous Sales and Specials: 25% off listed prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue and cloisonne. Featuring rare paperweights, American/European artglass vases, pottery. Layaways!! ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1120 -- March 2, 2018

2018-03-02

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Rocking Chair Spindle Back Upholstered https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/61 Kittinger Chippendale Camel Back Sofa https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/60 Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56 Weavers of Speech Collectible Tankard https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/59 Vintage Jade Teardrop Earrings http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/57 Woman's Turquoise Silver Ring https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/58 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Steve's Collectibles ttp://www.tias.com/stores/stev 20% Off Store-Wide. Free Shipping in USA ($39.99 minimum; Limited Time) Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Vintage, Unique, Signed 14k Gold Gemstone Rings, Antique Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver, Virgin Mary, Sacred heart, Scapular, Saints, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, Rare Jewelry, Prints, old Magazines, crystals, More A Time Remembered http://www.tias.com/stores/tuffarelli Newly listed items include this Ballantine's Finest Scotch Whisky Bar Water Pitcher and so much more. Come in and browse, the doors always open. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Featuring a Mississippi River Boat Replica - 20th Century. Come check us out. Open since 1999. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Celebrate St Patrick's Day Coming with Ads By Dee. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1119 -- February 16, 2018

2018-02-16

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Kittinger Chippendale Camel Back Sofa https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/60 Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56 Weavers of Speech Collectible Tankard https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/59 Vintage Jade Teardrop Earrings http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/57 Woman's Turquoise Silver Ring https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/58 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: The Good Ole' Days http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod Pre-Spring Sale: 30% off of all porcelain. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Featuring attractive metal belt buckles from Estate Sales in Western Montana. Come check us out. Penn Country Exchange http://www.tias.com/stores/penncountry Looking for Cobalt Blue Glass? I purchased several items at an estate sale. Come to Penn Country and see what you like! przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures http://www.tias.com/stores/praz New Addition Navajo Kingman Turquoise Sterling Silver Pendant By Geneva J.A. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Vintage, Unique, Signed 14k Gold Gemstone Rings, Antique Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver, Virgin Mary, Sacred heart, Scapular, Saints, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, Rare Jewelry, Prints, old Magazines, crystals, More! Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo Check out our vintage and contemporary pocket and table lighters. We have a nice assortment including Zippos. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Mikasa Santa Fe Demitasse cups and saucers. Plus several other items in this pattern. All near mint to mint. More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Sales & New Inventory including: Rolling Pins; Porcelain; Teacups; Figurines; Ironstone; Art Pottery; Spice Sets; Kitchen Collectibles; Doorstops; Cookie Jars; Limoges; Linens; Art; Dairy; Primitives; etc. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Winter Finds: How To Train Your Bird Dog, Snoopy and Woodstock Punching Bag, Charlie's Angels Stickers 10, Eva Gabor Wig, Sharks View-Master Packet, Cracker Jack, Seahorse Decorative Mold, Seal Pull Toy ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1118 -- February 9, 2018

2018-02-09

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56 Weavers of Speech Collectible Tankard https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/59 Vintage Jade Teardrop Earrings http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/57 Woman's Turquoise Silver Ring https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/58 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr 10 Year Anniversary on Feb. 9. Celebrating 10 years with TIAS.com! Use coupon code 10years when ordering for $10.00 off on orders over $20.00. Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo If you collect glass insulators check this very scarce vintage amethyst one. We also have other colors and shapes. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Just Added: Set of 8 Syracuse China Old Ivory Restaurant Ware Custard Cups. Vintage Heavy Porcelain China Dessert Dish with ornate Floral design inside 2 Blue Bands. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Winter Finds:Peacock Teapot, Porcelain and Pottery Tea Tiles with Values, Antique Chocolate Pot Set With Bluebirds, Pilkington Art Tile Trivet The 1st Day Of Christmas, Vintage Swallows/Blue Birds Cups and/Saucers Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Hudson Noah's Ark pewter figurines, Hudson Disney, Hudson Betsey Clark. We also offer Boyd Perry pewter, Corning coffee pots, Teapots, Harley pins, Much more. Come look. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Vintage, Unique, Signed 14k Gold Gemstone Rings, Antique Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver, Virgin Mary, Sacred heart, Scapular, Saints, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, Rare Jewelry, Prints, old Magazines, crystals, More! More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Steep Sales & New Inventory includes: Ironstone; Porcelain; Stoneware; Art Pottery; Spice Sets; Vanity Accessories; Teacups; Bookends; Doorstops; Primitives; Glass; Art; Linens; Graniteware; Copper; Pewter, etc. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1117 -- January 26, 2018

2018-01-26

Contents: 1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds: Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56 Weavers of Speech Collectible Tankard https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/59 Vintage Jade Teardrop Earrings http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/57 Woman's Turquoise Silver Ring https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/58 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Allie's Vintage Alley http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage Teapots Lefton Puppy-Disney Pooh Eeyore, Creamer Sugar Pooh Tigger, Enesco Dinner Prayer Scour Pad, Toothpick and Napkin Holders, Amos Cookies S&P Shakers. przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures http://www.tias.com/stores/praz Navajo Sterling Silver Kingman Turquoise Cross on Cross By Gary G. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Featuring a Metal Heart Shaped Box - Early to Mid 20th Century. Perfect for a Valentine Days Gift. Silversnow Antiques and More ttp://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Wonderful Finds:Goebel Small Full Color Angel Kneeling Sacrart Germany, Age of Faith, Hark The Harold Angel Sings, Bible Cards, Pieta Michelangelo Plate, Rosaries, Crucifix Pendants, Jesus in Niche, Scapulars Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Restocked: Featuring a Metal Heart Shaped Box - Early to Mid 20th Century. Perfect for a Valentine Days Gift. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1116 -- January 19, 2018

2018-01-19

Contents: 1. Start a store now place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here's an example of one recently published: Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56 ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Silversnow Antiques and More ttp://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Winter Finds:Cat Pajama Bag, Cracker Jack, Glass Apple Coasters Set of 6, Dream Catcher Keychain, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Chicago View-Master Packet, Carnival Chalk Cat, Plastic Moth/Bee Pin, Casanova Books Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Restocked: Art Deco SkyScraper Milk Glass Pendant Light Shade. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage or Contemporary Flush Mount or Semi-Drop Ceiling or Hanging Pendant Light Fixture. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Vintage, Unique, Signed 14k Gold Rings and Antique Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver, Virgin Mary, Saints, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, One of a Kind Gemstone Jewelry, Prints, old Magazines, crystals. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa 2018 specials Sales: 25% off prices on ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue. Featuring: rare artglass paperweights, American/European artglass vases, American pottery, cloisonne. Layaways welcomed! Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Dinner is Served Huge Pasta Bowl. Great piece. I have other items to match this too. Allie's Vintage Alley http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage Cookie Jars Enesco Cookie Guard, American Bisque Dog Tucked Pillow, Brush Dog Basket, Japan Pet Shop, Himark St. Bernard Dog ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1115 -- January 5, 2018

2018-01-05

Contents: Happy New Year from everyone at TIAS.com! 1. Start a store now for 2018 or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start the new year out right with a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Just Added: Fine Sterling Silver Charles Albert Pendant. Blue and Yellow Art Glass, Peridot, Topaz, mounted in .950 Fine Sterling Silver. High quality, one-of-a-kind Gemstone Jewelry Piece. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Antique & Vintage, Unique & Signed 14k Gold Rings and Antique Holy Medals, Scapulars, Sterling Silver jewelry, Virgin Mary, Religious Cameo Prayer Lockets, Prints, Cosmopolitan Magazines, Crystal skulls, crystals. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Currently adding American Folk Art pieces. We have many unusual and unique items. Check us out. Allie's Vintage Alley http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage Crystal Musician Conductor Figurine with Baton, American Greetings Valentines Cards 1978 Cozy Chums, Blown Glass Cake Top Bells Doves Angel. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa 2018 specials Sales: 25% off prices on ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue. Featuring: rare artglass paperweights, American/European artglass vases, American pottery, cloisonne. Layaways welcomed! ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1114 -- December 29, 2017

2017-12-29

Contents: Happy New Year from everyone at TIAS.com! 1. Start a store now for 2018 or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start the new year out right with a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: The Good Ole' Days http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod After Christmas Sale: 30% off of everything. Antique Accents http://www.tias.com/stores/aalmw 40% off on all items storewide. Multiple items will be combined for shipping savings if possible. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa After Christmas Sales: 25% off prices on ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off ALL Flow Blue. Featuring: rare artglass paperweights, American/European artglass vases, American pottery, cloisonne. Layaways welcomed! More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Holiday Sales & New Inventory includes: Victoriana; McCoy; Porcelain; Glass; Linens; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Bookends; Cookie Jars; Primitives; Art; Stoneware; Pottery; Kitchen Collectibles; Graniteware; Tins; etc. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw Winter Finds:Apache Trail Cigar Tin, Cocktail Companions Snacks For All Occasions, Noisemakers, Large Blue Luster Bird Bowl, Penguin Drinking Glasses, Lucite Sailfish Wall Hanging, Cookbooks Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab New: Antique & Vintage, Unique & Signed 14k Gold Rings, Sterling Silver bracelets, Virgin Mary Our Lady of Grace Pendants, Rare Medals, Religious Prayer Lockets, Prints, Magazines, Crystal skulls, crystals. Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo Check out our beautiful hand blown vintage and contemporary art glass decorative and useable pieces from around the world ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1113 -- December 22, 2017

2017-12-22

Contents: Happy Holidays from everyone at TIAS.com! 1. Start a store now, and be open for the New Year or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Start a store now, and be open for the New Year or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Holiday Sales & New Inventory includes: Art Pottery; Milk Glass; Vintage Tins; Bookends; Teacups; Linens; Vanity Accessories; Porcelain; Spice Sets; Cookie Jars; Doorstops; Art; Shakers; Primitives; etc. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Mikasa Arabella Dinnerware. A beautiful pattern. I have this in my home. Love it! Brenda's Jewelry Box http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Check out our vintage signed jewelry like these Lisner earrings. We have jewelry by Monet, Coro, Eisenberg, Trifari and others. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Christmas Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 10% on every order. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Mid Century Vintage Metal Toleware Desk or Table Lamp. Beautiful 1940s Style Lighting Replacement, Metal, painted Peachy Pink with Toleware White Garland design. Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Still time for Holiday Specials: 25% off prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off Flow Blue. Featuring: rare artglass paperweights, American/European artglass vases, American pottery, cloisonne. Layaways. ----------- 3. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1112 -- December 15, 2017

2017-12-15

Contents: 1. Christmas Coundown: the clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! Check USPS shippping deadlines here 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 9. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Coundown The clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays but shipping deadlines for Christmas arrival are closing soon! Here are the USPS deadlines - check other deadlines on the various shipper websites. USPS deadlines December 14 USPS retail ground December 19 First Class Mail December 20 Priority Mail December 22 Priority Mail Express ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry ttp://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon: HOLIDAY: 10% off orders of $100. New: Vintage 14k Gold and Sterling Silver Gemstone Jewelry; Rare religious Medals, prayer box lockets; OOAK Rhinestone Cameo's, ornaments; Antique Prints, Vintage Magazines! More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Holiday Sales & New Inventory includes: Milk & Carnival Glass; Cookie Jars; Art Pottery; Kitchen Collectibles; Limoges; Art; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Doorstops; Bookends; Primitives; Graniteware; Linens, etc. Grandma's Basement http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement Newly added Precious Moments, Hudson Hallmark Betsey Clark. We also offer Hudson villagers, Hudson Noah's Ark, Corning Coffee pots, Boyd Perry figurines, Keren Kopal Boxes, Much more. Come Visit. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Dansk Bayberry Blue. So many beautiful pieces available in this pattern. Stop in! przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures http://www.tias.com/stores/praz avajo 5 Strands Kingman Turquoise and Sterling Silver Necklace for Sale in our Store ----------- 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1111 -- December 8, 2017

2017-12-08

Contents: 1. Holiday gifts! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 9. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Holiday gifts! It's definitely time to shop online for the upcoming holidays! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays! They offer all kinds of antiques and collectibles, making shopping easier than ever. Vintage holiday decorations are a must these days! Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: The Good Ole' Days http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod Time to get serious about gifts for Christmas. Toy Sale: 30% off all toys and dolls. Midwest Emporium http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe Restocked: Elegant Green Moonstone Florentine Vase Aladdin Oil Lamp. Grecian Urn Shape with elegant raised floral drape and ribbed base made in gorgeous Jade glass, Solid Brass Parts. Allie's Vintage Alley http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage Choctaw Native American Indian Necklace, Fenton Art Glass Cobalt Blue Pitcher & Rose Ashtray Set Jeannette Glass 4 Part Dish. Joann's Junque http://www.tias.com/stores/jjt Surprise someone special for the Holidays with a newly added King Kong Silver Las Vegas circa 1996 casino strike. It might be a lucky strike for them. Christmas is soon. BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery Check out our porcelain and pottery contemporary and vintage beer mugs and steins. They make great gifts for the collector and/or beer drinker. VintageVintageAlways http://www.tias.com/stores/trainerjohn Many Great Trios Vintage Masons Ironstone England Chartreuse Salad Plate & Cup & Saucer Trio featuring gilt highlighting ----------- 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1110 -- December 4, 2017

2017-12-04

Contents: 1. Holiday gifts! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 9. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Holiday gifts! It's definitely time to shop online for the upcoming holidays! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays! They offer all kinds of antiques and collectibles, making shopping easier than ever. Vintage holiday decorations are a must these days! Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. ----------- 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are a few of the most recent press releases: Randall Antiques & Fine Art http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa Winter Holiday Specials: 25% off prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils); 30% off All Flow Blue. Featuring rare artglass paperweights, American/European artglass vases, American pottery, cloisonne. Layaways available. Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr Depression Glass Wine Set Ruby Red Cut Glass. One of many new depression pieces recently added. Anticus Antiques http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus Just added: Maybe your future Christmas present? Beautiful aquamarine ring, also gilded silver card case, Lalique vase and much more. Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo If you are a serious Coca Cola or camera collector you might want to look at this Coca Cola Polaroid camera. Very scarce. Make an offer. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Coupon: HOLIDAY: 10% off orders of $100. New: Vintage 14k Gold Gemstone Rings; Sterling Silver; Rare religious Medals, Shrine prayer box lockets; One of a kind Rhinestone Jewelry, ornaments, More! More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Cyber Sales & New Inventory includes: Nippon; McCoy; Glass; Vanity Accessories; Kitchen Collectibles; Art Pottery; Linens; Pet Items; Crystal; Teacups; Primitives; Doorstops; Bookends; Cookie Jars; etc. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Christmas Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 10% on every order. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed ----------- 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Supporting small independent merchants Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1109 -- November 26, 2017

2017-11-26

Contents: 1. Holiday gifts! 2. Cyber Monday / Week 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 9. Facebook Updates 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Holiday gifts! It's definitely time to shop online for the upcoming holidays! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays! They offer all kinds of antiques and collectibles, making shopping easier than ever. Vintage holiday decorations are a must these days! Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. 2. Cyber Monday / Week Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are some Cyber Monday / Week press releases: Dinnerware Replacements http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr CYBER MONDAY Dansk Fiance Fruits dinner plates. I also have other items in the beautiful pattern. Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw 10% off on all items Nov 24 through Nov 27. The coupon code will be displayed on the site. Holiday Ornaments, Molds, Platters, Hollow Stem Champagne Glasses AND Much More! Antique Accents http://www.tias.com/stores/aalmw Cyber Monday deal. Order one item and get another(equal or lesser value) free. Must ship together. In order comments note item number of the free item. Deal expires November 30 2017. Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis Black Friday - Cyber Monday Deals are here now! Ends Midnight Nov. 30th 20017 at Interesting Items! 30% off. Enter code: BF-CM 2017 Brenda's Jewelry Box http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Cyber Monday Special thru November 30th order this pearl necklace and get a 20% discount. Don't pay until the price is adjusted. Also includes: BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery and Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo tipp-eclectics http://www.tias.com/stores/tipp Cyber Week Sale! All board games now on sale. With over 700 to choose from, get your favorite from days-gone-by or one of the more popular current games. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab 10% off Cyber week coupon: CYBER1. 14k Gold, sterling silver gemstone artisan jewelry, rare antique catholic medals, prayer box cameo lockets, quartz crystals, vintage art prints, magazines, rhinestone cross necklaces More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Cyber Monday/Week Sales! New Inventory includes: Porcelain; Antique Glassware; Crystal; Art Pottery; Copper; McCoy; Majolica; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Linens; Art; Bookends; Doorstops; etc. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Cyber Monday Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 25% on every order. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed ----------- 3. Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1108 -- November 17, 2017

2017-11-17

Contents: 1. Holiday gifts! 2. Black Friday sales 3. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift 9. Facebook Updates 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Holiday gifts! It's definitely not too early to start online shopping for the upcoming holidays! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays! They offer all kinds of antiques and collectibles, making shopping easier than ever. Vintage holiday decorations are a must these days! Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. 2. Black Friday sales Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here are some Black Friday press releases: Silversnow Antiques and More http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw 10% off on all items Nov 24 through Nov 27. The coupon code will be displayed on the site. Holiday Ornaments, Molds, Platters, Hollow Stem Champagne Glasses AND Much More! More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy Black Friday Pre-Sales & New Inventory includes: Nippon; Art Pottery; Porcelain; Glass; Primitives; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Art; Linens; Spice Sets; Native Americana; Majolica; Doorstops; Bookends; Copper; etc. Brenda's Jewelry Box http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox Black Friday Special thru November 30th on this vintage pearl necklace set; just make an offer of a 20% discount and it will be accepted. -also includes BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery and Fort Logan Antiques and Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/ftlogantwo A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Black Friday Sale Now On at A Date In Time! Save 20% On Everything! Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, PinUps and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal. Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab Black Friday Offers: Free shipping on Religious Medals and Jewelry orders of $75 Coupon: SHIPFREE. OR coupon for $10 off orders of $100 coupon: 10NOV. Over 4500 special finds! HNHCO Enterprises LLC http://www.tias.com/stores/hacs Black Friday Specials: Holiday Gifts and Collectibles: Frankie Fiber Optic Scarecrow, Musical Snowman Pillow, Holiday Tree with Train, Tina the Snowlady and Tommy the Talking Snowman Greeters now available. Ads By Dee http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee Black Friday Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 20% on every order. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed ----------- 3. There's still time to set up a store to take advantage of increased sales during this time of year. Holiday shoppers have already started shopping! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1107 -- November 10, 2017

2017-11-10

Contents: 1. Holiday gifts! 2. Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials 3. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 9. Facebook Updates 10. This week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Holiday gifts! It's definitely not too early to start online shopping for the upcoming holidays! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays! They offer all kinds of antiques and collectibles, making shopping easier than ever. Vintage holiday decorations are a must these days! Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. 2. Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Soon we'll be posting Black Friday and Cybmer Monday specials. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) posted this press release: "Christmas is a little over a month away. Start getting the gift no one will be giving. Pre-Black Friday Toy Sale: 30% off of all toys." ----------- 3. There's still time to set up a store to take advantage of increased sales during this time of year. Holiday shoppers have already started shopping! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1106 -- November 3, 2017

2017-11-03

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Midwest Emporium (http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe) posted this press release: "Just Added: Franklin 1905 Clear Glass Holophane Pendant Light Shade. Lighting Replacement Lampshade for Antique, Vintage, Retro or Contemporary Floor Lamp, Wall Sconce or Ceiling Pendant Light Fixtures." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! There's still time to set up a store. Holiday shoppers have already started shopping! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1106 --October 20, 2017

2017-10-20

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Still have a few pieces of Renwal Doll House furniture left. Great collector items. " ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1105 --October 12, 2017

2017-10-12

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry (http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab) posted this press release: "Coupon: $10 off $100: SEPTSAVE. 4000+ items: 14k, Sterling Silver Jewelry; Rare Religious Medals, Rhinestone Shrine Lockets; Gemstone Bowls, Crystals, Minerals; Antique Prints; Vintage Magazines, Cosmo Covers." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1104 --October 6, 2017

2017-10-06

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Allie's Vintage Alley (http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage) posted this press release: "Vintage 1970s Doll Heads and celluloid Face Mask Doll Heads Perfect for crafting. Watch for more including limbs." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1103-- September 29, 2017

2017-09-29

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Hallelujah Vintage (http://www.tias.com/stores/hvs) posted this press release: "Have a Mid-Century 1950 styled kitchen? These vintage Gemco retro items will complete your Bobby Soxers Happy Days look!" ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1102-- September 22, 2017

2017-09-22

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Mikasa Silk Flowers covered casserole just in time for your holiday baking. Beautiful piece of china!" ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1101-- September 15, 2017

2017-09-15

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: VintageVintageAlways (http://www.tias.com/stores/trainerjohn) posted this press release: "Vintage Sets Of Beautiful Glassware Like This Morgantown 1933 Set." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1100-- September 8, 2017

2017-09-08

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) posted this press release: "Shop till you drop sales & new inventory! Manly & Feminine gift categories for ideas on unique gifts, plus thousands of vintage collectibles for decorating and collecting!" ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1099-- September 1, 2017

2017-09-01

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Randall Antiques & Fine Art (http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa) posted this press release: "Huge sales throughout store: 25% off listed prices ALL Art(Japanese Woodblock/other prints, watercolors, oils), All Flow Blue. Featuring hard to find artglass paperweights & vases and quality cloisonne. Layaways." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. If a store isn't for you, give our new Classified Ads a try! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1098 -- August 25, 2017

2017-08-25

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: VintageVintageAlways (http://www.tias.com/stores/trainerjohn) posted this press release: "Sooooo Many Beautiful Items on Sale For Labor Day! Free Shipping in US!" ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. If a store isn't for you, give our new Classified Ads a try! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1097 -- August 18, 2017

2017-08-18

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Brenda's Jewelry Box (http://www.tias.com/stores/bjewelbox) posted this press release: "It is hard to beat the beauty and quality of vintage costume jewelry made in the USA and other countries in the 1930-70s. Make an offer." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. If a store isn't for you, give our new Classified Ads a try! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1096 -- July 28, 2017

2017-07-28

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Joann's Junque (http://www.tias.com/stores/jjt) posted this press release: "New addition for your graniteware collection and a great piece to take on your camping trips. It is a gallon capacity. Also have smaller ones available to choose from." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. There are quite a few new Classified Ads listed! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1095 -- July 21, 2017

2017-07-21

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) posted this press release: "Summer Jewelry Sale: 30% off of all jewelry." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. There are quite a few new Classified Ads listed! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1094 -- July 14, 2017

2017-07-14

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday shoppers! Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. This week's Antique News 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Hummingbird Hill Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/hbha) posted this press release: "Newly added Vintage Occupied Japan Demitasse Cup and Saucer Sets and many other vintage items. Thanks for looking." ----------- 2. Time to get ready for the upcoming holiday season! It's really not too early to get started. Once the holiday shoppers start spending, you will have your store ready to go! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. There are quite a few new Classified Ads listed! https://www.tias.com/classifieds ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1093 -- July 7, 2017

2017-07-07

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Every household needs one of these!! Fish Soup Tureen. 3 pc. Excellent" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1092 -- June 23, 2017

2017-06-23

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: VintageVintageAlways (http://www.tias.com/stores/trainerjohn) posted this press release: "Cut Glass, Cut Crystal, Ruby & much, much more added" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1091 -- June 9, 2017

2017-06-09

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Midwest Emporium (http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe) posted this press release: "Just Added: Vintage 1950s Pluto Walt Disney Plastic Drinking Glass Tumblers. Cute Collectible Pair of 50s Disneyana Hard Plastic Kids Glasses made by Allied Plastics." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1090 -- June 2, 2017

2017-06-02

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: VintageVintageAlways (http://www.tias.com/stores/trainerjohn) posted this press release: "Nice trio cups & saucer sets just added. Enjoy!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1089 -- May 26, 2017

2017-05-26

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Anticus Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus) posted this press release: "Just added: Beautiful pietra dura "rose" brooch, bronze weathered Ganesh the Elephant god figurine, brass telescope, Swedish vintage folk doll etc." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1089 -- May 26, 2017

2017-05-26

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Anticus Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus) posted this press release: "Just added: Beautiful pietra dura "rose" brooch, bronze weathered Ganesh the Elephant god figurine, brass telescope, Swedish vintage folk doll etc." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1088 -- May 19, 2017

2017-05-19

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) posted this press release: "Slashed Prices and New Additions include: Art; Copper; Art Pottery; Teacups; Glass; Linens; Cookie Jars; Doorstops; Bookends; Spice Sets; Baskets; Kitchen Collectibles; Sewing & Laundry Collectibles, & more!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1087 -- May 12, 2017

2017-05-12

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! New board with Mother's Day suggestions! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Happy Mother's Day this coming Sunday to all you mothers out there! Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Acoma Lane (http://www.tias.com/stores/tlca) posted this press release: "Planter made in England - A white glazed planter Lion Shaped. Excellent condition for its age. A vintage piece of beauty for ones patio, pool side or porch." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items, or a set of something to sell, please visit: https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1086 -- April 28, 2017

2017-04-28

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! New board with Mother's Day suggestions! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry (http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab) posted this press release: "Coupon: $5 off orders of $65: Religious Catholic Jewelry, Rare Large Signed holy medals, shrine lockets, Art. Also Sterling silver & 14k gold, Antique prints, crystals, minerals, Magazines, More!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1085 -- April 21, 2017

2017-04-21

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! New board with Mother's Day suggestions! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Great American Teddy Bear Library. A Big Move pop-out book. Mint. Vintage. Collectible! Amazing!!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1084 -- April 14, 2017

2017-04-14

Contents: 1. Happy Easter! Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Happy Easter from everyone at TIAS.com! Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Anticus Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus) posted this press release: "Just added: Cyprus coin bracelet circa 1930s, Victorian coral tipped cross, Victorian brooch that splits into hat pins, lapel pins etc, and other interesting items." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1083 -- April 1, 2017

2017-04-01

Contents: 1. Wecome Spring! Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Alley Cat Finds LLC (http://www.tias.com/stores//bbahlessons) posted this press release: "Spring is in the air. New inventory being added. Make us an offer. Thank you, Alley Cat Finds!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1082 -- March 17, 2017

2017-03-17

Contents: 1. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Happy St. Patrick's Day from everyone at TIAS.com! Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Alley Cat Finds LLC (http://www.tias.com/stores//bbahlessons) posted this press release: "New inventory being added to our site. Make us an offer!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1081 -- March 10, 2017

2017-03-10

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: A Vintage Collectibles Showcase (http://www.tias.com/stores/vintage) posted this press release: "Sale prices for This Snow Bunny by Dept. 56 that has already found an egg for Easter. Lots more Rabbits by Beatrix Potter and Bunnykins by Royal Doulton. All collectible. " ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1080 -- March 3, 2017

2017-03-03

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Pickers and Tiquers (http://www.tias.com/stores/phillipdpritchard) posted this press release: "Buy one item from our site and get one item at equal or lesser value FREE. No Limit." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1079 -- February 24, 2017

2017-02-24

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Silversnow Antiques and More (http://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw) posted this press release: "A Bunch Of Lassies:Lassie Books, Lassie View-Master Packets, Schmidt Beer Can Collie and Sheep, Collie Puzzle, Lassie Stuffed Toy, Collie Planters, Figurines, Collie with Mechanical Pencil, Collie and Shepherd Glass." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1078 -- February 17, 2017

2017-02-17

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: BG's Classic Art Pottery & Ceramics (http://www.tias.com/stores/bgspottery) posted this press release: "With Spring planting season coming soon check out our vintage collectible McCoy planters and planters from other major potteries like Haeger, California, etc." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1077 -- February 10, 2017

2017-02-10

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Bothell Jewelers & Collectibles(http://www.tias.com/stores/bothellj) posted this press release: "Vintage Collectible Sale! Diecast cars, 14k gold, silver, costume jewelry, Steampunk, watches, musical instruments, plates, spoons, great selection Beatles vintage vinyl LP records, comics, figurines, cameras, antiques." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1076 -- January 27, 2017

2017-01-27

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Ads By Dee (http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee) posted this press release: "Valentine's Day Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 20% on every order. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed.!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1075 -- January 20, 2017

2017-01-20

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Thousands of neat items on sale so you can get the best and save some dollars! Combined shipping too!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1074 -- January 13, 2017

2017-01-13

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants. 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and sometimes a blast from the past 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: A Date In Time(http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime) posted this press release: "Celebrating Martin Luther King at A Date In Time. Save 20% On Everything! Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1073 -- January 6, 2017

2017-01-06

Contents: 1. Happy New Year from everyone at TIAS.com! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. This is the first Collectors Newsletter for 2017! Happy New Year to everyone from TIAS.com. We truly appreciate your business and loyalty! -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Ads By Dee (http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee) posted this press release: "New Year's Sale at Ads By Dee. Save 20%. New Inventory Just Added. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed" ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1072 -- December 30, 2016

2016-12-30

Contents: 1. Happy New Year from everyone at TIAS.com! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. This is the last Collectors Newsletter for 2016! Hard to believe another year has passed. Happy New Year to everyone from TIAS.com. We truly appreciate your business and loyalty! -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures (http://www.tias.com/stores/praz) posted this press release: "Treat yourself for New Years. Samuel Benham Sterling Silver Blue Topaz Bracelet for Sale in Our Store." ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1071 -- December 16, 2016

2016-12-16

Contents: 1. Christmas Coundown: the clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown: There are only 8 days left until Christmas! According to usps.com, here are the holiday mailing and shipping deadlines for U.S. destinations: Dec. 20 – First-Class Mail Dec. 21 – Priority Mail Dec. 23 – Priority Mail Express -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) posted this press release: "End of Year Deep Discounts & New Inventory includes: Antique Stoneware & Glass; Kitchen Collectibles; Music Boxes; Porcelain; Teacups; Linens; Recipe Boxes; Tins; Primitives; Majolica; Baskets; Tools; Art Pottery, etc." ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1070 -- December 9, 2016

2016-12-09

Contents: 1. Christmas Coundown: the clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown: There are only 15 1/2 days left until Christmas! Many dealers are still offering special discounts! Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers for all the sales promotions! -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Acoma Lane (http://www.tias.com/stores/tlca) posted this press release: "Beautiful sterling silver and MOP paneled bracelet. Each section hand painted when made in 1910. Rare. Marvelous condition. " ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1069 -- December 2, 2016

2016-12-02

Contents: 1. Christmas Coundown: the clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants. 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Christmas Countdown: There are only 22 days left until Christmas! Many dealers are still offering special Cyber Monday sales! Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers for all the sales promotions! -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Dinnerware Replacements (http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr) posted this press release: "Entire month of December storewide sale. So many great buys. Fast shipping too. " ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1068 -- November 26, 2016

2016-11-26

Contents: 1. Black Friday Sales continue and Cyber Monday/Week is about to get started! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants - today is Small Business Saturday! 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Many of our sellers still have Black Friday promotions in their stores. We're gearing up for Cyber Monday/Week as well! Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers for all the sales promotions! -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) posted this press release: "Black Friday/Small Business Saturday Sales! Small business with huge inventory! Just added: Monmouth; Bookends; Glass; Teacups; Linens; Art; Porcelain; Primitives; Kitchen Collectibles; Stoneware; Graniteware & more!" ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Today is Small Business Saturday! Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1067 -- November 18, 2016

2016-11-18

Contents: 1. Black Friday Sales by many of our dealers have already started! 2. Special offers, sales and other news! 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10. This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Many of our sellers have a jump on Black Friday Sales. Here are just a few who have posted special sales. Visit their sales for more information: More Than McCoy http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy The Good Ole' Days http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod A Date In Time http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime Ads From The Past http://www.tias.com/stores/antmore Neema's Curios http://www.tias.com/stores/neemas -- 2. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Time Was Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/teatiques) posted this press release: "15% OFF with coupon code 043 THANKFUL. We are so Thankful...for you. Got gifts?" ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1066 -- November 11, 2016

2016-11-11

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Avis Yuni Antiques & Collectibles (http://www.tias.com/stores/col185) posted this press release: "Pre-Holiday Sale on Christmas Ornaments. Prices reflect 20% off regular prices! Please contact us to group multiple items in one box for shipping to save on postage costs." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1065 -- November 4, 2016

2016-11-04

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: A Date In Time (http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime) posted this press release: "Pre Christmas Sale. Save 20 % at A Date In Time. Specializing in Vintage Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Pin Ups and More. International orders welcome. Credit Cards through Paypal." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1064 -- October 30, 2016

2016-10-30

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Vintage Variety (http://www.tias.com/stores/vintagevariety) posted this press release: "Vintage Variety offers a 15% discount for any order of $50 or more. Single item or combined items. Hurry! Sale ends 10/31/16." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1063 -- October 21, 2016

2016-10-21

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry (http://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab) posted this press release: "Coupon: OCT10 for $10 off orders of $100. Religious Medals, 14k, Sterling Jewelry, Antique Prints, Crystals & Minerals, Gemstone Bowls, Catholic Rhinestone & porcelain Cameo Lockets, Shabby Cottage Chic Decor." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1062 -- October 14, 2016

2016-10-14

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Vintage Variety (http://www.tias.com/stores/vintagevariety) posted this press release: "Vintage Variety's sale this month is for any purchase or combined purchase of $50 or more you are eligible for a 15% discount on your entire order. 10/14/16 through 10/31/16." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1061 -- October 7, 2016

2016-10-07

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) posted this press release: "Fall Porcelain and Pottery Sale: 30% off of all porcelain and pottery." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1060 -- September 23, 2016

2016-09-23

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Midwest Emporium (http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe) posted this press release: "Recently Added: Adorable Vintage 1975 Porcelain China Mouse Candle Holder Stand. Will hold a candle up to 3.5 inches wide. Great Christmas Decor!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1059 -- September 16, 2016

2016-09-16

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Anticus Antiques (http://www.tias.com/stores/anticus) posted this press release: "Currently adding: a collection of 19th century salt-glaze jugs or pitchers. Also lots of additional antique and estate jewellery. " ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1058 -- September 9, 2016

2016-09-09

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) posted this press release: "Sales & New Finds include: Zanesville; Lamps; Woodenware; Spice Sets; McCoy; Pewabic; Primitives; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Kitchen Collectibles; Linens; Antique Glass; Art; Majolica; Bakelite; Stoneware; Bookends; & more!" ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1057 -- August 26, 2016

2016-08-26

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures (http://www.tias.com/stores/praz) posted this press release: "David Troutman Sterling Silver Kingman Turquoise Cross Teardrop Clip Earrings for Sale in our Store." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1056 -- August 19, 2016

2016-08-19

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) posted this press release: "Wow, what wonderful items I have found at Estate Sales. Have to make room for the new items. Make Room Sale: 30% off of all glassware." ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1055 -- August 12, 2016

2016-08-12

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Joann's Junque (http://www.tias.com/stores/jjt) added a beautiful five piece wooden salad bowl set made in OCCUPIED JAPAN. Not many as nice as this around. Start your Holiday shopping with me for some great bargains. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1054 -- August 5, 2016

2016-08-05

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) is offering a Summer Sale: 30% off of figurines and all porcelain and pottery. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1054 -- August 5, 2016

2016-08-05

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) is offering a Summer Sale: 30% off of figurines and all porcelain and pottery. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1053 -- July 29, 2016

2016-07-29

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Ads by Dee (http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee) is offering Christmas In July Sale. Save 20% & Check Out Ads By Dee Today. Vintage Advertisements make Great Gifts and Awesome Home Decorations. Credit Cards accepted through Paypal. International Orders Welcomed. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1052 -- July 22, 2016

2016-07-22

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: Randall Antiques & Fine Art (http://www.tias.com/stores/rafa) is offering 20% off listed prices of ALL Japanese Woodbblock and other prints, flow blue, oil paintings, watercolors. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1051 -- July 15, 2016

2016-07-15

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: A Glass Collector - Vintage Antiques and Collectibles (http://www.tias.com/stores/agc) is offering free U.S. shipping until August 1st, 2016, and has added many Fenton items. ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1050 -- July 8, 2016

2016-07-08

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: More Than McCoy (http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy) is having a Christmas in July sale, and has added many new items! ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1049 -- June 24, 2016

2016-06-24

Contents: 1. Special offers, sales and other news! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. Lost and Found 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Special offers, sales and other news - Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find! Here's an example: The Good Ole' Days (http://www.tias.com/stores/tgod) is offering 40% off all porcelain! ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1048 -- June 19, 2016

2016-06-19

Contents: 1. Happy Father's Day! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Wishing a very Happy Father's Day to all our Newsletter Dads! ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1047 -- June 10, 2016

2016-06-10

Contents: 1. Dads and Grads 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Time to decide about gifts for Father's Day, as well as the graduate in the family! TIAS.com sellers have a wide variety of items any Dad or Grad would love! We've been sending newsletter with items handpicked by our dealers. Here are a few suggested search terms. Visit http://www.tias.com and insert one of these. You might be surprised at what you find! fishing survival football baseball tools thermos canteen grilling beer brandy mugs barware whiskey ammo hunting golf soccer woodworking office bookends humidor dad father graduation cufflink ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1046 -- June 3, 2016

2016-06-03

Contents: 1. Dads and Grads 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Time to start thinking about gifts for Father's Day, as well as the graduate in the family! TIAS.com sellers have a wide variety of items any Dad or Grad would love! We've been sending newsletter with items handpicked by our dealers. Here are a few suggestions: Vintage bookends: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/bookends/ Vintage wine glasses: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/wine%20glass/ Vintage pipe or cigar humidor: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/humidor/ Vintage beer stein: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/beer%20stein/ Vintage wrist watch: http://www.tias.com/clocks-and-watches/wrist-watches/ Vintage cufflinks: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/cufflinks/ Vintage pen and pencil sets: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/pen%20and%20pencil%20set/ ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1045 -- May 27, 2016

2016-05-27

Contents: 1. Memorial Day 2. Dads and Grads 3. Open your own online store! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is? 6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 9. Facebook Updates 10 This Week's Antique News 11. Newly listed items 12. Vintage Recipes 13. New On line Merchants 14. Did you know? 15. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. We at TIAS.com honor those who have lost their lives in service to our country. -- 2. Time to start thinking about gifts for Father's Day, as well as the graduate in the family! TIAS.com sellers have a wide variety of items any Dad or Grad would love! We've been sending newsletter with items handpicked by our dealers. Here are a few suggestions: Pipe or cigar humidor: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/humidor/ Beer stein: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/beer%20stein/ Vintage wrist watch: http://www.tias.com/clocks-and-watches/wrist-watches/ Vintage cufflinks: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/cufflinks/ Vintage pen and pencil sets: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/pen%20and%20pencil%20set/ ----------- 3. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 4. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1044 -- May 20, 2016

2016-05-20

Contents: 1. Time to start thinking about Dads and Grads! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Time to start thinking about gifts for Father's Day, as well as the graduate in the family! TIAS.com sellers have a wide variety of items any Dad or Grad would love! Here are a few suggestions: Pipe or cigar humidor: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/humidor/ Beer stein: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/beer%20stein/ Vintage wrist watch: http://www.tias.com/clocks-and-watches/wrist-watches/ Vintage cufflinks: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/cufflinks/ Vintage pen and pencil sets: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/pen%20and%20pencil%20set/ ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1043 -- May 13, 2016

2016-05-13

Contents: 1. Time to start thinking about Dads and Grads! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors ---------- 1. Time to start thinking about gifts for Father's Day, as well as the graduate in the family! TIAS.com sellers have a wide variety of items any Dad or Grad would love! Here are a few suggestions: Vintage wrist watch: http://www.tias.com/clocks-and-watches/wrist-watches/ Vintage cufflinks: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/cufflinks/ Vintage pen and pencil sets: http://www.tias.com/simple_search/pen%20and%20pencil%20set/ ----------- 2. It's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you've got questions, email us at support@tias.com. ------------ 3. Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page. Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee. To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

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The Collectors Newsletter #1042 -- May 6, 2016

2016-05-06

Contents: 1. Happy Mother's Day! 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1041 -- April 29, 2016

2016-04-29

Contents: 1. Shopping for Mother's Day 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1040 -- April 22, 2016

2016-04-22

Contents: 1. Shopping for Mother's Day 2. Open your own online store! 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is? 5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 8. Facebook Updates 9. This Week's Antique News 10. Newly listed items 11. Vintage Recipes 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1039 -- April 15, 2016

2016-04-15

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Supporting small independent merchants 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 7. Facebook Updates 8. This Week's Antique News 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1038 -- April 8, 2016

2016-04-08

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Supporting small independent merchants 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 7. Facebook Updates 8. This Week's Antique News 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1037 -- April 1, 2016

2016-04-01

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Supporting small independent merchants 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories, Requests for Help, and old stories revisited 7. Facebook Updates 8. This Week's Antique News 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1036 -- March 25, 2016

2016-03-25

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring has finally arrived! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Newly listed items 9. Vintage Recipes 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1035 -- March 18, 2016

2016-03-18

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown - last update 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1034 -- March 11, 2016

2016-03-11

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown - it's almost here! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1033 -- February 26, 2016

2016-02-26

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1032 -- February 19, 2016

2016-02-19

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown and Happy Valentine's Day! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1031 -- February 12, 2016

2016-02-12

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown and Happy Valentine's Day! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1030 -- February 5, 2016

2016-02-05

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown and last call for Valentine's Day! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1029 -- January 29, 2016

2016-01-29

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown and get ready for Valentine's Day! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1028 -- January 22, 2016

2016-01-22

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown and get ready for Valentine's Day! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1027 -- January 15, 2016

2016-01-15

Contents: 1. Open your own online store! 2. Spring Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1026 -- January 8, 2016

2016-01-08

Contents: 1. Happy New Year! 2. Spring Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1025 -- December 18, 2015

2015-12-18

Contents: 1. Start a store now, and be open for the new year! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Christmas boards! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. First annual TIAS.com virtual holiday cookie bake 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1024 -- December 11, 2015

2015-12-11

Contents: 1. If you hurry, there's still time to open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Christmas boards! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. First annual TIAS.com virtual holiday cookie bake 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1023 -- December 4, 2015

2015-12-04

Contents: 1. There's still time to open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Christmas boards! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. First annual TIAS.com virtual holiday cookie bake 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1022 -- November 20, 2015

2015-11-20

Contents: 1. There's still time to open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Christmas boards! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. First annual TIAS.com virtual holiday cookie bake 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1021 -- November 13, 2015

2015-11-13

Contents: 1. There's still time to open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Christmas boards! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. First annual TIAS.com online holiday cookie bake 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1020 -- November 6, 2015

2015-11-06

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the Thanksgiving board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1019 -- October 30, 2015

2015-10-30

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1018 -- October 19, 2015

2015-10-19

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1017 -- October 12, 2015

2015-10-12

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1016 -- October 2, 2015

2015-10-02

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1015 -- September 18, 2015

2015-09-18

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1014 -- September 4, 2015

2015-09-04

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Do you know what day it is? 4. Pinterest: Visit the September Birthstone board! 5. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 7. This Week's Antique News 8. Your Classifieds 9. Newly listed items 10. Vintage Recipes 11. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 12. New On line Merchants 13. Did you know? 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1013 -- August 21, 2015

2015-08-21

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Pinterest: Visit the August Birthstone board! 4. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 5. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 6. This Week's Antique News 7. Your Classifieds 8. Newly listed items 9. Vintage Recipes 10. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1012 -- August 14, 2015

2015-08-14

Contents: 1. Open a store in time for holiday sales! 2. Christmas Countdown! 3. Pinterest: Visit the August Birthstone board! 4. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 5. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 6. This Week's Antique News 7. Your Classifieds 8. Newly listed items 9. Vintage Recipes 10. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 11. New On line Merchants 12. Did you know? 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #1011 -- August 4, 2015

2015-08-04

Contents: 1. Christmas Countdown! 2. Pinterest: Visit the July Birthstone board! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1010 --July 27, 2015

2015-07-27

Contents: 1. Christmas Countdown! 2. Pinterest: Visit the July Birthstone board! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1009 --July 20, 2015

2015-07-20

Contents: 1. Only 157 days until Christmas! ;-) 2. Pinterest: Visit the July Birthstone board! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1008 --July 14, 2015

2015-07-14

Contents: 1. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without” - no better place to do that than TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Visit the July Birthstone board! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1007 --July 6, 2015

2015-07-06

Contents: 1. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without” - no better place to do that than TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Visit the July Birthstone board! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1006 --June 29, 2015

2015-06-29

Contents: 1. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without” - no better place to do that than TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: June's almost over! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1005 --June 22, 2015

2015-06-22

Contents: 1. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without” - no better place to do that than TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: June's almost over! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1004 --June 8, 2015

2015-06-08

Contents: 1. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without” - no better place to do that than TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Celebrate Dads and Grads! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1003 --May 29, 2015

2015-05-29

Contents: 1. Still celebrating 20 years online and 1000+ issues of The Collector's Newsletter with TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Celebrate Dads and Grads! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1002 --May 15, 2015

2015-05-15

Contents: 1. It's been 20 years online and 1000+ issues of The Collector's Newsletter with TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Celebrate Dads and Grads! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1001 --May 4, 2015

2015-05-04

Contents: 1. It's been 20 years online and 1000+ issues of The Collector's Newsletter with TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Spruced up for spring! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #1000 --April 15, 2015

2015-04-15

Contents: 1. It's been 20 years online and 1000 issues of The Collector's Newsletter with TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Spruced up for spring! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #999--April 6, 2015

2015-04-06

Contents: 1. Come celebrate 20 years online and 1000 issues of The Collector's Newsletter with TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Spruced up for spring! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #998--March 30, 2015

2015-03-30

Contents: 1. Happy Spring! 2. Pinterest: Spruced up for spring! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #997--March 23, 2015

2015-03-23

Contents: 1. Happy Spring! 2. Pinterest: Spruced up for spring! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #996--March 16, 2015

2015-03-16

Contents: 1. TIAS.com is open 24/7! 2. Pinterest: Is Spring almost here ?!? 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #995--March 9, 2015

2015-03-09

Contents: 1. TIAS.com is open 24/7! 2. Pinterest: Is Spring almost here ?!? 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #994--March 2, 2015

2015-03-02

Contents: 1. TIAS.com is open 24/7! 2. Pinterest: Is Spring almost here ?!? 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #993--February 23, 2015

2015-02-23

Contents: 1. TIAS.com is open 24/7! 2. Pinterest: Our boards are growing! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #992--February 16, 2015

2015-02-16

Contents: 1. Happy Presidents' Day! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #991--February 9, 2015

2015-02-09

Contents: 1. Happy Clean Out Your Computer Day! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #990--February 2, 2015

2015-02-02

Contents: 1. Happy Ground Hog Day (we think)! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #989--January 26, 2015

2015-01-26

Contents: 1. Dealers have been busying filling up their stores! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #988--January 19, 2015

2015-01-19

Contents: 1. Dealers are busying filling up their stores! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #987--January 10, 2015

2015-01-10

Contents: 1. Happy New Year! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #986--December 31, 2014

2014-12-31

Contents: 1. So long 2014 - hello 2015! 2. Pinterest: We've added new boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. Vintage Recipes 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #985--December 21, 2014

2014-12-21

Contents: 1. Time frame for guaranteed Christmas delivery 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #984--December 12, 2014

2014-12-12

Contents: 1. There's still time to have your gifts delivered from merchants at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #983--December 7, 2014

2014-12-07

Contents: 1. Holiday shopping at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #982--November 28, 2014

2014-11-28

Contents: 1. Black Friday Offerings at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #981--November 21, 2014

2014-11-21

Contents: 1. Pre- Black Friday Offerings at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #980--November 15, 2014

2014-11-15

Contents: 1. It's time to start thinking about holiday shopping! 2. Pinterest: We're all decked out for the holidays! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #979--November 7, 2014

2014-11-07

Contents: 1. It's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Thanksgiving and November Birthstones - Topaz and Citrine boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #978--October 31, 2014

2014-10-31

Contents: 1. Happy Halloween - Now it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Thanksgiving and November Birthstones - Topaz and Citrine boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #977--October 24, 2014

2014-10-24

Contents: 1. Time to start thinking about Thanksgiving! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Thanksgiving and Opals all have boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #976--October 17, 2014

2014-10-17

Contents: 1. Last call for Halloween collectibles! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Halloween and Opals all have boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #975--October 10, 2014

2014-10-10

Contents: 1. Mid-October (already!) new items and specials at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Halloween and Opals all have boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #974--October 3, 2014

2014-10-03

Contents: 1. Loving Fall at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Halloween and Opals all have boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #973--September 26, 2014

2014-09-26

Contents: 1. Gettin' ready for Halloween at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest: Fall, Halloween and Opals all have boards! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #972--September 19, 2014

2014-09-19

Contents: 1. Fall is in the air at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest and Halloween! 3. Follow TIAS on Twitter! 4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 5. This Week's Antique News 6. Your Classifieds 7. Newly listed items 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Did you know? 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #971--September 12, 2014

2014-09-12

Contents: 1. Special Sales at TIAS.com! Recycle and Repurpose! 2. Pinterest and Halloween! 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. Cute and Funny Stores 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors 12. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #970--August 29, 2014

2014-08-29

Contents: 1. Recycle and Repurpose! Special Labor Day Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #969--August 23, 2014

2014-08-23

Contents: 1. Recycle and Repurpose! Specials Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #968--August 15, 2014

2014-08-16

Contents: 1. Recycle and Repurpose! Specials Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #967--August 8, 2014

2014-08-08

Contents: 1. Recycle and Repurpose! Specials Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #966--August 1, 2014

2014-08-01

Contents: 1. Why buy new? Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #965--July 25, 2014

2014-07-25

Contents: 1. Why buy new? Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #964--July 18, 2014

2014-07-18

Contents: 1. Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #963--July 11, 2014

2014-07-11

Contents: 1. Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #963--July 11, 2014

2014-07-11

Contents: 1. Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #962--July 7, 2014

2014-07-07

Contents: 1. Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #961--June 30, 2014

2014-06-30

Contents: 1. Summer Specials and Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Funny Old Stuff 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors 12. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #960--June 20, 2014

2014-06-20

Contents: 1. Summer Sales at TIAS.com! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #959--June 13, 2014

2014-06-13

Contents: 1. Happy Father's Day! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #958--June 6, 2014

2014-06-06

Contents: 1. Last Call for Father's Day Gifts! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. A Vintage Recipe 8. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 9. New On line Merchants 10. Helpful Resources For Collectors 11. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #957--May 30, 2014

2014-05-30

Contents: 1. Dads and Grads! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Need help returning US Navy Discharge documents 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors 12. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #956--May 23, 2014

2014-05-23

Contents: 1. Celebrating Memorial Day, Dads and Grads! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Need help returning US Navy Discharge documents 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. Vintage Recipe Requests from Readers 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors 12. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #955--May 16, 2014

2014-05-16

Contents: 1. Celebrating Dads and Grads! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Wanted Classifieds 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors 12. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #954--May 9, 2014

2014-05-09

Contents: 1. Special Glass Event! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted Classifieds 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #953--May 1, 2014

2014-05-02

Contents: 1. Mother's Day suggestions--only 9 days left! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted Classifieds 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #952--April 25th, 2014

2014-04-25

Contents: 1. Mother's Day suggestions! 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted Classifieds 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #951--April 17th, 2014

2014-04-17

Contents: 1. Final days for Spring and Easter sales (Mother's Day sales coming soon!) 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted Classifieds 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors 13. Come sell with TIAS.com!

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The Collectors Newsletter #950--April 11th, 2014

2014-04-11

Contents: 1. Last Call for Spring and Easter sales 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted Classifieds 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #949--April 4th, 2014

2014-04-04

Contents: 1. More Spring and Easter sales going on now 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #948--March 28th, 2014

2014-03-28

Contents: 1. Checkout the Spring and Easter sales going on now 2. Pinterest 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #947--March 21st, 2014

2014-03-21

Contents: 1. Checkout the Spring and Easter sales going on now. 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #946--March 12th, 2014

2014-03-11

Contents: 1. Checkout the ST. PATRICK'S DAY sale going on now. 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #945--January 6th, 2014

2014-01-05

Contents: 1. Checkout the WINTER SALE going on now. 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #944--November 21st, 2013

2013-11-20

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #943--November 13th, 2013

2013-11-12

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #942--October 23rd, 2013

2013-10-22

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #941--October 11th, 2013

2013-10-10

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #940--October 1st, 2013

2013-09-30

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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TIAS Merchant news for September 26th 2013

2013-09-25

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The Collectors Newsletter #939--September 18th, 2013

2013-09-17

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #938--September 11, 2013

2013-09-10

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #937--August 24th, 2013

2013-08-23

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #936--August 14th, 2013

2013-08-13

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #935--August 2nd, 2013

2013-08-01

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #934--July 23rd, 2013

2013-07-23

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #933--July 10th, 2013

2013-07-09

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #930--June 13th, 2013

2013-06-12

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #929--June 8th, 2013

2013-06-08

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #928--May 29th, 2013

2013-05-28

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #927--May 21st, 2013

2013-05-20

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #926--May 4th, 2013

2013-05-03

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #924--April 21st, 2013

2013-04-20

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #924--April 13th, 2013

2013-04-12

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #923--April 5th, 2013

2013-04-04

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #922--March 29th 2013

2013-03-28

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #921--March 23rd 2013

2013-03-22

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #920 --March 14th 2013

2013-03-13

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #919 --March 4th 2013

2013-03-04

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #918 --February 21st 2013

2013-02-21

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #917 --February 14th 2013

2013-02-13

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #916 --February 5th 2013

2013-02-05

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories including a heartwarming story about a childhood "friend" and a request for photos of antiques that have been "re-purposed" 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #915 --February 2013

2013-01-31

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories and a comment about last week's stars/stripes eagle 1800's embroidery 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #914 --January 2013

2013-01-24

Contents: 1. Recently Uploaded Sale Items 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #913 --January 2013

2013-01-12

Contents: 1. After Holiday Clearance Sales 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #912 --December 2012

2012-12-18

Contents: 1. LAST MINUTE IDEAS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #911 --December 2012

2012-12-10

Contents: 1. HOLIDAY SALES ON ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #910 --December 2012

2012-12-06

Contents: 1. HOLIDAY SALES ON ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #909 --November 2012

2012-11-28

Contents: 1. Checkout these newly listed antiques & collectibles at TIAS.com 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #908 --November 2012

2012-11-18

Contents: 1. Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales. 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Reader photos 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #907 --November 2012

2012-11-11

Contents: 1. Get your Holiday shopping done at TIAS 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #906 --October 2012

2012-10-18

Contents: 1. Get your Holiday shopping done at TIAS 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #905 --October 2012

2012-10-11

Contents: 1. 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #904 --October 2012

2012-10-02

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #903 --September 2012

2012-09-28

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #902 --September 2012

2012-09-19

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #901 --September 2012

2012-09-10

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter # 900 ! -- August 2012

2012-08-14

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Welcome to newsletter # 900 ! 3. This Week's Stories 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #899 -- August 2012

2012-08-01

Contents: 1. Do you sell antiques or collectibles online? 2. Even more new photo albums on Pinterest. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #898 -- July 2012

2012-07-24

Contents: 1. 360,000 Tableware Patterns 2. Some new fun photo albums for you! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #897 -- July 2012

2012-07-06

Contents: 1. 360,000 Tableware Patterns 2. Some new fun photo albums for you! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #896 -- June 2012

2012-06-28

Contents: 1. WE NEED YOUR HELP!. 2. Some new fun photo albums for you! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #895 -- June 2012

2012-06-25

Contents: 1. COME AND SELL WITH US. 2. Photo albums for you 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #894 -- June 2012

2012-06-11

Contents: 1. COME AND SELL WITH US. 2. Some FUN items offered by TIAS merchants. 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #893 -- May 2012

2012-05-30

Contents: 1. COME AND SELL WITH US. 2. SUPER, BIG, GIGANTIC SALES ! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #892 -- May 2012

2012-05-15

Contents: 1. SELL WITH US! 2. SUPER, BIG, GIGANTIC SALES ! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #891 -- May 2012

2012-05-09

Contents: 1. SELL WITH US! 2. SUPER, BIG, GIGANTIC SALES ! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #890 -- April 2012

2012-04-19

Contents: 1. SELL WITH US! 2. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #889 -- April 2012

2012-04-10

Contents: 1. SELL WITH US! 2. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #888 -- April 2012

2012-04-02

Contents: 1. SELL WITH US! 2. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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TIAS Merchant Newsletter for March 20, 2012

2012-03-20

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The Collectors Newsletter #887 -- March 2012

2012-03-19

Contents: 1. New merchandise and sales going on now... 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #886 -- March 2012

2012-03-06

Contents: 1. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #885 -- February 2012

2012-02-28

Contents: 1. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #884 -- February 2012

2012-02-16

Contents: 1. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #883 -- February 2012

2012-02-07

Contents: 1. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #882 -- January 2012

2012-01-30

Contents: 1. Some Great Sales Going on at TIAS.com this week! 2. Sell With Us! 3. This Week's Question & Answers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #881 -- January 2012

2012-01-25

Contents: 1. A BIG THANK YOU! 2. Sell With Us! 2. This Week's Question & Answers 3. This Week's Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #880 -- January 2012

2012-01-18

Contents: 1. WE NEED YOUR HELP! 2. This Week's Question & Answers 3. This Week's Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #879 -- January 2012

2012-01-10

Contents: 1. WE NEED YOUR HELP! 2. This Week's Question & Answers 3. This Week's Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #878 -- January 2012

2012-01-03

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Question & Answers 3. This Week's Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #877 -- December 2011

2011-12-15

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. This Week's Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #876 -- December 2011

2011-12-06

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #875 -- November 2011

2011-11-28

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #874 -- November 2011

2011-11-21

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #873 -- November 2011

2011-11-14

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #872 -- November 2011

2011-11-07

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #871 -- October 2011

2011-10-30

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #870 -- October 2011

2011-10-21

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #869 -- October 2011

2011-10-12

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #868 -- October 2011

2011-10-04

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #867 -- September 2011

2011-09-28

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #866 -- September 2011

2011-09-20

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #865 -- September 2011

2011-09-12

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #864 -- September 2011

2011-09-05

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #863 -- August 2011

2011-08-13

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #862 -- August 2011

2011-08-05

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #861 -- July 2011

2011-07-30

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #860 -- July 2011

2011-07-22

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #859 -- July 2011

2011-07-13

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #858 -- July 2011

2011-07-03

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #857 -- June 2011

2011-06-21

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #856 -- May 2011

2011-05-30

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #855 -- May 2011

2011-05-18

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #854 -- April 2011

2011-04-26

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #853 -- April 2011

2011-04-17

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #852 -- April 2011

2011-04-06

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #851 -- March 2011

2011-03-30

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #850 -- March 2011

2011-03-22

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #849 -- February 2011

2011-03-07

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #848 -- February 2011

2011-03-03

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #847 -- February 2011

2011-02-24

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #846 -- February 2011

2011-02-16

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #845 -- February 2011

2011-02-12

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #844 -- February 2011

2011-02-01

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #843 -- January 2011

2011-01-25

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #842 -- January 2011

2011-01-17

Contents: 1. Work from home selling antiques & collectibles 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #841 -- January 2011

2011-01-06

Contents: 1. Send Vintage Virtual Holiday Cards... 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #840 -- December 2010

2010-12-11

Contents: 1. Send Vintage Virtual Holiday Cards... 2. This Week's Survey 3. Stories From our readers 4. This Week's Antique News 5. Your Classifieds 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #839 -- November 2010

2010-11-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #838 -- November 2010

2010-11-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #837 -- November 2010

2010-11-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #836 -- October 2010

2010-10-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #835 -- October 2010

2010-10-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #834 -- October 2010

2010-10-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #833 -- October 2010

2010-10-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #832 -- September 2010

2010-09-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #831 -- September 2010

2010-09-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #830 -- September 2010

2010-09-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #829 -- September 2010

2010-09-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #828 -- September 2010

2010-09-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #827 -- September 2010

2010-08-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #826 -- August 2010

2010-08-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #825 -- August 2010

2010-08-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #824 -- August 2010

2010-08-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #823 -- August 2010

2010-08-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #822 -- August 2010

2010-08-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #821 -- July 2010

2010-07-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #820 -- July 2010

2010-07-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #819 -- July 2010

2010-07-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #818 -- July 2010

2010-07-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #817 -- July 2010

2010-07-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #816 -- July 2010

2010-07-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #815 -- July 2010

2010-07-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #814 -- July 2010

2010-07-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #813 -- June 2010

2010-06-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #812 -- June 2010

2010-06-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #811 -- June 2010

2010-06-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #810 -- June 2010

2010-06-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #809 -- June 2010

2010-06-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #808 -- June 2010

2010-06-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #807 -- June 2010

2010-06-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #806 -- June 2010

2010-06-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #805 -- June 2010

2010-06-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #804 -- May 2010

2010-05-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #803 -- May 2010

2010-05-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #802 -- May 2010

2010-05-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #801 -- May 2010

2010-05-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #800 -- May 2010

2010-05-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #799 -- May 2010

2010-05-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #798 -- May 2010

2010-05-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #797 -- May 2010

2010-05-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #796 -- April 2010

2010-04-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #795 -- April 2010

2010-04-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #794 -- April 2010

2010-04-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #793 -- April 2010

2010-04-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #792 -- April 2010

2010-04-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #791 -- April 2010

2010-04-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #790 -- April 2010

2010-04-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #789 -- April 2010

2010-04-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #788 -- April 2010

2010-04-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #787 -- March 2010

2010-03-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #786 -- March 2010

2010-03-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #785 -- March 2010

2010-03-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #784 -- March 2010

2010-03-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #783 -- March 2010

2010-03-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #782 -- March 2010

2010-03-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #781 -- March 2010

2010-03-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #780 -- March 2010

2010-03-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #779 -- February 2010

2010-02-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #778 -- February 2010

2010-02-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #777 -- February 2010

2010-02-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #776 -- February 2010

2010-02-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #775 -- February 2010

2010-02-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #774 -- February 2010

2010-02-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #773 -- February 2010

2010-02-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #772 -- February 2010

2010-02-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #771 -- January 2010

2010-01-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #770 -- January 2010

2010-01-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #769 -- January 2010

2010-01-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #768 -- January 2010

2010-01-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #767 -- January 2010

2010-01-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #766 -- January 2010

2010-01-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #765 -- January 2010

2010-01-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #764 -- January 2010

2010-01-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #763 -- January 2010

2009-12-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #762 -- December 2009

2009-12-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #761-- December 2009

2009-12-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #760 -- December 2009

2009-12-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #759 -- December 2009

2009-12-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #758 -- December 2009

2009-12-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #757 -- December 2009

2009-12-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #756 -- December 2009

2009-12-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #755 -- December 2009

2009-11-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #754 -- November 2009

2009-11-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #753 -- November 2009

2009-11-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #752 -- November 2009

2009-11-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #751-- November 2009

2009-11-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #750-- November 2009

2009-11-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #749-- November 2009

2009-11-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #748-- November 2009

2009-11-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #747-- October 2009

2009-10-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #746-- October 2009

2009-10-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #745-- October 2009

2009-10-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #744 -- October 2009

2009-10-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #743 -- October 2009

2009-10-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #742 -- October 2009

2009-10-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #741 -- October 2009

2009-10-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #740 -- October 2009

2009-10-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #739 -- September 2009

2009-09-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #738 -- September 2009

2009-09-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #737 -- September 2009

2009-09-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #736 -- September 2009

2009-09-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #735 -- September 2009

2009-09-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #734 -- September 2009

2009-09-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #733 -- September 2009

2009-09-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #732 -- September 2009

2009-09-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #731 -- September 2009

2009-08-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #730 -- August 2009

2009-08-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #729 -- August 2009

2009-08-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #728 -- August 2009

2009-08-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #727 -- August 2009

2009-08-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #726 -- August 2009

2009-08-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #725 -- August 2009

2009-08-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #724 -- August 2009

2009-08-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #723 -- July 2009

2009-07-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #722 -- July 2009

2009-07-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #721 -- July 2009

2009-07-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #720 -- July 2009

2009-07-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #719 -- July 2009

2009-07-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #718 -- July 2009

2009-07-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #718 -- July 2009

2009-07-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #717 -- July 2009

2009-07-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #716 -- June 2009

2009-06-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #715 -- June 2009

2009-06-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #714 -- June 2009

2009-06-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #713 -- June 2009

2009-06-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #712 -- June 2009

2009-06-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #711 -- June 2009

2009-06-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #710 -- June 2009

2009-06-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #709 -- May 2009

2009-05-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #708 -- May 2009

2009-05-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #707 -- May 2009

2009-05-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #706 -- May 2009

2009-05-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #705 -- May 2009

2009-05-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #704 -- May 2009

2009-05-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #703 -- May 2009

2009-05-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #702 -- May 2009

2009-05-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #701 -- May 2009

2009-04-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #700 -- April 2009

2009-04-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #699 -- April 2009

2009-04-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #698 -- April 2009

2009-04-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #697-- April 2009

2009-04-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #696 -- April 2009

2009-04-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #694 -- April 2009

2009-04-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #694 -- April 2009

2009-04-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #693 -- March 2009

2009-03-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #692 -- March 2009

2009-03-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #691 -- March 2009

2009-03-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #690 -- March 2009

2009-03-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #689 -- March 2009

2009-03-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #688 -- March 2009

2009-03-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #687 -- March 2009

2009-03-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #686 -- March 2009

2009-03-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #685 -- March 2009

2009-03-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #684 -- February 2009

2009-02-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #683 -- February 2009

2009-02-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #682 -- February 2009

2009-02-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #681 -- February 2009

2009-02-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #680 -- February 2009

2009-02-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #679 -- February 2009

2009-02-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #678 -- February 2009

2009-02-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #677 -- February 2009

2009-02-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #676 -- January 2009

2009-01-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #675 -- January 2009

2009-01-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #674 -- January 2009

2009-01-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #673 -- January 2009

2009-01-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #673 -- January 2009

2009-01-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #672 -- January 2009

2009-01-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #671 -- January 2009

2009-01-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #670 -- January 2009

2009-01-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #669 -- January 2009

2009-01-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #668 -- January 2009

2009-01-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #667 -- December 2008

2008-12-29

Contents: 1. Sell your stuff at our yard sale! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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-- HOLIDAY EDITION -- The Collectors Newsletter #666 -- December 2008

2008-12-23

Contents: 1. TIAS IS HAVING A BIG YARD SALE!! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #665 -- December 2008

2008-12-19

Contents: 1. TIAS IS HAVING A BIG YARD SALE!! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #664 -- December 2008

2008-12-15

Contents: 1. TIAS IS HAVING A BIG YARD SALE!! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #663 -- December 2008

2008-12-11

Contents: 1. TIAS IS HAVING A BIG YARD SALE!! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #662 -- December 2008

2008-12-09

Contents: 1. TIAS IS HAVING A BIG YARD SALE!! 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #661 -- December 2008

2008-12-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #660 -- December 2008

2008-12-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #659 -- November 2008

2008-11-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #658 -- November 2008

2008-11-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #657 -- November 2008

2008-11-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #656 -- November 2008

2008-11-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #655 -- November 2008

2008-11-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #654 -- November 2008

2008-11-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #653 -- November 2008

2008-11-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #652 -- November 2008

2008-11-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #651 -- October 2008

2008-10-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #650 -- October 2008

2008-10-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #649 -- October 2008

2008-10-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #648 -- October 2008

2008-10-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #647 -- October 2008

2008-10-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #646 -- October 2008

2008-10-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #645 -- September 2008

2008-09-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #644 -- September 2008

2008-09-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #642 -- September 2008

2008-09-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #641 -- September 2008

2008-09-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #640 -- September 2008

2008-09-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #639 -- September 2008

2008-09-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #638 -- September 2008

2008-09-08

Contents: 1. A Memoriam to Ralph Kovel 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #637 -- September 2008

2008-09-04

Contents: 1. A Memoriam to Ralph Kovel 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #636 -- September 2008

2008-09-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #635 -- August 2008

2008-08-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #634 -- August 2008

2008-08-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #633 -- August 2008

2008-08-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #632 -- August 2008

2008-08-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #631 -- August 2008

2008-08-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #630 -- July 2008

2008-07-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #629 -- July 2008

2008-07-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #628 -- July 2008

2008-07-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #627 -- July 2008

2008-07-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #626 -- July 2008

2008-07-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #625 -- July 2008

2008-07-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #624 -- July 2008

2008-06-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #623 -- June 2008

2008-06-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #622 -- June 2008

2008-06-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #621 -- June 2008

2008-06-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #620 -- June 2008

2008-06-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #619 -- June 2008

2008-06-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #617 -- May 2008

2008-05-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #616 -- May 2008

2008-05-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #615 -- May 2008

2008-05-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #614 -- May 2008

2008-05-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #613 -- May 2008

2008-05-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #611 -- May 2008

2008-05-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #610 -- May 2008

2008-05-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #609 -- April 2008

2008-04-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #608 -- April 2008

2008-04-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #607 -- April 2008

2008-04-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #606 -- April 2008

2008-04-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #605 -- April 2008

2008-04-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #604 -- April 2008

2008-04-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #603 -- April 2008

2008-04-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #602 -- April 2008

2008-03-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #601 -- March 2008

2008-03-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #600 -- March 2008

2008-03-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #599 -- March 2008

2008-03-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #598 -- March 2008

2008-03-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #597 -- March 2008

2008-03-08

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #596 -- March 2008

2008-03-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #595 -- February 2008

2008-02-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #594 -- February 2008

2008-02-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #593 -- February 2008

2008-02-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #592 -- February 2008

2008-02-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #591 -- February 2008

2008-02-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #590 -- February 2008

2008-02-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #589 -- February 2008

2008-02-04

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #588 -- February 2008

2008-01-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #587 -- January 2008

2008-01-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #586 -- January 2008

2008-01-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #585 -- January 2008

2008-01-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #584 -- January 2008

2008-01-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #583 -- January 2008

2008-01-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #582 -- January 2008

2008-01-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #581 -- January 2008

2008-01-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #580 -- January 2008

2008-01-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #579 -- January 2007

2007-12-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #578 -- December 2007

2007-12-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #577 -- December 2007

2007-12-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #576 -- December 2007

2007-12-20

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #575 -- December 2007

2007-12-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #574 -- December 2007

2007-12-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #573 -- December 2007

2007-12-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #572 -- December 2007

2007-12-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #571 -- December 2007

2007-12-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #570 -- December 2007

2007-12-01

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #569 -- November 2007

2007-11-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #568 -- November 2007

2007-11-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Newly listed items 6. Funny Old Stuff 7. Wanted ads. Can you help? 8. A Vintage Recipe 9. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 10. New On line Merchants 11. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #567 -- November 2007

2007-11-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #566 -- November 2007

2007-11-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #565 -- November 2007

2007-11-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #564 -- October 2007

2007-10-29

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #563 -- October 2007

2007-10-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #562 -- October 2007

2007-10-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #561 -- September 2007

2007-10-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #560 -- September 2007

2007-09-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #559 -- September 2007

2007-09-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #558 -- September 2007

2007-09-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #557 -- September 2007

2007-09-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #556 -- September 2007

2007-09-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #555 -- September 2007

2007-09-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #554 -- September 2007

2007-09-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #553 -- August 2007

2007-08-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #552 -- August 2007

2007-08-27

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #551 -- August 2007

2007-08-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #550 -- August 2007

2007-08-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #549 -- August 2007

2007-08-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #548 -- August 2007

2007-08-13

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #547 -- August 2007

2007-08-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #546 -- August 2007

2007-08-06

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #545 -- August 2007

2007-08-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #544 -- July 2007

2007-07-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #543 -- July 2007

2007-07-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #542 -- July 2007

2007-07-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #541 -- July 2007

2007-07-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #540 -- July 2007

2007-07-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #539 -- July 2007

2007-07-12

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #538 -- July 2007

2007-07-09

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #537 -- July 2007

2007-07-05

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #537 -- July 2007

2007-07-02

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #536 -- June 2007

2007-06-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #535 -- June 2007

2007-06-25

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #534 -- June 2007

2007-06-21

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #533 -- June 2007

2007-06-18

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #532 -- June 2007

2007-06-15

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Collectors Tip 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #531 -- June 2007

2007-06-11

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Collectors Tip 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #530 -- June 2007

2007-06-07

Contents: Turn Your Collecting Hobby Into A Business Open a store at TIAS.com. For over 12 years we've been building online shops for people just like you. It's fast and easy and there are no setup fees. Get started today at http://www.MakeAShop.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #529 -- June 2007

2007-06-04

Contents: Buy Your Unique Father's Day Gift Today at TIAS.com Don't get your dad the same old thing. Get him something unique from one of the dealers at TIAS.com. Over 500,000 unique antiques and collectibles for sale online. Stop by and browse our online mall today at http://www.tias.com. From pocket watches to sports memorabilia to vintage clothing we've got something for just about every dad.

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The Collectors Newsletter #529 -- June 2007

2007-06-04

Contents: Buy Your Unique Father's Day Gift Today at TIAS.com Don't get your dad the same old thing. Get him something unique from one of the dealers at TIAS.com. Over 500,000 unique antiques and collectibles for sale online. Stop by and browse our online mall today at http://www.tias.com. From pocket watches to sports memorabilia to vintage clothing we've got something for just about every dad.

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The Collectors Newsletter #528 -- June 2007

2007-05-31

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #527 -- May 2007

2007-05-28

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #526 -- May 2007

2007-05-24

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #525 -- May 2007

2007-05-22

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #524 -- May 2007

2007-05-17

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #523 -- May 2007

2007-05-14

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #522 -- May 2007

2007-05-10

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #521 -- May 2007

2007-05-07

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #520 -- May 2007

2007-05-03

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #519 -- May 2007

2007-04-30

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #518 -- April 2007

2007-04-26

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #517 -- April 2007

2007-04-23

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #516 -- April 2007

2007-04-19

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #515 -- April 2007

2007-04-16

Contents: 1. Featured Collectors Club 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #514 -- April 2007

2007-04-12

Contents: 1. Club of the Week 2. Stories From our Readers 3. Antique News 4. Your Classifieds 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #513 -- April 2007

2007-04-09

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #512 -- April 2007

2007-04-05

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #511 -- April 2007

2007-04-02

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #510 -- March 2007

2007-03-29

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #509 -- March 2007

2007-03-26

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #508 -- March 2007

2007-03-22

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #507 -- March 2007

2007-03-19

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #506 -- March 2007

2007-03-15

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #505 -- March 2007

2007-03-12

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #504 -- March 2007

2007-03-05

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #503 -- March 2007

2007-03-01

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #502 -- February 2007

2007-02-26

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #501 -- February 2007

2007-02-22

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #500 -- February 2007

2007-02-19

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #499 -- February 2007

2007-02-15

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #498 -- February 2007

2007-02-12

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #497 -- February 2007

2007-02-08

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #496 -- February 2007

2007-06-29

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #495 -- February 2007

2007-02-01

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #494 -- January 2007

2007-01-29

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #493 -- January 2007

2007-01-25

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #492 -- January 2007

2007-01-22

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #491 -- January 2007

2007-01-18

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #490 -- January 2007

2007-01-15

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #489 -- January 2007

2007-01-11

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Antique News 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #488 -- January 2007

2007-01-08

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Where do online antiques and collectibles buyers come from? 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #487 -- January 2007

2007-01-04

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. What were the top selling Antiques & Collectibles of 2006? 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #486 -- January 2007

2007-01-01

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. The "Hot List" of Antiques and Collectibles in 2006 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #485 -- December 2006

2006-12-28

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #484 December 2006

2006-12-21

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #483 December 2006

2006-12-18

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #482 December 2006

2006-12-14

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #281 December 2006

2006-12-12

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed Items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #481 December 2006

2006-12-11

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #480 December 2006

2006-12-07

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #479 December 2006

2006-12-05

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #478 December 2006

2007-06-29

Contents: 1. Holiday stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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Reminder - The Collectors Newsletter #477 November 2006

2006-11-28

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #477 November 2006

2006-11-27

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #476 November 2006

2006-11-20

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #475 November 2006

2006-11-16

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #474 November 2006

2006-11-13

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #473 November 2006

2006-11-09

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #472 November 2006

2007-06-29

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #471 November 2006

2006-11-02

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #470 October 2006

2006-10-30

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #469 October 2006

2006-10-26

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #468 October 2006

2006-10-23

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #467 October 2006

2006-10-19

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Charity Request 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New On line Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #466 October 2006

2006-10-16

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #465 October 2006

2006-10-12

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The Collectors Newsletter #464 October 2006

2006-10-09

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The Collectors Newsletter #463 October 2006

2006-10-05

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The Collectors Newsletter #462 October 2006

2006-10-02

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The Collectors Newsletter #461 September 2006

2006-09-28

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The Collectors Newsletter #460 September 2006

2006-09-26

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The Collectors Newsletter #459 September 2006

2006-09-21

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The Collectors Newsletter #458 September 2006

2006-09-18

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The Collectors Newsletter #457 September 2006

2006-09-14

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The Collectors Newsletter #456 September 2006

2006-09-11

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The Collectors Newsletter #455September 2006

2006-09-07

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The Collectors Newsletter #454 September 2006

2006-09-05

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The Collectors Newsletter #453 September 2006

2006-08-31

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The Collectors Newsletter #452 August 2006

2006-08-28

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The Collectors Newsletter #451 August 2006

2006-08-24

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The Collectors Newsletter #450 August 2006

2006-08-21

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The Collectors Newsletter #449 August 2006

2006-08-17

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The Collectors Newsletter #448 August 2006

2006-08-14

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The Collectors Newsletter #447 August 2006

2006-08-10

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The Collectors Newsletter #446 August 2006

2006-08-07

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The Collectors Newsletter #445 August 2006

2006-08-03

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The Collectors Newsletter #444 August 2006

2006-07-31

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The Collectors Newsletter #443 July 2006

2006-07-27

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The Collectors Newsletter #442 July 2006

2006-07-24

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The Collectors Newsletter #441 July 2006

2006-07-21

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The Collectors Newsletter #440 July 2006

2006-07-17

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The Collectors Newsletter #439 July 2006

2006-07-13

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The Collectors Newsletter #438 July 2006

2006-07-10

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The Collectors Newsletter #437 July 2006

2006-07-06

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The Collectors Newsletter #436 July 2006

2006-07-03

Contents: 1. Animals that collect :-) 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #435 June 2006

2006-06-29

Contents: 1. Animals that collect :-) 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New On line Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #434 June 2006

2006-06-26

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The Collectors Newsletter #433 June 2006

2006-06-22

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The Collectors Newsletter #432 June 2006

2006-06-19

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The Collectors Newsletter #431 June 2006

2006-06-12

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The Collectors Newsletter #430 June 2006

2006-06-08

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The Collectors Newsletter #429 June 2006

2006-06-06

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The Collectors Newsletter #428 June 2006

2006-06-01

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The Collectors Newsletter #427 May 2006

2006-05-29

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The Collectors Newsletter #426 May 2006

2006-05-26

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The Collectors Newsletter #425 May 2006

2006-05-22

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The Collectors Newsletter #424 May 2006

2006-05-18

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The Collectors Newsletter #423 May 2006

2006-05-15

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The Collectors Newsletter #422 May 2006

2006-05-11

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The Collectors Newsletter #421 May 2006

2006-05-08

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The Collectors Newsletter #420 May 2006

2006-05-04

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The Collectors Newsletter #419 May 2006

2006-05-01

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The Collectors Newsletter #418 April 2006

2006-04-27

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The Collectors Newsletter #417 April 2006

2006-04-24

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The Collectors Newsletter #416 April 2006

2006-04-20

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The Collectors Newsletter #415 April 2006

2006-04-18

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The Collectors Newsletter #414 April 2006

2006-04-13

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The Collectors Newsletter #413 April 2006

2006-04-10

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The Collectors Newsletter #412 April 2006

2006-04-06

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The Collectors Newsletter #411 April 2006

2006-04-03

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The Collectors Newsletter #410 March 2006

2006-03-30

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The Collectors Newsletter #409 March 2006

2006-03-27

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The Collectors Newsletter #408 March 2006

2006-03-23

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The Collectors Newsletter #407 March 2006

2006-03-20

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The Collectors Newsletter #406 March 2006

2006-03-16

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The Collectors Newsletter #405 March 2006

2006-03-13

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The Collectors Newsletter #404 March 2006

2006-03-10

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The Collectors Newsletter #403 March 2006

2006-03-06

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #402 March 2006

2006-03-02

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #401 February 2006

2006-02-27

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #400 February 2006

2006-02-23

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #399 February 2006

2006-02-20

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #398 February 2006

2006-02-16

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #397 February 2006

2006-02-13

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #396 February 2006

2006-02-09

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #395 February 2006

2006-02-06

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #394 February 2006

2006-02-03

Contents: 1. Stories from our readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #393 January 2006

2006-01-30

Contents: 1. Some of this and some of that 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #392 January 2006

2006-01-26

Contents: 1. Just one more for the "Old Sleepy Eye Flemish Stein" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #391 January 2006

2006-01-23

Contents: 1. More on the "Old Sleepy Eye Flemish Stein" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #390 January 2006

2006-01-19

Contents: 1. Comments on buying 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #389 January 2006

2006-01-16

Contents: 1. "Loose Change" & "Old Sleepy Eye" & "The Diamond" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #388 January 2006

2006-01-12

Contents: 1. Stories From Readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #387 January 2006

2006-01-09

Contents: 1. Stories From Readers 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #386 January 2006

2006-01-05

Contents: 1. Stories from Christmas 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #385 January 2006

2006-01-02

Contents: 1. 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #384 December 2005

2005-12-29

Contents: 1. More Holiday Stories 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #383 December 2005

2005-12-22

Contents: 1. A BIG Bunch of Stories about Christmas 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. News from the Kovels 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #382 December 2005

2005-12-19

Contents: 1. Stories of Christmas 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #381 December 2005

2005-12-15

Contents: 1. "Cut Cut" & "Aunt Lynn" & "Iron lady" & "The Train" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #380 December 2005

2005-12-13

Contents: 1. "Lost Presents" & "The Spoon" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #379 December 2005

2005-12-08

Contents: 1. "First Christmas" & "Hair" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #378 December 2005

2005-12-05

Contents: 1. Christmas Gift Giving Stories 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #377 December 2005

2005-12-01

Contents: 1. "Amosandra" & "Homemade Christmas" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #376 November 2005

2005-11-28

Contents: 1. "Bottles" & "Flying" & "Christmas Lesson" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #375 November 2005

2005-11-24

Contents: 1. "The Tree" & "Cards" & "Polynesian figurines" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #374 November 2005

2005-11-21

Contents: 1. "A Christmas Story" & "Potty People" & "Another Holiday Story" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #373 November 2005

2005-11-17

Contents: 1. "Christmas Eve" & "Christmas 1925" & "Autographs" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #372 November 2005

2005-11-14

Contents: 1. "Christmas Memories" & "The Gold Chair" & "Playmate" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #371 November 2005

2005-11-10

Contents: 1. "Letter to Santa" & "Antique Shop" & "The Stairway" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #370 November 2005

2005-11-07

Contents: 1. Haunted Stories #4 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #369 November 2005

2005-11-03

Contents: 1. Haunted Stories #3 (Also the October "Hot List") 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #368 October 2005

2005-10-31

Contents: 1. Even More Haunted Stories - Happy Halloween! 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #367 October 2005

2005-10-27

Contents: 1. More Haunted Stories - Part 3 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #366 October 2005

2005-10-24

Contents: 1. "In Laws" & "Old House" & "Red Lady" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #365 October 2005

2005-10-20

Contents: 1. "Haunted Portrait" & "Picture Glass" & "Haunted Watches" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #364 October 2005

2005-10-17

Contents: 1. "A Face in the crowd" & "Kids Hunting" & "A Request" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #363 October 2005

2005-10-06

Contents: 1. "Fake Roseville" & "Don't Touch" & "More Fakes" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #362 September 2005

2005-09-26

Contents: 1. "Just One More BB Gun Story" & "Fake Items" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #361 September 2005

2005-09-22

Contents: 1. "One More BB Gun Story" and "Vinyl" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #360 September 2005

2005-09-19

Contents: 1. "Another BB Gun Story" and "Don't Touch" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #359 September 2005

2005-09-15

Contents: 1. "The Growing Dress" and "More BB Guns" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #358 September 2005

2005-09-12

Contents: 1. "Kids & Guns" and "The Right Place" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #357 September 2005

2005-09-09

Contents: 1. A note from a reader affected by Katrina 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #356 September 2005

2005-09-01

Contents: 1. "The Piano" & "The Angel" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #355 August 2005

2005-08-29

Contents: 1. "The Sellers Side" & "Don't Touch" & "The Trunk" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #354 August 2005

2005-08-25

Contents: 1. "Garage Sale" & "All Are Welcome" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Web Edition of Collectors Newsletter #353 is now online

2005-08-23

Contents: 1. "Access" & "Never Too old" & "Never Too Young" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #353 August 2005

2005-08-22

Contents: 1. "Access" & "Never Too old" & "Never Too Young" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Web Edition of Collectors Newsletter #352 is now online

2005-08-19

Contents: 1. More Kids (and adults) in Stores 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #352 August 2005

2005-08-18

Contents: 1. More Kids (and adults) in Stores 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Web Edition of Collectors Newsletter #351 is now online

2005-08-16

Contents: 1. "Kids in Stores" "Store Owners" "Dealers and Children" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #351 August 2005

2005-08-15

Contents: 1. "Kids in Stores" "Store Owners" "Dealers and Children" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Web Edition of Collectors Newsletter #350 is now online

2005-08-12

Contents: 1. "More "Space" Collectibles" & "More Walking" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Web Edition of Collectors Newsletter #350 is now online

2005-09-17

Contents: 1. "Insider Treasure" and "The Special Walk" and "The Hot list" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #350 August 2005

2005-08-11

Contents: 1. "More "Space" Collectibles" & "More Walking" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #349 August 2005

2005-08-08

Contents: 1. "Insider Treasure" and "The Special Walk" and "The Hot list" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #348 August 2005

2005-08-05

Contents: 1. "Space Cadet" and "More Wishbones" and "Pennies" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #348 August 2005

2005-08-04

Contents: 1. "Space Cadet" and "More Wishbones" and " 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #347 August 2005

2005-08-02

Contents: 1. Several interesting stories 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #347 August 2005

2005-08-01

Contents: 1. Several interesting stories 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #346 July 2005

2005-07-28

Contents: 1. "The Box" and "Found In The Walls" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #345 July 2005

2005-07-25

Contents: 1. "The Radio" and "Too Cheap" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #344 July 2005

2005-07-22

Contents: 1. "Doggie" and "The Shoe" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #344 July 2005

2005-07-21

Contents: 1. "Doggie" and "The Shoe" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #343 July 2005

2005-07-18

Contents: 1. "Gin" and "The Spurtle" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #342 July 2005

2005-07-14

Contents: 1. "Packrats" "The Bottle" "The Coat" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #341 July 2005

2005-07-11

Contents: 1. "Antique Dog" & "More Traps" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #340 July 2005

2005-07-07

Contents: 1. "Pricing" & "Wildlife" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #339 July 2005

2005-07-04

Contents: 1. "Dog Tags " & "Anethyst?" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #338 July 2005

2005-06-30

Contents: 1. "Another Trap Story " & "Buying money " 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #337 June 2005

2005-06-27

Contents: 1. "More Traps" & "The Box" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #336 June 2005

2005-06-23

Contents: 1. two "Yard Sale-ing" stories 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #335 June 2005

2005-06-21

Contents: 1. "The Canon Ball" & "Reader Comment" 2. Today's Headlines from News-Antique.com 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #334 June 2005

2005-06-16

Contents: 1. "The Dishes" and "The Nude" 2. STAR WARS collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #333 June 2005

2005-06-13

Contents: 1. "Old Razor" and "Having Fun" 2. Search Engine For Collectors 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #332 June 2005

2005-06-09

Contents: 1. "Hidden Art" and "Gold Treatment" 2. The "Hot List" of Antiques and Collectibles for June 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #331 June 2005

2005-06-06

Contents: 1. Vacuum Cleaner 2. The "Hot List" of Antiques and Collectibles for June 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #330 June 2005

2005-06-03

Contents: 1. "Glass" and "Knives" 2. Collectible Hair 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #329 May 2005

2005-05-31

Contents: 1. "The Painting" & "The Flag" 2. Send A Friend A Vintage Card 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #328 May 2005

2005-05-26

Contents: 1. "The Knife" & "More Knives" 2. Reader comments on $2 rug. 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #327 May 2005

2005-05-23

Contents: 1. The $2 Run 2. Get the Latest News about Antiques & Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Looking for Radio Talk Show Host 14. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #326 May 2005

2005-05-19

Contents: 1. This Little Piggy 2. Collector's Corner: S&H Green Stamps 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #325 May 2005

2005-05-16

Contents: 1. Wedgwood 2. The "Hot List' of antiques and collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Increase the value of your collection. (Sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #324 May 2005

2005-05-12

Contents: 1. An Autograph 2. More Serendipity 3. Your Classifieds 4. Your collection could be worth more if.... 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #323 May 2005

2005-05-09

Contents: 1. Serendipity 2. Finding Families 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #322 May 2005

2005-05-05

Contents: 1. "The Photo was waiting" & "A Letter From China" 2. Collector's Corner: Mad about MAD Magazine 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #321 May 2005

2005-05-02

Contents: 1. "Prohibition" and "The Photo" 2. Another New service for Collectors 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #320 April 2005

2005-04-27

Contents: 1. The Bottle 2. Finding Families 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #319 April 2005

2005-04-19

Contents: 1. "Snakes" and "The Fishing Room" 2. Finding Families 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #318 April 2005

2005-04-12

Contents: 1. The Aviators 2. "A Little Art" 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #317 April 2005

2005-04-11

Contents: 1. "Ugly Gift" and "Quilt" 2. Flow Blue 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #316 April 2005

2005-04-08

Contents: 1. "The Iron Thingy" and "The $1 Table" 2. Collector's Corner: Bohemian/Bavarian Glass 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #315 April 2005

2005-04-04

Contents: 1. "Barbie gets an extreme makeover" and "The Old Photo" 2. Get your stuff sold on TV 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #314 April 2005

2005-03-31

Contents: 1. "Chairs" and "The Doll" 2. Animal Antiques 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #313 March 2005

2005-03-28

Contents: 1. Love 2. Cards Cards and More Cards 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #312 March 2005

2005-03-24

Contents: 1. "Saving Letter" and "Bottles" 2. Where are you from and what do you collect? 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #311 March 2005

2005-03-21

Contents: 1. "Comments from readers" and "A Postcard" 2. Collector's Corner: Miniature Books 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #310 March 2005

2005-03-17

Contents: 1. "The White Elephant" and "Doll in the Outhouse" 2. Collectible Clothing 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #309 March 2005

2005-03-09

Contents: 1. "The Cross" & "The Postcard" 2. Antique Pens and Pencils 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #308 March 2005

2005-03-07

Contents: 1. "A Little Yarn" and "Desert Rose" 2. Collector's Corner: Controversial Toys 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #307 March 2005

2005-03-03

Contents: 1. "The Cane" and "The Lamp" 2. The "Hot List" of antiques and collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #306 March 2005

2005-02-28

Contents: 1. The Tea Pot 2. Collector's Corner Vintage Mini-Arcade Video Games 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #304 February 2005

2005-02-24

Contents: 1. "The Trap" and "The Painting" 2. Go Into Business for Yourself 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #303 February 2005

2005-02-21

Contents: 1. "The Living Trunk" and "The Cabin" 2. Affordable Coin Collecting for Kids 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #302 February 2005

2005-02-17

Contents: 1. The Box 2. Fabulous Forties & Fifties 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #301 February 2005

2005-02-14

Contents: 1. The Thimble 2. Interesting items 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #300 February 2005

2005-02-10

Contents: 1. Old Magazines & Money 2. The "Hot List" of antiques & collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #299 February 2005

2005-02-08

Contents: 1. "Found Mail" & "Found Money" 2. Collector's Corner: Zippo Cigarette Lighters 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #298 February 2005

2005-02-03

Contents: 1. Found Money 2. Hawaiian Shirts 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #297 February 2005

2005-01-31

Contents: 1. "Finds in the U.K." & "The Estate Sale" & "The Watch" 2. Collector's Corner: Bakelite testing tip 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #296 January 2005

2005-01-27

Contents: 1. Stories of past things 2. Collector's Corner: Bakelite 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #295 January 2005

2005-01-24

Contents: 1. "Crochet" and "The Pie Table" 2. Collector's Corner: Yo-Yos 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #294 January 2005

2005-01-21

Contents: 1. A nice selection of different tidbits... 2. Collector's Corner: Interesting reading on GI JOE 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #293 January 2005

2005-01-18

Contents: 1. "Throw it out" and "The decline of society.." 2. Collector's Corner: Matchcovering Collectors 3. Your Classifieds 4. Improve your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #292 January 2005

2005-01-13

Contents: 1. "Seldom Used" words 2 2. Collector's Corner: Black Memorabilia 3. Your Classifieds 4. What you need for your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #291 January 2005

2005-01-10

Contents: 1. More on "Seldom Used" vintage words 2. Some Interesting Vintage Postcards 3. Your Classifieds 4. What you need for your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #290 January 2005

2005-01-06

Contents: 1. Words from the past 2. Red Cross Refuses Donations from eBay Competitor 3. Your Classifieds 4. What you need for your collection. (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #289 January 2005

2005-01-03

Contents: 1. Passing them on 2. The Top 30 searches for Antiques & Collectibles in 2004 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #288 December 2004

2004-12-30

Contents: 1. Matchbooks for kids & The Dime 2. Happy New Year! Send A Card Today! 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #287 December 2004

2004-12-27

Contents: 1. Miss Universe & Old Flame 2. Happy New Year! Send A Card Today! 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #286 December 2004

2004-12-20

Contents: 1. More Humor 2. Send Your Free Christmas Cards Today! 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #285 December 2004

2004-12-16

Contents: 1. The Bronze & The Shaker 2. Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #284 December 2004

2004-12-14

Contents: 1. The Table 2. Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. Software For Collectors. The Perfect Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #283

2004-12-10

Contents: 1. The Book & Rummaging 2. Some great affordable Gift ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #282 December 2004

2004-12-07

Contents: 1. The Vanilla Soda & The Year 1904 2. eBay Sales Analysis 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #281 December 2004

2004-12-03

Contents: 1. The Box 2. The "Hot List" of antiques and collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #280 November 2004

2004-11-30

Contents: 1. Durham Cattle & Saint Palloti 2. Safe online shopping & Fun Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #279 November 2004

2004-11-25

Contents: 1. THe Varsity Letter & The Rocking Chair 2. Safe online shopping & Fun Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #278 November 2004

2004-11-23

Contents: 1. Hurricane 2. Safe online shopping & Fun Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #277 November 2004

2004-11-18

Contents: 1. The Bell 2. Safe online shopping & Fun Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #276 November 2004

2004-11-15

Contents: 1. The Frame 2. Fun Holiday Gift Ideas 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #275 November 2004

2004-11-12

Contents: 1. The Hazards of Collecting & Mirrors 2. Some neat things to look at 3. Your Classifieds 4. The Perfect Holiday Gift (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #274 November 2004

2004-11-08

Contents: 1. The Mirror 2. The "Hot List" of Antiques & Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #273 November 2004

2004-11-04

Contents: 1. The Christmas Snowman & The Friendly Ghost 2. Thanksgiving is coming 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #272 October 2004

2004-10-28

Contents: 1. A Story for Halloween & The Mirror 2. PLEASE take the time to VOTE 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News From the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #271 October 2004

2004-10-25

Contents: 1. The Mantle 2. Get Ready to VOTE 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #271 October 2004

2004-10-21

Contents: 1. Souvenir 2. Get Ready to VOTE 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #270 October 2004

2004-10-18

Contents: 1. Family "Hairloom" 2. The Atlantique City Show. 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #269 October 2004

2004-10-11

Contents: 1. The Sideboard & A tale for Halloween 2. Vintage Halloween Items 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. News From the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #268 October 2004

2004-10-07

Contents: 1. The Phone & The Goblet 2. Barbie® Online Charity Auction 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #267 October 2004

2004-10-04

Contents: 1."Travel in time" & "Baking" 2. The new "Hot List" of antiques and collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #266 October 2004

2004-09-30

Contents: 1. A Trip From the Past 2. Weller Pottery 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #266 October 2004

2004-09-30

Contents: 1. A Trip From the Past 2. 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #265 September 2004

2004-09-27

Contents: 1. The Bottle 2. Fulper Pottery 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. A NEW book from the Kovels 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #264 September 2004

2004-09-23

Contents: 1. The Photo Album & What's in a name? 2. Celebrate the start of Autumn 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #263 September 2004

2004-09-20

Contents: 1. "The Card" & "No Food Processor" 2. Worlds Fair Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #262 September 2004

2004-09-16

Contents: 1. "The Desk" & "A Thank You" 2. Fun with Vintage drinking glasses 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #261 September 2004

2004-09-13

Contents: 1. The Dishes & Gumballs 2. Free Vintage Cards 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #260 September 2004

2004-09-09

Contents: 1. Two stories about "Modern Cooking" 2. Free Vintage Cards 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #259 August 2004

2004-09-07

Contents: 1. Vintage "High Tech" Cooking & A Reader Needs Some Assistance 2. After Summer Postcards 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #258 August 2004

2004-09-03

Contents: 1. The Candlesticks 2. The "Hot List" of antiques and collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #257 August 2004

2004-08-30

Contents: 1. Grandma's Apron 2. Vintage Motor Scooters 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #256 August 2004

2004-08-26

Contents: 1. The Painting & The Ashtray II 2. Celebrity Autographs 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #255 August 2004

2004-08-23

Contents: 1. The Painting & The Ashtray 2. Presidential Memorabilia 3. Your Classifieds 4. Managing your Collection (sponsors message) 5. Lost and Found 6. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 7. Newly listed items 8. Funny Old Stuff 9. Wanted ads. Can you help? 10. A Vintage Recipe 11. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 12. New Online Merchants 13. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #254 August 2004

2004-08-19

Contents: 1. Reunited & The Picture 2. Olympic Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #254 August 2004

2004-08-19

Contents: 1. Reunited & The Picture 2. Olympic Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #253 August 2004

2004-08-17

Contents: 1. The "Stopper" & The Bookcase 2. Vintage Bottles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #252 August 2004

2004-08-11

Contents: 1. "The Bowl" & "The Stick" & "The Chest" 2. Vintage Bottles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #251 August 2004

2004-08-05

Contents: 1. "The Cookbook" & "The Sale" 2. Avon Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #250 August 2004

2004-08-02

Contents: 1. The Dresser 2. The new "Hot List" of Antiques & Collectibles 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #249 July 2004

2004-07-29

Contents: 1. "The Gavel" & "The Painting" 2. Fenton Glass 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #248 July 2004

2004-07-27

Contents: 1. "A little school work" & "The Basket" 2. Teapots - A Hot Collectible 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #247 July 2004

2004-07-22

Contents: 1. Yearbook & The Quilt 2. Collectors Corner: Remember those big LaserDiscs? 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. NEWS FROM THE KOVELS 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #246 July 2004

2004-07-20

Contents: 1. Pictures from the Past 2. Dolls 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. Kovels....Flea Market Finds and More 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #245 July 2004

2004-07-13

Contents: 1. Pictures from the Past 2. Dolls 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. Kovels....Flea Market Finds and More 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #244 July 2004

2004-07-08

Contents: 1. "More Than Custard" & "Found Money" 2. Carnival Glass 3. Your Classifieds 4. Lost and Found 5. Kovels....Flea Market Finds and More 6. Newly listed items 7. Funny Old Stuff 8. Wanted ads. Can you help? 9. A Vintage Recipe 10. A Vintage Recipe Request from a Reader 11. New Online Merchants 12. Helpful Resources For Collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #258 July 2004

2004-07-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- This is not so much an email about one item as it is a question about a certain item. When I was a small child, I would go in the kitchen of my grandmothers, we called her "Big Mama" but she wasn't but 5'6". On a shelf over the sink was a small bottle. The bottle had one of those bulb squeezers on it connected to a tube that went inside of it. My grandmother had somewhat of an operatic voice and would spray her throat once in a while with this "stuff" in the bottle. No one, to this day knows what was generally used in these bottles, no one in my family anyway? Since about 50 years ago we didn't have the things we do now on the market, it bothers me trying to figure out what might have been in the spray bottle, that would have been used on ones throat? If anyone has any ideas at all I would love to hear from you? Please contact me at Dyneau@aol.com Dyan -- Another Story -- My Great aunt's sister-in-law passed away at the age of 92. She married late in life, and had no children. She was always a part of our family festivities and I spent many hours visiting her, and enjoying her company, I didn't realize until I was about 30 years old, that we were not really related. Her only living relative, her nephew, had an auction sale of all her things and her parent's things because she had taken care of them, and lived in their house. I was upset because the dressers were filled with personal papers and family photos and documents! Some of the relatives asked if they could have the documents and pictures, and the nephew said "Sure" so it was a scramble to find everything that we could before the auction. The auction was heart breaking, the auctioneer said, just pick out a box and bid on it-sometimes just getting a $1 for a choice box on the trailer. I had just about given up on the whole auction when I realized that a painting of aunty was going up for bids! I started to bid, while looking around to see who was bidding against me, (I had been bidding against my mother for another item and didn't want to repeat that mistake again). I didn't see who it was, so I kept bidding. I got the painting, and I thought I had gotten a million dollars. She had shown it to me a while back and told me the story about her being a nursing student and taking such good care of one of her patients, that he wanted to give her some money. She informed him that they couldn't do such things, and that she was just doing her job. He still wanted to do something for her, so he painted this portrait as a graduation gift. It had been sitting in a closet for over 70 years! As I was taking my treasure to the car, one of her friends came up to me and told me she had been bidding against me for it-I felt a little bad, and offered to share it with her, she told me that she was sure the right person got the picture by the look of joy on my face. She then directed me to a lady who had been bidding on it too. They wanted to put up a hall of fame in the small town hospital where she had worked for 50 years and had become a legend in her own time. I told them that the painting needed a good frame, and that I would LEND it to them for a while. Right now, I am enjoying the painting for myself. Sonja M. -- Another Story -- Pearls - The "tooth" test We had quite a few folks ask about the pearl "tooth" test, in response to a story sent in by a reader in our last issue. People wanted to know how it worked. One very simple way of finding out if pearls are real is putting them against your teeth, rubbing them along the teeth gently. If the pearls feel "sandy" or gritty and hard like sand, they are real. If they feel smooth or slippery and somewhat soft, they are simulated. If you are not sure, ask a jeweler. -- Tell us a story about an unusual or odd antique or collectible that you own. Where did it come from and what makes it so unusual. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #256 June 2004

2004-06-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Hidden Treasure. I am a faithful reader of your newsletter and have always thought of sending in the story of my best find. Today is the day. I have been a flea marketer more years than I care to remember. Auctions have always been a great way to increase my inventory with the least expense, therefore, I have been "hooked" on them for years. At our local auction there are always antique jewelry dealers who always seem to outbid me and get the best deals. After several attempts to buy some decent jewelry, I gave up and settled on a small box of what one dealer defined as junk. My bid was $8.00. After the auction, I dumped the box on the kitchen table and started sorting through it. To my amazement, there was a very old ring in the pile that was very dirty. I cleaned it and examined it closely. It turned out to be a diamond and sapphire set in 14K white gold from the 1930s-appraised value $843.00. I hope that dealer shows me more junk boxes, I'll be sure to buy them. P.S. The ring has been given to my oldest daughter in appreciation for all the help she has given me over the years. Dianne H. -- Another Story -- Uncle Charlie When my great aunt who had never had children of her own, passed away, she left her estate to my mother. We divided her things with other nieces and nephews. The most sought after items were pictures of their ancestors. The house was an old farm house with the "Dog-trot" hall down the middle and had been built by my Greatgrandpa. It still had all those family pictures in oval frames with the concave glass. Some relatives were out of state so we just left theirs hanging in the house until we had the time to clear it out properly. In the meantime a family came through the comminity who needed a place to stay, so my mother being the kind hearted person she was told them they could stay there. Needless to say when they walked, so did a lot of things from the house. Quite a few years later my sister-in-law from the other side of the family was doing a craft project and wanted me to see what she had found in one of the "junk shops" in our town for her project. When she pulled her box out from under the bed where she had her things stored, low and behold there was "Uncle Charlie" staring back at me. I immediately called my Mother who in turn informed Uncle Charlie's children of my find. Uncle Charlie had died as a very young man leaving 4 young sons and a daughter. The son from Colorado was the first to visit, so Uncle Charlie went home with his own son. He now is with one of his grandaughters, and others in his family have had the picture copied...Sharon -- Tell us a story about an unusual or odd antique or collectible that you own. Where did it come from and what makes it so unusual. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #255 June 2004

2004-06-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The "Pearls" I have enjoyed the hidden finds stories very much and figure it is time to share mine. My wife and I had moved back to Maine and were going to visit old friends in the country. We managed to get behind a logging truck that was going very slow so when my wife spied a yard sale we pulled in to give the truck time to get on up the road. I only had $3 on me in cash so I limited my purchases to a couple pieces of jewelry. One was a silver pin and the other a strand of broken pearls. The lady said I would have to restring them but as they had a 14K clasp I figured they were worth the $2 she was asking for them. When we arrived at my friend's home she asked me how to know real pearls from the simulated ones I had just bought. I told her about rubbing a pearl against your tooth and showed her how. To my surprise, the ones I had bought were real! I had them restrung and gave them to my wife. The gentleman that restrung them said they were worth $600. This year we passed them on to our granddaughter for her high school graduation. Bob -- Tell us a story about an unusual or odd antique or collectible that you own. Where did it come from and what makes it so unusual. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #254 June 2004

2004-06-23

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Turtle For several years I've had a small collection of books from around the 1900's. They were given to me by my cousin who purchased an old house in upstate Pennsylvania. In the house were many shelves of old books left there by the previous owner. I picked a few out, took them home and set them on a shelf just to decorate. After sitting on the same shelf for about six years I decided to look them over. Inside one of the books I found an old mini calender. The date on the calender was 1895. It was clear with a swirly design of browns and yellows running through it. It looked to me like it was made out of some sort of plastic. Not knowing, I put it on E-bay and described it as a calender made of some sort of old plastic, thinking maybe I could get 2 or 3 dollars for it. Luckily a friend who decided to see if I had anything for sale saw it and immediately contacted me. My friend said "They didn't make plastic in 1895!". "What you have there is real tortoiseshell" I took the calender off e-bay right away. I was stunned to find out later that the tortoiseshell calender is worth about $100.00 or more. I also learned that some species of tortoise are on the endangered list and that items made from them should not be sold legally. " It just goes to show you, Sometime when you least expect it you might be looking at a real treasure without even knowing it. Always do your research! --Another Story-- Hand me down Have been receiving your newsletter and really do enjoy the stories. I have one that might be of some interest. As a child I always loved mom's jewelry box and all the bright pieces that she would let me try on. There was always one that held my total fascination and it had belonged to my great grandmother Burgess. All of the pictures of her were of a little tiny granny with long black dress and an apron over it. She wore her hair in a little bun and looked so sweet. So the necklace belonging to her was so out of character. It was a choker of sorts, with beautiful black cut glass with shiny diamonds in the middle and a little drop glass stone in the very center. What every little girl needed to be a princess. I wore it many times, and then when I got older my mom gave it to me with the story that granny B. had worn it one time to a dance and then put it away. Went to my granny, then to my mom and then to me. I am 56 yrs old and still have it. The best part occurred a few years ago when I went to bring my granny to live with me and as we sorted out some things to pack a bright and shiny bracelet fell out of a slip. When I picked it up to my amazement it was identical to the necklace. Granny told me that there used to be a necklace and that they thought it had been lost or stolen, and she was quite sad about it. I happily told her that I had the necklace in my possession and they could be put together again if that was her wish. They are both in my safe keeping, to be passed onto my granddaughter Katie who is named for me and my mother. I have written all of the story down and put it with the pieces so that she can share it someday with her own child. It was considered to be costume jewelry but it has turned out to be a legacy of a Cherokee Indian granny who had her one special piece of jewelry and left a life-time of love and memories for me and mine. Catherine S. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #253 June 2004

2004-06-17

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Letters About five months ago I purchased 150 first day covers from the local auction. They were addressed to numerous people at different Towns and Cities around the U.S.A and Canada. I attended the flea market several times and sold about 90 of them. My last visit, due to the market closing, I was approached by a lady who said she was from out of town and visiting an old friend who collected stamps and in particular, stamps with flowers on them. We went through the first day covers and she found one she liked and then she gasped, "I cant believe what I am seeing " she said "The address on this envelope is the address of the friend I am going to see". There were in fact three covers with that address on and she bought the three. The person who had collected some of the first day covers had lived at that address some 20 years ago. Was that coincidence or fate, who knows ??. Mike B. --Another Story-- Sally When I was a small boy, we lived with my grandmother until I was 10-years-old. On Saturday nights, when my parents would have their night out, my grandmother, whose name was Sally, used to have our "party night." We would listen to the radio - Sergeant Preston, Gang Busters, The Lone Ranger, etc. Then she would read to me from a collection of fairy tales she had. One night, I was about four at the time, I climbed under her bed and noticed this odd shaped box. I pulled it out and asked her what it was. It was her guitar that she used to play before she was married. I asked her to show me, so she got it out, tuned it up, and played me a song. The guitar and the music she made on it, became part of our Saturday night entertainment from that point on. It turns out, my grandmother was a guitar player back in the days when women didn't do such things! When she died the guitar came to rest for years in my parent's attic. I had gone off to college and eventually became a musician. On a trip home, I came upon the guitar and asked if I could have it. I took it to a repair shop to have it set up, and it turns out the guitar - a 1910 double arched Gibson, is extremely rare and valuable, possibly handmade by Mr. Gibson himself! I have cherished that guitar for many years now and have even recorded with it. I've been offered a lot of money for it, but some things are truly priceless. Every time I pull it from its musty-smelling case, and begin to play, I am transported back to those Saturday nights we spent together. A few years ago, I was burglarized and the thieves made off with over $10,000 in musical equipment. But "Sally" (what I call the guitar) was sitting out on a stand in plain view, and they never touched it. Coincidence? Irish luck? Or was it my grandmother looking over it? On my left arm is a tattoo of the guitar with the word "Sally" inscribed across it. Invariably, people will ask who's Sally? When I tell them it was my grandmother and relate the story of the guitar, they seem to sense that love, symbolized by this guitar, can never be bought nor sold. ....Kelly D. -- Another Story -- Ways to Kill I liked the story about the magician who searches antique stores for "ways to murder people" (collectors Newsletter #238), and it takes the store owner a while to show him the guns, knives, etc. When my mom passed away, I was looking under a permanently stationed drawer in her mobile home to find straight razors, brass knuckles, knives, etc. either hidden there by her away from my brother, who was schizophrenic and prone to bazaar behavior patterns, or by him for when he thought he would need them. Either way they were hidden in my sock drawer until I figured out how to dispose of them and my granddaughter found them while borrowing some socks and politely asked me why I kept weapons in my drawers. Thanks for the chuckle! Linda. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #252 June 2004

2004-06-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Mom's Things The stories of loved ones and their possessions prompted me to write. I believe the spirit of the owner lives on in their possessions, so be careful what you do with those items! Your loved ones are watching! My sister and I inherited many of our mother's favorite china and glass antiques after she passed away. Last summer I had one of my mom's favorite china plates displayed on a plate stand on a table in my foyer. The front door was open and the wind knocked the plate off the table to the hardwood floor. Amazingly, the plate didn't break or even get chipped. I knew mom had to be watching over that plate. Last week mom was watching once again. On my coffee table I have a 3 piece set of cranberry glass - two tall vases and a matching rose bowl that belonged to mom. I somehow managed to knock one of the delicate, thin vases over. It crashed onto the coffee table like a falling tree! Once again, it didn't break or even chip. Mom's spirit to the rescue again. Today... yep, you guessed it - I have a lovely opalescent perfume bottle with doves on the stopper that I bought my mom years ago. It sits on a china tray on my dresser. The windows were open and the wind knocked the perfume bottle over onto the china tray. It hit so hard I heard it in another room. Yet again, it didn't break. I couldn't believe it!! Mom definitely is trying hard to keep her beloved antiques from breaking. My sister and I sell on-line and we've been weeding our collections. Several weeks ago I sold a piece of my mom's glass to a woman who told me she had over 400 pieces of this particular glass but this piece was the finest and most beautiful she'd ever bought. She signed her name to the email... MARY. That was our mother's name. Rather spooky!! Now the funny part - my sister sold a Limoges cake plate that belonged to our mom (we have so many things we just can't keep all of them) and she packed the dish as she always does with lots of packing peanuts and bubble wrap in a priority box. The dish arrived.....broken. The new owner's name was NOT Mary. Think mom was trying to tell her something? We are convinced mom is at work here! What do you think?...Judy C. --Another Story-- The Table When I was growing up in the 50's, my mother, sister, and I, lived in Mason City, Iowa with my Grandmother Caldwell. She had a tiny house where she had lived since her marriage, without more than the bare necessities. In the living room there was one piece that even as a child I thought very beautiful, a round, pedestal lamp table made out of walnut. I did not even know until decades later that it was a tilt-top tea table, I only admired it. It had been made for her in the midst of the Depression by a teenager whom she had befriended. He worked as a helper with my Grandfather, as a bread deliveryman. My Grandfather would often bring him home to supper as he was motherless and his father an alchohalic (or so the story goes). My Grandmother would mend his clothes and generally make him welcome, even when she was not sure how the mortgage would be paid that month and she had three children of her own to feed. He must have been grateful because he made this little table in shop class and gave it to her where it had the place of honor for fifty years until her death at age eighty. I lived at a distance, so had to return home quickly after her funeral. Nothing so surely brought the fact of her death and absence so bitterly home, as loading this little table into the car for the trip home. I love this simple little table and I believe that my love of Queen Anne furniture began with it. But I love more what it says about my Grandmother and her character and kindness. Today, it also has the place of honor in my living room. Yet, that day, or any day after, I would have cheerfully chopped it into kindling for a little more time with her. Laura -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #251 June 2004

2004-06-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We want to hear any interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Hidden Treasure For many years I "collected" old books. At one time in had become quite an addiction. I answered an ad in our local newspaper for a set of books which I had been looking for. When I went to purchase the book set I learned that the entire contents of the house were going to be sold by way of an estate sale. There was a whole wall of shelves filled with books! I asked the woman in charge if she would give me a price on buying all of the books. She declined to do so saying that the estate sale was going to be for a full week and they would probably do well with the books. She had even had an appraiser come in to price each book. I did purchase a small table while I was there and made arrangements to return on the last day of the sale to pick it up. When I returned to pick up the table, the lady asked if I was still interested in the "wall of books". I told her I did not think so as they had been picked over for a week and most of the better ones were probably gone. However, she made me an offer I could not refuse, everything on the wall of shelves for fifty dollars. It took me two trips in a small pick-up to bring the boxes home. The were left in a spare room for about six months before I took the time to sort through them. Box by box, book by book, some old newspapers, a small box of dress patterns, etc. I opened the box of dress patterns and pulled some out to see if they might be real old, they were not so I sat them aside to take to the goodwill store along with some of the books. About ten minutes later something flashed through my mind, I remembered the lady from the estate sale had told me the estate had belonged to a single man who had never been married. Why, I wondered would a single man have had a box of dress patterns mixed in with his books and newspapers? I retrieved the patterns and started looking a little closer. The dress patterns in the bottom of the box were shaped a little different from all the others. Upon unfolding the last four or five patterns I found odd twenty and ten dollar bills totaling over 2,400.00 dollars! This box had been overlooked by an appraiser, hundreds of people looking at the books for a week and now, almost thrown out. What made me take a second look? I thing the old gentleman wanted me to find his hidden treasure before it was lost forever! *** How about you? Tell us your story of a hidden treasure that you found. Send it to newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #250 June 2004

2004-06-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story about how fate brought you an antique or collectible that you now cherish. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- POW-MIA bracelets We've had several readers write in about these. many people don't know what to do with them. Last week a reader wrote in with the address of a Web site that may be of help. If you have one of the breacelets and need info on what to do with it, check out this Web site at: http://www.pownetwork.org/bracelet.htm . *****If you have a story about these bracelets, please share it with us. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Another Story -- I was just reading about the finding of money in a ratty bag and a cook book. One day I brought some items home from my sister's house. She had recently passed on. My husband built shelves for these items. Things such as, soap liquid, furniture polish and etc, were now all carefully shelved. One day about a year later I was looking for a soap pad and remembered the box of my sister's stuff down stairs on the shelves. Well there was one left and I started to throw the box away, when I looked in it and found a bundle of something wound up at the bottom of the box. I pulled in out and there was a bundle $100's and twenties. It all added up to $750. I guess she guided me to it. I just wonder if I threw a lot more out. Oh well maybe someone found it. I hope so. *****If you have an interesting story about found money, please send it to newsletter@tias.com -- Another Story -- On occasion, I babysit for my 3 and 5 year old nieces~Faith and Ryenn. I like to give them items to play with that might stimulate their minds and keep their little hands busy. Usually, good old fashioned toys like pots and pans, paper and crayons~~not mechanized toys or the television. One day I gave them a large padlock to play with. I showed them first how to put the key in and then open and close the lock. My 3 year old, Faith, was the first to have a go at it. She finally got the key in and was working very hard to get the lock open. After several tries with no success she said "I think it needs batteries." *****If you have an interesting story about kids and "antique" technology, please send it to us at newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #249 June 2004

2004-06-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us an interesting story about how fate brought you an antique or collectible that you now cherish. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- It wanted to come home I had inherited a large dresser, called a tallboy, with beautiful lines, cedar-lined locking drawers and a sliding jewelry tray inside another drawer, all-in-all, a very special piece to me. I was visiting a friend who had purchased a very large antique buffet-type piece of furniture at auction and found that she couldn't use it. I told her I already had furniture wall-to-wall in my house but I'd look at it. As soon as I saw it, I KNEW I had to have it -- the style was exactly the same as the tallboy. Believe it or not, my key fits both pieces of furniture....Phyllis -- Another Story -- Fox Holes Back in the 80's I was in the Army and stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. We spent alot of time out in "the field" on maneuvers. We also spent alot of time digging fox holes and when there was nothing more important to do we "improved" our foxholes making them bigger and better. Everytime we moved to a new location everyone had to dig a new personal foxhole. One day upon "improving" a foxhole going deeper and wider I hit something hard. This was unusual since if I remember right they call that area something like the sand hills. I eased up on the shoveling and turned into a temporary archeologist. What I had found was an old "Canada Dry Spur" bottle. After further exploration in the same vicinity I ended up with two "Canada Dry Spur " bottles and one "Joe Louis Punch" bottle completely intact. Of course they were empty. After years and years of randomly trying to get some info about them finally the internet came along and I purchased a computer. It still was not easy researching these bottles, especially the value. I have finally found and concluded that they are not really very valuable but I still have them, never-the-less, now displayed in my office at work....Jim D. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #248June 2004

2004-06-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read this stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with something that just 'seemed to want to come home.'. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Sleigh This story is one that is similar to many that I've read in your newsletter but one that I think is interesting. About 5 years ago I worked at a resale consignment shop. The owner didn't deal much in vintage or antique items, but occasionally he would take some of the older pieces to sell and many times it was me who would purchase them, as I have that love for "old" things. One day when I arrived at work, I found that someone had consigned an antique red wicker and iron sleigh. This was a small sleigh, surely made for a child; I'm sure it was to be pulled by hand, as you would with a child's sled nowadays. It wasn't priced yet but I knew that it was going home with me. It was one of those times where you really didn't care what the price was, you just had to have it! My father had given me a beautiful doll a few years before, a very unusual gift to come from him, and I decided that I had to have this sleigh to put my beautiful Victorian doll in. The doll was very special to me because my father had taken the time to pick it out and I thought it very sweet coming from a man who never in his life had shopped for anything "girlie". At the time, he said it was so I'd have a "baby girl", since we had 3 sons and weren't about to try again for a girl! The owner of the shop was not at work yet, so when lunch time came around and I had to leave for awhile, I told my co-worker to tell the owner that I wanted to purchase the sleigh so not to sell it to anyone else. When I returned from lunch, I discovered that the sleigh was gone, having been sold while I was away. I learned that as soon as the owner of the store had arrived, he sent my co-worker to lunch and he had forgotten to pass on the message. Someone came in the shop and was interested in the sleigh and the owner sold it. Needless to say, I was heartbroken! The sleigh would have been just the perfect display piece for my vintage style doll. I continued my search, but couldn't find anything that I liked, in which to display the doll; nothing did it justice. I wanted something very special because the doll was very special to me. About two years later, while I was at work, I was shocked to see the same sleigh being carried into the shop by one of my co-workers! They had gone to a woman's home to pick up furniture and other items because she was moving across country and was consigning most of her things with the shop, rather than move them. I have to tell you that the sleigh never touched the floor! It was in the trunk of my car within 2 minutes! My dad passed away about 3 weeks later, and I know that somehow he had a hand, along with the "powers that be" in getting that sleigh back where it belonged! Never doubt the power of love! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #247May 2004

2004-05-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with rings that have been lost and found. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Parking Meters Decades ago, my husband and I took off with our four small children for a trip to Padre Island--our first real vacation trip. While at the beach, way up on the National Seashore, I took off my engagement ring, a beautiful 1-carat emerald-cut diamond solitaire, and put it in my billfold so it wouldn't get lost while digging moats for our sand castles. I loved this ring, just as I loved my beautiful mother-in-law who had, I later learned, been more than instrumental in seeing that her rather tightfisted son present me with an "appropriate" stone. Actually, I'm not really the big diamond type. People were always asking me if it were really "real"! And following the first prideful flush of the engaged-to-be-married state--when the fingernails on my left hand grew out to an absolutely socially acceptable length--I had somehow developed a bad, bad habit of frequently taking my ring off--to do dishes, to type, to play the piano, to knead the dough for homemade bread. Taking it off to help the children dig in the sand seemed an entirely natural thing to do. Sure, I'd lost it before, but it was always found somewhere in the house, because somewhere in the house is where I always seemed to be, too. But I had pitched a fit to go to a beach, to have the children see the ocean before they got too old to appreciate it! Children give parents some great excuses to cut loose and have fun! So there we were, hundreds of miles from home, happily sifting sand, with no notion of the emotional horror and guilt and regret ahead. We only had time and money for two nights on Padre and barely got back to the motel before check-out time so we could pack up and head home to Oklahoma. That's when I realized I'd left my billfold on the beach. Talk about distraught! We arranged for a late check-out and rushed back to "our" deserted part of the beach, but, of course, the billfold wasn't there. Right after we left the parking area, we noticed a jeep pulling up behind us and honking repeatedly, but my husband, not the most trusting tourist in the world, gave our old Ford the gas and sped on. Back at the motel, I tearfully called the police who said to call the sheriff's office in Brownsville and a clerk there took my contact information with obvious reluctance and said, in essence, so sorry, not a lot they could hope to do about it. We had almost finished loading up the cooler, the diaper bag, the stuffed animals and toys, all the paraphrenalia that goes with traveling with a baby and three pre-schoolers, when the phone rang in our motel room. "Is this Elizabeth ...?" For a minute, I was confused because I never used my first name except for things like driver's licenses and such. "Did you lose something?" I started sobbing (again) and said, "Oh, please, just keep the money [probably all of $5, counting change], keep the billfold, but please, please, do you have my ring--we'll pay you..." The man on the line, a Mr. Magee, sort of chuckled and said, "Oh, that won't be necessary." Later, I found out why! He gave us directions to his home where we could retrieve my carelessly lost treasure. We drove to the other side of the island and pulled up at the designated address--and there was the grandest waterfront home I'd ever seen, with a yacht or two moored out front. Mr. Magee told us he had tried to follow us in his jeep and then had systematically started calling every hotel and motel in the area to see if they had someone registered with the name found in the billfold. Bingo! This wealthy retired businessman chatted with us quite a bit. I kept telling him how grateful I was--for his honesty and for the fact that he was a Mr. Magee and not a Mr. Magoo! I promised one and all I'd be more careful with my ring--and I have been, ever since. Before leaving, this kind man gave me a poem he had written. I carried it folded in my various billfolds over the years, just to remind me how honest and wonderful people can be, and also--this could be called The Rest of the Story-- to remind me not to get too disgruntled whenever I forgot to feed the meter and ended up with an overdue parking fine. You see, the man who found and returned my beautiful ring to me was another Okie, Mr. Carl C. Magee--and he had made his fortune by inventing the parking meter! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #246 May 2004

2004-05-23

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with rings that have been lost and found. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- I have two stories about lost rings ... Story One: When Step dad died, my Mother gave me the first ring he gave her. It was a lovely large diamond, and when I had it cleaned, I was told it was very rare and appraised for over $5,000 (in 1975). I wore it everyday and often took it off to when my hands got wet and put it on a counter or in my pocket. This led to a "Ring search" every once in a while. One day it was missing, but was never found. Five years later, we were moving and my husband went under the crawl space to get the dryer vent loose. He found a pile of soot and kind of felt through it and got over #20 in change and bills and a couple of small toys. He dragged the vent under the house and took it to the garbage, to shake it out. As he shook he saw something shiny fall into the can and pulled out my diamond ring! It had melted in a week spot and lodged on one of the rings in the vent for five years! I no longer put rings in pockets or shelves. Story Two: One summer, my husband and younger brother worked at a summer camp. This was right after his brother had graduated. They where boating and swimming and helping build a new deck out on the lake, when Steve (brother) noticed his new class ring was missing. They dived and looked each day after, but the sediment was thick and kids were mucking about swimming and playing. So it was given up for lost. Every year after, they would go fishing at that same lake, even after we all were married. Once summer, the owner drained the lake to restock the fish in it. Steve got a phone call to see what they found of his ... yep! They found his ring in the mud 15 years later! Moral: So, never give up on lost items ... they may turn up someday! Diane P. --Another Story-- As an immigrant from Italy and the mother of 13 children, my great grand mom Rosa didn’t have very many “treasures”, so to speak. But one of the things she did have, was a platinum ring with a small diamond in it, like a cocktail ring. I remember her as a child, lovingly brushing my long hair as we sat in the sun in the yard, the ring glinting in the sun and being fascinated. Well, after many years of living a good and happy life, my Great grand mom passed away. No one to call me her “little bambino” anymore. The estate went to the youngest “child” (the only one not married) and he very quickly disposed of the estate before anyone had a chance to request a personal remembrance. My mother was heartbroken. Unbeknownst to us, her mother (my grand mom) had the ring at her house (great grand mom sometimes stayed at my grandmothers) and my mother found the ring after her mother passed. A few years went by, and one day my mother lost the ring in the parking lot at her job. She was devastated since this was one of the few things of Great Grand mom’s that she had. She looked around the lot everyday, but to no avail. Finally, after about 6 months, my mother noticed something shiny. Lo and behold, it was the ring! It had been run over and was in bad shape, but she had the ring back. She tried everywhere, but no one wanted to attempt to fix it. It wasn’t worth their time. My mother didn’t care though, she had Grand mom Rose’s ring back. Eventually the ring came to me when my mother passed away. I had a wonderful jeweler who was actually able to fix it and it looks as good as new. Someday, this remembrance will go to one of my daughters. They never met their Great Great Grand mom, but will always have a great story to pass to their children. Grand mom Rose wants this ring to stay in the family. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #245 May 2004

2004-05-17

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items that were found in unusual places. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Furniture Returns When my Great Grandparents estate was settled in 1948, one of my Great Aunts, purchased the house, farm and contents as one lump sum to expedite the division of the remaining real estate etc.. She named a Sat for her brother and sisters to gather to claim anything that they would desire from the estate. This Saturday arrived and all gathered, but few took anything of any real value, feeling that they really did not want all that old stuff. As the years passed on occasion she would be asked by one family member or the other about acquiring one of the many things that were still in the house. She always refused, stating that everyone had had their chance. At the age of 98 this Aunt died and the contents of her three homes were gathered for a two day auction. My father not being a sentimental man did not make me aware of the auction and I lost any chance of acquiring any of the many pieces of furniture from the estate. After many years I have returned to the small town where our family started and have started a small antique business. One day a family approached me about liquidating their mothers estate, knowing that this had been a fairly prominant family i was honored to be asked and eager to find out what was in that house. A date was set and i arrived. Upon arriving at the home my first impression of the furniture was one of sadness because the wonderful eastlake parlor furniture was so similar to what had been in my Great Grandparents home, a deal was struck and the truck loaded and i was off to clean and attempt to price these wonderful pieces. Two days later i received a call from the daughter of the family informing me that they had found a folder of information that might be helpful in determining value on many of the items. One of the receipts in the folder was a auction receipt for the purchase of one 9 piece eastlake parlor suite from the estate of my Great Aunt. I was so overwhelmed that i informed the daughter of my connection to the furniture and suggested that I bring in someone else to price that particular suite, since it was clear to me that i would be purchasing it for myself. Now the suite is in my living room, on one side of the sofa is my Great Grandparents portrait and on the other is a wonderful photograph of the couple who had acquired the suite and kept it so lovingly for so many years. I am sure that someday the telling of the way it returned will mean as much to my nieces as the suite does maybe more. Tommy M. -- Another story -- Rubber Tree Back in the early '80s I rented out my house in Florida while I took a job in Maryland. One job led to another and it was almost ten years before I came home. Meanwhile, a sprig of a rubber plant I'd planted in the front yard had grown huge, towering over the house. It gave a lot of shade, but a few years later I realized it had to go. It had crushed the gutter and buckled the eave, the roots were lifting up the porch and there was a problem with mold and mildew. I had it cut down and the stump ground out. One afternoon several months later I was working in the flower bed I'd planted where the tree had been when a friend stopped by for a visit. She'd been one of my first tenants while I was living up north. She'd moved out of town, so I rarely saw her anymore. She sat on the porch and we chatted while I grubbed away in the flower bed. My trowel turned up a crusty lump and I almost threw it on the weed pile, but there was a glint of metal, so I tossed it in the watering can. I made a remark to her about "buried treasure" and said it looked like an earring or something. She sighed and told me about a ring she'd lost years before. Her grandmother had given it to her. It had a silver filigree band and a black onyx stone with a small diamond in it. While she was talking, I pulled the "lump" out of the watering can -- it was a silver filigree ring, with a black onyx stone and small diamond! The back of the band had split and it was squashed a little flat, but she had it repaired and still wears it today. Lynn H. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #244 May 2004

2004-05-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items that were found in unusual places. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- In the last issue a reader sent us a story about their "Outhouse finds" another reader responded with this note... Concerning the items found in the outhouse, but the owner didn't want to dig in the hole. An archaeologist friend of mine says that an old outhouse hole is a great place to search for historical artifacts. When outhouses were of no longer use they became the perfect dumping place for garbage and trash. This creates a timeline (from the bottom up) of what was used during that period of history. The items found can be wonderful for the historian as well as us collectors. He also said that after 50 years the "waste" HAS TURNED TO dirt and you have "clean" digging all the way down...Dale in Franklin, KY -- Another story -- I work at an antique mall and found a portrait plate/bowl which at first glance I just thought was pretty. After examining it closer it was an advertising plate for a grocery store with my grandfather's name printed on it. My grandfather passed away before I was born but I knew he owned a grocery/butcher store from my mother's stories about her childhood. I was so excited to have found this treasure and couldn't wait to present it to my Mother for her birthday two months away. It was hard to keep the secret for two months but I managed. My Mother and everyone in our family was shocked and very happy to have this treasure and memory of my grandfather. It is now displayed in my Mother's curio cabinet for all to see and admire. Someone up there must have guided me to this. I am still amazed!!! Be sure to read this weeks "Lost and Found" story, it's a great one...... -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #243 May 2004

2004-05-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items that were found in unusual places. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Outhouse I have two stories that I will pass on dealing with old outhouses, the second coming at a later date. I had occasion to remove an outhouse, two-holer, that is in a photo taken in 1892, when the near-by home was new. The outhouse had been in regular use until about 1960. It was too close to a shed to burn down, so I had to tear it apart by hand. Under the floor boards, which had a wide gap between them, were 55 old coins and a Case pocketknife. The oldest coin was an 1869 Indian head penny with one 1901 $5 gold piece. I had the Case knife appraised at $125. As this was my Grandparents home since the 1920's, none of my finds are for sale. They are all in a frame, hanging on my wall. No, I didn't dig in the "hole" itself. ....Rocky -- Another story -- The ring in time This may not be vintage but here goes, on a classmates site I saw a listing that said found 1937 class ring of the high school I went to . So I looked in my alumni book and there was only I name with an F as the last name, I did some research and found the lady's daughter (she and her husband had already passed away) that lived in Hawaii. But when I found out that the ring was found up North I thought this was a mistake as I live in South Carolina . Well anyway I gave the lady that found it the daughters name and phone number thinking that it was not the right name but a few days later the daughter e-mailed me back and said that her mothers ring had arrived that day and she was thrilled. Her family had moved up north and lived for years and the lady that found the ring actually found it 40 years ago at the same playground where her family used to go every summer near there home and her mom would swing them for hours. She said she can not wait to show it to her brothers and sisters at their next family reunion. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #242 May 2004

2004-05-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read this stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items that were found in unusual places. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Putting it all together I love reading the various stories in here, of other peoples finds, and felt I would like to share this one. My husband and I have been collectors for some time. We each have our own interests, and then some items we both love. One of them being Red Wing Stoneware. We had gone to an estate auction with a young couple who we go antiquing with quite often. They also enjoy the Red Wing Stoneware. Living in Wisconsin the weather for this particular auction was a very dreary, cold fall day with a definite threat of rain or possibly snow. After cruising through the wagons and tables set up at the auction, none of us found anything we would be willing to brave the cold for. I mention all this simply to set up the story for our great find. We were all in one vehicle and decided to leave and go back to town for an enjoyable lunch together. Preferably some place warm! With my husband asking that we decide where we wanted to go soon, because he needed to use a restroom. Well, we were driving past a local antique store and I said, "hey, since we didn't find any treasures at the auction, let's stop in." Again my husband voiced his need to find a restroom. We all kind of remembered that there may be one in this very old main street building that now housed an overflow of antiques. So he gave in and we found a place to park. After inquiring about if there was a restroom, he headed in the directions given. The rest of us scanning the piles, shelves and tables of way too much stuff in one place, which makes for an excitement only collectors can understand. I was poking into some vintage kitchen items when my husband returns and says, "you aren't going to believe this, come here and see what I found." While making use of the facility, he noticed sitting in the corner of the restroom, an absolutely beautiful 6 gallon Red Wing butterchurn in mint condition. It had a bright red large wing, a front stamp and no lid. It also had.....a SOLD tag attached to it. But the dust was so thick on it, that we had to believe it had been sitting for quite some time. What the heck, it doesn't hurt to ask. Locating the owner, we sheepishly asked if the churn was sold, or possibly still available. He said he would have to ask his mother who was actually the owner of the churn. She works the shop with him. She remembered the churn well. She said, ya know, those people never came back for it. Since they hadn't paid anything on it, she said if we were interested, we could have it. Next was to determine how much! She asked if we were going to resell or keep it for our own, as she had had it in her own collection for several years. We honestly told her it would be our treasure and never resold. Actually this dealer had been a distant neighbor of ours, and she knew my mother-in-law. Always such a small world isn't it? At any rate, she said as long as we were keeping it and she knew it would be in a good home, she offered it to us for what we knew was an unbelievably low price of $125.00! We wrote out a check with many thank you's, and thrilled to death, carried it out to the truck. Our friends following, shaking their heads, wishing one of them had used the restroom first!! But, this story of our great find does not end here. I had a client at my place of business where I worked, that was a collector of bottles. We had become good friends. He used to stop and tell me about his finds and also ask me what I had found lately. Well I could hardly tell him my story fast enough. He was so excited for us. And then said, with such a twinkle in his eyes, he had something he thought I could use. On his property there was an old dump site. He had been digging this site for years. Always finding more and more interesting bottles and such. On one of his digs, he had dug into an old rusted through metal chest. Inside there were some broken dishes, and then, laying amongst the shards, a perfect butterchurn lid! He had it all cleaned up and sitting on a shelf at home. Since he had no need for it, he said he would bring it in, and let me take it home to see if it would fit the churn. If it did, we could work out a deal. To cap this story off, yes it did fit. He could have sold this lid for much much more than what he offered it to me. And I will forever appreciate his kind generosity. An appraiser I am friends with identified the lid as a Red Wing. My intentions are to get my bottle collector friend to pose with his shovel at the dump site, and take his picture with the lid. I want to put the picture and this story inside the churn for posterities sake. My husband made a replica wooden plunger for it. Now our wonderful butterchurn with it's lid that had been buried for oh so many years, has a perfect place of honor sitting on a heart shaped braided rug in our kitchen. It's so pretty, it always draws visitors amazed comments, which in turn deserves the telling of this story!! And thank you for letting me now share it with all of you. Sincerely, Carol -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. 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The Collectors Newsletter #241 May 2004

2004-05-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items passed own through your family. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Violin Eight years ago my father passed away. Before he died, knowing it was just a matter of time, he chose to give me his violin. He could have given it to his oldest child. Instead he gave it to me, the youngest, with all my sisters' blessings. This violin has been passed from relative to relative since 1895. An uncle of dad's gave it to my dad's father who gave it to his oldest son, dad's brother. Instead of my uncle passing it to his kids he instead honored grampa's wishes and passed it to dad. It now resides with me and everyone knows eventually it will go to my daughter who said she would love to have it. All my sisters agreed and said it was fine. I can't play the violin but I feel I am entrusted with a family member and must care for it to the best of my ability. In the depression era my grandfather was offered over $2000 for it. Soon I will be getting it appraised for insurance purposes and minor repairs done. Regardless of the actual monetary value, to me the memories of grandpa and dad playing on summer nights on the front porch of our farm with mama playing the accordian and we kids singing means more than its eventual appraisal amount. Hopefully 200 years from now, this violin will still be in the family, passing from member to member with the memories of cherishing that, when absorbed into its usic, creates even more memories.....Nancy --Another Story-- Dad It's almost 3 years to the day my Dad passed away because of hospital-borne infections he got after cardiac surgery. I'm one of those children who heard for years how my parents didn't want to linger connected to machines, etc., so the responsibility of carrying out their wishes fell to me. By the time my father had died at Doylestown Hospital (PA), my Mother was in a nursing home, not knowing who was on first some days, and other days she was pretty good. After Dad passed away, we had to sell their house, so we started to gather and price things. Dad always teased me about having a "really big yard sale when I go" - so we talked it over and decided that would be the best way to go. They had "stuff", some antiques, but mostly useable household items. So, the task of pricing and sorting began. Finally the appointed yard sale arrived, a bright sunny June day. We did the best we could and my b-i-l got the prize for selling an empty box! I remembered finding the old tin hurdy-gurdy toy box filled with greeting cards and when I saw someone carrying the toy, I mentioned we had the box and his eyes lit up - I dumped the cards out of the box and handed it to him - not realizing there was a stray price tag stuck to the box - the guy happily paid $15 that for the box cause my b-i-l sold everything full price the first day, he kept telling folks it was to keep a little old lady in a nursing home. As we sat later that night and counted the money, I almost fainted as I got to $1,170 - if you asked my Dad what his favorite number was he'd laugh and say "eleventy-seventy". The best thing happened the very last day I packed things up in my car before the house was turned over to the new owners. My Dad used to make furniture and I made sure each one of my 2 sisters had something he had made. I debated about taking a funny looking step-stool home with me - I could have left it there for the new owners, but decided it would fit in the car so it was going home. As I shoved it in, I noticed Dad had signed his name under the bottom step. When my sister in Texas got her shipment, she found he had signed the bench we sent to her and my other sister found his signature on the bottom of a drawer of a hutch she moved to her home. A few weeks later, I was thumbing thru a catalog and found a step-stool similar to the creation I now treasured. When I asked Mother if she remembered the stool, she smiled and related how Dad had copied it out out of a popular magazine when I was a little girl. He'd be tickled to know his version is now in my kitchen and the original one he copied is now in a musuem - but bet that one's not signed! Ellen Tischbein Schroy -- mments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #240 April 2004

2004-04-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with vintage items passed down through your family. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- I was blessed with a loving family, and especially loving grandparents. When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was given a hope chest. The chest, itself, is a family heirloom. It was created by a ancestor, who was a fine carpenter, as a tool chest. My grandparents chose to refinish a set of old trunks for their only granddaughters, and I was blessed to receive mine on Christmas. We were given the chests with the old fashioned thought of storing treasures for marriage and a future household of our own. Over the years, my grandmother took to making us gifts for the chest. We got a quilted runner, and potholders one year, and and a crocheted set the next year. On one visit to her home, my gift was an old tin of lace and linen scraps along with a set of handkerchiefs that belonged to both of my maternal great grandmothers and one belonging to her. The gifts were simple and small compared to the virtual treasure trove of my grandmother's home. But they were given in love to me by her. I always thought that someday I'd surprise her with a bridal slip made to showcase a set of handkerchiefs given to a child and remembered by a bride, but last year, she passed away, and while, I'll not have the joy of sharing the day with her. I'll know that her treasured memories are lingering in the swirls of my skirt. I've read with interest the stories of family treasures both big and small in this newsletter. This week, one relative sounded completely spiteful to his or her brother's sons. It saddened me that the writer failed to recognize that refusing to gift a relative just for a petty reason...punished all the generations after them. The writer will be remembered as the greedy one who didn't share... If there was a failure to visit that loss of time will always be a lost memory to those who missed out on the opportunity to spend time with someone special, but there should be no punishment in memories. Anger and hatred don't serve any purpose to the memory of a loved one. I hope you will see fit to give a few treasures to those who missed out on a special life, maybe it will be a reminder that life is too short to waste on petty little things! Bethany -- Another Story -- I grew up in a small town in California in the 1960's. Each Christmas, we would drive around and look at all the Christmas lights and decorations. One street in particular was well-known for its decorating. The entire street would decorate from one end to the other and usually had a certain theme. Cars would be backed up waiting to drive down this street and admire all the lights and different Christmas scenes displayed in the yards. The street was a dead-end, so you had to patiently wait your turn while cars turned around. A girl I went to school with lived on that street. Her family had giant, homemade plywood cut outs of Santa, Reindeer, Elves, etc. Her family sold the home while she was in high school and moved to the country. Several years later, when "MaryAnn" and her husband were house hunting, she found that the home she grew up in on that street was for sale. They ended up buying the house and moved in. Several weeks later, MaryAnn decided to check the attic. Guess what she found? All the plywood Christmas decorations her family had made over twenty years ago! What a great surprise for her! Over the years, the street stopped this tradition, but revised it the year before I moved to Oregon. I was able to once again, re-live my childhood memories and share them with my son. Carol M. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #239 April 2004

2004-04-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with items left after a loved one dies. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- We had a huge number of responses to Greg W's "Cherish their life" submission in issue #223 http://www.tias.com/newsletter. Here are two more of them. -- Loved ones passing All my growing up years both my parents made sure my siblings knew that when Mom & Dad passed away I was to inherit everything they had.Over the years I had married and had 3 children & then divorced. I spent years with my parents helping them with their home and the upkeep of it never thinking of the "will". Both my parents passed away within 6 weeks of each other and it came time for the will to be read at the attorneys office. My brother who had not spoken to my parents in 20 years (but lived 4 blocks from them), my oldest sister (lived next door to my parents) and hadn't spoken to them for 18 years over a land dispute, the next oldest sibling was grinning & quite beside herself....the will was read & I was devastated--my Father had disowned me and my oldest sister and had given everything to my brother and the grinning sister...I was allowed to take just what was mine from my parents home-stuff I had stored there for years-nothing else. I didn't care that everything was given to the other siblings, it was the fact that I felt so betrayed by my family. My Father was on a medication that made him not quite right when he made out the new will..I certainly can't place any blame on my Dad, but the greedy ones I only have one wish for them---I wish a semi truck & trailer could deliver "stuff" to them everyday of their lives-stuff they would have to put away & take care of..what a justice this would be..O--I for got to mention that the "smiley" sister had also gotten all the worldly possessions of an uncle, mother-in-law, and a cousin..I'm sure her house must be bursting at the seams but I still wish for the semi to deliver daily..Nancy -- Daddy This all started last October. I got a call from my sister. Mother was in the hospital because she had fallen. Fortunately she wasn't hurt badly but her ego had taken a real blow so I went to stay with her until we could move her in with my sister. I wanted to bring her home with me, but Daddy was in the rest home with Alzheimer disease and it just wasn't a good idea for either of them. My sister and I spent hours going through all of their things and packing Mother up to move out of their home for over 40 years. It was a killer job. The work was hard but the old memories were the hardest. everything I picked up had a childhood memory attached to it. Mother and I and Sister had discussed that anything that Sis didn't want I would bring home with me and maybe sell it in my little collectables book shop. This is all well and good but what I found after I got home was totally amazing. I ended up bringing a 17 foot U-Haul home full to the gills. The Bedroom set, the fabric, the hutch and much more. It took me a full week to go through the house and get all of the furniture in place. When it was set finally, I could go through the books and boxes of just stuff that Mother and Daddy had collected over the years. Pat my partner and I were going through the boxes one by one when she handed me this one book. It was a small book that was written in 1922. The memories started to come to me . On almost every week-end of my childhood, mother, daddy, and I would go for a ride into the mountains or up into the San Juaquine Valley just to get away or to look for bottles or yard sales ( we called them rummage sales then). I could recall the trip that we had taken when those books were bought. We had gone for a four day week-end up to Mariposa in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and had found a sale at a house that the State was fixing up to have as a museum, so naturally being the good rummage salers that Mother and I were we stopped. Daddy was looking at books his favorite thing on earth besides Mother and his Caterpillar Tractor D-9. I started looking and I found a book by Mark Twain that I am sure you will recall. We were reading Tom Sawyer in school so of course when I found a copy of it I had to have it and Daddy being the soft touch said ok. He got me that book and two others that day that all had some writings of humor by Mark Twain in them. I hadn't touched any of those books since I was 8 years old so when I began to thumb through them I noticed a notation and a signature on the fly leaf it is signed by him I said to Pat and she who had been going through all of the books while I was busy cherishing memories said to me that isn't the only one. It turned out that we had Two Twain Signatures and two inscriptions one of which may be an unpublished poem he had written. I had thought for all of these years how great a little scamp I was to get Daddy to buy those books and all of the time he was investing in my old age. Before I close this I need to tell you that Daddy was my Step Father and he loved me from the day we met just as much if not more than his own. I was always treated with respect and given choices. I was punished when I Needed to be and loved all of the time no matter what. I Lost my Daddy on December 13 of last year one day before my Birthday. I Miss Daddy but in a way through those books I will always have just a bit of him left. I hope all of you out there know just half the love I did from a man that didn't have to love me only raise me. It is true that any man can be a father but it takes a very special sort of person to be a Daddy and mine was the best....Ruby -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #238 APril 2004

2004-04-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with items left after a loved one dies. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- We had a huge number of responses to Greg W's "Cherish their life" submission in issue #223 http://www.tias.com/newsletter. Here are two of them. -- I'd like to respond to Greg's letter. I agree his uncle and nephew were insensitive, and the timing lousy. However, Its human nature to want something that belonged to the decease to remember them by. When my grandmothers parents died, one of her sisters got everything and gram always wished she had a little something that brought memories of her parents and her childhood. Being able to hold or look at something helps keep those memories alive. My grandfather died 3 years after my grandmother. The day after the funeral, due to family from out of state, my mother, myself, my aunt and uncle all went to my grandfather's house to start cleaning out. First, in our family it has always been understood the person who gave a particular item to the deceased could have it back if they wanted. Next the three children decided to take turns. A jewelry box, each would take one thing in turn. Stuff on a shelf, the same and this is how it went that day. Things they weren't interested in were offered to me. or collected for another grandchild. There are 8 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren. The next day my mother took me to the airport 2-1/2 hours away. ( I was going on a long planned vacation that had been delayed due to my grandfathers death) By the time she got back, her siblings had taken alot of stuff to habitat or the dump. The only thing bad was that a necklace that my sister had given my grandfather had been sitting on the counter and must have been knocked off into one of these bags. When I returned a week later, the house had already been sold to the first person to look at it. My mother and I went over to pick up the last few things. As we were walking out I noticed the wood key hanging by the door. My grandfather had made it out of 1/4 inch plywood and painted it gold, put cup hooks in it and they used this to hang their keys on. It was something I had seen all my life by their door. It has no value, just sentiment. It had been overlooked by everyone. I found a screwdriver and took it off the wall while crying. You see, its not just wanting valuable things, people are just afraid they won't get the chance to have something that has memories for them, so they start asking too soon and it seems insensitive. On the otherhand if they wait it may be gone. So don't judge people for wanting something. Its like having a piece of the person who is gone. The items I have that belonged to my grandparents are pricless to me and I am so thankful that I have them. They trigger memories every time I look at them. Ronna L. J. -- Enjoyed reading various takes on the subject. I inherited my parents house (my family home, as I & my brother grew up here). When just after Dad died, Mom & my brother had passed before him, I recieved a midnight call from my now past 18year old nephew wondering what was going to happen to the house etc. I very pleasantly informed him it was none of his business. A few weeks before Dad passed, I had mentioned my nephew, he had better visit his grandfather as he was ill. None of my brothers kids had bothered with Dad since seeing their Grandmother & him the day before Mom had died. To my nephews credit he did visit once. I gave those now adult "kids" nothing since I felt they were unworthy (they had gotten plenty of gifts for birthdays & Christmas prior. I have only gotten a call when someone needs money. I became an antique dealer & my clients are far more appreciative of treasures than those ingrates. The money I make enables me to keep my lovely childhood home pretty much the same as when my folks were here. When I die the bank will get the contents & what the house brings since I will have enjoyed a wonderful reverse mortgage in my senior years. Let them cry crocodile tears, they blew it! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #237 April 2004

2004-04-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with items left after a loved one dies. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Cherish their life I am quickly catching up on my newsletter reading since I have been away and wanted to stop and say I agree 200% with Debra's comments in "When I Die #4". She is absolutely on the mark saying how rude and self-serving not to mention "tacky" when someone asks if they can have something "when they die". Cherish life to its fullest. Cherish those you love... not the material items they own! As some of you know, I recently suspended my TIAS store while I traveled back to be with my parents while my mother was hospitalized. She was only 71 years old and after 3 months in the hospital she passed away on January 1, 2004. My father who was 81, followed her in death only 27 days later... mainly from a broken heart after being married for 52 years to my mother. It was a very emotional time for the entire family. My point is that our loved ones are absolutely more important than any material item they have - anyone who thinks otherwise deserves absolutely nothing to remember our loved ones by. I have always thought my own large and extended family was very loving, but it was amazing to find out otherwise. On the death of my mother no one in the family made mention of anything because all of her possessions went to my father. But less than a month later when my father passed away it became evident that the vultures were circling... and ready to strike! At my father's visitation, my uncle who I have dearly loved and cared for all these years approached me about a blacksmith anvil that he said he had loaned my dad more than 25 years ago and if it was still around he wanted it back! I told him he should have discussed that with Dad when he was living... not with me now with my father dieing in the casket a few feet away. Then there was my nephew who at the same visitation/viewing of my Dad asked if he could have my Dad's Browning Sweet Sixteen shotgun. Boy. Can we at least wait till we get our beloved parents buried? It's a very, very touchy subject but one thing is crystal clear - people, and family, are insensitive and hurtful (whether intentional or not) whenever the "When You Die..." or "Since They're Dead..." material possesions questions are posed. I feel sorry for people who broach this subject with those questions to people living or to the family remaining when a loved one has passed. Have a little heart people... instead of showing how cold yours is. Best Regards, Greg W. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #236 April 2004

2004-04-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with found items. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- A friend of my mother was preparing for an Estate Sale of her mothers home. She invited my Mom to come over, and pick out what she wanted prior to the Sale. As she was looking over a treasure trove of Antiques she noticed a box with some Milk Glass in it. Knowing how much I love beautiful glass she began to rummage through the box, and found a number of Ceramic, and Pottery pieces as well. Three of the pieces she found, (Teapot, Sugar Bowl, and Gravy Boat) were marked HR Quimper France. She asked what they wanted for the pieces in the box. The elderly Mother of my Mom's friend told her that she could have the entire box. When my Mom asked her about the Quimper she told her that she had received the Quimper from her mother who had bought them during a trip to Europe years earlier. My mom paid her a hundred dollars for the box of treasures. I have since looked them up, and have not been able to find the exact pieces. While they may or may not be really expensive my Mom knowing my love for Glass, Ceramics, and Pottery has given them to me for display in my own personal collection. That makes them priceless to me, after all who can put a price on a Mothers love. --Another Story-- This happened a long time ago. In England. I was 14 years old and the Second World War had just begun. I had to get a job . . . anything. That's how it was then I got a job in a garage. Mostly I did lube jobs, tire changes etc. Not very uplifting to say the least. Dirty work too.My wages were twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6 is how they wrote it). For a 48 hour nose to the grindstone week of work. A pound Sterling consisted of twenty shillings or two hundred and forty pence (pennies). Talk about slave labour. I worked a 48 hour work week which included 4 hours Saturday morning. I had just got off work and I was standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus to take me close to home. It was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm too. You don't get many of those in the North of England where I lived. As I stood there, I remember that there was a sort of 'Out of this world' feeling about it. I don't recall anyone else being anywhere close to me. No pedestrians, no buses, no cars no bicycles had passed me going in either direction. Then I heard a strange sound. Sort of a 'tinny' sound coming from up the road on my left. I glanced in the direction of the sound and about a hundred yards away I saw this shiny 'thing' rolling down the road. It wasn't more than a couple of inches in diameter and if it kept on going it would pass in front of me and keep on going. It didn't. It reached a position about diagonally across the road from me when suddenly it turned almost as though it was alive and it began to roll right towards me. It might have hit against the curb at my feet but it didn't. When it got to within a foot of me it stopped and fell over on it's side. It was a silver half crown. Naturally I picked it up. Today with the new money system there is no such coin any longer but to give you some idea of it's value I will tell you that there was 8 half crowns in a Pound Sterling. My wages I mentioned was twelve shillings and sixpence a week. Exactly five half crowns. That Saturday I took home an extra half crown making my total (including this 'found' coin) for the week fifteen shillings. A Princely sum in 1940. An order of fish and chips cost only three pence. A Half Crown equaled thirty pence. You could almost live a whole week on one Half Crown. You could even buy a 'pennorth' (one penny's worth - 1d) of just chips if you desired. Anoint 'em with salt and vinegar and you were in a seventh heaven, I kid you not. But where did that half crown come from? I have never been able to say truthfully that I knew where it came from. From God? From a UFO? Like I said I don't recall any human coming anywhere near me all the time I stood there. In fact I didn't even see a human either close or far away for that matter until I got on 'my' bus that took me away from the 'scene'. It is still and will forever be . . . . a mystery.....John T. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #235 April 2004

2004-04-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with found items. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Grandmother When my grandmother was 92, my aunt and uncle decided they wanted to go to South Texas for the Winter. The family hollered and harrumped--who would take care of Mother! Well, GG, being the indepentent cuss she was, decided it was time EVERYONE decided to stop worrying about her and she checked herself into a wonderful retirement center where she could live worry free and her daughter and son-in-law could take any vacation they wanted. Of course GG's stuff was divided up among the 4 kids. Then the 11 grands (I'm the eldest) got to come choose. My aunt had a big stack of stuff she piled up for me, so it took that stack along with the stuff I really wanted. Seven years later, I needed a needle and came across a small scarf box filled with sewing supplies and lots of RUSTY straight pins. After throwing away all the pins, I noticed a ring. It was white gold, had a tiny diamondof each side of a center yellow rectangular stone. It was bent to fit a finger and fit mine perfectly. I visited my aunt, showing her the ring, but she didn't remember it. We talked for a time and she suddenly remembered GG had received a ring when her sister had died at age 99, about 17 years earlier. My aunt suggested I ask GG. Since GG's mind was now beginning to wander, I was to ask her directly: Is this Aunt Gilly's ring? I went to the retirement center, visited with GG for a short time and then asked my question. GG looked closely and then declared "Why it sure looks like it! And you can have it." After GG died late last summer at 100 years, 5 months and 3 days, leaving her 4 children, 11 grands, 16 greats, 13 greatX2, and 1 greatX3, a friend (jeweler) said the stone was a synthetic shaphire made to look like a topaz and that the little diamonds were real. He also said that since it had been my grandmother's and my Aunt Gilly's it was PRICELESS. Oh, yes. I also found a needle in that box...... Peggy W --Another Story-- Kotoyasan I used to have an English school in a small city in Gifu prefecture in Japan. My student's uncle was an antique/junk dealer - they call them "kotoyasan." In the country long ago, rich families would build a "treasure house" on their property. All of the important things were stored in this large, one room building. Often, the family hasn't gone in the building in years and has no interest in the dusty junk inside. So, antique dealers will offer to buy the whole building from the family. This is a risky move for the dealer because usually there really isn't anything in there but dusty junk. Anyway, my student's uncle bought a treasure house off a family whose patriarch had recently died and went through the contents, not finding much of value. Then he noticed the plaster on the wall was uneven. He cut into the wall to find over 1million yen (almost $10,000) had been plastered into the wall!...Lesley -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #234 April 2004

2004-04-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with found items. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- My parents enjoyed going to auctions and I always tagged along. Usually they would let me buy something for $1.00 or so. Back in 1950 we went to an auction of a lady who had never married and had no living relatives so her estate was being liquidated. with the proceeds being given to her favorite charities. I found a box with a silver mirror, hairbrush and comb, some knickknacks and a couple of pocketbooks. Being about 11 or 12 at the time, these things were treasures to me and I asked my parents if I could have them. They bid on them and got the whole box for $1.00. On the way home I just couldn't wait to look further into the box to see if there was something I might have missed. I opened one of the pocketbooks and rummaged around, finding an old handkerchief - but then I felt something else. In the purse there was a little zippered pouch which held two rings! I was so excited and passed them to my mother to see. My father couldn't believe his eyes and pulled right off to the side of the road to get a better look. They took them to a jewelers and found that one was a mine-cut diamond in a very old white gold setting and the other had three opals and eight garnets. My mother wore the diamond (since she had never had one of her own) and would only wear the opal and garnet ring for something special. On my 25th birthday my mother gave both rings to me to enjoy. Quite a find! Dottie D. --Another Story-- About 20 years ago, I was VERY disappointed to find that a “secretary” I wanted from my Great Aunt’s Estate Sale had already been sold—---for $150.00! Then I received a call that the buyer had returned the "secretary” saying that it was not solid wood---only veneer—and she did not want it. I was then told I could buy it for $50.00 if I was still interested. Since it was winter and out of town, a local friend of mine picked it up & stored it for me. When I got it to my home in the spring, I cleaned & inspected it. In the two hidden compartments, I found a handful of very old coins including a Walking Liberty Love Token & Centennial & Worlds Fair Medals etc. I was thrilled with them, as they all were related to my families travels and special memories. I’m sure they have some value, but don’t know how much. In 1996, the 'secretary' appraised for $1200! Toni -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #233 April 2004

2004-04-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with found money. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- About 10 years ago, I bought a pair of used running shoes from a local resale shop. I wore them happily for several years. They were getting pretty delapidated, but still had some miles of walking in them, so I took them with me to the Himalayas, knowing that at the end of the trip, I'd give them to a local person, who probably would have no shoes. After many days of walking,a blister started to develop, so I looked in the shoe to find out what was causing it. Imagine my surprise when I removed the inner pad and found several very worn $100 dollar bills folded underneath! Without the money the shoes were fine again, and I gave them to our very delighted guide. When I got back, I found that the resale shop had closed long before, so I took the money to the bank to see if it was still useable. It was, so I used it to bring more clothes and shoes to people in the Himalayas on our next trip! Yours, Susie --Another Story-- At our local flea market I purchased a picture of chickens. When I got it home I read the biography of the artist that was taped to the back. Out of curosity I typed in the artist's name, lo and behold she had a web site. Showing on this site was information about her prints. The print I purchased has written on it " l/245". The website lists her prints in the "chicken series" sells for around a thousand dollars! I paid five dollars for it. The artist is in California, I cannot imagine how this would have come to be at a flea market in Albany, Georgia and being just leaning on a box on the ground. I emailed the artist to tell her about my find, this was several weeks ago, I have had no response from her. Barbara --Another Story-- About 25 years ago a friend of mine had the back breaking job of cleaning out houses. His partner and himself cleared out an old house and at the end of the day, were moving out the old refrigerator. As they placed it on the wheeled dolly a 20 dollar bill fell out of the bottom. They looked underneath. Stuffed inside the metal grill there were several more 20 dollar bills, some had burnt edges but mostly intact. I don't know exactly how much was there and frankly I don't know if they ever told the boss, but within a week my friend had a new truck! Must have been a lot of 20's, especially since he had to split the profits with his buddy. Laura D. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #232 April 2004

2004-04-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Recently, my husband and I purchased an old house near Munson, PA - unfortunately, the previous owners cleared the place out pretty good & it didn't seem that there were any remnants of the past linking us to the early/original owners of the home. On the good advice of a friend, however, we took up the last step in the attic to reveal a whole host of goodies that undoubtedly belonged to one of/or the original family! Children's metal toys, an old bakelite doll, and puzzle pieces were revealed. Even though these items may not have great monetary value, they mean so much to us because they connect us to the lives of those who once treasured our home as much as we now do. These items are on prominent display now in our home! M.K.C.Pennsylvania --Another Story-- Our second apartment was only three rooms and it needed a real cleaning. As I was sweeping behind a radiator with a broom a brown bag fell out from behind. It had an antique chain mail purse in it. Inside the purse was a small box and inside that was a 1.25 carat diamond ring. Not being able to locate the owner, we sold it and bought a small washer and dryer set as we were expecting our first baby in a few months. It was a real blessing! Ava M. --Another Story-- The most memorable garage sale item I ever bought was a child's pair of shorts I got for a quarter for a grandson. That evening, I washed it with clothes I had found at other garage sales. Before putting the clothes in the dryer,I noticed Kleenex all over everything. I then checked pockets and found that 4 $100 bills had been wrapped in Kleenex in a pocket of the shorts. It was too late on Sunday, and garage signs had been taken down to try to find what house had had the sale, so I could not return them. A bank verified they were genuine. Kathy S. --Another Story-- At one of our local charity thrift shop all donations are collected and then sent to a larger town for sorting and distribution to the thrift stores for sale. An elderly man came in and was extremely upset. His wife who had developed memory problems had donated a bunch of unwanted items just days before. Well, she had forgotten that their long time hiding place for cash was inside jigsaw puzzle boxes and she had put their old games and puzzles in with the donation she and her daughter had dropped off. The clerk explained that all the donations were shipped out to the other town for sorting and that they no longer had them. The poor man was close to tears and pleaded with her to please let him go in the back and look for himself. She agreed but thought the effort was a waste of time. When they got to the back room she was shocked to see piles of items that for some reason had not been shipped out. It turned out that the person who usually did that had go tten sick so the pickup wasn't made. The old man started looking and within minutes had found the three "special" jigsaw puzzles. He was almost afraid to look inside but when he did his stashed cash, all $2,500 of it !!!!! , was safe and sound. Thank goodness that this time the treasure was found by the owner. There have been more than a few times that I have found cash in small amounts inside a variety of garage sale items. I always return it even though it has never been a significant amount. Remember.....one of these days it could be ourselves who forget where we "stash the cash". Patti, Illinois -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #231March 2004

2004-03-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- I worked at a thrift store. I priced the Mens clothes. I would find money all the time. One time I was about to throw away a 1970's burnt orange veloure bathrobe that had holes all over it and the stale cigarette smell was overpowering, I noticed a lump in the pocket, it was a wad of cash! I ran up to the managers office and it was over $300! I went back down and looked in the other pocket before I threw it away and there was more! I had found $840! Lydia --Another Story-- One of the first antiques my husband and I bought after we got married was a big, old overstuffed armchair, the kind that was very popular in the 1920's & 30's. The chair was part of a set, but we only had enough money for the chair, so the dealer sold it to us separately. The chair is incredibly heavy, and we think the cushions are stuffed with horsehair, but... After owning the chair for awhile, one day I decided to give it a thorough cleaning with the vacuum attachments. Lifting the seat cushion, I inserted the cleaning tool into the crevice between the arms and the seat. Suddenly there was a loud rattling noise! I immediately turned off the vacuum, and started checking the tool, hose and vacuum bag. Sure enough, several pennies had been vacuumed out of the crevice. This has been an ongoing occurrence now for the last 16 years. The chair gives up pennies on a regular basis, even though I vacuum it thoroughly and even put my hand in the crevice to see if there are any more. The chair still weighs a ton, but now the family joke is that the chair is stuffed with pennies, not horsehair! We are hoping to have the chair reupholstered soon, but I'm afraid it might be like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. Kathleen --Another Story-- Hi! Have really enjoyed the newsletter and the stories. I have a found money story that made me extremely proud of my husband. He and a friend had attended an estate sale for a elderly lady who was a rockhound and had lots and lots of lapidary equipment and scads of rock and minerals stashed away. (Seems like we never live long enough to use up all of the goodies that we rockhounds collect!) His friend had an 'in' with the person conducting the sale, and had been invited to attend it a day before the actual sale to look things over as he had a lot of lapidary 'connections' and the seller wanted him to let others know about the sale. They were very interested in the garage full of equipment, but since the sale was not in progress yet they made arrangements to return the next day. However, they were allowed to go through the many, many cigar boxes of rock slabs and minerals in the basement and pick out a few. My husband found a cigar box that contained rolls and rolls of coins and a large bundle of cash and took it upstairs to the person managing the sale and told her that he didn't think that she really wanted to sell that box for the $2.00 price. She grabbed it in surprise, but never even said a Thank you! They bought a few boxes at the $2.00 price and returned the next day to find that she had sold the entire contents of the garage for a pittance to another buyer right after they left the day before. I was VERY proud of my husband for his honesty, and only hope that the lady who received the money passed it on to the elderly lady who was the heir to her friend's estate. I bet the dealer spent the night going through the rest of those cigar boxes! Ann B. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #230 March 2004

2004-03-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with found money. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Dear Friends, I've so enjoyed your newsletter, and look forward to it each and every week. The most recent letter included stories of found money. I have a story from "the other side". My grandparents bought their small farm in what was then rural Beaverton, Oregon after Grandpa came home from WWII. This was in 1945. They lived happily on their three acres until Grandma couldn't care for Grandpa any more and he had to be live in a care center. Grandma stayed on the farm as long as she could, but finally in the late 1990's she could no longer keep it all up. They had lived there for 54 years. Now Granddad was a collector "from way-back". He kept everything. He had worked for Portland General Electric for over 40 years, and had many electrical related items, (PGE cast-offs) as well as things he had picked up at auctions after his retirement - many still had the auction tags on them! Grandpa was from the old school that didn't much trust banks, and had a habit of hiding money. He was no longer able to tell us his hiding places when we began to go through things for an estate sale, so we carefully searched everywhere we could think for literally weeks before the sale, rounding up thousands of dollars in bills that he had obviously started hiding soon after moving in. We even found some silver certificates! One day of the sale, a lady approached me with an odd look on her face. She was holding an old cardboard fuse case. It was cylindrical, about 6 inches long, about 3 inches in diameter, and had removable end caps. She handed the item to me and said, "I would like to buy this, but I believe you may want what is inside." I opened it up to find rolled $20 bills. We thanked the lady profusely, and let her have the fuse box and any other items she wanted! When we entered the shed where she had found this item, we found about four more cylinders. There was a total of over $3000 in all the cylinders, about $800 of which was in the one the lady had given us. This money was a great help to my grandmother, who was living on a fixed income, and trying to pay for my grandfather's living expenses. We often talk of the honesty of this woman. Unfortunately, we were so stunned at the find, we forgot to even ask her name! Where ever she is, she has our eternal gratitude and has reinstilled the notion that there are people of integrity still out there! Thanks for this opportunity to say "Thank you"! S.M.S. --Another Story-- I had a 'money find' when I was 15 or 16 years old. At an estate sale in an old chicken shed I found a dusty old seeburg juke box. The estate was from a man I knew who ran a vending business from the 1920's to the 1960's. I bought the juke box for $10. and brought it home. Days later I cleaned the outside and inside of the juke box and plugged it in. A color wheel (like a barber pole) inside the unit was not running even though I could here the whine of the motor trying to make it turn. I decided to pull the color wheel out of the juke box and upon doing so I was shocked to see the whole bottom of the color wheel filled with mercury head dimes. I realized that the dimes being so thin slid from the coin slot down into the color wheel causing it to not turn. Since that find I am always looking for old vending machines to buy for sometimes their exciting extras!...J Hance, Oregon. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #229 March 2004

2004-03-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Check Everything I thought sure I had lost you. I hadn't heard from you for almost two weeks. I have had much trouble with my computer and thought sure that you couldn't get through. Don't ever leave me. Thanks for all of the interesting stories and recipes. I work for a thrift store in Prescott, Az. and come across some amazing and unusual things. One time I found $780.00 wrapped up in an old Scouting ditty bag. I threw it away, because it was ratty and dirty with old rusty razors in it. But something told me that I better retrieve it from the trash and check it out more. It kept unfolding, about 5 times. At this point some of the money fell out; about 300.00 in 20 dollar bills. I got excited and went to show it to my boss and the rest came tumbling out. What a day! There were some phone numbers in the bag. We tried to call but it was disconnected. No one ever asked for it, so it went into the weeks sales. So when a new person starts working there they are asked if they checked the pockets or looked into the tin for the money. They want to know why then are told the story. Not two weeks after this, one of the other girls found over 400.00 in the pages of an old cookbook. You never know! J.H. --Another Story-- Slip Cover My husband and I spent the better part of a year collecting just the right antique furniture for a new addition we were building.Everything was stored in the garage until the room was ready,about a year.We started one Saturday polishing and bringing our finds into the house.The sofa and chair had the old slip covers on which we had left there to protect the velvet covering.Well,off came the covers and to our surprise there were rolls and rolls of $20.00 bills all shoved in between the covers and the cushions.To our amazement there was $1800.00 .We tried to find the owner but to know avail.What a find that was..Marlene G -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #228 March 2004

2004-03-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- Presidential Surprise My sons are the eighth great grandchildren of John Suffern, the founder of Suffern New York and a colonel in the Continental Army. From time to time, one son searches online auctions for the key word "Suffern". Most hits are for post cards of scenes of Suffern, New York. On one occasion, the hit listed a legal document for an Edward James Suffern in Illinois for the purchase of a business. Edward James Suffern would be his sixth great grandfather. My son put in a bid on the document and watched it for several days. He ultimately was the successful bidder at $39.00 plus shipping and insurance. About a week after the close of the auction, the document arrived via the US Mail, enclosed in archival acetate. My son opened the package and read through the document. Much of the "legalese" was on a preprinted form, with dates and particulars filled in. To his amazement, it was signed not once, but twice by Abraham Lincoln. He has since taken the document to two different autograph specialists and both agreed that the signatures and the writing were by the hand of Lincoln. Also, both offered to purchase the documents for considerably more than the $39.00 he paid for it. Even online auctions can be the source of spectacular finds, even when you are not expecting it....Bill Inverness, FL --Another Story-- Eeyore My aunt and uncle had guardianship over me when I was preschool for a few years (they never had any children of their own) and while at their home, my aunt gave me a straw stuffed burro (I think I was made in Mexico) to play with because I liked “Eeyore” from Disney. After over 30 years from when I stayed with her she decided to move to another state and called me stating she had some pictures and a few “things” I might like from when I was with her. I received a medium size box in the mail and upon opening it, there staring up at me was this well loved stuff burro. I still have this little straw stuffed burro—even with a little straw coming out a small hole or two. It brought back such wonderful memories of the love she shared with me. Adrian H., California -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #227 March 2004

2004-03-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The Blanket When I was a child, my mother, who was quite the antiques dealer AND collector, made my sisters and me twin beds with 2 cotton pink blankets, probably from the 1940's. They had white flower baskets on them in sort of a reverse. Oh how I loved that blanket. It went to college with me and covered my bed and when I had children, it covered my daughters beds as well. Well after 25 years of a lot of love, I finally had to face the fact that the blanket was torn and worn and sadly threadbare. I folded that blanket and put it in the linen closet, perhaps to make into a pillow when the kids are grown and gone. AS I put it away, I thought of mom, who had died 6 years before and I became a little weepy, as I have been known to get. Anyway, the other day, I was in the vintage textile area of an online auction and I clicked on a "blanket" listing, something I have never done before. Lo and behold, I saw my blanket pop up. It was just like mine only in better shape and very clean. I hastily put a bid on it and spent 3 anxious days watching to see if I had won that blanket. It must have meant to be mine, as no one else bid on it. It arrived today and as opened it, I thought of my beloved mother and all the memories came flooding back. I held it to me and felt a mothers love. My daughter sits right now on the couch covered in that blanket as I type this and I feel it has indeed come home to us...Leslie -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #226 March 2004

2004-03-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. -- The scent When I was a little girl my mother had a waterfall bedroom set with the vanity. She had a led crystal perfume bottle with a large stopper. I would sit on my throne (the vanity with everything removed) and dab perfume on while I played princess. A year after she died my husband and I were in an antique store when I saw a perfume bottle just like Mom’s. When we cleaned out the house my perfume bottle was not among her things. I picked up the bottle, took out the stopper and smelled the sweet scent of perfume. This of course made me get misty eyed. My husband insisted I buy the bottle (even at the cost of $55). I took the bottle home and unwrapped it, there was no perfume smell at all in the bottle. I think I experience a special memory in the store which made me buy that wonderful bottle. The bottle is now in my china closet and whenever I want to play princess again, I open the door and dab on my imaginary perfume. Memories are wonderful things and antique stores are great places for experiences like this. Thanks for letting me share this with you....Yvonne W -- Another Story-- The Letter My sister died almost two years ago and my brother-in-law just died last Thursday. His children, while sorting through their things, found a large box of recipes my sister had collected. They asked if I would like to look through them before they were given to another member of the family. I said yes and, while looking through them, I found a letter to my sister and brother-in-law from my daughter (who died in 1974 at age 10, ) asking them to come visit her (she was in the hospital at the time). I treasure that letter. I also found other things (newspaper clippings, report cards, graduation programs, and some songs my sister had written) that others in the family treasure mixed in with those recipes. It just goes to show that you should really sort boxes of papers that look like they are worth nothing before you discard them-especially if the deceased was a pack rat like most in our family are. Ruth --Another Story-- The Blanket Last week our Olds Cierra, whose head gasket has been slowly leaking, started to "knock",indicating its demise was certain. My husband began to empty the "nooks and crannies" - trunk, backseat, under the seats, etc.,etc.and proudly announced his boxful of "FINDS"!!---state maps, a dozen or so pens and pencils, various expired coupons, a few pennies AND an old blanket. He asked when had WE put it in the trunk!! I did not recognize it; but much to my surprise and judging from the color (Army green), realized it was very old and definitely 100% wool. It had a very small sewn-on identifying tag in a lower corner barely readable "Chatham Mf.Co." and dated "4-16-1942". Other numbers on the tag made little sense. I went on-line and found it to be what I suspected: US Army issue blanket from WWII made by Chatham Mfg.Co. Where did it come from? The original owner of the Olds Cierra was my husband's as well as our son's Godfather, who served in WWII. Our son had received the car when Uncle had passed away several years ago and we in turn had purchased the vehicle from him. Our son will Cherish the blanket!... Theresa -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #224 February 2004

2004-03-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - When my mom died and we had a sale of all her household effects that my sister and I didn't care to keep, my 10 year old son and I were making one last look through the house where I had grown up and he had visited his grandparents. My dad had made a ladder to the attic by nailing cross-pieces onto the framing along the stairs leading down to the basement. My son climbed Grandpa's ladder one last time, stuck his head into the attic space, and called down, "Mom, there's something up here." He handed down a big hand turned wooden bread bowl and a glass coal oil lamp. The lamp was of little value, but my sister has it on her mantle, and I'm so pleased to have my Grandma Cox's bread bowl, as well as the memory of how my son and I found it and saved it. Nancy V. Honolulu, Hawaii -- Another Story-- My daughter and I love to attend the once a week garage sales in our small mining town. On one of our "rounds", I spotted an old laundry clothes stomper in excellent condition sitting at the end of a picnic table.....being eyed by the other treasure hunters, but after looking, it seemed that everyone just walked on. I listened to some of the comments about it and my favorite was "I think that it was meant to be a toilet tissue holder....see that little side handle ...well, that would keep the tissue roll from sliding down the pole." I couldn't help but laugh and when I told my daughter about it, she insisted I had to buy it. I did. I paid ten dollars for the best looking "like new" clothes stomper I had ever seen...and I had seen a few, because back on the farm, it was just part of laundry day for everyone ...and mighty hard work. Fun sometimes to be the oldest one in the crowd and know the history of something equally as old. The lady who was selling it said that it had been in their family long before she got married and she had been married for fifty years. There is not a spot of rust on it..Beautiful condition!! --Another Story-- 16 years ago we began collecting commemorative Methodist plates (churches, schools, hospitals, historical events, etc.). We are local Methodist church historians and this is our effort to preserve the history of ALL of Methodism (UMC, AME, AME Zion, CME, EUB, Primitive, Southern, Free, Wesleyan, etc.). Our plates are pottery, porcelin, glass, aluminum, wood, pewter, etc. We have recently been notified by the Guinness Book of World Records that our collection has been accepted!! Although the site needs updating, please see our website at: www.ebenezercollection.com. The collection began with a simple yard sale purchase while on a trip to visit with relatives! Now, there are over 1,700 plates in the collection. The entire collection has been bequeathed to the United Methodist Church General Commission on Archives and History, located at Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA. Future generations will be able to learn about individual congregations, events, schools, etc. and the plates will also be useful in restoration attempts. Thought you might be interested in something simple becoming so important. Barbara S. Memphis, TN, USA -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #225 February 2004

2004-03-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Old Gun When I was a small boy, I would spend some time in the summer with an uncle and aunt. There was an old cap and ball gun stored in their garage that I used to play with. They moved to California, after the war, and I forgot about the old gun. In 1958, my grandmother broke up housekeeping and had an auction. After the sale, I decided to take one more tour through the old house that I loved so much. I went into each room and each room was, of course, empty. But, in an upstairs bedroom, there was an entrance to the attic. I opened the door and peeked in. Not expecting to see anything, I was surprised to see an object in the far corner of the attic. It was all wrapped up in a blanket. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that long forgotten gun! I kept it for years and have now passed it on to my son. The gun, incidentally, is an 1846 Springfield. I have never seen it listed in an antique guide. Ray S. -- Another Story-- Giving it away About 2 years ago, I cleaned my cupboards and made 4 piles on my dining room table. Each pile got a cup and saucer, creamer and sugar bowl, salad bowl, salt and peppers, a piece from my Coca Cola collection, a footed candy dish, etc. I tried to make each pile an equal value, so if I had one valuable salad bowl, then I put less valuable things in that pile so each equaled about the same thing. Then I packed each pile into a separate box and put a number on it. When my family was here, I numbered some Beanie Babies and had each grandchild draw a number. They thought it was for the Beanies, but it was actually for the box of dishes. Then the moms were instructed to take the corresponding box to their cars to be opened later. Now each of my grandchildren has a box of "stuff" from gramma, I don't know who got what so there was no favoritism shown and everyone was happy. I gave each of the parents something that I knew he/she had admired over the years and wanted some day. One of them asked "Are you trying to tell us something?" I replied "Yes, I want to be able to open my cupboard and find what I want without moving lots of other stuff". I am doing the same with other items along the way. I believe in the motto of the late Percy Ross who said "He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes". And it will eliminate dealing with it all when I'm gone. A win-win situation, don't you think? Marlene -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #223 February 2004

2004-02-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Who gets what? My Grandmother collected a set of Haviland China thru her Jewel Tea distributor who came around each week, by horse and buggy, in the very early 1900"s. She had service for 12 plus many of the serving pieces. When she passed away in 1958, the set was split between her 2 daughters, her only children. I remember my Mother writing away to dealers all over the country, buying a piece at a time, until she had service for 12 and many of the serving pieces. Meanwhile, my Aunt was doing the same thing. My Aunt's Husband passed away, and she moved in with my Mother, disposing of the majority of her furniture and various things. Then in the 60's my Aunt passed away, and my Mother inherited her things, including her Haviland service for 12. My Mother now had service for 24. In the 70's my Mother passed away. My only sister and I could not figure out how to divide up the set, as there were only 1 of many of the serving pieces, like the covered serving bowl. The solution? My sister and I had our spouses pack up the china. The identical boxes were placed in our respective area, 12 dinner plates, 12 salad plates, etc. The serving pieces were packed in mystery boxes. My sister and I each got to pick 2. Of course, I got the covered serving bowl. My Aunt always liked me best! Dave G. -- Another Story-- Precious pieces When I was a little girl my grandparents lived in an oil camp. The camp had a dump where the residents would throw out things they now longer wanted or needed. Mostly is was broken furniture, old appliances, etc. Although we children had been told not to play at the dump, occasionally we would disobey. We had a playhouse in the woods we called the Kennedy Mansion (he was president at the time) and we were always looking for things to "furnish" it with. I came across a clear glass sugar bowl with no chips or cracks, just no lid. We took it home and my grandmother fell in love with it so I gave it to her. Years passed and I no longer saw the sugar bowl in her cabinet so I assumed it had been broken or thrown away. When she died a few years ago, my aunts and uncles went through the house and took the things they wanted. Then we grandchildren were allowed to look for any leftovers we might want. You guessed it, my sugar bowl was still there hidden behind some old tea glasses. It means nothing to anyone but me and only because my wonderful grandmother loved it so. On a side note, when I was in the second grade my teacher gave me a planter that looked like a miniature spinning wheel. I gave it to my grandmother and over the years it disappeared. When looking through the "worthless" things the aunts and uncles didn't want, I found it, too. My sisters and I found many things that day that have no monetary value, but precious memories attached to Grandmother. Including enough feather pillows for each of us five girls to have two each, she had written the date on the ticking when she made each one. I feel like we got the most valuable things of all. Carolyn R. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #222 February 2004

2004-02-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - The Victrola Before I moved into an apartment, I used to restore old furniture to make extra money. My friend Lesa kept me fairly busy one year with many nice pieces she would find at the "Neighborhood Cleanup" the city sponsors where we live. One day she presented me with one of those old cabinet style Victrolas...unfortunately it was in pretty sad shape missing 2 legs. Lesa said she had found it laying in the gutter at the side of the road. We were both astonished anyone would throw away such a lovely piece even with missing legs. Lesa hired my services and I was able to match the legs with some extra's I had from other old furniture. My boyfriend even managed to carve them in the same manner as the originals. After I was finished, it was hard to tell which leg was the original. Lesa was very happy with the results. About a year later I was discussing the whole thing with another friend. I described the Victrola to her in detail and when I told her where Lesa had found it my friend jumped up crying out "That was mine! My boyfriend threw it out the garage door during an argument!" Needless to say, we contacted Lesa to find out about getting the Victrola returned to her... unfortunately Lesa had sold it for several hundred dollars just days before. Diane K. -- Another Story-- The Rocket When I was eight years of age,my Grandfather and I were in a little country store.We didn't have much money and tend not to enjoy the frivolous things in life, however, my Grandfather was a kind and loving man and saw fit to purchase this tin rocket ship for me. It had a friction motor in it and sparks came from the back when you rolled along the ground. I thought it was the best toy a kid could have. My brothers were somewhat destructive in nature so, my Grandmother kept the toy at their home for safe keeping and I would play with it on visits.Time passed and I went to Vietnam and to College,got married. Time passed and so did my Grandfather.And a little while later my Grandmother followed.I attended the funeral but, lived out of town and did not have the to go to their home to collect some memories as did the rest of the family. However, a few years later, one of my aunts called me(she must have inherited my Grandfather's kindness) and told me ( I'm 56years old now)that she had found something at Grandmother's house long ago and that looked like something that could have belonged to me. She kept it all of these years. When I saw it, it was still wrapped in the dish towel and, I opened it and once again, I was eight years old and I was standing in my Grandmother's kitchen with the aromas of country foods cooking and fresh baked pies in the air and the sound of a stone scraping across a metal blade as my Grandfather sharpened his Axe.I truly am one of the luckiest people in the world. Ronald D. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #221 February 2004

2004-02-09

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Garbage Ditch I grew up in a rural area where it was commonplace to have a ditch used for a "dump" back in the field somewhere. Recently my husband and 12 year old son were hunting near the ditch where the "dump" used to be. It hadn't been used as a dump for over 25 yr. since my Dad was living. My husband noticed something sticking out of the ground and realized it was part of a doll. He remembered me telling about my toys being thrown away, so they worked and dug to get the leg dislodged, finding the rest underneath. Imagine my shock to see them carry home the head, legs and arms of a doll that my Dad had years ago thrown away. Somewhere along that ditch is my wonderful metal doll house that I had kept on a closet shelf and then was stored in the laundry room on a shelf for safe keeping. Dad was notorious for wanting things "neat and clean" and it wasn't uncommon for him to throw things out without a thought of who's it was. The cloth body of course was long gone but the head and limbs cleaned up fairly well. My Mom is going to help me make a new body for her and I plan to keep her safe from now on. -- Another Story-- Box of memories I opened a box of memorabilia to show my oldest son some of my precious things. I asked if he'd take what he liked and display them. Wasting no time, he said "I don't display stuff, Mom." But I thought if I explained to him what they were, they'd seem more appealing. Why would he turn down the first pair of glasses I wore in 1941, still in its original blue case? Three surviving souvenirs from my trip West in mid 1940's? The tiny plate on a stand that always held my childhood birthday cakes? Two flapper purses from his grandmothers? The knob from my dad's 1934 Ford featuring a photo of tiny me? Ok, I got the message from this modernist. I'll just check with his siblings. Vivian N. --Another Story-- The Auction Just an added side note and warning for everyone out there. Last week I attended and auction for my "Uncle Peter" (really he was my moms 1st cousin). He passed away last fall without leaving a will. The next of kin that were found by the lawyer were 2 step sisters he had never met that lived in New York (we are in Ontario Canada). They auctioned off 5 barn loads of his lives collection, along with personal items that he had that were my grandfathers - including his glass eye and numerous family photos, university ring and family treasures. Our family owned 3 turn of the century furniture factories and was very wealthy. Unfortunately, my immediate family and I could only afford to buy back some of our family photos - other treasures were sold to the highest bidders - with my Mom and my brothers and sisters looking on with tears in our eyes. It was so disheartening to not be able to afford buy anything else I am still reeling from the whole situation, as is the rest of my family. I will never look at an auction or flea market the same. Please take my advice and treasure what you have......make a will and never take anything for granted!.....Sally D. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #220 February 2004

2004-02-06

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Silver My youngest son and I have been antiquing together since he was a baby in a pouch on my back. I have four sons, and he is the only one who turned out to be a fanatic collector like his mother. He has a particular liking for anything sterling, large or small. A drawer in his dresser is FULL of sterling jewelry of all types, collected at garage sales and flea markets everywhere. One piece, purchased when he was only 12 years old was a ring with a very unusual girls name carved out of the silver. (CHANNIE) Fast forward to last fall,when he became engaged to a wonderful young woman. You guessed it. Her name is "Channie." He had that ring for15 years- just waiting for the right finger to put it on. The diamond came the next week, but that little silver ring remains on her right hand, a treasure forever. It gives real meaning to the phrase "meant to be". Phyllis M. Cherry Hill NJ -- Another Story-- The Bells I grew up in a small village in England, and was raised by my grandparents. My mother died when I was three and my father was in the air force serving his time during the second world war overseas. We had few toys, but happily spent our days playing at the near by farm. In our large kitchen there was a Welsh dresser and strung between the two side pieces were a row of cow bells that my grandmother had hung. there were about 8 - perfectly tuned - that I was taught to play simple tunes on. How I loved those cow bells! When my grandparents died I didn't have enough money to go back to England to try to find them They were worth nothing, but to me a childhood of wonderful memories. Thanks for allowing me to share..... Lynne. --Another Story-- Nail Ring I am hoping that someone in Michigan can help me located a ring that my father made for my mother before they were married. It was when they were first dating in the late 1930's. He made it from a nail, a steel one, I believe, and it had a small heart with a script H A inscribed in the heart. He also had gold applied to the top of the heart area. I borrowed it one day and lost it, that would have been sometime in the late fifties or early sixties. Mother and Dad have been together for 70 years, if you include the 5 years they were engaged. I deeply regret borrowing that ring and losing it. Dad still talks occasionally about how he clamped the nail in a vise, bent it into a circle and flattened the head. He filed it to the same thickness all around the ring and then filed the head into the shape of a heart.He had a jeweler gild the heart. I would really love to be able to return it to him. Mother's memories are not as good as they used to be, but I'm sure she would remember this ring if we could find it. Thank you. Judy E. tjell@swbell.net -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #219 January 2004

2004-01-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Mountain Memories When I was growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, times were hard. I was born in 1943 and my grandmother lived with my family and I. We had fire places to keep us warm during the cold winter months. I remember the milk churn that sat by the fireplace to curd the milk to churn to make butter for the table. I was the oldest of nine children and I had some responsibilities as to watch over them when my Mother and Dad were working every day in the garden. My Grandmother taught me so much about mountain living, home remedies, canning, drying vegetables, curing meats and mountain cooking. I remember a pitcher that she always used for storing salt. It was placed on the top of the warming closet of the old wood cook stove. Many times when it was cold and the fire in the stove was burning hot for cooking, I saw the brown salt pitcher sitting there always full of salt for seasoning. We cooked beans and Granny didn't measure with a teaspoon, she just put her hand in and measured with her fingers. One day as I sat at the table and looked at the old pitcher I asked her where she got it. (My grandmother was born in 1886). She told me that it belonged to her Mother. I thought it must be old. It was brown, no markings except for the wafer background and pretty grapes with leaves. It would probably hold one half gallon. Years passed and one day I was at the old homeplace and It was cold and ice everywhere. I was going inside the old house and happened to look to my left where the roof drips. I saw the pitcher sitting on the ground full of water. I was so surprised that it hadn't broken because of all the ice. I picked it up and remembered how many times I had seen my mom and grandmother get a pinch of salt from this pitcher to season the foods they served. I brought it home. I still have it today. I have no idea how much it is worth or where it came from. It is a treasure to me. The milk churn is also mine now and I will never forget my grandmother churning butter as she told me stories about day's gone by...Trena -- Another Story-- Something Saved I've been working with some relatives on cleaning out a house and a couple of the ladies involved seemed to make some major headway on a day when I couldn't be there. After they left for their out-of-town homes, I started collecting the trash to put outside and found a bag with stuff they had tossed from underneath the kitchen sink. As I looked through the stuff, I found two bud vases which looked as though they had seen better days. Both were glass and both appeared to be discolored. But neither were chipped. Knowing that bud vases are easy to fix up quickly for someone who needs a flower, I figured I'd save both. I took them home and put them in my dishwasher and when I pulled them out, both were gleaming. ( I use Palmolive gel ). When I took a second glance at one of the bud vases, I saw that a flower was etched into the glass and when I looked at the bottom, I saw it was "Lenox."..Martha Altoona, Pa. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #218 January 2004

2004-01-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - The Little things... I was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia which is where one of the largest Ship Building facilities in the United States is located. Somewhat like Pittsburgh being known for it's factories, Newport News is known for it's "Ship Yard". My grandfather worked there all of his adult life as did many other family members and sadly he also died there. I have many fond childhood memories of sleep overs at my grandparents home and "Nanny" bundling me up at the crack of dawn to take my grandfather to work so she could have their only car to drive that day. We would pick him up at the end of his long day. All the workers would come piling out of the gates at once after the whistle blew (yes there really was a whistle that blew) All the men seem to look alike wearing there hard hats and flannel shirts, your typical factory attire but I could always pick out "my granddaddy". My grandmother always packed "Granddaddy's" lunch and he would carry it in his old silver round top lunch box with the stripped thermos, the ones used in the 50's/60's. My Granddaddy died in the early 1970's and my Nanny lived well into the 1990's. Unfortunately, she suffered from Dementia and had to eventually be put in a nursing home. Afterward my Aunt helped "clean out" Nanny's home while my father and uncle worked full time ( it was their parents home & belongings) . My father got my grandparents bedroom suite and a few other items while the more valuable antiques and nicer items ended up with my cousin (I don't begrudge him, that is not what this story is about). When my parents went to help clean up the home before being able to sell it they had to retrieve the family pictures and albums from the garbage and luckily got some of the pieces of furniture before the salvation army was to have picked them up, as well as boxes filled with other personal belongings of both grandparents. One of those items being my Granddaddy's thermos and his safety glasses that he had to wear while welding the ships. I asked my dad if I could have those items and still have them to this day. I eventually was given one of the bedroom suites that was saved from being donated, it was my fathers when he was a young boy and while I will cherish those pieces of furniture they do not make my heart fill with the joy and love or invoke the memories of those early morning car rides to take my Granddaddy to work and picking him out of the group of men carrying his lunch box with the striped thermos at the end of his day. Those are memories of him that are mine alone and I keep them in a special place in my mind and my heart. Thank you for allowing me to share a happy moment of my granddaddy with you and the other readers. I hope they enjoy reading about my special memory as I often enjoy reading theirs. C-NJ -- Another Story-- Cataloging the past... Being the only child of my mother's entire generation, I have been fortunate to have inherited all the family heirlooms. Several years ago there was a fire in my home in WI and I realized that, though nothing was lost that time, there was always the potential for things to go wrong. I embarked on a project to catalog all the heirlooms with photographs and remembrances of why these things were important. I even did floor plans of the homes of my ancestors and indicated where furniture items sat in the home. Since beginning this project, I have inherited even more stuff, as my mother and aunt have also passed away. Needless to say, this is a huge project, but I have two sons who I hope will appreciate knowing that, besides simply being a valuable antique, for example, that the big block plane was hand made by their great, great, great grandfather and bears a stamp of his name and that he was recognized as one of the finest wheelwrights in the state of California. Many items in the catalog would not be considered valuable or even really collectible, but there is a story for each and every one of them that makes them priceless. I am also cataloging the items that I have purchased over the years so my sons will know something about them as well. I regret that no one in a generation before me thought to do something like this, as I'm sure there are so many stories I will never know. You hear a lot about provenance in the world of antiques, but there's no provenance like good old family stories. Karen L. -- Comments, thoughts? 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The Collectors Newsletter #217 January 2004

2004-01-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Leftovers I just wanted to share a response to Rita D.s summation that it isn't the "price" or " monetary value" of something that is handed down, but how you felt about that person, and how that object makes you feel, and remember! I grew up only a few miles on the farm from my grandmother, I saw her almost every day, and we were very close. When my grandparents retired they moved into "town". I still saw them very often. I lived with them when I went to nursing school, and that only helped me to grow even closer to them. My grandfather passed away about 10 years before my grandmother. When my grandmother passed away, my aunt (the only other living child) came and took all the antiques of "value", and believe me there were many. She then called me and told me that she was going to put everything else on auction and if I wanted anything I could have it. I was saddened by what my aunt called "leftovers". Hundreds of family photos, photos of my grandparents newly married, of my grandparents as young children, of their parents, and brothers and sisters, of my father and his childhood, and his brothers and sisters. Old Christmas ornaments and decorations, that I remember hanging every year and exactly where they were placed in their home when I was a child. Cards that were given to them, some made by my aunt and father, some by me! But what I loved the most, was an old green cup, that my grandmother used to keep in the sugar canister. I have such vivid memories of her using the cup to dip out sugar and sprinkling it on pies, or pouring it into grape jelly that she was making! I love this cup! It's value is nothing to anyone else, but to me it was (and is) everything! I cherish all the "leftovers" and the wonderful memories I have when I look at them. ..CAS. -- Another Story -- The Boots My father in law was like a dad to me. I was hanging about his house since I was a 15 year old girl. It became pretty normal for me to be a part of his supper hours, even at that young age. Things at my home were somewhat difficult as my parents were going through a divorce and I craved the normality of my best friend's (who later became my husband) home. When our first daughter was born in our late 20's, my father-in-law had just retired from a 40 year career of truck driving. He and his wife had raised five fine boys and at this point in his life, a tiny girl seemed to be a delight to him. Having a high work ethic, he also for the first time in his life, had lots of time on his hands. He fell in love with our daughter and both my mother-in-law and father-in-law cherished their time with her. When our second daughter was born 4 years later, she also became their special girl. Pop would call or visit most days and I was thrilled that our girls had such a loving relationship with their nanny and poppy. He had special nicknames for them and they always knew the sound of his truck several houses away. A couple of times per year, he would travel about - mini trips with his wife or his sons. I did not buy so-called 'fancy' shoes for our girls but as a stay at home mother, was more concerned with the basics. After bringing home a tiny sized pair of Buster Browns one year, he became the family "shoe" man and would measure the girls' feet before a trip and come home with granny boots, or work boots or fancy sneakers. They were always thrilled with his choices. It was a bit of a family joke that he would be carrying papers with pictures of feet on them in his pocket, measuring them against shoes whenever he got the chance. The thought of an older, truck-driving man, standing in a store aisle wearing his typical plaid shirt and corduroy pants complete with suspenders and measuring little boots in his big hands still warms my heart. Well, when our eldest gal was about 5, she took a hankering for cowboy boots. Who would know why? It was the only thing she was asking for that Christmas. They were nowhere to be had locally that year as we searched everywhere. Even in the church play, to the tune of On the First Day of Christmas, her singing part was a drawn out "one pair of cowboy boots." Fairly close to Christmas, my father in law was traveling and went into every store along the way, searching for the elusive cowboy boots. At one point, he called us and said "I FOUND them!" He wrapped them up and placed them under our tree "from Santa." The delight on our daughter's face that Christmas morning as she opened and then pulled on her fringed, PINK cowboy boots was a joy to all of us. As it turned out, Christmas morning was also a church morning. Our daughter accompanied us to church with a lovely Christmas dress on and you guessed it, cowboy boots. As we sat in the pew listening to our pastor preach, he caught sight of our daughter and stopped mid sentence. His next words were "Well, I can see that Alyssa finally got the cowboy boots she was asking for!" At that, he came down the aisle, picked her up and held up her feet for all the congregation to see the pink sparkly boots. Everyone laughed as they remembered her part in the play! She wore those boots with gusto and of course, eventually outgrew them but delighted in many more nice shoes and boots over the years from her poppy. The girls would tell him what was in style and true to form, he would do his best to fulfill their order. Sadly, my father-in-law lost the battle to cancer about 4 years ago and as a family, we all mourned heavily. Buying a pair of shoes for our girls as they went back to school that first year was an excruciating experience and all I could do was stand in front of the display and cry. I am sure that the salesclerk thought I had lost my mind! In our daughter's room on a nice shelf stands a small pair of pink fringed cowboy boots that have certainly seen better times. It is funny how things that you would think worthless...a worn, smudged pair of boots..could mean so much. When friends ask her about them, I have often overheard her say "oh, my poppy gave them to me." Only we know how much love and sorrow is mixed together in that statement. What a treasure it is for her, for both our girls to have such good memories of their grandparents. I am sure that the little pair of boots will always hold a special place on a shelf or dresser wherever she goes. Best Regards, Gloria -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #216 January 2004

2004-01-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A father's gifts. After you read this story, tell us if you have had any experiences with precious things that may not seem so important to everyone else. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - My father passed away in January of 2000 after a lengthy ordeal with cancer. He had been a minister, but had worked as a mechanic most of my life to support our family. He was a fun-loving person, always ready with a smile and a joke, but he was also a very old-fashioned fellow. I was a divorced mother of one girl at that time, and he loved Rachael like Jacob loved Benjamin. He took her hunting and fishing, taught her to shoot and purchased a shotgun for her that was for a "lefty" like he was, when she had completed the gun safety and handling course required by Washington State. (Rachael is the only one of his children or grandchildren that is left handed.) That gun, and the hunting gear she wore when she went with him, are among her most prized possessions now. But taking his daughter hunting had never even crossed his mind when I was growing up! Girls didn't do that sort of thing...until Rachael came along anyway, and then she was Papa's right-hand gal and nothing was prohibited! Its funny how people change when they become grandparents. Dad also felt a parental responsibility for her, because she was without a father at that time. When Dad became too ill to care for himself, Rachael and I became his care givers, arriving early in the morning to change the PICT line and the protein mix that he was being fed intravenously, and then coming after work and school to spend more time with him and to change the feeding bag again. When he was in the hospital I would always come by in the morning, go home and get Rachael and then come back to the hospital to spend time with him. Every morning he would brighten up when I came in and say "Hello, Angel!" When Dad realized that he was not going to beat the cancer, he and my mother decided to write their will. Dad agonized over what to leave me as the only girl in the family and his "angel". He left my brothers his hunting gear, his tools and his fishing things, and mother all of his personal things and valuables. Finally, he decided to give me his drill. That may sound humorous, but his power drill was the only one of his tools that I ever had asked to borrow. I'd used it to hang curtain rods and make small repairs around my home, so Dad made sure that I would get his power drill. He asked me if there was anything else that I wanted, and I told him that I would like one of his bibles. Mother insisted on keeping the bible that he used for preaching, so Dad left me the bible that he'd carried while stationed in Korea, instead. Six weeks after my parents had married, Dad had been drafted into the army and ended up spending 18 months in Korea. The bible's been wet due to the heavy rains in Korea and the pages are ruffled, the cover is very worn and some of the writing is blotted, but that bible is precious to me. What is strange is that when my father's eldest sister died, she left some of her personal things to me because she'd never had any daughters of her own. One thing she left me was a framed photograph taken of my Dad when he was a soldier in Korea. So I have two momentos of what was probably one of the worst times of his life! After he had passed away, I found in my car a flashlight that Dad had put there one evening. I didn't have one in the car, and he was always concerned about me being on the road and having a break down in the dark. I took very little notice of it at the time, but when I purchased a newer car later that year, I took the flashlight out and discovered that it was the one he'd used in the mechanic's shop to see under cars and into the motors when it wasn't light enough. The flashlight has his name carved into it, in his handwriting. That flashlight is one of my most valuable possessions, I have it tucked away and will not allow anyone to use it. Its not the stuff, its what the PERSON meant to us that left us the stuff that really is the most important thing. Things can be replaced, broken or lost. The things left,regardless of value, are not important, what counts is what value you placed on the giver...that's really where true wealth lies. I know many people who have inherited a lot of money from their deceased parent's, but they have never overcome the bitterness they felt toward them and the inheritance means very little. I'd rather have my drill, bible and flashlight than all their wealth! --Rita D. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #215 January 2004

2004-01-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Foxes A treasure from a friend that passed on. After you read these stories, tell us if you have had any experiences like these. Send them to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - Upon learning that my dearest friend in Ohio had one year to live after being told she had cancer, she called me and wanted to put her house in my name because her Son would not take care of it.I told her "no", she should give it to her Son. She asked me if she had any mementos that I would like. I was very bereaved at the time and told her all I wanted was a pair of decorative stuffed animal hunting foxes she always put out at Christmas time. Of course, after she passed on, her Son did not fulfill her wishes and did not give me the foxes.These foxes were over forty years old and could not be bought in a store. Fifteen years later, I was living in Texas and went into a Salvation Army Store about three weeks before Christmas and lo and behold, they had a pair of the identical foxes for sale. I asked how much they were and the lady said $l5 each. Finally, I gave her $25 for both. I had tears in my eyes and looked up to Heaven and said "Thanks" to my dearly departed friend.... Jeanne C, now living in Cincinnati, -- Another Story-- Will me a hammer. I love this story. It typifies the powerful imagery that an object can invoke in a person. I think everyone has a "hammer" somewhere in their past. My father had a wonderfully long life, filled with many people who loved him. Not surprising, as he was a kind, generous and loving man. During the last few years of his life, he gave away to his children, most of his personal treasures. So, when his children were gathered for the reading of his final wishes, I was surprised to find that he still had special things that he wanted each of us to have. When it came to my turn, his Will read, "And for Susie, I want her to have the ballpeen hammer." Our family is very loud and gregarious, so the silence in room was deafening. Suddenly a chorus of voices came at me, as everyone asked the same question, "A hammer? He wants you to have a hammer?" Smiling, I told them that I just couldn't imagine what Dad was thinking. We all laughed and agreed that maybe Dad was loosing it a little when he wrote out his final instructions. Later in the day, all of us were walking the property, when we wandered into Dad's shop. Dad was a machinist by trade. "A tool, jig and fixture builder." as I had often heard him tell people. Upon entering the dimly light structure, the smell immediately struck me, and I was transported back to a time when I was very little. The vision in my head was of myself, sitting on the cold hard floor in the family garage. My dad was tinkering at the work bench. I then flashed to the times I would walk down to the Five and Dime with my Nana, and with my allowance buy rolls of caps, made for the use in toy guns. I would bring these into the garage and get a hammer down from off of the wall, and hit these little red dots with the hammer. Pop! Pop! Gosh, I loved that sound! In a flash of olfactory memory, I remembered that Dad would always take the chosen hammer away from me, and replace it with a somewhat bigger hammer. Back in real time, standing in the dusty light of Dad's shop, I looked up and there it was.......a small hammer, hanging on a peg. It was a ballpeen hammer. I reached up and took it down, and I could feel the texture of the wooden handle and the weight of the cold steel hammerhead in my hand. As I turned it over in my hand, it seemed as if I could smell the acrid smoke from the caps. "This is it, this is it!" I proclaimed. My brother opened a side door to let in more light, and we could see that something was etched into the metal head of the hammer. "Made by Warren Killick, October 22, 1941". Dad had made this hammer 8 years before I was born. So... that is why he didn't want me smacking caps with it on the concrete floor. This little hammer is the physical and tangible expression of my father's love. He could not have given me anything more valuable, than the returned memory of those special days of childhood and the knowledge that they were very special to him as well. Susan F., Poulsbo, Wa. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #214 January 2004

2004-01-09

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When I Die #6 We've been flooded with responses to this series. So many, it would be impossible for us get them all into this newsletter. We've decided to post almost all of the responses in our online forum so that everyone can have access to them and discuss them further. This is a wonderful topic and it seems to have inspired quite a few people to voice their opinions and personal experiences. Please take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=16 The subject is "The When I Die Archive". Please feel free to join in and voice your opinion or experience with this topic. I think you will find it to be extremely interesting reading. For this issue we've also got an interesting story about an item that returned to a family member in an unusual manner. After you read this story, tell us if you have you had an experience like this. Send it to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - The beads go home.. My family has always told me about my Grandmother who used to scour thrift stores and garage sales to find clothing for her 7 children. This was during, and after the Depression. So, it wasn't in vogue then. But even when things improved financially she still loved to shop thrift and was a magnificent pack rat! I was the one who got her thrift "gene" and I also have always loved to "collect". When she passed on, I inherited some of her costume jewelery. I kept it for some time but finally realized I wasn't wearing some of it, so I donated it. Just a couple weeks later I dear friend presented me with a Christmas gift she had made for me out of salvaged beads she found at the very same Thrift store. She had no idea that the choker she made me had some of the beads from my Grandmothers necklace that I donated! I won't be donating this one! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #213 January 2004

2004-01-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When I Die #5 More stories from our readers about how they determine who gets what, when the owner passes on. We've had quite a few responses to last weeks newsletter. http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2499 Here are several of them. Have you had any experiences like this? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - All I can say is "AMEN". Debra pointed out that it is incredibly bad manners and disrespectful to covet the possessions of your loved ones. Having them here on earth with us is the most valuable gift of all. I would give anything to have my Grandmother Magdalene still here with me. She passed 24 years ago when I was 16 but I still think of her often, especially on her birthday. I think it is important to guide children and explain "respect for elders"..."the blessing of having l loved ones with us"... "the definition of coveting"... to them in a firm and gentle way. Ember in Texas. -- Another Story-- I'm writing in regards to your article. "when you die, can I have this?" Anyone who asks that of someone is totally selfish and disrespectful. It is a statement of someone's true lack of morals concerning a person's property. I have not had someone ask me this question regarding my property. BUT,,,, I did have people ask if they could have this or that when my mother died. One such person did this the day after the funeral. Some people may not think this behavior is wrong. To me it showed exactly what this person had thought of my mother and myself. And the real kicker of it all, this person was my mother's sister and my aunt. Greed and selfishness are what brings about the question "when you die, can I have this?" Ida --Another Story-- Funny that this was the subject this month because I sent out a letter to my family and friends this year asking them to pick out three things that would remind them of me in case I do not make it through my surgery. We all realize that this is just "THINGS" but my sister died at age 53 and I wish I had one of her "things" to look at and cherish and hold and cry with because although I will never forget all the wonderful times and some bad times I shared with my sister there is still something about physical evidence. I rest my case and I must say it is very interesting to see what reminds people of you. Happy and healthy new year to all. M --Another Story-- Our grandson, at eight, was going through a lot of things we own, telling me, the standard, "When you die, can I have this," Knowing that his mother would punish him if she heard him, I quietly suggested that he might want to change his sentence to,"When you aren't using that anymore, can I have it?" Well, over the years, it has grown to be quite the catch phrase in our family and we all have a good laugh. So remember, death doesn't have to be serious, but it sure is permanent, so if you have something to share, do it now, so you can enjoy it with them!!! Judy -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #212 January 2004

2004-01-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When I Die #4 More stories from our readers about how they determine who gets what, when the owner passes on. Have you had any experiences like this? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - I’ve been reading your newsletter for some time now. The articles re: disposing of one’s material goods often make me roll my eyes, particularly when I read: “When you die, can I have this?” I think asking such a question, regardless of age or circumstance is very poor manners. We were taught at a very young age not to covet things. In fact, once when one of us children said to our mother about her mother, “When grandma dies can I have this or that” our mother gave us a talking to that stuck with us throughout our lives and our relationships with family and friends. The gist was that it was very poor manners to predicate getting something in the event of someone else’s death. (What we really want is the person in our lives, not their things.) If we lived our lives in such a way as to be well thought of, perhaps we would be remembered by those who loved us with a remembrance. To receive something at someone’s death was not a right and should not be an expectation, but a surprise, an honor and a blessing, and it was to be at the giver’s choice rather than ours. If something was received, regardless of what the item was, be it large or small, inexpensive or expensive, we were to consider ourselves doubly blessed by the giver. Primarily for the giver’s love and respect shown to us in life, not by possible reflections of those feelings in things bestowed after death. If we received nothing but kindness, respect, admiration and love from family, friends, and acquaintances that would be the real treasure, enough for anyone’s satisfaction. It is interesting that each of us have never asked anyone for anything. But over the years, in our separate lives, by family and friends, we are often asked (individually) out of the blue, if we would like to have a specific item named by the giver while living. We each feel awkward at these moments, and have been surprised to find that we each answer in a like manner: “If you would like me to have it, I would be honored. Thank you for thinking of me.” Whether we receive something or not, we are never disappointed or left wanting. Except wanting to have the deceased person still in our lives. ....Debra -- Another Story-- Hi! I enjoy your newsletter so much! This morning one of your stories made me think.... I collected "everything" for years! Had a house full! Things given to me & others that I bought when we were out & about. One day a young friend brought her new baby over to visit me & she had a fit over all my Fiesta....she had been buying a little piece here & there and her family was giving it to her as gifts! She had loved Fiesta for a long time & hoped someday to have a wonderful collection! So that day I felt like I should give her my pieces! Why wait until I'm gone...that could be years! My only stipulation was that she enjoy them, use them & pass something of hers on to someone who will enjoy it. Since that time I've given away hundreds of things....it seems I always find more! Instead of waiting until I'm gone I get the enjoyment of seeing everyone enjoy the things now! And everyone knows that unless they REALLY want something not to mention it to me....because it will be theirs! I don't miss those things! I get so much pleasure knowing that they are so valued & loved by someone ho can enjoy them NOW!... Janet -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #211 December 2003

2003-12-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When I Die #3 More stories from our readers about how they determine who gets what, when the owner passes on. Have you had any experiences like this? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com . We also want to hear any other interesting or unusual stories you would like to share with us that are related to collecting or anything vintage. - As a British reader, I really enjoy some of your quaint stories. Reta N reminded me of my Granny who used to label all her china, furniture etc, with the appropriate name. Unfortunately, my uncles used to quietly swap labels in order to maximize value; as my Dad lived further away and was not so materialistic, he sort of lost out. But they did do one thing right: when most of the stuff had been apportioned, there were a few small objects left over. These were each numbered and the brothers then took turns to pick a number from a hat. Very democratic, no arguments. And my father "won" a valuable silver box, much to the chagrin of the others, Merry Christmas, Tim Clarke Isle of Wight PO30 4JU United Kingdom -- Another Story-- My kids and my friends get back whatever I have enjoyed so much for so long. When I look at my possessions and gifts (no matter how small) I do not see the gift but the love of the person who sent it to me. When it is returned to them at my death I hope that it will be a reminder of me and that the love has come full circle.....Elizabeth B. --Another Story-- This year before Christmas, I had our young grandchildren over to make gifts for their parents. I asked them if they would like to make a gift of papier mache. They both asked, what is papier mache? I took out all the items that I had made out of papier mache and showed them what it was. I had made a cat and painted it white, with green eyes. Our 6 year old grand daughter fell in love with it. Out of the blues she turned to me and asked, grandma can I have the kitty cat after you die? I told her, that you love the kitty cat and he loves you. I gave her the kitty cat and it was a blessing to see, her face beam, it just lit up like a Christmas tree...Sarah G. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #210 December 2003

2003-12-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When I Die #2 Here is one readers idea for determining who gets what. Have you had any experiences like this? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com - I've really enjoyed the stories about children wanting to be sure they get some treasured object. I remember that when, as a child I would ask my grandmother for something 'when you die', she would always off-handedly say, "Well...put your name on the bottom of it..." and go on about her business. I never figured she really meant it so I never did - but when my little granddaughter began asking me, "Grandma, when you die can I have this?", I told her the same as I'd been told. It was fun keeping up the tradition. As she got older she stopped asking, but I began finding her name, scribbled on a piece of tape, stuck to the bottom of items I didn't even know she noticed (even a chair!). The other grandchildren never asked. One day I overheard her informing her younger cousins how the system worked...and soon I began discovering their names as well! I would pick up a knickknack or a bowl or a candlestick or a book and find a name there - and it was always interesting (and sometimes surprising) to see whose name it was. I began occasionally giving the 'asked for' items as birthday or Christmas presents. As they got older, I found fewer (but more expensive) choices were being marked. I figured they must have outgrown the game - until a year or so ago when I was doing some deep cleaning in the basement and rolled up the big wool rug that covered most of the floor...there, on a room-sized 'X" of tape criss-crossing the entire area, were all their names written very clearly in black magic marker!...Reta N. -- Another Story-- Future Collector An editors note for this story. A "pontil mark" is left by a glass blower, usually on the base of some vintage bottles. It is the point where the glass is cut away after the bottle is created. How about you? Do you have any unusual stories where a term used for collecting ended up being used in everyday conversation? Tell us about it. Send a note to newsletter@tias.com - My brother is an avid poison and bitters bottles collector , even writing and publishing a small book and price guide in the early 70's. The family never realized how much we talk about them until the day his three year old son Scott while pointing to his navel, was asked " what is that?" and he promptly answered "my pontil mark!". B Ruschel, Washington C.H.,Oh -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #209 December 2003

2003-12-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Don't put it down Another story of things that almost got sold. After you read this story, tell us if you've ever had anything similar happen to you. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com A couple of years ago I was at my usual table I rent at a firearms show. A dealer I know came by as usual, and I asked his opinion on a family heirloom. The item in question was a Samurai Sword my father brought back from WW11, and will never be for sale, but I wanted to know as much about it as possible. The dealer is an expert on Samurai Swords, and was most eager to see mine and tell me a little about it. In order to evaluate it fully, he had to remove the handle. In order to completely remove the handle, he had to gently but firmly tap the hand holding the handle with his other hand. He removed his Rolex watch and placed it on my table to prevent any harm to such an expensive watch. Before he had removed the handle, another patron of the show came by, saw the Rolex, examined it, and asked how much I wanted for it! A very quick explanation to the patron, and my apologies to the dealer evaluating my sword saved my honor and my dealer friend's Rolex....Tom M. -- Another Story-- "When I die, Darian, I'll leave them all to you." Sometimes children don't want to wait for an interesting collectible item to be passed on to them. After you read this story, tell us if you've ever had anything similar happen to you. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com I have a small collection of beautifully-faceted, crystal ball paperweights that I keep on my dresser. Some years back, my then-five-year-old granddaughter Darian came for a rare visit from another state and saw them. "Ooh, Grandma, they're so beautiful! Can I have one?" As I was busy, I absent-mindedly told her, "When I die, Darian, I'll leave them all to you." I turned around just in time to see the reflection on her face of wheels rapidly turning in her head. She hesitated, then said, "Grandma, I have an idea. Why don't you give me one now and the rest when you go." Her young resourcefulness and the courage she showed in speaking her mind caught me off guard. The crystal paperweights meant something to her now, and might not mean the same to her later -- and she had correctly surmised that she might have to wait a long time to get them. "Alright, Darian," I told her. "Because you had the courage to speak up for what you wanted, I'll let you take one now." It was only later that I realized I would have missed seeing the look of joy on her face if I had made her wait "until I went" to get them." Diana R. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #208 December 2003

2003-12-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Don't put it down Thrift shops are great places to buy bargains, but whatever you do, don't leave items unattended. It was an interesting lesson for this reader. After you read this story, tell us if you've ever had anything similar happen to you. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com Our community had built a two story building to house the Caring and Sharing facility. All churchs had gone together to build and have a one source for food, clothing and financial help. We had it open and operated a paying thrift shop as well. We grew and the expansion was needed for the second story. It was decided to build shelves along the outside walls for shoes on one side, and household goods on the other. My husband went early one cool morning to start to work. They had already stored somethings upstairs, so various buyers were up there too. /As he hammered away, he got hot and took off his favorite denim/jeans jacket with Navajo embroidery over both pockets in the front, and in the yoke of the back. He hung it on the end of a clothing rack, and continued to work. When closing time came at noon, his jacket was nowhere to be found. He went downstairs and asked the cashier, who remembered she had sold it for $2.00.!!!.... Barbara Jo T. -- Another Story-- Silly Monkey The passage of a favorite toy made for an interesting discussion between grandmother and grandson. After you read this story, tell us if you've ever had anything similar happen to you. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com I knew the collecting bug had been passed on to another generation when one day my six year old Grandson came over with a beany-baby monkey. I asked him if he wanted to see Grandma's monkey from when she was a baby. I took the very well-loved monkey from the cupboard. His felt ears were completely torn off, his fur was thread bare in places but there was his ever present smile on his plastic face which still showed the pin holes inflicted by my older sister seeking retaliation after I broke her shell collection. I carefully handed it to him. He lovingly cradled it in his arms and said, "its really old Grandma, huh?" I said, "yes it is 50 years old." He lovingly looked from the monkey to me and back to the monkey and said, so sweetly, " So, grandma, what are you going to do with this monkey after you die." I turned around so he could not see my laughter and composed myself and told him I would of course give it to him. Janet T., Anaheim, CA -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #207 December 2003

2003-12-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Finding Lost Items A favorite theme that keeps coming up is how items from the past, seem to make their way back to someone who cares about them. Here are two stories from readers. If after reading these stories, you find that you have a similar story you would like to share with us, please forward it to newsletter@tias.com We look forward to hearing from you. -- During the 1980's, I was a part-time antique dealer doing a dozen or shows per year. I was doing a show in Chester Connecticut one spring weekend. This weekend was the first warm day after a very cold winter, and the attendance was almost non-existent. Most of the time, the exhibition room had more dealers than customers. My partner and I took turns manning the booth while the other wandered the floor out of boredom. We were looking for potential bargains to add to our inventory. On one of my scouting trips, I entered the booth at the far corner of the room. This dealer had a large pen on parchment calligraphy work in a stunning gold leaf frame. The frame was one dealers dream of where it hasn't been "improved" with gold radiator paint. The calligraphy itself had a wreath, an eagle and a written tribute for over twenty years of service for a retiring teacher. It was dated 1845. But the most startling part was that the tribute was for an Edward Lee Suffern, my twin boys fifth great grandfather. In my former wife's family, there has been and Edward Suffern for the past seven generations. And this family is descended from John Suffern who founded Suffern, New York. I went over to the dealer to tell him of the connection to my family. The dealer said he had bought it at an auction in West Chester, New York. I wanted to buy it, but the $550 price tag was more than I felt I could afford, especially as I had sold nothing that day, a Saturday. Sunday was pretty much the same as I only sold a pair of art deco glass candle sticks for under $100. As the show was closing, the dealer with the calligraphy piece came walking over to my booth with the piece in his hand. He asked me if I would buy it by giving him a twenty dollar profit. He said he had paid $250 at auction, and I went home with it for the grand sum of $270. The item in now at the home of my son, the fifth great grand-son of that teacher. Bill J. Inverness Florida. -- Another Story-- My Daughter's Drowsy Doll Returns Home In 1972 Christmas was approaching and my daughter was 19 months old. Just old enough to pay attention to Christmas that year. I decided to go to the malls in Columbus Ga. where we lived and let her look at the baby dolls to get an idea of just what she'd love to find from Santa. There were so many wonderful choices but she wouldn't have any of the nicely dressed, frilly babies. She pitched a fit for this little doll with a polka dot print body. The doll was called "Drowsy Doll" and when her cord was pulled she'd say "I'm sleepy, and I want a drink of water". I made my way through the store and we did go back and purchase that doll for her. On Christmas morning she was elated. She didn't notice the tricycle or building blocks, only the drowsy doll in the doll bed. In 1974 we traveled to my mother in laws for a visit and somehow lost the doll while there. We searched everywhere and couldn't find it. Heart broken, my daughter cried all the way home. We couldn't locate a replacement for the doll and eventually, she got over it. When my daughter, Mechelle, was eighteen years old her grandmother's house burned down. About a month after the fire, we received a package. Inside was the old Drowsy Doll from the past, quite dirty but the same doll ! A note inside said "We found this doll in the base of an old chimney which was under the house when it burned. Thought it might belong to Mechelle." Now thirty-two years old, Mechelle keeps the Drowsy Doll on a special table in her bedroom. We imagine that one of her grandmothers dogs must have dragged it from the porch and hidden it under the house so many years ago. Thanks for listening, Lindsey -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #206 December 2003

2003-12-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 13) In the past 12 newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have another great one to share with you today. If after reading this story, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- My cousin, an only child, died in 1946 at age 18. Hoping to be of help and comfort to my mother's sister and her husband, my parents moved to be near them. I was just a tiny baby and grew up spending much time at both houses. A tall wooden (butternut) cupboard sat in one corner of the kitchen. The cupboard was built around 1865 by my uncle's grandfather as a wedding gift for his bride. As a small child it seemed to me the entire house revolved around that cupboard and its contents. In the upper, poured glass-doored half my aunt kept her dishes, a few glass collectibles and the metal woodpecker toothpick holder I loved to play with. But more importantly it was where she kept the dish of home churned butter and the blue and white Sleepy Eye pitcher that held homemade maple syrup we poured over our buckwheat pancakes. My uncle, a country veterinarian and farmer, got up at 4:30 to milk cows and then would come in for the same breakfast - every morning of his life - before heading out on "calls". In the lower portion of the cupboard was kept my uncle's vet record books, a small ceramic dish where he dropped his pocket change that I was occasionally given, and jars of my aunt's homemade strawberry, grape and black raspberry jelly with paraffin and rubber-banded wax paper covers. It was my "job" as a child to fetch a jar of jelly of my choosing for the table. Eventually the cupboard became filled with many other items: an entire collection of glass toothpick holders, the new china she bought in the 50's and some Fostoria. But nothing was as valuable in my mind as that pitcher of syrup and those jars of jelly. My uncle passed away in 1960 and in 1977 my aunt reconnected with and married her teenage "beau" when he became a widower. Combining households, many items were going up for auction. Not until after the list of items were published in the newspaper did I realize the cupboard was to be one of them. I was heartbroken as I didn't have the money to purchase it. I said nothing, but the morning of the sale my aunt noticed me lovingly touching the cupboard with tears running down my cheeks. She and her husband were obligated to continue with its sale, but they hadn't realized I had such a connection to that cupboard. With a twinkle in his eye my new uncle told me I should bid on the item until it was mine. "But I don't have the money". "Don't you worry about that at all. Just keep bidding." As time for it's bidding came closer my stomach was tied in knots. I staked my place by the cupboard and as bidding began I took a deep breath and raised my hand - again and again. I glanced toward my aunt. She nodded. It came down to me and one other bidder. The price climbed. I was shaking. I began crying. My aunt just kept winking and nodding to me as I continued the bidding. The auctioneer stopped and asked if I was OK. I nodded explaining how much that cupboard meant to me. Suddenly the other bidder walked away and the cupboard was "mine" - for a price higher than I had paid for my old, used car!. My aunt explained later the cupboard was their gift to me. The other bidder was an antique dealer from Chicago who told me the cupboard was worth four times my bid, but when he saw how much it meant he knew it should go with me. He left his card should I ever decide to sell. I still appreciate that dealer's kind heart, putting sentimentality above the almighty dollar. That cupboard has moved with me and my family many times, and is the one item I personally assure is packed and loaded carefully. It is now filled with many family heirlooms - including the Sleepy Eye pitcher! And when I open the bottom doors I still imagine I smell raspberry jelly. ......A Midwestern Subscriber -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #205 December 2003

2003-12-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 12) In the past eleven newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have another great one to share with you today. If after reading this story, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I come from a family where my Mom reviewed all of our toys every year and gave many to Goodwill, against the wishes of the children! Mom would let us keep some for posterity, but for the most part we were expected to turn them over to Goodwill for charity. Mom sometimes even slipped extraneous books and toys to Goodwill so that we would not notice. Once I was older, I looked high and low through my old possessions to find an old Snow White book which I could not find. Oh well, I thought, these things happen. However, my Dad's secretary was at a yard sale in 2000 and spotted my old scribbled name in a Snow White book! She bought it (50 cents) and gave it to me for my 25th bday! It was both a nice find and a good reminder that one will benefit from what they give away... --Another Story-- As a young child, I watched with great fascination bread dough rising in a large bowl placed on a heat register in the hallway off our kitchen. Often my busy mother would forget her dough and it would cascade down the sides of the bowl creating a messy situation for clean up. The bowl was the largest size Fiesta red mixing bowl. My parents died when I was seven and the bowl, along with the household furnishings was sold. I, however, remembered that bowl with great fondness. A number of years went by and I was told that a distant relative, then a newly wed, had been the purchaser. I mentioned the bowl to another relative. Imagine my delight and surprise when that very bowl was gifted to me. It had some rim chips and a small fracture. Over the years since it has added some additional character chips. But, it has been a wonderful popcorn bowl and will probably be one heirloom item that my children draw lots for! I will not forget the kindness of relatives who restored an important piece of my childhood....Sandra M. --Another Story-- Editors Note...I want to thank this reader for their note. We try not to mix the commercial side of our business, with our stories, but in this case it's a nice story and I'll make an exception. I really love the stories in your newsletter. My mother started collecting the Bing and Grondohl Mother's day Plates for my grandmother. Every year she would buy the next plate, only she stared the collection a year late and the 1968 plate (the first and now the most expensive) was missing. My grandmother would never hang them all on the wall. When she died in 2001 my mother took all the plates and hung them up leaving a space for the first plate and that was never filled. This year on my mother's birthday my sister and I hunted down the 1968 plate through one of the vendors on your web site and purchased the plate and all five of her children chipped in and we completed the set. My mother burst into tears and promptly hung that plate. We couldn't be happier with the product, the service, the quickness of delivery and will purchase from your site again. But I look forward to the stories and the recipes....thanks for being there...Jan G. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #204 November 2003

2003-11-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 11) In the past ten newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have another great one to share with you today. If after reading this story, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I love to read all the great articles about antique finds and stories behind them. The story from Robert about his mother's "haunted" cabinet made me think of a haunted-furniture story of my own. Actually, this story is about my aunt and uncle, who bought an older house in midtown Kansas City in th 1970s. This house had belonged to an elderly couple who died or left the house rather suddenly. I never knew the full story, but it must have been an accident or something. The family came and took some personal effects, but when my aunt and uncle bought the house, there was still food in the cabinets, jackets on the backs of chairs, and many pieces of antique furniture and miscellanea --old paintings, small sculptures, and the like. One of the pieces left was a beautiful antique mantel clock that no longer ran. They wound it up and tried to get it to run, with no success. They decided to take it to a clock shop for repair, but when they got it outside, it started running. Problem solved! They took it back into the house, and it stopped running. Took it outside, and it ran. Finally, they gave it to a neighbor, where it ran just fine. The bed in the master bedroom was also left behind. My aunt and uncle kept the bed frame but put their own mattress and box springs on it. When they laid on it at night, they heard sounds of a woman crying. Being very practical and religious people, they thought it must have been a defect in their mattress and not a "ghost." They bought a new mattress and box springs, and the bed still "cried" at night. They finally gave the bed to my uncle's brother, who put his own mattress and box springs on it--and reported that it still "cried" in the night. Before moving into the house, there were several repairs and updates that had to be made. They came by each day to do some work, but often couldn't open the doors. The key turned in the lock, but someone or thing was holding the doors shut from inside. They usually had to crawl in the windows to get in. Also during this time, tools kept moving from where they had left them or disappeared, showing up in plain sight later. After they moved in, these disturbances continued, but not as frequently. So many unexplained things happened that they finally started joking about their "ghost," though they never really believed in them. I did, though. When my parents were getting our new house ready to move in, my brother and I stayed with this family. I slept in a sleeping bag on my cousins' floor, and during the night I swear I saw their ghost. From where I was sleeping, I could see downstairs through the banister. I saw it come through the living room, cross the small foyer, come up the stairs, through the hall about 5 feet from me (!) and go through my aunt and uncle's closed bedroom door. I don't know whether it was the power of suggestion over a spooked 10-year-old, or really the "ghost," but I was scared witless and didn't sleep a wink. The next morning, I told my aunt I had seen something, and (very nonchalantly, I might add), she said, "Oh, you saw our ghost, did you?" Christi in Kansas City -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #203 November 2003

2003-11-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 10) In the past nine newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have another great one to share with you today. If after reading this story, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I wait with anticipation each issue in order to read the great stories and gain a little more information from the articles. Thought I would share a "ghost" tale about a piece of furniture that is in my family. While my Father was stationed in England from 1964-1967, he and my Mother developed a taste for antiques and clocks. Their "obsession" became what is now a 30 year plus business and "hobby." They picked up many interesting pieces in England but nothing like the "olde chart cabinet." While rummaging with some English friends in a very small village in England, my Mother came across a piece of hand carved furniture, literally in pieces in an old barn. It was unrecognizable, covered in dirt, feathers, and who knows what else. My Mother, being the eternal optimist had to have the "pieces." She carted them back to base housing where we lived and began a 3 year process of restoring the piece. We knew nothing of the history of what the cabinet may have actually been used for. After many long hours and some very hard, dedicated work, my Mother transformed that pile of junk into an exquisite, restored, hand carved piece of furniture. It is in my opinion of museum quality. Standing almost eight feet tall with the top, there are two doors with glass on top of a storage drawer on the bottom. The cabinet is entirely hand carved and features a figure on each side of the cabinet that resemble sea captains or merchants with charts in their hands. We thus called in an old chart cabinet. The best is the drawer on the bottom. It too is hand carved and for the pull, there is a "gargoyle" or other creature that you must pull under his chin to open the drawer. I enclose a picture and hope you can somehow see the detail. After the restoration, my parents had retired in Denver, CO where they opened their antique shop. The cabinet stood prominently in our living room just in front of the entrance to the hall. We first started noticing a few odd occurrences when our poodle, Charlie, refused to walk in front on the cabinet. He would literally take a flying leap across the space or make a very wide circle when he was going doing the hall. If not traveling by the cabinet, he would sit and glare and growl at the piece. Shortly after this started, my parents were entertaining friends in our home. While my parents were fixing a snack for everyone, their guests suddenly got up and "had to leave." They gave no explanation and left in a hurry. After a couple of days, they started calling saying they were just checking up on my parents. They would not speak long but always seemed agitated and in a hurry. They eventually came by my parents' shop and my Mother corralled her friend and got the story. While my parents were in the kitchen, the woman had gone to the restroom and passed by the cabinet. As she did, she said she got a cold sensation and felt she was being watched. Several minutes later, her husband also got the same feelings. As they were discussing this, they both looked at the cabinet and said they distinctly observed a "cavalier" or sailor come out of the cabinet and proceed down the hall. That was all it took - they were out of there. After that, my Mother had several "dreams" in which a "cavalier" tried to talk to her or awaken her. On one occasion she swears something was pushing her down on the bed in an effort to get her attention. She claims they were NOT dreams as she was fully awake. My Mother at that time had a friend who was a psychic, or claimed to be, and she was asked over to the house and given no information as to why. Millie immediately said she sensed a presence, although a pleasant one, and that it seemed to come from that cabinet. To this day, that cabinet still stands in my Mother's home and it is her and my most cherished piece. Was it or is it still haunted? I'm not sure I really want to know. Regardless, it hopefully will be in my family for many generations where I and my descendants can tell about the "olde haunted chart cabinet." Best regards, Robert -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #202 November 2003

2003-11-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 9) In the past eight newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I grew up in a small town in Virginia where one walked almost everywhere. During a time when my Father was diagnosed with cancer and I was told he would not live much longer, Dad wanted to make my dreams come true. My only dream was to have a pony which we picked out together and boarded at a stable near the house. Every day after school for about 5 years, I would walk to the stable to care for and ride my pony and every day I passed a simple brick house with the most colorful window display of small colored glass vases and pitchers. Red, green, orange, yellow, purple, blue as well as blended colors. I loved the shapes and colors. I could recite the window's content by item and color for years, seeing them everyday when I walked to and from the stable to take care of my pony. Years later when home one weekend from college, Mom told me of an evening auction in a nearby town. I had never been to an evening auction before so I went. As I walked in the door of this reconverted barn, the auctioneer was just beginning to accept bids on a tray full of glass. Having only seen the contents of the window of colored glass at about 20 feet, I knew instantly that this was "MY" window! The auctioneer was calling for the bidding to end when I started waving at him like a woman possessed from the doorway in the back! He smiled, accepted my bid, and shortly thereafter, with no further bids, the auction ended. I didn't even have a bidding number yet so I hurriedly registered, got a number, gave it to the attendant and accepted my precious tray of colored glass. Although I've moved many times in the past 30 years since buying this lot, they always are placed in my home in a window you can see from the street where the light shows them best. Recently while dusting those precious pieces, I sat and cried not with sorrow but with joy. You see, Dad beat the odds with lung cancer living another 43 years past what any doctor ever predicted and only recently passed away. But with that group of colored glass, I remember those early years of my childhood when my Dad made my dream come true and a neighbor daily brought a bright spot to a child's life at a difficult time.....Sandra K. --Another Story-- From age 1 through 5 my Mom and I lived in a house in Ripon WI with my Great Uncle, Grandma, and an Aunt. On weekends my Great Aunt Margaret would come up from Milwaukee to help care for her brother, my Great Uncle. We all thought of her kind of as the matriarch of the family. She always spoke her piece, but was there to help too. When I was 12 she took me on my first actual trip. To South Dakota, to see family as well as the sights. One thing I always remembered about her was a certain charm bracelet she wore. You always knew when she was going to walk into a room as you could hear the charms jingling. There was, unfortunately, a period of time in my teens when we had a disagreement and didn't talk for a few years, but as I grew up we became closer again. A few years ago she had started to give away some of her things, and also had told various relatives that if there was anything special they wanted they should let her know. I told her that the only thing I wanted was to be able to have the first chance at buying the charm bracelet I remembered when she was ready to part with it. Was I ever surprised when Christmas Eve 1999 I opened my present from her and there was the bracelet! I couldn't say much, just burst into tears. There was the charm from when we went to South Dakota, one from when she went to Hawaii, some from when she visited Europe, etc. I had always wanted to sit down with her and make a list of exactly where each charm had come from but unfortunately left it too late. She passed away early this year at the age of 98. But I have not only the bracelet to remember he by, but some unforgettable and cherished memories. Don't leave some things go too long. The people we feel will live forever don't. She did have a long full life but it seemed to be the end of an era when she passed. God bless you all!....Cheryl K. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #201 November 2003

2003-11-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 8) In the past seven newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- My maternal grandparents lived on a farm in rural Georgia, just north of Waycross. My grandfather raised tobacco and also had a turpentine business. Nearer the house was a large garden and they always had chickens. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, we lived on the dirt road that wound around behind my grandparents house, about a mile away. So, I was very close to my grandmother as I often visited with her. Even when we moved away, we still visited them quite often. One of the favorite memories I have about my grandmother involved an old trunk she had in her bedroom. Both she and my grandfather each had one in which they kept their personal belongings. Their house, like many of that era, did not have closets, so trunks and "chiffarobes" were used for clothing and small personal items. My grandmother's trunk had a large tray in the top in which she kept things like; her fine embroidered hankies, hairpins, her Ponds face powder, Sunday gloves, etc. But, the one item which always attracted my attention was a stack of small, colorful cards which Grannie called her "Sunday School" cards. They were about 3in by 2in and each had a lovely picture on the front. On the back was a scripture verse and a couple of paragraphs telling the Bible story that accompanied the picture on the front. If my cousin (who lived with my grandparents) and I were very good, sometimes on a rainy day, Grannie would allow us to look at her prized cards. It was only after her death that I realized how truly special these little cards were. I had always wondered who had gotten them, but just assumed they had gone to one of her daughters. However, after a family Christmas gathering, one of my aunts told me that she had something for me. She handed me an old cardboard box with handwriting which I recognized as my Grannie's; it said, "Sunday School Cards". I was thrilled!! After I got home that day, I took the little cards out and examined them for the first time in over 40 years. It was then that I realized what a "treasure" I really had. The earliest card was dated 1901 - my grandmother would have been 3 years old! The most recent card was dated 1918 - she was 20 at that time. There was over one hundred of them! So, Grannie had been saving her prized "Sunday School cards" since she was only 3 years old. How she must have treasured them to have kept them for over 85 years (she died at the age of 88)!! I have added my own handwritten note to the old box containing the cards - it's a note to my two sons and says, "your great grandmother collected these cards from the age of 3 and she valued them enough to save them for more than 85 years. They are to NEVER be separated and are NEVER to leave our family", love Mom. So, Grannie's cards continue to be a treasured part of her extended family. We will love and cherish them just as Grannie did all of her life. Judy S. Jacksonville, Fla. --Another Story-- At the ripe old age of 5, my father came home one day with a secretary desk for me painted black and a new electric train set for my brother. I was too young to experience jealousy or envy but I still remember the shiny train compared to the dull, black desk. My father told me that this was something that I would use for a long time to come. Night after night he painstakingly removed the layers of old paint and varnish with my assistance. I handed him clean rags and disposed of the dirty ones. Spending that time with my Dad made me feel so special. One day our hard work revealed the solid oak finish underneath. And I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a desk of my very own because even at that age I was doodling in every book I could get my hands on. Through grade school, junior high and high school I used this desk...to do homework, to write love letters, to send cards to friends who needed an encouraging word, and even now at the age of 52, my secretary is still my most cherished possession. Though I know when I leave this world I cannot take this with me, nothing can ever rob me of the memories I have of Dad and I working on this project together. And how much more precious these memories will become whenever the Lord decides to take Dad home with him. And the train set my brother got - who knows where that is today? Marcy A. - Eugene, Oregon -- Comments, thoughts? 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The Collectors Newsletter #200 November 2003

2003-11-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 7) In the past six newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. We have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, if you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- When I was around two years old, for Christmas, I received a Fisher Price Joey "lap doll". It went everywhere I did. It was lost and we were not able to find another one to replace it because they had become hard to find. (way before the days of Internet. When the doll was lost, he was missing his little blue jacket. I have kept it all these years in a box with other childhood memorabilia. My Mom sent me an email saying she had found one on an on-line auction. It took some research because we didn't even remember what the doll was called. He was affectionately remembered around our house as "the little boy doll". I went on-line to take a look and it was perfect! The best thing about the doll? No, it wasn't mint. Even better. The picture of this "little boy doll", who I know now is named "Joey", sat staring at the camera, freckles across his nose, missing only his little blue jacket. It is as if my very own doll was somehow rescued and waiting for me to reclaim him. I went and pulled the little jacket out of the box to show my husband. He was raising his eyebrows at me but was also a little impressed. Naturally I bid on and won the doll. And the "Little boy doll" should be arriving in the mail today or tomorrow. I will promptly put on his blue jacket and he will be complete! Very few times do we get to reclaim a small piece of our childhood and hold it in our hands. With on-line auctions we can bid on our memories and have them shipped to our door. Isn't the 21st Century great?....Joy A. --Another Story-- I guess this may not be as interesting to others as it was for me...several years ago I attended a local auction...I live in a small rural city in central Texas ...at this auction I purchased a box lot of books...what caught my eye in this lot I really don't remember...In this lot of books was a diary...all handwritten in German....The diary was leather, very expensive and the name Heyen monogrammed on the front....the best I could make out of the diary were dates that were from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's...The diary sat on my bookshelf for about a year...I decided that the my bookshelf needed cleaning ...and of course, I had to decide what to do with the diary...Just out of curiosity, I looked up the name Heyen on the internet...the name came back with only 3 names...I called the name that was listed in San Antonio Texas... since they were closer...Told them about the diary, and the book, and was sending it to them free of charge...of course the person on the other end was rather apprehensive...to make a long story just a little shorter...the diary actually belonged to the family that I called in San Antonio...Mr Heyen had the diary translated..I was told that the information contained filled in many many years of lost history for their family...I believe the diary is now in the Galveston Historical Museum as it contained many stories of Galveston prior to and just after the 1903 Galveston hurricane....I have often thought without the advent of the internet, this would never have happened... P.S....You can just imagine the cards and letters I have received from the Heyen family....Linda W. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #199 November 2003

2003-11-06

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 6) In the past five newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. In this edition we have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- This story has a little different twist, thanks for letting me share it. My grandparent had a farmhouse in northern Michigan. I remember many wonderful Forth of Julys spent there. They were short of money one summer and refused to take any from my dad. So he offered to buy their Edison Amberola and they agreed. It came with all the cylinder records, almost 3 dozen. The farm house was full of all the oak furniture that was popular early in the century, but in the 1960s we all thought it just looked old fashioned. At that time, that wasn't a good thing. My grandfather died that September and my Grandmother was moved to Battle Creek. The farmhouse was rented out to a young couple, who made the rent payments for the first few months. After 3 months of no rent, my aunt went up there. They had taken all the furniture out of the house and sold it to an antiques dealer and moved to California. So the Amberola became the only piece left, and my parents gave it to my husband and I as a wedding present 12 years ago. The "Yes, We have no Bananas" is my favorite song. And the Amberola is the centerpiece of our great room....Cindy B --Another Story-- As a child, I spent much time with my Grandfather. Although I was a little girl, he always took me fishing with him, go to the beach and just walk and look for priceless treasures. Times I will never forget. I was a little tomboy and he called me his "Punkin Seed." This name stayed with me always. When I was in my 40's, my grandfather passed away. I was crying and said to my husband, "I know this is silly, but no one will ever call me Punkin Seed again." I can't explain how that hurt. A couple of months later, a friend talked me into going to a large Christmas Bazaar. Something I really did not want to do because of the 3 hour drive and not feeling into Christmas because of my loss of Grand dad. As we walked through the bazaar, something drew me to a booth with a lady that had made beautiful porcelain dolls. Dolls were never something I played with, but I was looking at her dolls. I picked up a doll that had blond hair, blue eyes and little blue overalls. Just like me as a child out with Granddad. The tag read that the dolls name was "Punkin Seed" I feel apart and trying to hide as the tears ran down. The lady that had made the dolls approached me and I apologized for my behavior and explained about the doll. She told me it was ok and to take my time hiding in the corner! After regaining myself somewhat, I thanked her and walked out of the booth and down the aisle. About 25 feet away, someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was the doll lady. She handed me Punkin Seed and told me to take her. That the doll would mean more to me than the money would to her. Then we both cried. I will never forget the kindness of this special lady. 12 years later, Punkin Seed is in a glass case and sits beside my bed. I think of Granddad and thank this special lady daily....Laura -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #198 November 2003

2003-11-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 5) In the past four newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. In this edition we have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- My mother started collecting milk glass in the 1950's. She had one particular covered dish that she used as a candy dish. It was always filled with M&M's. When any of the grandchildren visited they always made a bee line for the candy. While they were small, they waited until an adult carefully removed the lid so that they could reach in and get a fist full. If my dad's prized bird dog, Deacon, was in the house, my dad would remove a M&M from the bowl and place it on the dog's nose and have him hold the pose until dad said "get it Deacon" at which time the dog would toss the piece of candy in the air and catch it will he was taking a pill. This trick was followed by squeals and giggles from the kids. As the the eight grandchildren grew up the dish was NEVER without M&M's. Even as adults they made a bee line for the dish. How she always managed to keep it filled I do not know but as you can see there were lot's of memories surrounding that candy dish. My mother went into a nursing home in the mid 90's and the dish was packed away. When she died in 1998, my sister asked all the grandkids if there was anything they wanted from her estate. My middle son asked for the dish. My sister granted his request but because he lives out of state, has not gotten the dish to him (just procrastination, she is good to her word) but the dish in the mean time has suffered a break to the handle and had to be repaired. Broken or not my middle son looks forward to receiving his dish. In the meantime a few weeks ago I was reading your newsletter and got thinking about that dish. I knew that my other two boys were sorry they had not spoken up for the dish. There was a link on your site that very day for "milk glass" so I clicked on it and in the search box typed in: "covered dish +grapes" . That was about all I could remember. Lo and behold a list with pictures came up and as I scrolled down the page there was mom's dish!! The ad read "Just Listed"... Westmoreland Milk Glass Panel Grape Covered Candy Dish is in excellent condition, no chips or damage. $45. I never bartered on the price I just clicked and ordered. I was so excited. It was even from a dealer in Ohio which is were my mother lived! So this Christmas my youngest son is going to receive "his grandma's candy dish" and all the the memories that go with it. My eldest son, who is on the USS Enterprise over in the Persian Gulf this Christmas will just have to wait until I locate another one of "grandma's candy dishes". By Christmas 2004 I hope to have one under the tree as a surprise for him. That way all three of the boys can have M&M's on hand for their own grandchildren and tell all the stories that go with it! What fun! Thanks for allowing me to share this story and for your part in making memories come true!...Sincerely, Nancie L., Mesa, AZ --Another Story-- In regard to the story about the Wishbone or "Pulley Bone" in Collectors newsletter # 183 http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2230 We received a large number of responses. Evidently a crochet covered wishbone is not really that odd. Several of the responses that were sent in, mentioned that they were commonly used as thimble holders. - WE, HERE IN TEXAS CALL IT A WISHBONE.......AND IT WAS QUITE THE THING TO CROCHET AROUND THE WISHBONE, AND PERHAPS IF JUDY WOULD CLOSELY EXAMINE THE CROCHET WORK, SHE WOULD SEE THAT IT HAS A SMALL "POCKET" IN THE MIDDLE......THAT WAS FOR HOLDING A THIMBLE IN GRANDMA'S SEWING BASKET.----I HAVE TWO OF THE THIMBLE HOLDERS,,, LEFT OVER FROM THE EARLY 40'S, MADE BY MY GRANDMOTHER.....AND TRULY TREASURE THEM. DMOF. --Another Story-- My late husband was a wonderful eccentric. He was a 1st-class packrat and after 25 years of marriage, I learned to just let him enjoy himself. When he died, I had the pleasure of discovering treasures all over the house where we had lived for 22 years. As the years went by, I found myself wishing Roger had bought a big life insurance policy. My salary wasn't cutting it, so I decided to try my luck at online sales to make a little extra cash. This is where the packrat thing becomes more of a blessing than a curse. I discovered that there were collectors (and online buyers) for everything that should have been thrown away long ago. Believe it or not, there was a market for glass 2-liter pop bottles. And believe it or not, Roger had built a wall out of those bottles in our basement back in the late '70s. While all his family and friends were winking and making "screwball" gestures about how NUTS he was, Roger said cheerily - "hey these glass bottles will never last, they're way too heavy and expensive to make - they'll be collectors items!" Well, he was right. They only made them in 1978 and 1979 and everyone but us threw them away! So, I got my insurance policy from Roger after all, bless his heart. I had 400 of those bottles, and sold the first one for $50. I met one older gentleman on eBay who had been a long-time soda bottle collector -- he just had to make the 200 mile trip to actually lay eyes on this wonder of wonders! It really tickled me to see his face when he got a look at that wall of bottles! He ended up taking a good quantity home with him! ...Cheryl W -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #197 Oct. 2003

2003-10-30

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories (Part 4) In the past three newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. In this edition we have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- When I was a little girl, I used to enjoy going to grandma's house. She would have family reunions and we all would sit in the dining room and enjoy a full-course meal. The dinnerware she would use would be the dishes and the glasses she would keep in her old Napanee Dutch Kitchen Cabinet. The cabinet seemed to fascinate me for some reason. When I grew up and got married, I mentioned to grandma that I would love to have her cabinet if she ever decided she'd like to pass it on to someone in the family. One day grandma called me and told me to come and get the cabinet, so my husband, his nephew and I went to pick it up. Well as time went on, grandma couldn't take care of herself and she didn't want anyone living in the home to take care of her, so my dad had to have her put into a nursing home in North Carolina. She is still there today. She is 94. I still have her cabinet in my house and it holds my Passover dishes and Matza. In this cabinet it has a large sifter that I use when I make my homemade challah for Shabbat. Every now and then I write to grandma and tell her that I am still using her cabinet. I will cherish it all the days of my life. --Another Story-- In 1957, my parents and I moved to Canada from England, and plunged from a middle-class lifestyle to abject poverty. I was eight years old. Planning for that first Christmas in Canada was so sad! I had never been to a public school, never lived in a house that was other than nice, never worn clothes from the thrift shop and never eaten so many poverty meals. It was a very difficult time. My mother was working 12 hours a day to make a virtually abandoned house into a home by Christmas, and , in her spare time, making candles colored and scented with all her lipsticks. My dad was picking holly for the princely sum of 75 cents an hour. On display in the local grocery store were a pair of gorgeous dolls--a bride and a bridesmaid. They were two feet tall, and had wonderful sparkling gowns and high heels. They cost $10.00 each. I whinged for them every time we went to the store, but, of course, buying one was out of the question. We were wrapping up tubes of toothpaste to give each other for presents! I gave up. Somehow, on Christmas Eve, my dad managed to scare up $10.00. Maybe he got a Christmas bonus from work; I don't know. He went to the store, but the only dolls they had left were the two display models. Because they were not in their boxes, and had been handled a lot, Dad got them both for his $10.00. I got the bride and my best friend got the bridesmaid. I kept the bride doll for many years, but, eventually, it got lost. I saw the same doll about five years ago at the antique mall, with a price tag of $75.00 on her. I couldn't justify spending that much, so I let her go. A year or so ago, I saw another at the Collector's Mart for $40.00. I didn't buy her. Every time I went back there, I saw her, still there. Finally, when her clothes were starting to unravel, I bought her for $30.00. I stashed her in the back of my closet and haven't even showed her to my husband yet! I'm going to fix her up and put her under the tree this Christmas. I don't know if I ever thanked my Dad properly for that gift so long ago, but maybe my gesture will find its way to him, now that he's gone. Veronica P. --Another Story-- I love yard sales. One day a number of years ago, I bought a sack of crochet thread that I thought my mother would enjoy. In the bottom of the sack was a chicken's breast bone, i.e. pulley bone with a fancy crocheted cover one inch deep completely covering the bone. My husband and I laughed until tears rolled down our faces. Imagine sitting and crocheting a cover for a pulley bone! So my husband brought a plastic case, I made a covered back and we framed the entire thing. It sits by our front door on the coffee table and is a constant source of amusement to our guests. We invite our guests to make up stories about why they think someone would do such a thing. That was the best ten cent buy I've ever made... Judy A. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #196 Oct. 2003

2003-10-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Memories In the past two newsletters, we've been featuring stories from people who have strong memories about specific antique or collectible items from their past. In this edition we have even more to share with you. If after reading our stories, you suddenly remember one of your own, please share it with us, and maybe we will publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- My parents divorced when I was six and were separated about two years prior to that. During those years my sister and I lived off and on with many people but most often with our father’s parents. My grandmother had a mirror backed wooden shelf with Hummel figurines on it in the den that had our bunk beds in it. The shelf hung beside my top bed where I could see the precocious children. I didn’t have many friends so I would lie there and daydream that those cheery little kids were my friends and make up stories where I shared in the fun things they were doing. When we moved across the country I didn’t see my grandparents for five years. I was so happy when I finally visited them again and saw that my grandmother still had the shelf and cute children statues. I told her I remembered them and their significance to me and she told me they were called Hummels. From that day forth I have had a passion for the little figurines that has nothing to do with their monetary value. N. DeBlock --Another Story-- When my grandmother was young her family was very poor. Her father ran off and left her mom with four young children. They had no money for toys. One day though the town was having a raffle. The prize was a doll. Tickets were one cent each. Too much said my Great-grandmother. Well the guy told her he had two tickets left and would give her both tickets for the penny. She bought them and won the doll for my grandmother. Being it was the only toy she had she treasured it. Now it is my most prized possession as she has passed it down to me. It is what has inspired me to start a doll collection for my daughter. Debbie S. --Another Story-- As a small child we visited my grandmother Inman in Petersburg,In. This was in the late 50's. She had many wonderful things that occupied my time. One being her shopping basket that I would push up and down the sidewalk for hours at a time. But the one thing that fascinated me most was her cowboy clock. It sat on a table by her front room window. There was a cowboy all decked out in his chaps and standing next to him was his horse. the clock was inside a horseshoe and the cowboy's hand rested on top of the horseshoe holding his lariat. The lariat turned with the second hand of the clock. When Grandma passed the clock came home with us and as happens it disappeared along the way of life. I always talked about this clock and wished I had it. My husband and I take road trips and visit yard sales and flea markets wherever we find them. I had always said how I hoped some day I'd find my clock and it happened!!! I was looking at items in a flea market not finding much. As I turned to leave there he sat. Instant tears. I would have paid any price they were asking!! I have my clock minus his lariat and needing repairs but I could care less about that. He now has a proud place in my home and every time I see him I'm at grandma's in Petersburgh in front of that window. Thank you for letting me share even if you decide not to publish my letter. I enjoy the newsletter very much. Keep up the good work!! Thanks Again ....Wilma -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #195 Oct. 2003

2003-10-23

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Memories Within In response to our request for stories about precious objects that inspire special memories, we received a huge response. Here are a few of them. If after reading these stories, you would like to share your experiences with us, please send them to newsletter@tias.com ....Keep them coming :-) -- As a small child I remember a small plaster figurine that my mother had which had belonged to her mother. It was of the 3 monkies, seeno evil , hear no evil and speak no evil. My mother kept it on her windowsill in the living room. On the bottom were scratched 3 sets of initials which belonged to a very dear uncle of mine and his 2 friends. I used to dust it off carefully when helping mom with the housework. Well shortly after I married my husband and had a home of my own I asked mom where it was. I didn't think it had survived myself and 4 brothers. Mom gave it to me to keep in my home. The special part was that the uncle who's initials were carved in the bottom was one of the kindest gentlest persons and held a very special part in my heart and memories. Well to this day the figurine sits near my computer and I still remember the memories of my childhood it holds. Mary R. --Another Story-- I grew up seeing a Wallace Nutting print on the living room wall.(didn't know that was his name then) It was a beautiful fall scene /w a tree and vibrant colors. I was always drawn to it. My mother said they'd received it as a wedding gift in 1939. Twenty-five years ago I went to my first house-sale and as I walked down the hall, right in front of me was a Wallace Nutting and I was hooked. I bought that one, and I have a total of 22 now on my living room wall. I find them to be comforting as they bring back all good childhood memories Leslie S. Clinton, NY --Another Story-- My paternal grandmother and grandfather spent most of their lives on a small North Carolina tobacco farm just outside the small town of Lucama. I spent many Sunday dinners, and almost all Fourth Sundays with my dad's family. We went to a tiny Primitive Baptist church which only had services on that day each month. As was common in those days, the preacher traveled among 4 churches. Sunday dinners were always special at my grandmother's house. She was a great cook with a wonderful garden, and she was the kind of hostess who really knew how to please her guests with wonderful fresh salads and fried chicken and many bowls of vegetables from the garden. Fresh tomatoes in season--one dish sliced and the other served in sugar and vinegar--were always a treat. Cukes served in a similar fashion were always welcomed as well. And one of her orange cake slices for dessert was a pure taste of heaven! (Her cakes were always ugly--the ugliest when we took dinner on the grounds at the PB Church-- but also the most sought-after thing on the table.) She never sat down for a meal. She would always join us for the blessing, but never took a bite herself until her guests had dessert. One reason for this was that we usually seated 8-10 people in a room that would barely accommodate the well-worn round oak pedestal table and the chairs. To serve, she would fill the table to capacity and then hand in things that would not fit from the kitchen. Once dessert was served, she would stand and eat her dessert--which was always the first component of her meal. She would always jest that if she died before the end of the meal, she had eaten the best part before she when to meet her maker. At her death, the table and chairs were one of the cherished things that made it into my home. It was stored in a barn until I got married and then it came to me. For 18 years, I have enjoyed serving my family and friends there. The scuffed legs from the many children who rubbed them in that little dining room did not bother me, nor did the worn table surface, which was usually covered with the lovely pineapple tablecloth my arthritic Godmother made for me before her death. I thought many times about having it restored, and even found a wonderful and reliable refinisher who would do the job and replace the missing leaf, but there never seemed to be enough money for that project. As my family is moving to the coast the weekend and into smaller accommodations, I lamented to my dad last Sunday that I really hated not to keep the table, but there would be no space to use it in our condo. He pondered only for a second before asking me about the man who could restore it. My memory has been saved as he decided to sell his dining room table and use this one instead! Deborah G. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #194 Oct. 2003

2003-10-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Memory Within For many people, they collect because of the memories inspired by the objects they collect. All of us have deep memories within us. Sometimes they are triggered by a smell or a phrase, but many times they are brought alive by a simple object from our past. To collect these things is to hold onto something dear and precious from the past. How about you? Tell us your story of some small vintage item that you remember from your past that has strong memories. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- When I was a child, my Mother always kept a milk glass covered dish on the dining table, which had a lion reposing on top of the lid. I am now seventy four years old, and have now lost my parents and siblings, and husband. Somehow that dish has taken on a greater meaning to me in these past few years, as it has become a symbol of my childhood. I have no idea where it wound up after my Mother stopped keeping house and gave up most of her furnishings, but I recently was able to purchase one on E Bay, and I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. While it won't bring my family back, it will bring back my childhood memories as I walk by it as it sits on MY dining room table. Carolyn P. New Smyrna Beach, Fl. --Another Story-- Nothing Stopped Her Auctions can reveal interesting traits in people. Sometimes they can reveal much more. How about you? Has anything odd ever happened to you at an auction? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- My grandmother was an "auction groupie" and bought and sold antiques as a hobby. She would be the first one to arrive and the last one to leave..always sneaking home late and hiding her treasures from my grandfather for several weeks..then placing them around the house until he noticed..at which time she would say, "I've had those for quite some time..you just didn't pay any attention." At one particular exciting auction, she was bidding against a dealer for a particular "one of a kind" antique. She got so excited bidding, she jumped up from her chair, hand thrusted in the air, and promptly lost her underpants.. falling from beneath her "auction dress" into a puddle around her ankles. Without missing a beat (or bid) she calmly stepped out of them, picked them up and stuffed them in her bag. She won the item and applause from the crowd for her unwavering determination. She also made the newspaper the next day and became very popular at subsequent auctions....Kay --Another Story-- Released From the Attic This reader had an interesting experience with a place from his fathers past. How about you? Have you ever had a piece of your past find its way back to you on its own? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- A few years ago I was surveying the neighborhood where our church is located. One of the homes I called on happened to be the home where my father was raised back in the 1920's. The lady of the house was very hospitable and invited me to come in for a visit. My father had mentioned that the attic of that home had been sealed off when his mom and dad divorced back in 1935. My dad had told me some items had been left in the attic, but he couldn't remember what they were. During the course of our conversation I mentioned this to the current owner and I left my name and phone number with her. A few years later I got a call from this nice lady. While reroofing the old house they found very dirty but beautifully framed pictures of my grandparents on their wedding day. I obtained them from the owner and had the oval frames and class cleaned. They turned out great and these pictures now hang prominently on my living wall. They are a constant reminder to me that my marriage vows are a promise of commitment to my wife of 47 years. My grandparents both passed away in the 1950's and they never reconciled their marriage. I am so pleased to have them back together again even in picture form.....Dick B. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #193 Oct. 2003

2003-10-16

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Piece of Someone A person or a place can influence you so strongly, you can feel the memories coming through their things. How about you? Have you ever purchased an item for the memories, you felt it contained. Tell us about it. Send your email to newsletter@tias.com -- About five years ago the church I belong to asked all the parishioners to pick a name of person from the parish, who was confined to their home and make a Christmas visit to them. My husband and I picked the name of an elderly man and went to visit him to cheer him with Christmas gifts and a visit. We were very happy that he seemed to really enjoy the holiday gifts of food and decorations. He invited us to sit down in his living room and and have a chat with him. He was a sweet person--he told us that he had lived in the house his entire life and that his sister was an invalid and confined to the upstairs of the house in her bedroom. He said that he would share the gifts with her. The house was very old and had several rooms and looked as though most of the furniture and belongings belonged to an era of about 70 years ago. There was something about the man and the house that made my husband and I feel very happy that we visited him. We said goodbye and hoped that we would see him again. A few months later we read in the paper that he had died. About a month after that I read that an estate sale was to be held at his house. I also heard the sad news that his sister was still alive, but had to be put into a nursing home. When I went to the sale the house was just about cleaned out of its furnishings. It was so sad to see the old house so empty, probably for the first time in all those years. I feel fortunate that a small drop leaf, pedestal table was still left in the house. The people running the estate sale were anxious to finish things up so they sold me the table at a discount of $60.00. I was told that it was an old card table. On the table was a delicate pink tea set. I could somehow picture that man's mother using that tea set years ago. I bought the table and tea set and they now have a spot in my hallway. I looked for years for a table to fit that spot, but could never find the right one. I am very happy to have something that belonged to that man and his sister. I have gotten several compliments about the table and tea set. I love to tell the story about how I happened to find it. --Another Story-- A House and a Photo Going out of your way to put together two things that belong together. It just feels right. How about you? Have you ever worked to bring together two items that were separated, but belonged together? Tell us about it. Send your email to newsletter@tias.com -- Here is a story about reuniting a photograph of a house with the new owners! For over 13 years, I lived in Park Slope, a landmarked historic district in Brooklyn, New York. There was a particular mansion which I greatly admired that had been occupied by the same family from 1892 when it was built, through the early 1990's. I also learned that the mechanics of the house had never been upgraded and that not only were there still water closets in the house, but no refrigerator-just a larder! Browsing through the ephemera section of a used bookstore, a friend of mine found a tinted photograph of the house from an 1892 architectural magazine-interestingly, it showed the maid cleaning a window on the top floor! I bought the photograph and had it framed. Years later, this house, now owned by a new family, was included in the annual house tour run by the Park Slope Civic Council. Needless to say, I was delighted to see the largely unchanged interiors which included window seats on every floor, fabulous fireplaces, and an interior fountain-the new owner even managed to install one "modernized" water closet! Anyway, when I informed the owner that I had a photograph of the house, she happily bought it from me! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #192 Oct. 2003

2003-10-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Dixie Darling Lives This reader found a bit of someone else's past and shared it. -- Soon after I moved to California in 1951 I rented a very unusual house in North Hollywood. It resembled an old red barn, complete with attached lean-to and an old wagon in a cactus filled front yard. My landlady, who lived in a rear guest house, was even more unique. She had long, raven-black hair and always dressed in a startling style which accented her ample upper torso. Her name was Dixie Darling and she made no bones about having been a Las Vegas "entertainer." She told me she and her deceased husband, who had been a guitar playing, singing cowboy-type, had built the house themselves. When I moved in there was an amateurish hand-painted picture of the barn-house hanging in the living room. Dixie informed me this was the work of her late husband and she intended to leave it there, but I must not take it with me when I moved out. About 30 years later I was strolling down an aisle at the Rose Bowl Flea Market when I glanced up and spotted, hanging on the side of the seller's van, that picture of the barn-house! I called the seller over and said with a grin, "I used to live in that house." The seller suddenly became as animated as a kid on Christmas morning and excitedly exclaimed, "You knew DIXIE DARLING?" He proceeded to tell me how he had gone to an estate sale, had bought many unusual possessions of the deceased owner and had become fascinated with the personality of the dead woman. Her name was Dixie Darling. After answering his many questions about Dixie, I finally asked him how much he wanted for the picture. He reached up and took the picture from its hook, and handed it to me saying, "Here, it's yours for telling me all about Dixie." I still have that picture, now hanging in my wonderful old turn-of-the- century farmhouse in an old Northern California mining town, complete with an old wagon in the front yard.....Dode --Another Story-- Don't Go Near the Drawer An old chest of drawers tells a story -- My sister was stripping old paint off a chest of drawers she had gotten from our grandmother's estate. As she crouched down to the bottom drawer she looked up toward the top and had a sudden chill. She could feel voices saying, "Don't go near this drawer! It's very dangerous!" She stopped what she was doing and called our Mother and asked her if something was kept in that top drawer that she was not to touch as a child. It upset her so to look at it from the floor level that she couldn't bring herself to touch the drawer. It was post W.W.II period when our parents and my then toddler sister lived with our grandparents in Brooklyn. Our father was a detective on the police force. Mother reminded my sister that she was often told to stay away from that chest of drawers and, in particular, the drawer at the top ... because that was where our Dad kept his revolver....Diane P. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #191 Oct. 2003

2003-10-09

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Back Where It Belongs Things sometimes "tell" their owners where they belong in this world. This story is a perfect example. How about you? Have you ever had something speak to you? Tell us about it at newsletter@tias.com We want to hear your story. -- I have subscribed to your newsletter since the very first issue, and I always make time to read the stories, even when I'm in a rush. But this is the first time that I've ever decided to write you. It's about the houses that seem to "own" things. Back in 1986, I bought a house that was built in 1890 and still belonged to one of the original owners (a woman who had been born in 1890 and lived in that house her entire life). Her house and all the contents were being sold because she had been moved into a nursing home. Since I was buying the house, I had the opportunity to buy some of the furniture and bric-a-brac before it was sold at auction. One of the things I chose was a large Victorian lithograph in an oak frame that was hanging in the back bedroom on the second floor. As soon as I moved into the house, I brought that print downstairs and hung it on the living room wall. Several weeks later, an antique shop owner down the street called me into his shop to offer me a 1913 photograph of the woman whose house I had purchased. She was a pianist and had had a grand piano sitting along one wall in the living room - the only wall in the entire house long enough to accommodate a piano of this size. There in the photograph of her at the piano was my lithograph in its original oak frame... I had hung it right back in the very spot it had occupied in 1913! It gave me the chills... and a great story to share with visitors!....NCR in PA --Another Story-- The House That Blew Up Interesting what you can find out about an old house. This reader came across an interesting story. How about you? Did you ever find out something interesting about your old home? Tell us about it. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com -- When we purchased our home in 1993, we knew that it was built in 1891 and have much enjoyed researching the house history and learning about the former owners. The original owner was a carpenter and built many homes in our area, including our home, which he built for his family. The day that we closed on our purchase, the former owner handed us a folder that included historical pictures and paintings of the house that had been passed from owner to owner. However, the most intriguing items were several newspapers from the late 1970's...On the front page of several papers was the story of a furnace explosion in our "new" home. Photos from the blast, as well as photos of the repair were printed in several area newspapers, along with photos of the son of the former owner, who was 12 at the time. He and his grandmother were the only two people at home at the time of the explosion, and thankfully only suffered minor scrapes. We have met many long time residents in our small town of 40,000, and when we are sharing information about ourselves and our home, we are often asked, "Is that the house that blew up?" When we answer, we are certain to tell the anecdote the former owner shared with us... That her mother-in-law was so mortified by the explosion that she never returned to the house ever again! These wonderful old newspapers are one of our most treasured possessions and will certainly remain with the house when we decide to relocate :) Kevin C. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #190 Oct. 2003

2003-10-06

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Bad Manners This reader has no respect for bad manners. If you ever meet her, don't push her buttons. How about you? When collecting, have you ever met someone who just pushed you the wrong way? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com -- My sisters and I had a garage sale when we moved Mother to a care facility. It was difficult for all of us emotionally and one dealer in particularly made it especially unpleasant. We had tables three wide in the driveway and the woman just let her two little girls loose. They stripped the leaves off Mother's clematis, hid under the tables, and ran around to the back of the house. When they took off at a dead run for the neighbors dog, that was the last straw. I ran and brought them back and told her she needed to watch her children because we could not be responsible if they were hurt. She looked at them, told them to be good and proceeded to try to get a lower price on a complete set of melmac dinnerware marked at $5. In the next breath she ask, "What's in the house?" Because of her I have no problem asking and paying higher prices at garage sales, and also refusing to sell things to people with bad manners...Jane H. --Another Story-- The House Heirloom Some houses own their own things, regardless of who lives in the house. Have you ever been in a house where the things in the house have passed down from owner to owner, even though there was no relation between the previous owners? Tell us about it. Send an email to newsletter@tias.com -- Our neighbors live in a charming home built in 1900. The first time I visited there, they gave me a complete tour, including the "piano room" across from the parlor. The centerpiece of this room was a large, beautiful, carved mahogany piano. I asked our neighbor if this was a family heirloom. She replied, "Well, not exactly a family heirloom...it's a house heirloom!" Whereupon, she explained that the piano has been in the house, and in the music room, since the home was built. It belonged to the original owners, who, when they moved, found it too expensive to have the piano crated. So they passed it along to the buyers. The next family also "passed along" the piano, and so on, until the present owners bought the house in 1995. They have two young daughters who are now taking piano lessons using this wonderful vintage instrument! There are a few other "house heirlooms" too, including a dining room sideboard, but nothing as magnificent as that piano. It is the unwritten rule, that whoever owns the house can enjoy the "inherited" piano and furniture while they live there, but when they leave, they must pass it on to the next family....Kathleen A. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #189 Oct. 2003

2003-10-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Insulate It was an old house that needed work. The work resulted in an interesting find. How about you? Have you ever found an item where you least expected it? We want to hear about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Am I a collector? I never was much of a collector, until now. I have always been interested in finding a collectible, but I never had the time (or luck) to find one. I am an artist and have always admired Victorian architecture. When this hundred year old, two story, Victorian house came up for sale, I bought it. I am disabled and in a wheelchair so I had to buy the house with only a curb side view, because I wasn't able to get in. I had already convinced myself that the house was a find even before I "rolled in". When I finally could see the inside, I was shocked because the owners had forgotten to take personal belongings and trash with them. I hired two men to help me dig down through the hundred years of good stuff and rubble, it became an archaeological dig. I could make a list of everything the 'team' has found. It would be quicker to say "yah, we found that" I will tell you about a 'find' that is special to me. While tearing off the forty's era paneling in one bedroom. We found a crudely carved slot in the plaster behind the paneling, the slot was about a half inch wide and about four inches tall. Through that slot we determined that there wasn't a lick of insulation in the wall. I decided to insulate, so we tore the plaster off the wall (not sheet rock) In that wall and below that slot, we dug out 27 Morgan silver dollars from the late 1800's and 5 from 1921. So yah, I am a collector, My advise is to INSULATE. ...Scott W. --Another Story-- Be Nice to the Dealer Some dealers get a bad rap. This reader ran into a bit of anti dealer bias. Remember, dealers are people too. I am the owner of a local consignment store and have never had any need to go out and purchase items to re-sell as they come in to the store at a plentiful pace. I do however like to check out garage sales because it is like a hobby and I usually just bought stuff for my house!!! I had to stop doing garage sales a few years ago after I went to my NEIGHBORS garage sale (I went out of mercy because we live out in the country and there was no hope she would get any other passers by). She did have a vanity that was nothing fancy, and I went up to pay her the asking price. She said, "you own that consignment store and I cannot sell it to you." I walked away with my money in hand and my head hanging down!!! I have always been a decent and honest business woman as well as a friendly neighbor. I just wanted to put it in my guest room!! I have had other similar experiences and reactions so I just gave up going to sales. Now having been in business 17 years I can say that I don't care who buys my stuff. I have lots of dealers take advantage of my good prices and I say GREAT! Come on back. I would rather have a quarter in hand, than an item on the shelf gathering dust!!! ...... Laura at Repeat Boutique in Old Town, Fort Collins, Colorado -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #188 Sept. 2003

2003-09-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Blood House A tremendous find for this reader, but there was something odd about everything he bought. How about you? Have you ever bought an item from someone and later discovered something was a bit odd about it? We want to hear about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I thought some readers might find this story interesting about a house that I call "The Blood House". Last year I stumbled onto an estate sale, there were no signs that stated so, this house had a lot of trees and bushes surrounding it so you couldn't even see the house that well but there was a lot of stuff in the yard and it had the look of an estate sale so I stopped. Everything that was in the yard for sale was very dirty as this house was vacant for many years and I always wondered what was in it. So as I was looking through all the stuff in the yard I found a lot of McCoy pottery like bean pots, bowls, etc. There was old Pyrex, Jadite, and a lot of other pottery. There was so much that I couldn't believe my find! I also found this very old and dirty wicker magazine rack and I asked "how much" and I was told $3 dollars, so I bought it. It turned out to be a Heywood Wakefield magazine rack from the late 1800s in really good condition worth about $200.00! I also bought a lot of beautiful crystal glass that turned out to be very old as well. I kept asking the lady if I could go inside the house to look around but she said there were "trails" in the house because it was packed with furniture and she didn't want anyone going in there. She took a lot of the stuff and had a van line pack and ship it. I waited around that day for hours while she was bringing more stuff out and I kept buying as fast as she was bringing the stuff out. She asked me if there was anything I was looking for in particular? I told her that I collect items from the 1950s. So she told me that she has an old bedroom set from the 50s and allowed me in the house. It turned out to be more Heywood Wakefield, headboard, foot board and rails, and a highboy dresser in excellent condition! I bought it of course! One of the good things about this sale was that she knew the value of everything but didn't worry about pricing it high, she just wanted to get rid of it I guess so there was no haggling on prices, I paid what she was asking which were very good prices. I don't think I will ever come across another sale like this again. I bought a lot of stuff that week as the sale went on. She ended up putting up signs in the yard and more people were showing up for the sale. But I think I got the best of the sale, I was just in the right place and the right time! I ended up with a couple truck loads. Here comes the spooky part about the whole thing. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING I bought from that house had blood on it somewhere!! No joking! The headboard, foot board and rails had blood on it. Bowls, bean pot, scarves, old blankets, glasses, pyrex, EVERYTHING that I bought had blood on it somewhere! That really spooked me out when I discovered it. So thats were I coined the phrase "Blood House". The house is still there but it is scheduled to be torn down soon. The lady who was selling the stuff was the daughter of the lady who lived in the house. But I guess the motivator to clear out everything was when the house was sold to the near by hospital. What do you think could have happened in this house to have blood on everything? Brian J. in Calif. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #187 Sept., 2003

2003-09-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- That's a Wrap.. Over the past few issues, we've had some very interesting dialog on the topic of buyer ethics and the responsibility to the seller. We published comments from a dealer named Greg W. which inspired quite a few of our readers to write in and comment on his remarks. See: http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2062 Greg W. did respond to our reader comments and we've decided to post his response online in our public newsletter forum. You can read his response and post your own comments online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6332 On that note, lets move on to other topics.... -- Hot on the Trail This reader was searching for an unknown family in Boston, but found much more than she bargained for. How about you? have you ever acquired a vintage item that turned out to be much more (or less) than you expected? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com I was attending an extremely large auction sale one day near the small town where my parents had grown up. I came across a cardboard box full of old photographs from the late 1800s and turn of the century. Some had been taken locally by several professional photographers, some were from Minnesota and some were some lovely studio photos from Boston. In amongst them, were also graduation photos of a young woman who obviously had graduated from nursing school. These pictures were taken in Boston. Two of the photos had names written on the back and since I'm heavily into researching families and genealogy, I decided to see if I could find the family connected to these photos. I was really walking out on a limb as I had learned at the auction sale that the sale holder had been an avid garage sale enthusiast and had collected all sorts of "stuff" over many years so I had no clue as to whether these photos belonged together or whether they had merely been thrown into the box. In any event, much researching on the internet got results. Someone came back to me with the family tree of two of individuals who had names to their photos and as it turned out, their descendant is married to my father's first cousin. Well, I called him and he filled in the missing pieces; he had some ancestors who ended up in Minnesota and one of his aunts had trained to be a nurse in Boston. So all the photos belonged together and to him. I was thrilled to pass them on. Great fun! ....Susan M. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #186 Sept., 2003

2003-09-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A One Sided Response. We got quite a few responses to the note we published from Greg W. http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2062 There are even more comments on the Newsletter Forum at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6123 Here is a small sample of some of the email that has come in on this topic. If you have a comment or story that pertains to this topic, write to us at newsletter@tias.com -- Greg W., you're a very sad person. There's bargain hunting and then there's being downright immoral. People offering less is "typical," I believe you meant to say, not atypical, but you're no better than a thief. Some of us actually have a conscience and don't take advantage of others. Marrianne M. -- One can only surmise that Greg W may be successful dealer, but is certainly a failure at being a caring human being. As profit and coming out the "winner" seem to be his major goals, it's not surprising that his attitude and justifications are glaringly outside the scope of mature adult behavior. One can only wonder at the events in his life that have made his focus so narrow and so totally lacking in basic decency. It is so sad when things become more important than people and profit more important than compassion for another's circumstance. My condolences to anyone that has to have contact with such a toxic personality and others like him. Nan C. -- Greg W said "Hey, if some ignorant (not stupid) seller suddenly has complete legal ownership of Fort Knox and it's entire contents and offers to sell it to me outright with deed, et al, for $100 free and clear so he can be rid of it, you are darn tootin' I'm going to offer $50 and see if we can reach a mutual gentlemanly agreement on the sale price." I am questioning the "gentlemanly agreement" part of his statement. It doesn't sound to me like Greg W. is a "gentleman" at all. I believe he is a thief. Greg, did your mother teach you what it means to be a gentleman? Apparently not. Annette R, Indianapolis (with "old fashioned mid-western values." -- If Greg W. wants us all to stand up and cheer for him and his rant about "playing" the "sport" he should be writing to a newsletter read by cash registers, not humans. If Fort Knox is being sold for only $100, well, buy it. But give me a break about "reaching a mutual gentlemanly agreement." What kind of gentleman would behave like a thief? Maybe Mr. W. should try another sport, and leave the rest of us to enjoy the beauty of antiques. -Kristen H. -- Hello, Now that I have simmered down enough to type this, here goes. Anyone, I mean anyone, who takes advantage of the elderly or poor to make a profit is more pitiful than their victim. It is dealers like Greg W. who give all who buy and sell a bad name! As a retired educator, I would like to offer Greg W. a little assigned reading from the words of a world class teacher. Please read Chapter 8 Verses 36 and 37 in the Gospel of Mark. Then think about who is really the ignorant one. I have developed a strategy for dealing with chronic negotiators when I am attacked by them. I just raise the price. Thanks! Ann M. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #185 Sept., 2003

2003-09-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Controversy Continues.. Here we are, two newsletters after the "Grossly Under Priced" story ran in Collectors newsletter #169 ( http://www.tias.com/newsletter/1/2038 ) and the email just keeps on coming in. We've covered this topic before in past newsletters, but for some reason, this time, it really seems to have hit a nerve. The question boils down to what is your obligation as a buyer, to a novice seller who is selling an item way below market value? The newsletter forum has quite a bit more on this topic since our last issue. You can check it out at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6123 It's an interesting read and your comments. opinions and experiences would probably be appreciated, if you decide to post something as well. Here is a small sample of some of the email that have come in on this topic. If you have a comment or story that pertains to this topic, write to us at newsletter@tias.com -- Hi; I buy and sell and run ads in the local papers to buy. A couple called me and said they were moving and would be holding a yard sale over the next weekend but asked if I would like to see the items ahead of the sale. Of course, I agreed. They had a box of costume jewelry tagged at $0.25 per item. I looked through it and took a ring out. It was in 14kt with a synthetic stone, but pretty enough. I told them that I was going to buy the ring for a fair price, not the 25 cents they were asking for. They looked puzzled by my remark. I offered them $60.00 for it saying that since they were kind enough to let me see the sale before everybody else, the least I would do is pay what I thought was fair. It was wonderful to see their jaws drop! We did the deal and I left feeling good about the whole thing. Robert R., Ontario, Canada -- Whoa!! Hang on! I'm writing in direct response to L. D. Wakefield's comments regarding the estate sale purchase of a shotgun valued at $150,000 - (Big Boast http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2054) I take DIRECT offense to Wakefield's callous remarks - I don't care how old the seller was or what the circumstances are... if the person has NO CLUE of the item's value then they have therefore lost NOTHING... period... end of story. It is a seller's responsibility to ensure they themselves are not "shafting" themselves. Mr. Wakefield tries to place the blame on the SMART buyer when the blame, if any, is directly proportionate to the ignorance of the seller and what they are selling. I too will ALWAYS offer a lower price than what is being asked for an item at an estate sale, garage sale or similar venue as it is atypical and expected. The seller has the CHOICE to accept, decline or counter my offer. It's akin to a sport actually, and one better know the rules if they want to "play" effectively. So Mr. Wakefield, don't cry foul if you (obviously) don't know the rules. Hey, if some ignorant (not stupid) seller suddenly has complete legal ownership of Fort Knox and it's entire contents and offers to sell it to me outright with deed, et al, for $100 free and clear so he can be rid of it, you are darn tootin' I'm going to offer $50 and see if we can reach a mutual gentlemanly agreement on the sale price. Since I "know" that said Fort Knox and contents are worth much more than even the $100 asking price, I am prepared to pay that amount (and quickly as needed). That's not to say I'm going to tip the gentleman for his ignorance... now that is downright stupid to even think that. They don't call them bargains for no reason!....Greg W. -- My husband and I used to love to go to garage sales . One day, while attending a sale in an upper class neighborhood, we noticed that several vintage coin sets for sale. There was no price on them and while I was browsing, a dealer was negotiating with the owner of the house, obviously a confused elderly man with onset Alzheimer and he ended up grabbing all the coin sets for a small fraction of their value. The elderly man's daughter was visibly upset but it didn't do any good.......the dealer had long ago jumped in his van and taken off. To be honest, that incident ruined any pleasure I had in attending garage sales. I know dealers have to make a living too, but, in my opinion, this was very close to theft. I enjoy your newsletter immensely, Jan B. -- Hello, In the UK people have successfully sued dealers or other buyers when they had paid far too little for an object and sold it for a much higher price later on, without giving some of the profit to the original seller. In the US the poor owner of the gun (Big Boast http://www.tias.com/newsletter/stores-tiasstuff-collectors-newsletter/2054 ) should be able to do the same, and even easier than in the UK....Frits S. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #184 Sept., 2003

2003-09-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Did we hit a nerve? Wow! we got quite a mix of responses to last issues article (Collectors newsletter #169 http://www.tias.com/newsletter/1/2038 ) that was titled "Grossly Under Priced". Several readers thought K. Edwards was doing a wonderful thing. Some people who make their living from buying at sales were outraged that someone was telling sellers to raise their prices. Others wanted to know where these cheap sales were taking place. One dealer wrote in saying that there is no such person and the concept of someone counseling people on realistic selling prices for their merchandise, was just too far fetched to be real. There is an entire discussion on this subject, on our online forum at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6123 It's an interesting read and your comments. opinions and experiences would probably be appreciated, if you decide to post something as well. Anyway, on to this weeks stories. Lets continue with this topic just a bit more. It quite interesting to see how different people have completely different points of view on the same issue. -- Big Boast This reader was outraged at a recent article he saw in a hunting magazine. How do you react to people such as the one mentioned in this article. Tell us your experience with people like this. What did they buy? What happened in the end? How would you respond? Send us your story at newsletter@tias.com A popular hunting magazine ran a article written by a gun collector. He was so proud of himself for buying a shotgun from a elderly man closing out his home having an estate sale. While asking $100.00 on a particular shot gun the man talked him down to $50.00. He proudly stated how the gun was later sold for $150,000.00. I can see offering less when you think they are high but But one hundred forty nine thousand nine hundred fifty dollars that is just plain sad. This old guy is heading for a home. The gun was his wife's. He could have given this guy $1,000.00 and still come out way ahead. He went on and on how he really stuck it to the old guy. Very sad state when a major publication trumpets such shallow character. People associate with others of like character. No one swims with sharks forever without getting bitten. ....L. D. Wakefield --Another Story-- No Dealers! Sometimes dealers get a bad wrap. They are trying to make a living, just like everyone else. And just like everyone else, there are good people and those that are not so good. This reader has seen both types. Have you had an interesting experience with an antique dealer? Tell us your story. Send it to newsletter@tias.com As the owner of a small shop which deals primarily in re-sale items, I have become a professional "garage sailor". As this week's article stated, many items are very under priced and often I will chat with the owners and recommend that they raise their prices. I do so because I feel it is the honest thing to do. I began doing this after I observed other dealers finding such bargains and having the nerve to try to bargain the price down even further. This angered me as it seemed they were just being greedy. Taking advantage of the seller's ignorance was one thing. Arguing the price down further seemed completely unscrupulous. I caught myself standing behind these dealers and shaking my head to warn off the seller. Often I would make counter bids and drive up the price. I was prepared to pay, knowing I would still be making a good profit. When I find an item I want, often I will pay a little more than they asked, if it is a really good piece and If my profit margin will support it. I will explain that I am a dealer, that it is worth more than I am paying and that I will make a profit. Most sellers appreciate my honesty and I sleep well at night. I do, after all, have to live with myself and these people tend to remember me when they have sales the following year. Many of these sellers now frequent my store as customers also. You might be surprised to know that many sellers, who have regular sales, think very little of dealers and even post signs saying "no dealers". I think my actions serve to prove that not all dealers are unscrupulous and , in my case at least, honesty has been the best policy....Shara C. Merriam Mini Mall. Merriam, Ks. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #183 Sept., 2003

2003-09-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Grossly Under Priced You see someone selling their things because they need the money. You spot several items that are way under priced. Here is what one of our readers did. How about you? What did you do when you saw something that was grossly under priced at a yard sale? Why did you do what you did? Send your story to: newsletter@tias.com -- Hi - I have been an auctioneer, collector, dealer and extremely interested in antiques and collectibles most of my life. I am also a antique specialty buyer - you want something and cannot find it or do not have the time to look - I will search for it and procure it for you. Because of this interest in antiques, collectibles and my buyer activities, I have made the weekly circuit of local and distant yard sales and flea markets for years. I have now stopped the practice of doing the yard sale routine entirely except for a few special occasions. It was during one of these routine circuits of yard sales that I decided to quit. I approached a shelf set up in the yard of a huge "get rid of the excess and unused items" sales that had among other things a couple of shelves containing numerous glass items which were all marked - 25 cents. In looking through the stacks of glass items, I found a particular dish which was worth several hundred dollars. Knowing the value from my above experience and not wanting to take advantage of the uninformed, I asked if they really wanted to sell that dish for a quarter. They stated in an irritated manner that the price was exactly as the sign said and walked away. So I gave them the quarter. At the next sale, to my amazement just about everything at the sale was GROSSLY under priced. [I found this situation at just about every sale that I attended.] Knowing of these particular people and their current financial status, I introduced myself and started to suggest some more reasonable prices for specific items. The suggested "more reasonable prices" would still be considerably less than what I had recently sold the similar item for at auction. I would go from item to item and state "You can't sell that item for thirty-five cents, etc.,, it is worth at least five dollars, etc." It was obvious that they had no concept of the current prices various things were bringing but desperately needed money. Yard sale after yard sale, I would find the same situation. In knowing many of these people personally, I knew that they were either having the sale to obtain much needed money to live on or they needed the funds to pay off debts that they had incurred. I soon became know locally as the "price adviser" for such sales. It even reach the point where individuals planning to have a yard sale would telephone me to set up an appointment to price their items for them. I guess I could have turned this into a money making venture; but I just did not want to take advantage of the people nor did I have the time available as I worked a full time. I guess in relating this tale, I am hoping that people planning such sales will do a little homework prior to a sale in order to obtain a fair and reasonable return for their efforts and belongings. There is a major difference between needing money and just selling off excessive items....K. Edwards -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #182 Sept., 2003

2003-09-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Bat and the Lamp This combination is like oil and vinegar, they just don't mix. This reader did end up with a good story to tell though. How about you? Tell us a story about something that you bought on a hunch. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Back in the 70's my mother-in-law had the most beautiful Gone With The Wind lamp that had belonged to her grandmother. It had Arabian night scenes embossed in green and white on both globes. One day one of her grandson's came to visit and while playing in the living room with a bat, he accidently broke the bottom of the lamp. Everyone was heart-sick. A few month's later I was antiquing in Central City, Colorado (800 miles away), when I came upon what I thought was the exact bottom that had been broken. I wasn't sure, but bought it anyway for $50 (a lot at that time!) When I got home and presented it to my mother-in-law, well, you can't even imagine her surprise! It was an exact match! Actually, since her original one had been electrified and this one wasn't, it was even better than the original! --Another Story-- An Essay Goes Home. A child's memories make their way from the past, with a little help from this reader. How about you? DO you have an interesting story about things that made their way home? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I went to an estate sale of all the personal belongings of a retired school teacher about 10 years ago. I love books and kept looking at a box of old books. These books were not auctioned off until late in the day and they kept stacking on other junk or what looked like junk to me. I bought the books anyway and when I got home started looking at the purchase. In the "junk" that I had gotten with the books was some essays done for the teacher by a boy who was at the time around ten. He had broken his leg and could not go to school and got to spend the day with his day at his place of business which was a full service station of days of old. He talked in the essay of his good time with his day and what a great day it had been. His mom and dad were divorced. I had met this boy in later years and through a mutual friend got the essay to him and his new wife. They were thrilled to get it....Sheryl S. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #181 Sept., 2003

2003-09-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- One Piece Leads to Another This reader found that their hunch turned out to be a pretty good bet. How about you? Tell us a story about something that you bought on a hunch. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Hi. I once purchased a fairly plain coral Bauer creamer. One day I was in Big Bear, Ca. at a thrift shop and noticed what may have been a matching sugar bowl without the lid. I purchased it even though it was $3.50 thinking I had a match. When I returned to the cabin I opened the cabinet to get a glass and noticed my Grandmothers old Franciscan Coral Coronado dishes matched the sugar bowl and there was no sugar bowl in the cabinet. To insure there was no sugar bowl in the cabinet I needed to get a chair to go to the top shelf. Low and behold no sugar bowl...only the lid!....timothy711 --Another Story-- Small World This reader found some photos that connected to someone 200 miles away. How about you? have you ever found something vintage and then passed it on to the real owner? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I have been going to yard sales for years and often find treasures, most of which I keep, and some I sell in a antique booth that I rent here locally. I happened upon an estate sale and found some pictures that dated way back in the 1800's. I bought them, it seemed everyone else had just passed them over. When I got the home and began to look at them, I noticed that some of the last names just so happened to be the last name of a friend of mine who lived some 200 miles away. I gave him a call and to my surprise and his, these were his ancestors. The home that the estate sale was held at was his uncle's and it seemed he was not told to come and get what he wanted before the sale. He was thrilled to get this pictures and I was thrilled to pass them on to him. You just never do know what you will find at a sale....Alan R. Meridian, Ms. --Another Story-- Coming Home We often get stories like this one. They always make me wonder how things like this happen. How about you? DO you have an interesting story about things that made their way home? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- When I was a child (in the 50s) I used to spend a fair amount of time with my great-aunt. She died when I was 15. Two years ago I went into an antique shop and noticed this desk for sale. I commented to my friend that it reminded me of a desk I remembered my great aunt had. While it wasn't a spectacular desk, it was a nice piece of furniture. I walked away but there was something about it that kept calling to me. I wasn't in need of a desk, nor did I have a place to put it if I bought it. As I walked around the shop, I kept feeling like it was calling to me. Finally, I went back to it and made an offer that was accepted. All the way home, I kept kicking myself for purchasing this unneeded desk. I stuck it in the garage until I could figure out where to put it. About two weeks later, I decide to clean it up before taking it into the house. When I pulled out the middle desk drawer an envelope fell to the floor. I picked it up and on it was my aunt's name and address. I nearly fainted. I have no idea where this desk has been for these last 35 years, but it definitely wanted to come home with me - and it did. - Lynn, CT -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #180 Sept., 2003

2003-09-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Small Attic. It was just a small attic that everyone had forgot about, until one day when someone decided to take a look. How about you? Tell us a story about your hidden find. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- A few months ago I offered to help a friend clean out his aunts house after she had to go into a home. The house was sold and he needed to get it cleaned out quickly. He rented a dumpster and started to throw things out. I have been an avid yard saler and flea market picker for quite a few years and do sell on Ebay. We salvaged quite a few nice items to sell but nothing of any great value. Once the house was cleaned and dumpster quite full, we noticed that there was an attic over the garage. Looking inside the garage, there was only a small square access opening. We almost just left it alone, but something told me to take a peek. we found a ladder and I stuck my head up there to look. Well, it was a treasure! We found 10 old crocks, lots of depression glass, and boxes of old dolls still in the original packages from the 60's. Come to find out his aunt had worked at the Hasbro toy factory for over twenty years. The dolls were great but the best find was at the bottom of one of the boxes. It was a GI Joe accessory kit still in the original package along with some GI Joe dolls from the 60's. The accessory kit alone sold on Ebay for over $1300.00 and the total from that attic over the garage was well of $3000.00. The attic was definitely worth a peek!!!....Brian --Another Story-- The Rescuer This reader rescues old photos from garage sales. She had one very interesting find that made its way back home. How about you? have you ever adopted something old and precious that was obviously very important to someone who had passed on? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- I often go to Garage sales, and Estate Sales. I can't stand to see old photos unclaimed by anyone. I buy them, and take them home with me, and always feel sad that they have not been kept by the family. I was having a sale at my house one day, and some young ladies came by. They were looking through the old pictures, and one of them said " I think this may be my Grandmother. It looks just like the picture of the front porch that my Mother has." I offered it to her, but she said no, she wouldn't take it, she would go look at her Mother's picture, and see if it was the same, then call me. About an hour later, she called and said, " Yes it is the same porch, and the lady is my grandmother. I'll be back to get it". I was so happy to have it reunited with a family member. ...Mary G. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #179 Aug., 2003

2003-08-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Check the Attic. For some reason attics get forgotten. Then one day someone remembers that there is one and..... How about you? Tell us a story about your hidden find. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- In 1984 I met the most wonderful man in the world. We were soon married. We decided to buy his mother a home so she could live by herself with only minimum care. The house was built in the late 1900's and was a darling little doll house. My husband's mother lived in the house until her death twelve years later. After her death, we decided to let my daughter have the house to live in. My daughter wanted to update the house so we were in the process of working on it. After all the years that my mother-in-law lived in the house no one had been in the attic. My daughter being inquisitive climbed up to the opening and saw something that looked like a ladder, but the opening was not supposed to have a ladder. She called my husband and me to come over. My husband got his ladder and climbed up in the attic and found the most beautiful kitchen clock made in the late 1800's, that I have ever seen. I had been wanting an antique clock for years to set upon my fireplace mantel, and after having this clock checked out and cleaned it works perfect to this day. and that was in early 1997. My husband has since passed away too, so the clock holds a special place in my heart because he found the clock and had it cleaned. It reminds me of him every time it chimes. It sits on my fireplace mantle now. Joy A. Panama City, FL --Another Story-- Cherished Things... I sometimes walk into a tag or estate sale, late in the day after all of the dealers have left. Basements and closets are usually in shambles. Books and letters strewn everywhere and boxes of old stuff, emptied of their contents. A lifetime of memories with no one to care for them, except, perhaps, one of our readers... How about you? have you ever adopted something old and precious that was obviously very important to someone who had passed on? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Several years ago, I was at an estate sale in New Jersey. I walked into this elderly person's home (she had just been put into a nursing home and the family was selling the house) when I came upon a bedroom littered with books. Many of them were on the floor, and I couldn't help but feel upset at the condition of these items that once made up a life. Scouting through the books, I started to pick them up and put them on the bed when I spied an old copy of "The Rubayat of Omar Kayam" - inside the cover, I spied a darling inscription from the woman's husband (then, a beau of hers). He had chosen a wonderful quote from the book and dedicated his heart to her. I was so impressed by this token of love that had somehow missed the eyes of the family! I asked the woman running the estate if the family wanted it and she said they had taken what they wanted already. I purchased the book immediately, knowing that such a lovely sentiment should not be ignored. It now graces my home (along with some letters and a wedding photo of the couple I found at the sale) as a testament to the enduring quality of devotion and love that is truly timeless. Mary in New Jersey -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #178 Aug., 2003

2003-08-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Treasure For many people it's the fun of collecting that drives them on. For others, its the hidden treasures that make collecting so much fun. Here is an interesting treasure story. How about you? Tell us a story about your hidden find. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Way back in 1980 I attended an auction which included a number of box lots. Nothing to get excited about. One of the boxes contained approx 20 old flashlights which were of no interest to those attending .When it came up only one person bid and he left immediately upon winning them. In talking to him outside I asked what in the world he would do with them. He opened one of them an it contained approx 50 walking liberty half dollars. Silver was then at approx $20.00 per ounce and he had approx 1000 of these coins. He was the only one to open them prior to bidding as we thought the weight was the batteries. Who thought a box lot of flashlights would be the buy of the auction?..Al in New York --Another Story-- So You Lost it... Turns out quite a few folks lose the bid but eventually get the item for even less than they had bid on it. As this reader found out. About two years ago my spouse and I attended an auction at a landscaping outlet that was going out of business. In addition to the many plants there were some garden ornaments and fountains for sale. We waited for a large fountain and placed an opening bid of $500.00. Unfortunately, we were the only bid and it was below the reserve. About six months later we were shopping at a store that specializes in closeouts. There was the very same fountain priced at $400.00. They had bought the remaining items from the landscaping business. We are enjoying our fountain and the $100.00 plus buyers premium savings.....Paul How about you? have you ever had a situation with an old vintage item, where an item you lost at auction, eventually came back? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #177 Aug., 2003

2003-08-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Tale from a Sale Garage sales seems to always be the source of many interesting finds. This reader found more than they expected. How about you? Tell us a story about your hidden find. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Your recent story about finding a treasure within a treasure, brought my story to mind. My sister and I had spent the day going to garage sales and a couple of rummage sales. During of the day, I had bought a very nice Italian made leather purse for less than 5.00 . On our way back home she was looking over some of the items. She said, there's something in this purse! I said, no I've looked in it and it's still new. Then she said, no ... its in the lining, so lets rip out the seam. I said, no way! That's a great purse. We laughed and went back and forth about ripping up my new purse. Finally when she just couldn't take the suspense any longer, I agreed that if she pulled out the seam and there wasn't anything in there, then she had to fix it. She pulled out just enough to get her finger in there and pulled out a diamond tennis bracelet. I went back to the rummage sale and the lady said the items were collected over a 3 county area and there was no way to determine where it even came from. So I gave her my phone number in case someone contacted her about loosing a piece of jewelry. So after a couple of months no one ever called her, and I finally decided to keep the bracelet. It was appraised at $750. To this day we have never figured out how it go into the lining, other than being sewn into it at the factory. Elizabeth in Texas --Another Story-- Lost the Bid but.... It's surprising what friends will do for friends, as this reader discovered at an auction. How about you? have you ever had a situation with an old vintage item, where an item you lost at auction, eventually came back? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- When my grandmother passed away I wanted her treadle machine. It really had no great value monetarily, but I had helped her with her mending on it so it had sweet memories for me. When they auctioned her things away it was very painful for me. I went to the auction hoping I might get "lucky" and get the machine for the little money I had at the time. (As a young mother with four children!) However, I could see right away that it was going to go for more than I could pay. The most painful thing was that the people who got it were personal friends and I was going to have to see it at someone else's house! A few weeks later they showed up at my house. "Come and see what we have for you," they said. When I went outside there sat my treadle machine, not just purchased but restored! They had gone to the auction with the intent of getting my grandma's machine for me, getting it refinished and bringing it back to me. What a wonderful surprise! It sets in my living room and I never see their loving gift, but what I think of the day I lost the bid but really won it! -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #176 Aug., 2003

2003-08-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Things in things Sometimes you find treasure that contains a treasure. As this reader discovered. How about you? Tell us a story about your hidden find. Where did you get it? Why was it unusual? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- The TIAS newsletter series of personal accounts is fine and fun. My stories are not dramatic or earth shaking, but they do show how finding the unexpected is half the fun of the hours of searching, sweating, and or freezing in order to take home that just right prize. A few years ago my wife came back after a day of garage sailing with a small l940-50 commercial cosmetic jar with a screw top. I was not impressed, but it was only 25 cents. When she opened it however, we found five lady Bulova watches, some with little diamond bits, some white gold, all 18 or 21 jewels. We knew right away that we should return the obvious mistake, but she had been driving aimlessly around all day from sale to sale and had no idea where the watches came from. Since they were far from priceless we decided to give them a home; she had one repaired and wares it with pride. Then again, just four months ago, I bought a small wooden box made in Italy, just a tourist item reproduced in the Renaissance style. But, hidden in the lid behind some old cardboard was a mint condition University of Oklahoma Sooners Football decal from 1978. I was touched that some fan had preserved the decal for so many years.I offered it a auction but no one noticed. So, it's not the money that we collectors get but the joy of discovering the "hidden" treasure whether it is worth five cents of fifty thou....Jon C. --Another Story-- Slow to win the auction This reader did not realize that he won the auction until a year after it had ended. How about you? have you ever had a situation with an old vintage item, where an item you lost at auction, eventually came back? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- About fifteen years ago I went to an auction in my home town and spotted two great old double size diamond willow beds and a matching dresser with adorable little jackpine cone handles. The set was in excellent shape and I knew the resort it had come from years ago and waited desperately all day in the hot sun for this to go up for bids. Finally, the bidding started and the person that was bidding against me had JUST arrived and happened to be my next door neighbors. Well, they had more money than I had that day and they won the bid and I had to watch them haul away the great beds and dresser and then that night I watched them move it into their garage next door. About a year later, I happened to be reading the local shopper and noticed someone selling two double diamond willow beds and dresser. I nearly fell off my chair when I realized it was their phone number. I immediately called them and asked if they still had the set, how much, etc. They said their girls never liked the rustic bedroom sets and they sold it to me for less than they had paid at the auction. I really think this wonderful old vintage diamond willow beds and dresser was meant to go to me! ..Trish T. International Falls, MN -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #175 Aug., 2003

2003-08-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Anything worth having is worth waiting for. This collector waited and was eventually rewarded for her efforts. How about you? Tell us a story about your last unusual find. Where did you get it. What was the best item you've ever pulled from a dumpster? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Several years ago, while browsing in my favorite antique store, I spotted an "Iroquois whimsey" - an Iroquois beaded trinket of the kind that was once sold to tourists. This particular whimsey was probably made to hold sewing notions, as it has two tiny pockets. The bead work is flawless, with a beautiful variety of beads, and best of all, the year "1913" is worked out in beads. My home was built in 1913, so I had to have this! Unfortunately, the price was rather steep, and didn't fit in my budget at the time. Every time I went to this antique store, I would look longingly at the whimsey, but just couldn't afford it. After several years, the antique store moved, and everything was packed up. When I visited their new location, they seemed to focus more on art deco items, and I thought the whimsey was gone for good. Then, one day, several years later, they rearranged some items in a display case....and there was the bead work! Apparently, it had been in the back, in storage, for quite awhile, but none the worse for wear. Luckily, I was in the financial position to buy it, and now it hangs proudly in the foyer of my home. --Another Story-- Art that traveled This art took a trip and on a hunch the reader found the owner. How about you? have you ever had a situation with an old vintage item, where everything just seemed to slip into place? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Thank you for such a wonderful newsletter, not only do I learn a lot, but, often, I am in amazement at some of the real-life stories your subscribers send in! A funny thing happened to me last year I thought I would share. At one of our local thrift stores, which I frequent weekly, I noticed 2 well-done works of art, on paper, unframed, laying on the "dollar" table. 1 was a partial(tasteful) nude of a Polynesian woman, and, the other was an abstract---signed and dated 1944, by the artist. When I got home, and, to no avail, this artist was not listed in any fancy art guide, so, I figured at least I had some nice amateur art to keep, or sell off. I persisted in a search anyway, hoping, hoping I'd be rich with the lost art of some famous person, but nothing. Finally, the next day, in a search-engine listing from 1996, was a listing for a "Melanesian Art Showing", in Honolulu, by someone with the same last name as "my" artist. I don't know why, but for some reason, I decided to call information in Honolulu, to see if there was a listed phone number under his name, and, the operator gave me one. I called, and got an answering machine-----and left a message about some "polynesian"-type art I had found, the date, 1944, and, asked to call back, if they knew anything about the origin of the 2 pieces. Well, when I got home from work the next day, on my answering machine was a voice---an older man's voice, saying that he was quite pleased I had found his watercolors from the WWII period, and call him asap. I couldn't wait, and, my heart was racing as I dialed the number in Honolulu. Well, as it turns out, the gentleman was in the Navy during WWII, a 19 year old kid, as an "artist", and, was responsible for keeping track of drawing the events as they unfolded, and, he said, even drew some murals on the walls of the General's bedrooms at times! He ended up having a life-long love of the area, and he and his wife became world-renounced experts on artifacts from tropical areas. Thus, his show in Honolulu. He had no idea how the 2 pieces ended up in my neck of the woods(near San Francisco), but, he had lived in various spots in California after the war, and remembered drawing the 1, but not the other. He was quite stunned at how I could have tracked him down! He was just tickled to death, and said I had a lifelong invitation to stay at their home over there! We talked for a long time, as I soaked up his recounts of WWII events, and how he painted around the world, as a young man, enjoying ever story, every tale. I asked him for his address, at the end of our conversation---he asked why---I said I wanted to mail the watercolors "Home", and so I did, the pieces arrived 4 days later where he said they were to be re-framed, and I am sure, made 2 interesting conversation pieces! You never know where an Interent search will lead you. Thanks a bunch!....Cal G. In Petaluma, CA -- Comments, thoughts? 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The Collectors Newsletter #174 Aug., 2003

2003-08-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Diary This story is to help introduce our new "Lost & Found" section. It's about what happens when a personal item does connect with the original owner. Do you have any stories about how you reunited an item with it's owner? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here. -- I enjoy your newsletter and look forward to it. I am especially thankful for your newest column "Lost and Found." I haven't written my story, but because it is heartwarming, I thought I would share it. A couple of years ago, I came across a 5-year diary dated from the late 1920s to early 1930s. There were a couple of photos with it, along with a small news clipping about a scholarship with a picture of a gentleman above it. Out of curiosity, I bought it and read it. Wow! The writer was a sorority girl at the University of Nebraska who enjoyed dating, going to the movies, and eating out. She often wrote about her dates and how she felt about each guy. Then, she meets "Clover" and her world is never the same. "C" (as he was often referred to in her diary) was the president of a fraternity on campus, and the writer was head over heels. C didn't call again any time soon, and the writer pines for him during the next year or so. She compares all of her dates to C and thinks she might never be happy again. Out of nowhere, C calls again, they go out on a date, they elope, and then they eventually confess their marriage to both sets of parents. She enjoys marriage; she works hard; she loves being a wife; she's tired a lot . . . and she quits writing. I was left with a ton of questions: Was C the love of her life? Why was she so tired (pregnant?)? Who was the writer, and what happened to her? Thus began my quest. To make a long story short, I DID find the writer, Lucille. When Lucille and I met, she was in her early 90s, didn't remember that she had even kept a diary, and was shocked to find it out in circulation! She clutched to her chest and couldn't wait to show it to her friends. The best thing of all: Lucille and I read it together over the course of several months. We laughed and cried and teased! And YES, Clover was the love of her life. She commented once that he would have enjoyed sharing their memories together. She doesn't remember why she quit writing -- she guessed she just got busy! One time when we got together to read, she figured out how she "lost" the diary. When she moved into retirement housing, her items went into an estate sale. She couldn't bear to see her life disappear, so she kept out of it as much as possible. Her diary was included in a box of books. I know this is too long for you to print, but it does mean something to family members to get something back. And not all of them got rid of a personal item because they didn't want it. Sometimes things slip thru the cracks, like Lucille's diary. And although I know Lucille was blessed by the reunion with her diary, I was blessed too. Lucille brought to life the history of our town. We talked about customs back then, and what it was like to be a university student and new wife during the depression, etc. I have found and returned several items. One of them (an 1800s mourning certificate) included family history written in pencil that was in question in one family tree. Nothing compares to Lucille and her diary, but I receive a blessing from each and every one. Thanks! ....Dyann R. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #173 Aug., 2003

2003-08-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- On my job, I do a lot of driving around New York City. One afternoon while driving through Long Island City in Queens, I passed an old brownstone walk up. The owners were renovating it and in the process, they were gutting it and throwing out many of the old architectural antiques within the house. At the curb, in front of the brownstone was a huge construction dumpster. This was one of those dumpsters with a huge steel door on one end that you can walk into. The door was open and inside, with all the other demolition refuse, was a huge, antique, cast iron, claw foot tub. The tub was slightly stained and rusty, but had beautiful iron claws and the old fixtures were still intact. I'd seen antique tubs like this that had been refinished, selling for as much as $1000. I decided to come back that night after work, with my van. If the tub was still there, I'd try to haul the massive tub away. My wife thought I was crazy, but I went back to the dumpster and there it was. Feeling somewhat like a thief in the night I proceeded to claim my prize. After a great deal of grunting, pulling and dragging, I managed to persuade it to get into the van. I hauled it down to my inlaws farm in New Jersey, where it sat in a farm field for several years. Eventually my wife and I bought a 1909 Dutch Colonial on Long Island and decided that the tub would be perfect for the renovated bathroom. A refinisher came and hauled the tub out of the field. A few weeks later, we had a truly magnificent "new" vintage tub in our new vintage home. Remember that if you are demolishing or gutting an old home, that the old tubs, sinks, plumbing and light fixtures may have value for someone. For us, our dumpster dive probably saved us about $800 plus we have a really unique antique piece to show off in our new antique bathroom. --Another Story-- Synchronicity Sometimes things happen in just the right way, as this reader discovers. How about you? have you ever had a situation with an old vintage item, where everything just seemed to slip into place? Tell us about it. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Several years ago I had a Doll Hospital business in my home. After examining an antique doll for a friend and deciding how she wanted it repaired, she left the doll with me. That very afternoon as I was doing household chores, vacuuming, and cleaning around the room we had been in, I got a frantic phone call from my friend. She asked me to look for a diamond that had fallen out of her engagement ring, she didn't know where or when she had lost it. She was very upset and I told her I'd look for it, but I had been cleaning and hadn't seen anything. The thought went through my mind, Oh great I'm going to have to sift through the vacuum bag, Ugh! I immediately walked into the room to take another look and right in front of me on the floor, sparkling in the sunlight was the diamond! I called my friend and we both couldn't believe our luck. I have had many unexplained things happen in my life that must be more than coincidence. I have discovered that there is a name for these events, called Synchronicity. Is any one else familiar with this.... Kathy -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #170 Aug., 2003

2003-07-31

Contents: 1)Stories from our readers -- Searching In the past 2 issues, readers have sent in requests for help in tracking down people, so that they could return family items to them. So far we've been 2 for 2. I think what we are going to do is start a new feature section in the newsletter. We'll call is Lost & Found. The purpose will be to reunite old momentos and family related items, with the families that they belong to. If we get enough interest, we'll keep it going. Here is one more person that needs some assistance. In the next issue there will be a new section called "Lost and Found".....Phil -- As with the triplet story, I also tend to buy interesting family items. I bought a scrap book at an estate sale and it is actually a scrap book from a black orphanage in Kansas City, Mo. There is a picture of 3 little sisters from the Niles Home, their names were Willa, Maxine and Louise Birton and they are standing outside on the front steps of the home that was located at 1911 E. 23rd Street Kansas City, Mo. I believe the scrap book was collected by either Alice Grady or Elizabeth Crogman who both worked at the home. There is a bride picture of a Barbara Lowe, who married James Wade. There is letters from service men who wrote to Miss Grady after they went into the service and sent back money to buy the orphans candy and oranges at Christmas time. A couple of these letters are from servicemen Thomas Clark II and Vernon Carlos Wallace and dated in 1944 and earlier. I found that Miss Crogman died in 1992 at the age of 98 and that Miss Grady is also deceased. I would like to find out if there is anyone out there that would recognize these names and know these children and adults. I would also like to get the pictures back to the families, if possible. Thanks, Judy H. If you can help Judy, please post a message to the newsletter bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --Another Story-- Found. In the last issue, a reader asked for help to track down information on a family, so that she could return some items to them. Our readers responded... -- What a great bunch of readers you have. I wrote recently asking for help in finding Tiffany Blanton. I received so many replies from people offering information on how to go about finding her and places I might check. Many had done searches and found more information on Howard, Jr. and sent that to me. It was amazing. One lady who works in a college wrote and said that they have a web-site for locating lost alumni. She ran Tiffany's name and birth date and sent me a name, address and telephone number. I called and there she was!! Tiffany is married and has 2 children. She has recently been attempting to do some work on her genealogy and was thrilled to be receiving more information about her Japanese grandmother. She also requested that I send a picture of my aunt who brought her father to the US. She was happy to have more information to pass on to her children. Another happy ending. Thanks to all who sent me information and helped me find her..... Carolyn. Here is the original story from the last issue.... -- I read with interest your story about Judy and the picture of the Wert triplets. I have a similar story and I'd very much like to have a similar happy ending. My aunt, Sally Lemke Lockhart, worked for Northwest Airlines for many years and traveled all over the world. While she was a trip in Japan checking out travel destinations for her company she was contacted and requested to accompany a child from Japan. In the newspaper articles I read the story is called the modern Madame Butterfly. A Japanese girl became pregnant by an American soldier and then found out he was married. He went home to his wife and she was left with the baby. After a few years she decided that it would be better if her son were raised in the United States where he would have a better chance in life. Half-caste babies were not welcomed with open-arms in the early 50's in Japan. That boy's name was Howard Blanton, Jr. My aunt brought him to the United States and he was raised by his father and his father's wife. Unhappily, he died at a young age in a helicopter crash at Fort Campbell, Ky when he was 22 in 1972. He was married and had a daughter, Tiffany Elizabeth who was about a year old when he died. Now, the reason for this letter. My aunt died recently and I found pictures and correspondence from both Howard Jr's Japanese mother and American mother in her things. I think it would be great to be able to send these pictures and letters to Tiffany but so far my amateur sleuthing has uncovered nothing. I've called other Blandon families in the Fort Campbell area but they were no relation. Perhaps one of your readers would know something about this family and would be able to connect us so that Tiffany might have the mementoes of her father. (No charge - I'd just be happy to get them to her) Contact me at: Carolynlehman@msn.com Please note subject is "Howard Blandon" - You know the junque mail that comes through and if there isn't something distinctive, I might junk it without opening. Thanks for any and all help. Sincerely, Carolyn -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. 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The Collectors Newsletter #169 July, 2003

2003-07-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Here in the U.S. you probably won't find too many homes that are still lived in, that were built in the 16th century. In the U.K. it's a different story. With age come customs from the past, as this reader relates. -- Not sure if the following story is of interest - it relates to an old Welsh (UK) custom. About a year ago we purchased an old property in Crickhowell, in the Brecon Beacons in Wales (UK). The property was built in the 1500s using materials from an adjacent English 11th Century castle that was attacked and destroyed in 1530 by the Welsh. The house requires extensive renovation and we have made some exciting finds - such as the discovery of 3 massive Mediaeval fireplaces that originally came from the castle. A couple of months ago we decided to remove the false ceiling n the upstairs bedrooms (a 1960s addition), to expose the beautiful original oak beams. Above one of the upstairs fireplaces the old stone wall had fallen down, and I found some bits of leather from a small pair of shoes. (It is a Welsh tradition to build a pair of children's shoes into a wall of a house to bring good luck to the occupants. Many of these are removed (bad idea) and are often seen in antique shops around Wales. We replaced the bits of leather and I asked my builder to build a pair of my daughter's shoes into the wall. Although somewhat surprised at the request, he did this and the wall was replaced hiding a pair of my 2 year old daughters favorite (and brand new)! shoes. Despite the initial anguish from my daughter (and my wife)! at the loss of her favorite sandals, I would like to think that we have carried on an old custom that will bring our family luck. We are continuing to renovate the house and making interesting finds - such as old silver coins in the garden - and will update you with any major finds in the future. Hope of interest, Simon J. --Another Story-- This story related to the good fortune a reader had, with the assistance of our subscribers, in tracking down triplets from a photo she had. (Collectors Newsletter #155). -- I read with interest your story about Judy and the picture of the Wert triplets. I have a similar story and I'd very much like to have a similar happy ending. My aunt, Sally Lemke Lockhart, worked for Northwest Airlines for many years and traveled all over the world. While she was a trip in Japan checking out travel destinations for her company she was contacted and requested to accompany a child from Japan. In the newspaper articles I read the story is called the modern Madame Butterfly. A Japanese girl became pregnant by an American soldier and then found out he was married. He went home to his wife and she was left with the baby. After a few years she decided that it would be better if her son were raised in the United States where he would have a better chance in life. Half-caste babies were not welcomed with open-arms in the early 50's in Japan. That boy's name was Howard Blanton, Jr. My aunt brought him to the United States and he was raised by his father and his father's wife. Unhappily, he died at a young age in a helicopter crash at Fort Campbell, Ky when he was 22 in 1972. He was married and had a daughter, Tiffany Elizabeth who was about a year old when he died. Now, the reason for this letter. My aunt died recently and I found pictures and correspondence from both Howard Jr's Japanese mother and American mother in her things. I think it would be great to be able to send these pictures and letters to Tiffany but so far my amateur sleuthing has uncovered nothing. I've called other Blandon families in the Fort Campbell area but they were no relation. Perhaps one of your readers would know something about this family and would be able to connect us so that Tiffany might have the mementos of her father. (No charge - I'd just be happy to get them to her) Contact me at: Carolynlehman@msn.com Please note subject is "Howard Blandon" - You know the junque mail that comes through and if there isn't something distinctive, I might junk it without opening. Thanks for any and all help. Sincerely, Carolyn -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #168 July, 2003

2003-07-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Something Wonderful In the last newsletter we ran a story from a reader titled "Assistance, Anyone?" Well, it turned out great. It's amazing what 200,000+ people can do when they put their minds to it :-) Here is the response we got back from Judy and the original story is below her response. My thanks to all of you who emailed me with suggestions, information or just to wish me well in my search for the Wert Triplets. Well, thanks to several of you, especially Beverly, I located Kevin Wert (rather, HE located ME). Beverly emailed him and it turned out that he was, indeed, one of the triplets in my photo. I talked to Kevin this afternoon and he is so very pleased and excited to get the photo back into his family. This is the story he told me about it. He and his brothers were born in 1954 (I believe he said in Muncie, Ind), 24 hours later a set of girl triplets were born in the same hospital. Back in 1954, triplets were very unusual so the newspaper did a story on both sets. I believe that the photo I have was taken by the newspaper. Kevin said that the only copy of this photograph that they have is in the newspaper article. So, they don't have an actual copy of the photo. His mother signed and dedicated the photograph to the doctor who delivered the boys. It must be from his estate that the picture was put up for sale on ebay. Kevin's mother passed away about 10 years ago so having this picture with her handwriting on it is extremely important to him. He told me that they have a family reunion coming up soon and he wants to show the photo to the rest of his family. He also said that two sets of triplets were so unusual back then that the newspaper even did a follow-up story on them when they turned one year old - THE WERT TRIPLETS TURN ONE! This has been an exciting adventure for me, partly because so many of you went out of your way to do searches and give me advise for locating the boys. I can't thank you enough for your help. I did locate them and their ancestors on a genealogy website but it gave no current information. If Beverly had not called Kevin, then I would still not know how to reach him. Thanks again to you all for your help and good wishes for my success. You all have had a part in getting this picture back to its family. I know in the grand scheme of things this is a small gesture, but I am happy we have all been a part of it. God Bless, Judy in Jacksonville, Fla. -- Here is the original story from the last issues.... As an avid Ebayer - I often end up buying some of the strangest things. One item that I recently purchased is a large photograph of a set of triplets. I would just love to return it to a family member (NO charge!). It is an 11x14 photo of three baby boys taken while still in the hospital nursery. The caption was handwritten by the mother, giving this photo as a gift to the doctor who had delivered them. It reads: "To a wonderful Doctor, Best Wishes always. Wert Triplets - Craig, Christ and Kevin. This is a large, wonderful black and white photograph and appears to be from the 1940's. I have tried to locate someone from this family and just haven't had any luck. Maybe one of your readers can help put us in touch. Email Judy at Jumeaujs1@aol.com -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #167 July, 2003

2003-07-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Vanity Tray. Once again we hear from a reader with an unusual experience to tell. -- If I ever was a non-believer that those who pass on to the afterlife can assist those on this earth, this strange occurrence has made me truly believe! I experienced a strange but very true story is about a reunion of an antique vanity tray and a missing piece of it, that is way beyond worldly explanation. Get ready for goose-bumps! A few years ago, my sister passed on. A while after, her children decided to meet and decide what was to be done with her belongings. Most items were shared between her children, and what was left was discarded. I drove past my sister's house the next day. Her kids had gone and left the day before, leaving bags of trash outside. I spotted a large, old Vanity Tray sticking out of a trash can. The tray had a glass top with ornate gold metal leaves around the perimeter of the tray. I pulled out the tray and inspected it. The mirror was fine, but there was a two-inch section of the metal leaf decoration missing. I took it with me, to my own home which is 3 miles away. I remembered seeing the Vanity Tray in my sister's bedroom. "What a shame that piece is missing" I thought to myself, wondering if I would be able to have her antique tray repaired. When I got home, I immediately took the tray inside the house and placed it in a closet. The day passed. The next morning I went about my normal routine, made coffee, a little housekeeping, and tied up the trash. I ventured outside with the trash and pulled off the lid of my garbage pail. I was about to hurl my garbage bag into the empty pail.... but it was not empty... at the bottom of the garbage pail was one small thing. I looked in with my eyes popping out....and began to cry and cry. The missing 2-inch metal leaf decoration from my sisters vanity tray was all by itself in the bottom of my garbage pail... 3 miles away from where I found the tray at her home. All I could say now is "Thanks Sis! I'm a believer now for sure!" Respectfully, Nancy A. --Another Story-- Assistance, Anyone? We don't do this that often, but this looks like an interesting item. Can you help find the family? -- As an avid Ebayer - I often end up buying some of the strangest things. One item that I recently purchased is a large photograph of a set of triplets. I would just love to return it to a family member (NO charge!). It is an 11x14 photo of three baby boys taken while still in the hospital nursery. The caption was handwritten by the mother, giving this photo as a gift to the doctor who had delivered them. It reads: "To a wonderful Doctor, Best Wishes always. Wert Triplets - Craig, Christ and Kevin. This is a large, wonderful black and white photograph and appears to be from the 1940's. I have tried to locate someone from this family and just haven't had any luck. Maybe one of your readers can help put us in touch. Email Judy at Jumeaujs1@aol.com Let us know how it turns out :-) -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #166 July, 2003

2003-07-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Time To Return It. The time was right for this reader to do a good turn. -- I have a space in an antique mall, so I'm always on the lookout for interesting and different things. I spend time on weekends going to estate and yard sales - my favorite pastime. Several years ago I bought an old advertising thermometer. The kind that are in a frame and have a picture or design on it. This one was for a local lumber yard - long gone by now. I thought it was pretty neat and different. I had it in my kitchen for all this time. I had always wanted to take it to my collectibles space, but for some reason, just couldn't part with it! A gal I know that is a massage therapist had come over to the house. Once in a great while I treat myself, especially after long and busy stretches of working. She was talking about family, and I asked what her mother's maiden name was. When she told me about her mother's family and their name, I said, when you've finished, I think I have something for you. I went into the kitchen and picked up this calendar and handed it to her. Her mouth fell open and she just stood there staring at it. She was a little teary eyed and said, this is my Grandfather. I told her it was hers now. It needed to go home with her. That somehow I had always felt that I had been holding on to it for a more important destiny. She was thrilled. There is no greater feeling than returning something to a family member that will treasure it. I'm also always looking for the old album that belonged to my Mother that got away. Jackie B. --Another Story-- Looking for Family This reader is trying to find someone for a special piece of furniture. -- After reading many of the stories about your readers' experiences with items that belonged to others in years past, it reminded me of my own situation regarding a piece of furniture. I happen to own a second hand furniture store and of course come across many articles of furniture and other things that were previously owned. A few months ago, one of my customers brought in a piece that turned out to be a Larkin secretary. He had picked it up at a flea market, I believe, and just wanted to sell it and make a little money. After he left my shop, I was cleaning and oiling the beautiful old oak, when I discovered an old type of shipping label on the back which told who the piece was to be shipped to. It was for a Mrs. Cyrus Macdonald in Nebraska. It gave the name of the county where she lived but that was all of the information it contained. I spent the rest of the day and much of the next few days getting information off the internet about the specific piece and trying to get some information about this lady or her family. It became a quest for me to find her family. It bothered me that somewhere out there was surely a family member that would love to have this piece from their great grandmothers (or whoever) life. It was obviously something that she picked out and ordered and had it sent to her in Nebraska. I just can't get it out of my mind that I need to locate someone from her family. It's rare that I come across a piece that has an "identity" and it makes you wonder who they were and what they were like and how did such a nice piece end up at a flea market instead of being with a family member. I've had no luck finding anything out about family, but in the meantime, my customers admire it and I tell them all its story (as much as I know anyway) and hope that someday I'll hear something from someone off of one of the genealogy web sites I've posted messages, etc. I feel like I need to return this piece back to it's real family. Call me crazy! ....Sharon S. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #165 July, 2003

2003-07-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Email to friends. This is an email that was forwarded by the writer to some friends and then sent on to us, for you to read. -- Kelly, Tom, Laura, Last night I thought I would go to bed early (10:00 P.M.). Woke up at 3:30 A.M. to a sound I couldn't identify, thought it was the smoke alarm, wasn't, went into the kitchen to check the new coffee maker (ours died Sat., we went to Freddies and got a new one,) coffee pot was o.k. Could only be the new pool-game we got for Christmas, went rummaging for a tiny phillips screw driver (at 3:A.M.) ,found one and removed batteries, still hear the sounds, by this time Elwood is up, and HE cant hear ANYTHING, asked him to take it out to the garage and hide it somewhere, he does, and I still hear the sounds, its coming from the bookcase, I start removing stuff, way in the back is Lauras singing- birthday candle from 2 years ago, it didn't work then, but it works now, its singing over and over Happy Birthday to youuu--- at 3A.M. IT IS MY MOTHERS BIRTHDAY, JAN. 14th today . So Happy Birthday Mom. Spooky, but true. Love you guys . Me --Another Story-- The Shadow Box Sometimes you really don't know why you do something, until after you do it. -- I went to an estate sale about a month ago. As I am in the house looking around, I find a shadow box, I picked it up to look at it and first noticed a birth card from 1955. In other parts on the box there were baby bootees, baby bracelet, a picture of the girl that was born and a few other items which included a lock of hair. I really though it was a neat idea but had no idea what I would do with it, so I set it done and continued to look through the house. Before leaving I went back to the shadow box and ended up buying it. I guess I was thinking of how someone could sell something so personal. I brought it home and thought about it, and decided to send a letter to the house in hopes of finding the family. I did and a short time later I received a email that said: Hello! how kind of you to write us about the shadow box. We had no idea it was to be sold at the sale. We tried to look over the items for sale when everything was displayed the night before, but missed that. The girl in the shadow box was my husband's little sister who died very unexpectedly when she was three in 1957. We would love to have the shadow box back It goes on to say how to contact her. When I bought that shadow box, I felt I was buying it for a reason, and I now know why, things really do happen for a reason. Thank you, Lisa -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #164 July, 2003

2003-07-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Samantha the Ghost Another story of a thing with a life of its own. -- I run a large antique mall. one of our dealers, a couple, told us of their experience with "samantha", a ghost inside a figurine they purchased at an estate sale. Here is their story:: We bought this clown figurine at a sale. The wife had passed away, and the husband was having an estate sale prior to moving into a smaller home, the wife told him never to sell her clown. well, somehow, the clown got in the sale. when we took it home we unpacked it and placed it on a shelf. soon afterwards, strange things started happening. lights would go on and off, cabinet doors would swing open, the burglar alarm would go off, things would be moved around. we attributed this to "quirks", until my wife started saying, "samantha, why are you doing this', really as a joke, but then when we would "talk" to her, she would make her presence known, this clown figurine has a movement and music, but you have to turn the switch on. she would start up in the middle of the night, or anytime we seemed to be ignoring her. this still continues to this day. we know this must be from the clown. we at one time, took the figurine to another persons home and left it over two weeks, the things in our house stopped, and they started up at the other house, though more aggressively. We brought her home, and here she resides still today.. Suzanne S. --Another Story-- The Cat and the Tureen It's strange how people start collecting and what they sometimes do with their collections. -- With all this talk about people's ashes and "morbid" stuff like that, I thought I would tell the story about how i started collecting brown transferware: Many years ago (before Martha Stewart and decorator's magazines made it so popular and way too expensive!) I ran into a large brown transferware soup tureen at a yard sale. I think I paid about five bucks for it. My daughter told me it was the ugliest thing she had ever seen and didn't understand why I bought it. Truthfully, I didn't either, because it was unlike anything else i collected at the time. It had an unusual raised mark on the bottom that I had never seen before. This tureen went up on a shelf and I used it at holiday times, but other than that it went unused and unnoticed for many years. When i got serious about antiquing, I eventually discovered that the mark on the bottom was an English mark and from it I discovered that the tureen was made on July 8, 1883. The odd thing is we had a family cat that we absolutely adored named Uzzy, and he was born on that very same day exactly 104 years later. Uzzy lived to be twelve, and was so much a part of my life that I Couldn't bear to think of him buried in the ground. I had him cremated, but when I received his ashes they were in a very ugly plastic box. A cat so loved had to have a regal resting place and my mind automatically went to the tureen, seeing as that they shared the same "birthdate." So Uzzy's ashes went into the tureen and they were prominently displayed in my home. However, the tureen looked a little lonely, so I bought a brown transferware teapot to sit near it. . .then a large platter, some plates, another teapot and before I knew it I had a collection of brown transferware. I eventually found another tureen, not as pretty as the first and not marked, but when my daughter came over and saw it she told our other cat Bubby "Watch out, guy. Mom's just bought your coffin." It was funny at the time but when he died a few years later I did just that. So now Uzzy and Bubby sit side by side amongst all my other brown transferware pieces. And no, I don't use the pieces at holiday time anymore! My daughter says she's going to start worrying when I find another tureen, because one of us may end up in it. . .Ali K. Mesa AZ -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #163 July, 2003

2003-07-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Something Simple Small things that are full of memories, often mean the most. -- This isn't a funny story and doesn't involve a flea market or garage sale find but concerns a unique find that someone may find interesting. Several years ago as I walked up my driveway something in the grass on my front lawn caught my attention. There was a small bird's nest. It was composed of the usual twigs, straws, etc. but interwoven with these were several colorful pieces of yarn. My Mother , who had passed away exactly a year before this find, spent a lot of time hooking rugs to fill her time. Sometimes, to take advantage of our Florida balmy weather she sat in the back yard hooking her rugs where I'm sure she probably dropped a few of the short pieces of yarn. Coming on the first anniversary of her death the find sent shivers up my spine as I perceived it to be a remembrance from her. I treasure this as an addition to my collectibles to this day.... Mrs. Dorothy E. --Another Story-- A Friendly Ghost Departed relatives can sometimes be very helpful. As this reader discovered. -- Have you ever been alone in a house cleaning late at night, when something or someone is trying to get your attention?? That is what happened to me, about 2 years ago. My Father-In-Law had been deceased since 1984. My Mother-In-Law used to hide old coins everywhere in her house. Dot developed Alzheimer's, and she never told anyone where she hid anything. We had to have her go into a nursing home. It took us 8 months to clean out the house, because it was so cluttered. One night, I was alone kneeling, cleaning the old time kitchen stove. My Father-In-Law's chain saw, which was in a box fell on me. I picked it up, and it fell again, needless to say, this kept happening for 10 min. I all of a sudden got the feeling that Dad was around !! I yelled out, "What are you trying to tell me?" Suddenly, one of the drawers to the stove fell open. It was the one I was kneeling near. I reached in very far, between the dust and the spiders. I found an old dirty beat up sock, filled with old coins, some from the 1800's !! I was shocked, to say the least !! The story does not end here. One other night, I thought I would be funny. I said out loud, "If there is any more money hidden in this house Dad, you better tell me now !!" I had put some old 45's on top of the refrigerator. They had been there for a couple of months. You know what happened next ? The records came crashing down on the floor !! I opened the freezer door, and hidden in the ice cube trays, were more !! I kept finding more coins and very old baseball cards. I think in his own way, my Father-In-Law was helping, and grateful to me for taking care of the house and Dot. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #162 July, 2003

2003-07-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Treasure Lamp Make a wish and clean the lamp. Here is what one reader got in return. -- I loved the story about the deodorant sticks and all the money. (Collectors Newsletter #147 http://www.tias.com/newsletter) I have a story although it was in no way comparable to theirs. A few years ago at a local estate sale there was an old 40's style metal lamp that came up for bids. I am an avid collector of antiques and junktiques now, but at the time I was just getting started. No one seem that interested in the lamp maybe because of the color (kinda rust colored) so I bid $5. Then someone else bid and I bid again. I ended up getting the lamp for $12. It's the kind of lamp for use on a desk with an arm that comes out on the side. It has a ballister which holds a chimney style clear globe and a round metal shade that slips over that. It was much heavier than it looked as I carried it to my car. Anyway, my husband asked why would I buy something that ugly. He started cleaning on it since it was fairly dirty and greasy and was taking it apart as he went. He yelled from the kitchen and said "come and look what I found in the ballister of this lamp". My heart raced as I was imagining all sorts of treasures as I raced to the kitchen. It was full of old wheat back pennies from the 30's and 40's. That was why it was so heavy. I guess the owner had put them in there to help balance the lamp because when we emptied it and put it back together it seemed to want to tip over fairly easy. We returned the pennies back to the lamp so it will be a fun discovery for the next person....Robin --Another Story-- The Memories of a Stranger This reader found an old scrap book, but inside was more than she expected. --- Several years ago I stopped by a garage sale. Fond a Wooden homemade scrapbook, put together with leather hinges and leather thongs. Had a wood burned design and t he words scrapbook on front. This scrapbook was full and when I took it up to pay the $5.00 for it, I asked the lady if she wanted to take the contents out before I left with it. She said she did not want them, just throw them in the trash. I got this scrapbook home and sat down to read it. It was a young girl's scrapbook from World War 11. She was working in Florida and saved everything. She had a boyfriend in service and all his letters and telegrams and victory mail were in the book, in fact many interesting things. I could not bring myself to throw it away, so I just put it on the shelf. Several years later, my granddaughter wanted the scrapbook, so I gave it to her. I told her its story before she went home with it. She called me back after she had looked at it and said, Nanny, I cannot throw it away either. I will just put it on the bookcase and think of her......Alice L -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #161 June, 2003

2003-07-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- No Sweat This reader found that it's always a good idea to check everything you buy at a sale, very carefully. -- I was at my grandfathers estate sale back in March and it was a cold snowy day.. I think we have all had those sales when the auctioneer threw stuff in your pile that you truly don't want to haul home!!! Well sometimes you never know what a good deal that worthless junk can be. I my case it was an old pressure cooker, and I mean an old junker.. that my grandmother must have used when she was first married, our first thought was to do what everyone else in our area does..Leave it and let them clean it up.. But my husband being the honest joe he is said its cold and drizzling just put everything in the pickup and we will get rid of it later.. That night in our garage I started looking through all my treasures to find the cooker was the big prize.... Inside was 4 old speed stick containers which I preceded to through away on the 4th one It rattled, I looked inside and grandpa or grandma had taken the deodorant out and it was full of old coins all with a 18 something date on them.. My curiosity got the best of me so I took the other 3 out of the trash I opened the next one and there was 6-$100.00 bills in it.. I screamed and everyone came out to see what was wrong. the next one even better 12-$100.00 bills, it became a game of the speed sticks.. the final one had 8 in it.. we where all jumping and laughing... how sneaking was that....I continued to look at the bottom of the cooker and there was a small box and a large box, in the large box was 3 old pocket watches, one that I have researched and found to be from the civil war era, probably his grandfathers or something.. the little box had 2 necklaces in it, I have not yet took them to the jewelry store but I am assuming they are real diamonds...The greatest thing about this is I paid a quarter for the pile, know seems like a good investment. We have finished our basement with old barn boards on one shelf we displayed the know empty speed stick containers and the cooker is an added touch to.. People who visit must think we are strange,, who puts deodorant with antiques.... Have fun searching.. Donna --Another Story-- The Brown Paper Bag Sometimes the wrapper is worth more than the contents --- Hello! After reading your recent stories about those that have "passed", I was compelled to send you mine. In 1992 my brother Alan passed away and before that we both enjoyed collecting baseball cards as a hobby. He lived in Carthage, Texas and I live in Marshall, Texas, another 26 miles farther north. His wife sold all my brother's cards sometime after his passing (without offering to let me to buy them). Well, several years after, I went to a garage sale, here in Marshall and saw on a table several small brown paper sacks labeled "baseball cards" in black felt tip pen. They were cheap and I figured that they might help me complete a set or two, so I bought them. I got home and pulled the cards out of the first sack and noticed they were fairly decent, average cards but out of the corner of my eye I noticed something on the bottom of the bag, turned it over and there in red ink was my brother's name, etc. rubber stamped on the bottom of each bag. Needless to say, this grown man had a big cry. Isn't it a curious thing, how the baseball cards lost all their value and the cheap brown paper bags became priceless in a split second? It is like he made sure that I got some of his collection, a part of him, one way or another. Love and miss you, Alan! Your brother forever, Randy -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #160 June, 2003

2003-06-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Final resting place. Hopefully one day someone may find this lost item and return it to where it belongs. --- This isn't a story about adopting the dead - it's one about losing the dead. I work for a large law firm with a small one-man branch office out in the country. Two clients, a brother and a sister, were arguing over who would keep Granny's ashes. They decided to let the family solicitor hold onto the urn until they sorted out their differences. Granny was brought to the office in a gym bag. Unfortunately, one night the little office was broken into and the gym bag was used to cart off the stolen goods (Granny and urn still inside). I often wonder if the thieves ever realized what they had and where Granny finally ended up....Pat --Another Story-- Tin of Jacks. I childhood toy moves on. --- Many years ago I stopped at a rummage sale near my home. They had the usual rummage sale items but one caught my eye. It was a candy tin full of jacks, a game I remember playing as a little girl on hot summer days. When I commented to the women who were having the sale one said "When our Mother was little she was in an orphanage and one Christmas someone gave them to her. But now she's in a nursing home - she doesn't remember anything" I brought them home and put them in a jar on the mantle and love them for her. Whenever I go past that house, I remember the old woman I never knew. .....Emily --Another Story-- Basement Full of Treasures. Always check the basement. --- My husband and I have been in the antique business for most of our 48 years of marriage. We now have a small shop in our little town of Vinton, Virginia. Several years ago, we purchased an estate in the neighboring city of Roanoke. Our youngest son came to visit as my husband was loading the last of the estate. "What was in the basement?" , he inquired. Frank replied,"We were never able to locate a way to get in there." Keith said,"I can do it through that crawl space!" He did, and found a large wooden box filled with tin toys from the 1950's (in their original boxes). We sold the toys for the amount we paid for the entire estate-one was a JAZZBO JIM "coon" dancer, which fetched a cool 500 dollars in it's original box. We were VERY HAPPY our son could visit that day! Sincerely, Janine and Frank S. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #159 June, 2003

2003-06-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Adopting the Dead 6. This is the 5th installment in our "Adopting the Dead" series. We had requested stories about personal things that our readers keep, from people they never knew and who are unrelated to them and no longer living. Stories about things like photos, letters, diaries and the personal momentos of strangers from the past. We received so many great stories and wonderful comments that we've decided to keep running this topic for a while. If you have a story to contribute, please email it to newsletter@tias.com If you have comments, or would like to read the comments of other, on this subject, please check out our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- More Than A Quilt. A process that started many years before was finished by one of our readers. -- Way back when I was a beginning quilter, before I started collecting quilts even, my husband and I went to an estate auction. Someone in the family had been a sewer and quilter and there were BOXES of fabric up for sale. I looked through a couple and saw that it was mostly older fabrics, some lightweight dress fabric, some cotton ticking. Then I found six Sunbonnet Sue blocks made with Depression era fabric that I really wanted. When it came up for bid the auctioneer tossed ALL those boxes of fabric into one lot and my heart just sank. People were shocked when several of us starting bidding and the price climbed and climbed, all the way to $6.00! (Remember, this was when minimum wage was still down about $3.35 or so...) My husband thought I was nuts for buying all that fabric. When we got home I started washing the fabric and measuring the yardage, about 56 yards of it! But the biggest find of all was buried in the bottom of one of the boxes: a stack of eight-pointed star quilt blocks with alternating solids and prints from the 30's. Most of the hand-pieced blocks were finished, but there were a few with the corners and side triangles yet to be set in. The extra pieces were all there though, the whole project wrapped in a pillowcase. I started crying though when I found my mystery quilter's threaded needle still in the seam, ready for the next stitch to be taken. To make a long story short, the following year we relocated halfway across the country and in the move my sewing machine was broken. I spent a long, lonely winter finishing the hand piecing of the star blocks and added blue sashing and yellow cornerstones, both fabrics from HER stash. I don't think I ever worked on it without wondering about my mystery quilter and pondering how each of us will leave "something" unfinished....Nancy F. ....Powers Lake, ND --Another Story-- The Ever Versatile Coffin In the last issue, (http://www.tias.com/newsletter #145) we had an interesting story about how a coffin was used as storage furniture. A reader responded with her own story. -- Well, now I have to write. The Methodist parsonage was next door to my house when I was a little girl and the Pastor and his wife had two sons; one just my age. This was in the early 50's and one summer day and large wooden box appeared on their patio. It was lined with metal and there was no top but there was stenciling was on the sides! The Pastor filled the "box" with water and we kids had a fine time "swimming" in that box all summer. I know it bothered my Mother who explained what is was to me, and that some soldier had been sent home from Korea in it. She thought is was morbid and inappropriate but when you're six or seven, I think you just appreciate the fun factor! ......Bunny C. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #158 June, 2003

2003-06-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Adopting the Dead 5. This is the 5th installment in our "Adopting the Dead" series. We had requested stories about personal things that our readers keep, from people they never knew and who are unrelated to them and no longer living. Stories about things like photos, letters, diaries and the personal momentos of strangers from the past. We received so many great stories and wonderful comments that we've decided to keep running this topic for a while. If you have a story to contribute, please email it to newsletter@tias.com If you have comments, or would like to read the comments of other, on this subject, please check out our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- The Box This takes the "adopting the dead" stories that we've been publishing, almost literally. It's interesting how you can get used to such things, which at first glance can be quite startling for some people. - I enjoy the tias news letters, especially the stories that people send in about their finds at auctions and flea markets, etc. I thought the Jar story (newsletter #140 http://www.tias.com/newsletter ) was interesting, and at first, thought that it was a little bit morbid to keep a dead stranger's ashes, but then I thought about the "treasure" I came home with from an auction many years ago. Not long after we got married, my husband and I moved to the country. At one point, we thought it would be nice to own a little more land to raise our horses on. We were told of a farm outside of our hometown that was probably coming up for sale some day. My Dad knew the owner, who was a widowed elderly lady, and called to ask if she would be willing to show us the house and property. She was so gracious, and took us all through her home: a quaint, 2 story, very old, brick farm house. When we got to one of the upstairs bed- rooms, she stopped outside of the door and said that before she took us into the room she wanted to explain something. She was afraid that one of the pieces of "furniture" in the room might bother us to some degree. When she opened the door, she pointed to a very large wooden chest with brass fixtures. This was not your typical blanket chest, but that's what she used it for. As it turned out, the "blanket chest" was a coffin/body crate from (I think) the Korean War, (maybe older, I don't remember) and on the one end was the name of the deceased soldier whom had been transported in the crate, his rank, serial number, as well as the name and address of the funeral home it was to be delivered to. It was a beautiful "box" in spite of its original use: dark stained wood like mahogany, with brass latches and hinges, and completely lined with metal. The lid was 2 pieces connected with a brass piano hinge in the center for opening one end or the other, and it had brass buckle-down latches along the sides to ensure a tight seal when closed. Also, brass handles along the sides and one on each end for carrying the box, much like a regular coffin has. If I remember her story correctly, the stenciled name on the end was some relative of her late husband. Her husband thought that the crate was too well made to just discard, and the family of the deceased (or maybe the funeral home director) let him take it home. The lady said it took her a while to get used to it herself, but over the years, it served a purpose for storing blankets and other things, because it was well lined and would seal up tight when closed. A few months later, I noticed an auction bulletin in the newspaper for the household goods and farm machinery at this farm, so I planned to attend...and, not for any real purpose other than to watch. As it turned out, my husband went along, and we ended up bidding on a couple of antique items. Eventually, my husband and I became separated at the sale. He was visiting and I went on to follow the auctioneer. At last, the auctioneer came to the wooden chest. There was only a small gathering around it, and I stood there wondering what uses that chest could provide if I were to purchase it. I really couldn't justify any of my ideas, but hung around to watch it sell. The auctioneer asked the small group if anyone knew what this was, and I nodded, smiling...then, he told those that were there what it was, and that if they didn't have a weak stomach, this chest could serve many purposes for storage...or something to that affect. Half of the people walked away. I stayed, and the auctioneer tried to start the bidding. No one wanted anything to do with it. A five dollar bid hung for a little bit, then I thought I'd just offer seven dollars for the heck of it. That's where it ended...and whether or not I meant for it to happen, I became the owner of the coffin/crate. My husband couldn't believe what I did, but I assured him that we could find some purpose for it, so it was hauled home along with our other goods. The crate was unloaded in our tool shed, and mainly took up space for a long time. I think we stored lawn furniture cushions in it for a while, and when our boys were little, I'd hide the Christmas presents in the chest until I got a chance to wrap them. It worked great for that! The lid was too heavy for them to lift if they ever got nosey enough to try to open it. Eventually, the chest was moved upstairs in the shed...which was a small feat in itself, because of the weight and bulk of the box...but, it remains there storing "valuables" and other keep sakes that no longer have a place in our house. I know they are safe there, because it is lined well and it seals up tightly. However, once in a while I have this eerie feeling come over me when I go to the shed, and sometimes I wonder if it isn't the box upstairs and maybe it still has a spirit attached to it. I don't know. Most of the people who've been told about the chest can't believe we have it, and say that they wouldn't own such a thing themselves...so, I doubt that there's any chance we'll ever find a new home for it. I've gotten used to it, and once in a while, I still wonder about the soldier who was transported home in it. Some things I've wondered about this thing are: was every dead soldier shipped home in such an elaborate crate? It would take a factory to produce so many to use during war time. Or, maybe the boxes were supposed to be "re-cycled"? Which war was it actually used in? And, why the metal lining? I imagine that this was to ice or otherwise cold store the remains during shipment? I never discussed the construction or pondered exactly how a body would be shipped in one of these. My husband is a Viet Nam vet, and had some experience with loading body bags of soldiers into airplanes while in Viet Nam, (which is a bit morbid to hear about in itself) but doesn't recall the use of such elaborate shipping crates at that point. If anyone knows more about these coffins, I'd appreciate the information...MK, Ohio --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #157 June, 2003

2003-06-16

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Adopting the Dead 4. This is the 4th installment in our "Adopting the Dead" series. We had requested stories about personal things that our readers keep, from people they never knew and who are unrelated to them and no longer living. Stories about things like photos, letters, diaries and the personal momentos of strangers from the past. We received so many great stories and wonderful comments that we've decided to keep running this topic for a while. If you have a story to contribute, please email it to newsletter@tias.com If you have comments, or would like to read the comments of other, on this subject, please check out our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- Flowers from the past This reader found that the legacy of a person can be passed on from their garden. - There is an old home place at the end of my street. Over the years Mrs. Cummings had acquired many lovely flowers. Old fashion glads and many colorful iris. She has since passed and left her lovely plants. The local fire department used her house for practice and have eventually burned it completely down. At that point my friend Robin and I began taking the flowers. We would line our trunks with plastic and take our shovels. With each trip to her yard we proudly took home a bounty of flowers. Our mission was clearly to save Mrs. Cummings lovely flowers, and in doing so somehow honored her memory. We now have lovely flowers in our yards. Every Spring I delight in the fact that her flowers are being tended to. Once again Easter eggs are hidden beneath splendid color. Flowers are gently plucked for "Mommy" once again. We never knew her but hope that she watches from above, and is pleased her "babies" live on.... Billie B., Texarkana Texas --Another Story-- Preserving the memories This reader keeps a neighbors memory alive, in a book. - I greatly enjoy you newsletter and have been fascinated by the quaintly morbid stories of the past few weeks. Anyone who loves antiques must develop a respect and fondness for those who came before. Old photos have always been of great interest to me and this lucky encounter in the following story happened about 5 years ago. While an art student in 1975 I lived in an inexpensive rehabbed house in what is now Victorian Village in Columbus, OH. Rent was around $120.00 per month and the neighborhood was in transition from original elderly residents to those on public assistance and college students. I became friends with an elderly gentleman across the street who took the time to tell me stories about his family who had lived in the same house since the early 1900s. The large Victorian house was full of family furniture and memories which he happily shared. The family business was a small grocery store attached to the house. After graduating I moved away and never saw my gentleman friend again. Then about 5 years ago I saw a Yard Sale ad for that address in Victorian Village. Although it was raining, I went to the sale with what little money I had at the time hoping something from my old friend could come home with me. The new owners of the house did have some of his antiques but priced out of my budget. I found his family album with a price tag of $50.00. While looking through it the owner came over and asked me what I thought it was worth. I told her that I once lived across the street and had known the elderly gentleman who was so handsome in these vintage photos. When she found out that I had once known him she handed me the album and said "Take it home with you." They had bought the house after he had died and had never met this man but felt that the photos would be better off with a friend. His photos and the memories he shared with me are safe in my home thanks to a generous homeowner who like many of us share a respect for those who came before.....Susan H., Columbus, OH --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #156 June, 2003

2003-06-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Adopting the Dead III. This is the third installment in our "Adopting the Dead" series. We had requested stories about personal things that our readers keep, from people they never knew and who are unrelated to them and no longer living. Stories about things like photos, letters, diaries and the personal momentos of strangers from the past. We received so many great stories and wonderful comments that we've decided to keep running this topic for a while. If you have a story to contribute, please email it to newsletter@tias.com If you have comments, or would like to read the comments of other, on this subject, please check out our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- On the side of the road This reader found an entire family to adopt, just sitting on the side of a road. - This letter is in response for stories about adopting the dead or adopting families unknown. Thirty-two years ago my husband and I were driving in north San Diego County when we spotted what appeared to be a load of household items that had be dumped out in the countryside. Curious we took a look at the items, most were in sorry shape but we did come upon a box of old postcards in great condition. We took them home and began looking at the postmarks and assembling a history of a man named Ralph W. Veach. The postcards were mailed to him as he traveled not only this country but Canada as well. His family wrote to him wherever he (or they) landed. From Terre Haute, Indiana to San Gabriel, California these postcards and pictures told us a history of a man and his family that is nothing short of fascinating. Many of the postcards were photos of family and friends posing together then having a card made they could post them to each other. Some of the cards are dated as early as 1903, but I believe there are some that go back a bit further judging by the clothing they are were wearing and the carriages they have. We have counted approximately 225 cards and photos most dating around the early part of the last century. Some of the most recent photos in the group appear to be taken around the late 1930s. There are pictures that are not dated nor is there any way to tell where the photo was taken, all we know is that they are pictures into the past when our country was still growing and things were very, very different. We cherish these moments from the past and will always keep them as a reminder of Mr. Veach where ever he may be. Best Regards, Paula M. --Another Story-- The harmony of things. This reader has found that things need to be in harmony to "live" together. If it's true of people, why not their things as well? - We designed and built our home in the middle of the Mojave Desert 16 years ago. I have always loved antiques and our home is very Victorian in design on the inside, which surprises many southwest visitors upon entering our home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. My love for antiques finally compelled me to open an antique shoppe in our downtown area. Over the years between what I found in this desert town, and our travels, we have collected some very fine pieces of furniture that never made it into my shoppe. The house is like a showcase of the past and the walk through is felt even more than seen. One day, our oldest son was visiting and he suddenly stood still in the formal parlor and stated that he felt the presence of many people in that room, although only he and I were visible to the eye at the time. He said that he felt as if everyone was at peace and friendly and lived in harmony. I thought that to be very true, for I told him that whenever a (new) antique was introduced into the room we would know immediately whether it was really at home or not. He looked at me as if he knew what I meant. I told him that there had been many times that a piece I thought would be wonderful and perhaps did look wonderful was not at all at home and had to be removed because it actually fought with the other members that occupy that room. I have learned to just remove the piece no matter how lovely, and return the room to its happy harmony of friends and family until the right piece of furniture came along to live in peace with the others. The pieces that did not work were placed on display in my shoppe until the right buyer came along, and only then would hopefully another journey begin to bring peace, love and harmony to friends of another time. ....Roe --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #155 June, 2003

2003-06-09

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Adopting the Dead II. In our last issue we requested stories about personal things that our readers keep, from people they never knew and who are unrelated to them and no longer living. Stories about things like photos, letters, diaries and the personal momentos of strangers from the past. We received some great stories! If you have one to contribute, please email it to newsletter@tias.com Thank you to everyone who sent in a story. Here is one of the many we received. We will publish more over the coming weeks. Enjoy! --- About 11 years ago I went antique browsing. My husband and I were nearly broke at the time and I couldn't afford to buy a thing, but had to satisfy my "habit" by looking. On the 3rd floor of a dusty antique mall I found a tall stack of letters written by the same man to the same woman. Love letters! The dealer wanted $5.00 each for the letters - way out of my league. I bought a couple of them with the last of my money and went home to read. The letters were written by a WW I soldier named Joe Greener to his wife, Eunice Greener, whom he calls "Fatty Bess." Most are written during his stay at Fort Meade, Maryland boot camp. His spelling is horrible, handwriting hardly legible, but they are so eloquent. He describes how he would take her in his arms if he were home - and what would happen next. He promises to get his picture taken with the Kiser and return home to love her forever. Needless to say, I took our grocery money and returned to the antique booth to ask the dealer to sell the lot at a reduced price. I waited to read the letters until a long drive out of state with an antique- loving friend a few weeks later. We ordered the letters according to postmark and, for three hours, were transported back to 1918. We learned of the train trip to Maryland from Joe's home in a run down part of Kansas City, and that Fatty Bess was unhappily living with his mother and sister in his absence. Joe was thrilled to have received the first new clothes of his life - Army issued. He actually had more than one pair of socks and one pair of pants! He was also eating an unbelievable 3 times a day and enjoying every bite. Joe asked Fatty Bess to send needle and thread so he could fix the fly of his pants and avoid an embarrassing accident during inspection. He sent copies of camp songs to her along with little army pins that were still attached to the letters. More than anything, he loved her, worried about her and was proud to be able to send money home. There is much more in the letters that made us feel like we intimately knew Joe and Fatty Bess. He is silly, light-hearted and loving during the first weeks of camp. Some of his army buddies go into town to get drunk and find women, but Joe chooses to stay at camp and write her. The letters become more solemn as he nears leaving for France; she might not hear from him for a long while and shouldn't worry. The next three letters are generic, Army censored from France. Then, a sad letter from an Army hospital. Joe tells her he has seen several of their pals from back home here, and that she wouldn't recognize them. Some are horribly injured. Everyone has changed. He will wait to tell her what he has seen when he gets home - it is more than he feels like discussing now. There is no joy left in Joe. The last line of the last letter reads, "I will be on the 4:00 train on Thursday." My friend and I felt so lost when the last letter was refolded. How could Joe leave us wondering what happened to them? Did she meet the train? Did he take her in his arms and never let go?!? I couldn't shake them from my thoughts and tried several searches under his name. Nothing. Sadly, the Army records that may have given some information were destroyed in a warehouse fire about 30 years ago. However, there is one letter to Eunice addressed in care of a man's name in a tiny upstate Kansas town. I pulled the microfilmed phone book and found the same family name at the address over 70 years later! I called the number and found an elderly man who was a little boy when Aunt Eunice came to visit for a few weeks in the summer of 1918. He'd never heard of "Fatty Bess," but remembered Eunice had once been married to a man named "Greener." The man remembered whispered family stories about Mr. Greener, who came home from the war and started drinking. One night, in the early 1920s, Joe got drunk and was in a nasty bar fight. Joe came home, went to bed and never woke up. Eunice later went to nursing school and married a man named "Northe" who worked at her hospital. It seems the Northes moved to my town in Oklahoma, but she kept Joe's letters throughout her second marriage. The letters were purchased from Mr. Northe's estate a few months before they surfaced in the antique store. I know Fatty Bess died in 1962 because I have been to her grave beside Mr. Northe. I sat on the grass by her stone for a long time, feeling like I'd found an old friend. I'm still haunted by Joe, however, and hope to someday find where he is buried. I need to thank him for the adventure. Sincerely....Mindy K --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #154 June, 2003

2003-06-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The suitcase that traveled. You see them all the time on garbage day. An old suitcase at the curb waiting for the garbage man to take it away. Like many things that people keep, they often have a story to tell, as this reader discovered. --- I had an interesting thing happen once. I purchased a partial estate out of a local home in Decatur (Atlanta) Ga. One of the many items was a large suitcase that had wooden strips and a woven covering. We used it to put the smaller items inside. Well, I loved this suitcase and used it in many displays in my shop, stacking items on it, doing travel motif window displays, etc. It was in fairly good condition, though weathered, and on one side of it was a handwritten name "REX GA" and on the other was a very long foreign name that appeared to be Polish. One day a woman came into my shop and asked me where I bought the suitcase. I told her that I had purchased it as part of a local estate. She proceeded to tell me of how, as a little girl in the 1940s, her mother and her had packed up everything and immigrated to this country. They arrived in REX GA and moved to the outskirts of Atlanta. After a while, her mother was cleaning out house, and she threw the suitcase to the curb, I suppose as a testament that they would indeed stay in the USA. They had a housekeeper who must have decided to take the suitcase home, as it was too nice to throw away and after all, she could use it. It appears that this housekeeper's daughter, now an older woman, sold it to me. At first I was a bit skeptical about this far fetched story, and then the lady pulled out her driver's license. Lo and behold...the long foreign Polish name matched up exactly to my suitcase's hand written name!...Lisa C --- Another Story --- Adopting the dead. We had quite a few comments about the Urn that was featured in the last issue. Several people sent in email about objects that they "kept" for departed people that they never knew, but could feel their presence in the object. Here is a store from a reader with a similar story. Do you have an object or a collection of personal things from people you never knew who are unrelated to you and no longer living? Things like photos, letters, diaries personal momentos of strangers from the past? Why do you keep them? What is it about these things that you find compelling? Do you sometimes feel like the the spirit of the person still lingers in the object? Tell us your story. Email it to newsletter@tias.com --- I loved the letter from Bonny P about the glass jar she bought in a thrift shop, ( Collectors Newsletter #140 http://www.tias.com/newsletter ) and I also loved the fact that she will keep the jar, and NO it is not at all 'creepy', I think maybe the person within the jar 'wanted to go home with her, sending out vibes for her to go back, take her/him home, and be taken care of!'..... So here is my little story:- A number of years ago I purchased 2 'beautiful' and very old oval walnut photograph frames complete with 'Great Grandma and Great Grampa' in them (on the back it is written who they were) with the notion I would take the pictures out, and put some of my own in......Turning the frames over, and contemplating how I would go about removing the backs.... with the help of my husband Pete.....both of us just looked at each other, and came to the same conclusion, we 'could not possibly' remove this lovely old couple from their frames, so there they remain, and are now on our wall, and when people ask who they are, we just say Grandma and Grandpa... 'we don't know', but they are a lovely old couple, and not forgotten, and are now part of our family ......Camille P --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #153 June, 2003

2003-06-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Jar It's sad, but this is not all that uncommon. After your read the story post your ideas to the online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- Once a week I treat myself to a trip to the Goodwill store in my hometown after work. Some weeks are better than others, you never know what you will find. One particular day, I came across a beautiful apothecary-type jar, ivory in color with gold-gilt leaves around it. I'm not a big fan of glassware, mostly because it is more of a hassle to store and pack when sold. I went past the jar, then went back to it. No, keep moving I told myself. Before I checked out, I returned to the aisle the jar was in. For some reason I decided to buy it. When I got home, I put the jar on my entertainment center where it has caught the attention of everyone who stops by. I had tried a few times to open the jar, but it would not budge. A girlfriend stopped by one night, and she tried to open the jar for me. Suddenly, she had a ghastly look on her face. She shook the jar and said " I think you are sporting somebody's Grama on your entertainment center!" The jar is a cremation urn!! My family is really creeped out by it, but what bothers me is how it ended up at a thrift store! I feel a tie to this jar, just because I think nobody should be forgotten. It will have a place in my home for as long as I live!! (Much to the dismay of my husband & kids). What would you do? Bonny P. --- Another Story --- The Doll Sometimes a deal can be so much more. Here is a perfect example that was sent in by a reader. --- I was born with a defect in my hips in 1962. Following surgery at about one year of age, I spent eighteen months in a body cast, followed by eighteen months in braces. I began learning to walk when I was four. My parents bought me a 36" doll with blonde hair that could walk simply by holding her hand and "pulling" her. She also talked when a string was pulled at the back of her neck. This beautiful doll helped me learn how to walk and I treasured her. When I was about ten years old, my family moved to Germany and my doll was packed away and put into storage with most of our family's belongings. Two years later we had to return to Canada as my right hip was deteriorating rapidly and I required specialized surgery in Toronto. While unpacking, my mother opened a box that had my braces from years before right on top. It was too much for her and she resealed the box and put it away. I can't remember seeing my doll for several years after our return so she must have also been in that box. Eventually our family moved to Calgary and boxes that had been kept stored in basements along the way were opened. Finally, I got my doll back and she was as beautiful as I remembered her. Unfortunately, she no longer talked. But the real surprise was her right hip. In all the moving and storage of so many years...her right hip had broken! My right hip has been the problem for me throughout my lifetime, finally being replaced almost two years ago as one of ten surgeries total that I have had on my right leg. I will never walk like a "normal" person and now my treasured doll needs a "hip replacement" just like I needed. I have seen dolls almost as beautiful as mine for sale in antique/collectible markets ranging from $60 to $90, but there is no price that could come close to taking this special friend from me. No walking or talking, just memories of first steps taken with a good friend.....Rebecca T. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #152 May, 2003

2003-05-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- 1) Barbie Does the Town Children leave their parents behind and move onto their own lives. They often leave things behind that are found later in life by the grownup child. What happens to those things? Is there one last playful game left in them, or do they become just another thing to be tossed in the trash or sold? This reader had an interesting experience with one of her paper dolls. After you read this story, tell us an interesting story about an old toy from your childhood that you found as an adult. Did you play with it? Did you sell it or did you toss it in the trash? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com --- Just a short time ago, I was cleaning out my parent's estate when I ran across many of the toys and dolls I played with as a child in the early 60s. Now my parents got tired of buying the pricey Barbie clothes, so they bought lots of Barbie paper dolls. I had three sets: a blonde bubblehead, a brunette bubblehead, and a much heavier and bigger particle board Barbie. Wow! They're hot on e-bay, so I listed them and sold them for a small but nice sum of money. Took them to my shipper for a ship quote on a windy March day when unbeknownst to me, my brunette Barbie slipped out and blew away. That night there was a big storm with lots of wind and rain. The next day I received an electronic payment for the brunette Barbie and as I readied the package for shipment, I noticed there was no paper doll. I called my shipper who recalled seeing something on the blacktop in front of his shop that resembled a chalk drawing of a body in miniature. I quickly rushed to his establishment to find no Barbie. As I walked up and down the road in the wind, I couldn't help but call out "Barbie, oh, Barbie, where are you?" Of course, she didn't answer, but in the course of my travels, I found her in a churchyard. She was somewhat curled, but intact, not the pile of paper mush I expected. But she had a couple of dark smudges under her eyes and one of her ankles was cracked. I returned home, cleaned her up a bit, ironed her, and e-mailed my buyer who fortunately had a sense of humor. The e-mail read something like this: teenage juvenile delinquent Barbie ran away from home in a storm last night. Had a wild night on the town, but repented in the churchyard. Am sending her to start over with you. She looks somewhat worse for wear. Will refund $$$ if not acceptable. In the meantime, lock all the doors and windows to keep her home. Be ever vigilant. signed "At wit's end". The buyer was delighted. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #151 May, 2003

2003-05-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Collecting of Trains Sometimes wives look at their husbands playing with trains and wonder "Why does he play with trains?". Usually it's something that happened to him when he was a boy. Something that became a part of who he is and traveled with him over the years. Here is the story of one train collector. It's probably quite similar to how many other train collectors got started. When you finish this story, think about what happened to you as a child and how it has influenced how and what you collect today. My dad lived in London during WW II. I remember him telling me about kids collecting bomb shrapnel. What do these former shrapnel collectors collect today? Tell us your story... --- As a small boy, in the 1930's, my father and an uncle would begin on Thanksgiving weekend, to build a Christmas Tree train layout, and work evenings and weekends, until almost Christmas Eve, to build a very elaborate layout. Dad bought one train in 1922, when my brother was born, another one in 1927, for no particular reason, and another one in 1930 when I was born. Not having seen the first eight years of their endeavors, and not remembering what I saw for the next four or five years, my first recollections were of two and three level platforms with three trains all running at the same time. There were hills and mountains with inclines for the trains to climb, as well as lakes and rivers traversed by bridges. There were towns and villages of small houses and people with limited amounts of automobiles on the street and one Trolley Car on the main street. Between the towns would be farmhouses and barns with farmers on the lawns and cattle and chickens and sheep in the fields. It was like a world in miniature to my six year old eyes. Dad and Uncle Bill continued to construct these wonderlands every winter until the Winter of 1941. For some unknown reason, they did not begin their annual Thanksgiving Weekend project that year and as is well known, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered WWII. On December 10, of that year, my brother, who was 19 years old, enlisted in the Army and was in uniform for that Christmas. Being all of eleven years old, I missed my brother very much and felt the pain of his being away, Dad went out and bought me a Marx Army Train for the staggering sum of $9.95, which included the engine, tender five cars, a windup tank that shot sparks, the track, transformer and trestles, to run two trains on. He also got me a four by eight feet sheet of plywood and allowed me to use some of his houses and little people to build my own Christmas yard. Dad never again built the large layouts but from that time on, I would build my little layout in the basement each year. When the war ended, in 1945, my brother returned from military service and went directly into college, got married while in school and moved into his own home upon graduation from college. When his first of two children was born, Dad divided the trains and equipment between me and my brother. I got the one purchased in 1930 and the Marx Army Train. My brother received the other two. When I got married a few years later and our one and only daughter was born, I began building a small, 4' x 8' layout and I continued the annual project for about fifteen years. After that period, all of the material, including the two trains, stayed in boxes in the attic and each time we moved, and that was quite often, we thought about ridding ourselves of the problem of transferring this "junk" to our new home. Finally, I believe it was in the mid 1960's, we took everything to a hobby shop and sold it all for about $25.00. Now get this. In about 1981 or 82, while trying to think of something to give me for Christmas, my daughter, who was now married herself, but with no children, discussed with her mother, she would like to find some of the Lionel trains "Grandpa" had when I was a boy. She began a search that located the 1930 model set and purchased, at a train collectors show in York, Pa., for $250. That began what has developed into quite a large project. I have recovered the 1927 set also and the Marx Army Train. The '27 model cost us nearly $350 and the Marx $370. I guess I have failed to mention that in addition to the three recoveries, I have accumulated 12 other train sets along with nine individual engines. One thing leads to another when you are a collector. Richard G. Kitty Hawk, NC --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #150 May, 2003

2003-05-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Passed Down Things sometimes get passed down from generation to generation in strange ways. As they pass through time the people around them grow old and pass on, but things just keep moving through time. Stories and memories seem to cling and collect around these old things. The nostalgia becomes so thick that the object seems to take on a life of it's own. Here is a story from a reader about something very old and precious to her family. Have you got an interesting story about something old and important to your family that has taken some odd trips on the way to you? Tell us about it. Send a note to newsletter@tias.com . Our readers want to hear all about it. --- In about 1910 my grandfather bought a tall grandfather clock for the family home in Iowa. It had 9 tubes, with both Westminster and Whittington chimes, and stood 88" tall. It stood in the front hallway throughout his life, and my grandmother's. Then my parents moved into the same huge house, and we lived with the clock for another 25 years or so. It never needed fixing, except my father would oil it with a feather a few times a year. After their death I sold the home to their doctor and his wife, and included the clock as a gift, as it was much too big for the home I lived in with my family at the time. We often visited doctor and his wife when we went back to Iowa, and always admired and looked longingly at "our clock." My son, only ten, when we sold the clock to doctor, never quite forgave me for not keeping it, even though he knew it wouldn't stand up in our living room. (He even said in exasperation, "Mommy, we could lay it on its side!") He and his grandpa had wound the clock each Sunday that we visited them, and when he was small my father would lift him up to wind the three heavy weights. So it was a ritual between Grandpa and grandchild. In later years, when my dad was in a wheelchair, he would have my son wind it himself. The doctor and wife had heard the story, and called it "Terry's clock." Last year the widow of the doctor died suddenly. My son and I assumed the clock would go to her nieces, and we were resigned to losing it forever. Then one day her maid called me to say the clock , now over 90 years old, was going to an auction in Iowa! My son and I, after much discussion via phone and computer, both flew from opposite coasts, met in Iowa, and attended the auction. (We also had to do extensive detective work to be sure the clock at the auction was the right one!) We bid on "our clock" and got it back! We made arrangements to have it shipped to Boston, where he lives, and it now stands in his home. A clock doctor in Boston re-assembled it, and it's now keeping perfect time again. My two grandchildren now help their father wind it every Sunday. I wrote down the whole story of its history, for them, and then also wrote a story from the clock's point of view --how it feels to be back with the little boy who used to wind it with his grandfather years and years ago! A happy ending!....Marsha T. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #149 May, 2003

2003-05-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- His ship came in Sometimes when you go to department stores they mix in interesting items in the display. This reader found one item that was much more interesting than most. Have you got an interesting story about collecting or just something a bit odd an unusual about something old that you own? Send it to us at newsletter@tias.com , our readers want to hear all about it. --- Here in Dallas there are Foley's stores. When I originally came to Dallas back in 1974 these stores were Sanger-Harris stores and I worked for them for about a year. The Foley's and Sanger's always had annual sales where everything in the store was discounted. Now they call them "red apple sales" My wife and I were at the Foley's red apple sale and while she was looking at dresses I was waiting for her in the furniture department. I noticed a small ship model in a wooden and glass display case sitting on a table in the furniture department. I knew it was old because the glass was the wavy kind you see in 19th century houses. The ship itself was in excellent condition with only a couple of its paper sails having detached from the rigging. It was a 3-masted schooner under full sale mounted in a painted plaster-looking sea. About 10-12 inches in length and maybe 9-10 inches high. The front glass had a crack across the bottom corner but was intact. The case was typical old looking finished wood. It had a foley's price tag of $90. When my wife finished, I showed it to her and being a collector of ship models (and also builder) I decided to buy it. Since it wasn't marked down I wanted to see if the red apple sale prices applied to it (never quit trying to get a cheaper price). A sales clerk came up and asked if she could help. I asked if red apple applied to this item. She looked at it kind of disgustingly, and remarked that she had hated that thing for a long time and would I give $30. I quickly agreed. When I got home I set about cleaning it up for display. First I took off the price tag which had been stuck on the side of the glass. To my surprise, underneath the Foley's tag was an old Sanger's tag. On this tag it said, Circa 1850, English, $5500! I could have fallen over. I later contacted a friend that I knew from my Sanger-Harris days and she said that during the 60's, the furniture department had imported English antiques to sell with the furniture to provide an "upscale" air to the department. Since I am a shipbuilding hobbyist, I took the top off and repaired the sails which had come loose. The paper has deteriorated to the point where the sails are extremely fragile but I was able to put them back. I now have a perfect 19th century ship model which cost me only $30 plus tax. I often wonder about the years that this little ship spent in the furniture department of this department store, probably mostly in the storage room. But that it came out on the day I was there to buy it! ....Carl B. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #148 May, 2003

2003-05-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Sam’s Lamp Maybe this is how collectors get started? --- Although I had lived there several years earlier and knew of the practice, I was amazed when I drove past the small college's dormitories on Commencement Day and saw the piles and piles of things that college students moving home had thrown in (and around) the dumpsters. Couches, loveseats, overstuffed chairs, file cabinets, and more were heaped on the sites. Since my almost-7-year-old niece was with me, I knew I shouldn't, but saw something I just had to have a closer look at … and she joined me as we parked the car and went for a closer look. My “find” was nothing I wanted to take home … but as I was looking, Sam found a treasure. A very modern, very gaudily-colored purple floor lamp, was laying at the side of the stack of trash. Sam “had” to have it … and although I knew that her mother would discourage her, promised that we'd ask if it was ok to bring it home. Her sales pitch when we approached her mother was a beauty … with promises that she'd keep it next to her rocking chair in her bedroom … and that she would use it to read books to her Teddy Bear. The crowning touch, however, was this line from the first-grader: “You know, Mom, one man's trash is another man's treasure!” We all broke up laughing … and her mother managed to squeeze out the question of where she'd heard it. “Oh … it was in a book I read once!” We went back to get the lamp (which remarkably was still in working condition!) and it's now in a prominent place in her bedroom where Sam can read to her Teddy whenever she wants! Her mother, however, remains quite dismayed that she now has two packrats to deal with!.....Sharon -- Another Story -- Surprise, surprise This is a fun one. After reading it, if you have a picture of yourself as a child with a toy or other vintage item that is listed for sale online at TIAS.com send us an email with the picture of you and the vintage item and the link to the item on TIAS. Send them to newsletter@tias.com . Be sure to give dates and your age at the time of the picture. -- Just before I started working on the collectors newsletter this evening I spoke to Sue, the customer service manager for TIAS.com. She had one of those pleasant surprises this evening. She knows I'm always looking for unusual stories for this newsletter, so she sent me this one. While working on a Web site for one of the TIAS dealers, Sue came across a toy stove from her childhood. The interesting part is that she has a photograph with the stove from the Christmas of 1954 when she was 3 years old. We've got all of the images online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4651 It may not be the exact same one she had, but then again, it might be :-) It was still quite surprising to have such a well documented toy item from the past track her down....Phil --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #147 May, 2003

2003-05-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Family Tree Sometimes you find pieces of your families past, when you least expect to. --- I have been researching my family tree for several years now, and one of the names I've been researching is Boltz, my maternal grandmother's name. Often, when I visit antique shops, I look through old books and photograph albums on the off chance that I might find something for one of the family names I've been researching. About a year ago, we discovered an interesting shop near where I live, and have struck up a friendship with the proprietress. Although I had never discussed with her my interest in genealogy, she knew that I had an interest in old books, etc. One Saturday, after perusing her shop, I was gabbing away with her and noticed a little bound book on a top shelf. Handing me the volume, she explained that it was an autograph book she'd found in Fredericksburg, VA (about an hour's drive from where I live) and had felt compelled to buy it for the shop. As I opened the book and began to turn the pages, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. The autographs were obviously a large family with the surname (you guessed it) Boltz! Among the autographs was my great-grandfather's, Augustus C. Botlz. You can only imagine my shock and excitement at the find. Mrs. Shackleford quite generously gave me the little album which I have since been delighted to share with my family.....Courtlee H. Chesterfield, VA -- Another Story -- Harvey Returns Remember Harvey the imaginary white rabbit? Well this story might just make you think twice about him. --- In the mid 70’s I was in a play at our local community theater. We were doing HARVEY. (a story about a man who sees an imaginary human size white rabbit) I called a florist I used to work for to order flowers for opening night gifts for the cast. He said he would like to come to the show, but that he and his wife were going "antiquing" in an area about 100 miles north of our Southwest Iowa town. The middle of the next week a corsage box came from the florist and in it was a white chalk rabbit. It had my name, IDA, written in gold ink across the stomach. (We used gold ink at the floral shop) I thought it was a great gift, but even though I didn't know much about antiques, I thought it was funny that he wrote on it. I called him to thank him and he told me he had found the rabbit on the same day as we opened the show and thought it was meant to be. That was it for about 10 years. During that 10 years, I made a lot of changes in my life. My husband and I separated for 3 years and I moved to an apartment. When I moved back to the house I was clearing out a lot of stuff and ran across the chalk rabbit. By this time I was more into antiques and realized what a nice little gift it really was. (I still questioned my friend writing my name on it, however) I called him and thanked him again. He said he and his wife were so surprised to find the white rabbit with IDA written on it opening night of HARVEY. I said "IDA was written on it when you found it? You didn't write it?" He said he hadn't. I was holding the rabbit in my hand as I hung up the phone. All of a sudden I started to talk out loud. I said, "I had a rabbit like this in Chicago when I was a little kid (about 40 years before this) and my mother wrote my name on it because my little brother thought it was candy and tried to eat it". I turned it over and there were teeth marks! When we left Chicago in the late 40’s a lot of our toys got left behind. Somehow in the next 30+ years the white rabbit traveled from Chicago to northwestern Iowa to be at an antique show for my friend, who knew I was in a play about a white rabbit.....Ida --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #146 May, 2003

2003-05-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Birds That Collect. In the last issue, we ran a story about how several birds (Starlings) had figured out how to get inside a change machine at a car wash to collect coins. It turns out that most of the story was true, with a few modifications. So many people tried to access the bulletin board where the story was being displayed that it overwhelmed the computer that was serving the photos and the server that was hosting the bulletin board. We've added a few more images and included a link to more information about the story behind the images. We've beefed up the two servers, so you should have no problem viewing the pictures and the story. If you have not had a chance to check this story out, it's well worth a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4537 Thanks to Donna L. for bringing this to story our attention. Do you have any stories about animals that collect? We want to hear them Send your story to newsletter@tias.com -- Another Story -- Oink in the Wall This is interesting on several different levels... --- I enjoyed reading the stories of people hiding things in their house. It reminded me of the most unusual item we hid in our walls. We are the fifth generation to live on our family farm. It has been in the family since 1865. The present house was built in about 1912. In 1984 we did some remodeling and added a half bath in a small closet off our bedroom. We had raised hogs for many years and my husband had had a small baby pig which had died shortly after birth stuffed by a taxidermist. Needless to say I did not want it displayed anywhere in my house. It eventually worked its way up to the attic. When they put the plumbing in the wall behind the toilet my husband thought we should leave something in the wall for the next generation should they ever have to fix the plumbing. He gathered somethings like a newspaper and such. That's when I thought of the pig. I would love to see the face of the person who finds it. .....Carolyn H. -- Another Story -- The Garage Sometimes things get hidden and forgotten as this readers uncle found out. --- My Uncle was a house painter for many years and was hired by an elderly woman to paint her garage in Jersey City ,N.J. He arrived at the job and began his routine of scraping and sanding when he noticed that the garage door was locked.( He needed to open this to complete his work). He asked the woman if she had a key to unlock the door and after much searching she produced what she thought to be the key. She handed it to him with a warning; "Young Man" the lady said; "That door hasn't been opened in over 40 years!" When he returned to open the door, he had much difficulty in doing so. After much work and jiggling with the key he opened it, and had discovered an old model -T Ford parked inside covered by an old canvass. After completing the painting, he asked the woman if she wanted to sell him the car. They agreed on a price and he had the car towed to his house. When he opened the trunk, he found an old suitcase. Low and behold upon opening the suitcase he found over a half a million dollars in cash. The on problem was, the bills were those of the 1920's and 30's which were much larger than the ones we use today. Hence they were unspendable. They had a numismatic value which was only a fraction of their original face value. My uncle contacted the woman and told her what had happened and what they found. She said that when she was a little girl (in the1920's), her Uncle (who was a reputed gangster during that era) and had hidden the car in their garage with her father's permission. She was told by her father never to go in there, as two men would be coming back one day for the car. So she didn't! And the car and the money remained there for over 40 years with no one knowing but the two that hid it. Talk about listening not disobeying your parents! Wow. .....J.S.V. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #145 May, 2003

2003-05-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Birds That Collect. Several weeks ago, we ran a story about how a bird had taken a readers ring. The ring was later found in the birds nest. Here is a wonderful story with pictures, that is quite similar. The pictures are amazing and you can view them online after reading the story. --- Bill owns a company that manufactures and installs car wash systems. (Magic Wand Car Wash Systems, just in case you want to buy one.) Bill's company installed a car wash system in Frederick, Md. Now understand that these are complete systems, including the money changer and money taking machines. The problem started when the new owner complained to Bill that he was losing significant amounts of money from his coin machines each week. He went as far as to accuse Bill's employees of having a key to the boxes and ripping him off. Bill just couldn't believe that his people would do that, so they set up a camera to catch the thief in action. Well, they did catch him on film! Take a look online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4537 Thanks to Donna L. for forwarding this story. -- Another Story -- A "New" Collectible We had a note sent in from a person looking for more information on an unusual type of collectible. It's something that users are encouraged to destroy after using it for several years. Because the supply is so limited, it is very difficult to find early examples. Examples of this collectible that are owned by celebrities can be very valuable, since the users name is embossed on it. Just about everyone has one. It's a credit card. If anyone knows of some Web sites that specialize in credit card collecting, please post the URL or any suggestions you might have for people who would like to get involved in this topic. Post your information to our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4539 --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #144 May, 2003

2003-05-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Frozen in Time In our last issue, we featured a story about a place that was frozen in time. Several readers were kind enough to send in similar experiences. Here are two of them. If you have an interesting story about collecting or an interesting experience with things from the past, please send it to us at: newsletter@tias.com --- I live in New Zealand in a major city and my bachelor Uncle, now in his 80's, lives in the house to which his Grocery Store is attached. Some 40 years ago he was involved in a motor accident which left him unable to tend the shop so he just closed the door and left all the stock right where it was. Ice cream was eventually given away as was butter and other perishables but all the lollies, cigarettes, cans and jars all remain on the shelves to this day. All the usual bacon slicer, Fridges, etc. are still in place as is all the advertising items etc. Old docket books and receipts still in their place. My Uncle also has one of the First Nissan motor vehicles in the garage, just like new, it has all the plastic on the seats and swing tags etc. on door handles. It is up on blocks and has the original tires still with the little rubber nobs on the tires. The car was a replacement from the Insurance Co. for the one so badly damaged in the accident. My Uncle did not like it so just parked it up. He still, on occasions, drives his big Chevrolet which is about 1956 I think, it is hugh and is still in its original colours of Brown and Biscuit and in super mechanical order. -- Another Story -- When I read the article about a place frozen in time, I was immediately reminded of my grandmother's basement. When I was a child, my grandmother lived on the first floor of a two family house so she had use of the basement. She stored extra canned goods in a cool closet down there and there was a coffee grinder on the wall. When I stayed with her she would send me down there to grind the coffee or bring up something from the closet. The basement had stone walls so it was always very cool down there even on a hot summer day. It had a smell that was a combination of all the other cooking smells from the kitchen over the years, including the coffee. Years later the house was sold to a beauty salon and I went to work there. The first thing I did was go down to the basement and close my eyes. The smells were still there and I was immediately transported to that time long ago. The coffee grinder was long gone because my generous grandmother gave it to a workman who asked her for it. .....Barbara T. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #143 April, 2003

2003-04-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Frozen in Time Have you ever walked into a place that was frozen in time? This happened to me once when I was clearing estates. Back in the early 1990's, a customer in his 80's called me up and asked me to come over and buy the contents of his bedroom. The house was in Queens New York. When I got there, it turns out that the bedroom was his room when he was a child of 13. The house had stayed in the family, but the room had been closed off and not used for all those years. Everything was just as it had been left. It was like going back in time. A reader sent in a very similar story that was recently published by the Associated Press. After you read it, tell us your story about finding a place that was frozen in time. Forward it to newsletter@tias.com --- BILLINGS, Mont. — The Fifth Avenue Grocery in Roundup closed its doors in 1952, and they stayed closed until late last year. Thousands of items, most of them in mint condition, were locked up for 50 years. They range from the mundane — bars of soap, tubs of honey and packs of cigarettes — to the rare and valuable — an American Flyer miniature train set with a wind-up locomotive, a souvenir scorecard from the 1929 World Series and an antique Coca-Cola display that hadn't even been taken out of its wrapper. Starting Wednesday at an auction house in Billings, the store's contents will go on sale. The grocery was owned by Martin and Anna Pluth and eventually was run by Anna and two of her children, Louis and Ann. When their mother died in 1952, Louis and Ann closed the store. Both now have died, and the old grocery finally opened to inspection last year. Frank Braun, Louis Pluth's personal representative, didn't really understand how valuable the merchandise was at first. He had been thinking of having a regular estate sale until a friend who knew antiques advised him to contact an auction house. Longhorn Auction owner Dan Tryan, who saw the collection for the first time only a couple of weeks ago, was amazed. He'd seen some good estates before, but this one was unusual for variety and volume, he said. As in many small towns, the Fifth Avenue Grocery was also a mercantile store selling a little bit of everything. And beneath the store, under big cellar doors, was a small tavern with a bar and six homemade stools. Other property included the Pluth family home and three outbuildings, as well as two small miners' houses owned by the family. All of them were full of belongings, artifacts and merchandise. "One of the problems was that they had so much stuff gathered around them," Braun said of Louis and Ann Pluth. "They apparently didn't throw anything away." The Longhorn Auction Center will be selling off the Pluth family estate, including everything preserved for 50 years in the Fifth Avenue Grocery. Items on the block include an unused Ultratone record player and radio; a Shinola shoe shine kit with a can of polish, brush and buffer; Kool-Aid packets in an original display case; an old set of golf clubs made in Scotland; and two large oil-cloth posters of cowgirls holding cans of Golden West coffee. There are Depression-glass pitchers, hurricane lamps, two player pianos and rolls of music, three boxes of jewelry, thousands of old magazines, a Roy Rogers songbook, antique wind-up toys, religious curios, wooden egg crates and hundreds of packages of food, spices and condiments that look as though they were just put on the shelf. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #142 April, 2003

2003-04-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Legacy of a War A bundle from the past was found by this readers mother. --- During the 1960’s my parents were living in Germany (my dad being in the army) money being short for the newlyweds, my Mother bought a second hand leather sofa. When she got it home she gave the leather sofa a good clean. She reached down in between the seat cushions and the backrest to clean out any muck and pulled out a small package, she opened it and found that it contained seven silver desert spoons, she reached in again felt around and found a rolled up wad of paper that had been chewed by mice, she unraveled the paper and found it was a wad of paper money old German Reichmarks, many denominations ranging from 100 to 500,000 Reichmarks. She took the money (She kept the spoons) to the local police station where she was told that during the war German people often stashed valuables to stop the looting from the advancing allies but even when the notes were common currency they wouldn't have even bought a loaf of bread due to the high inflation at the end of the war, they laughed and let her keep the money. She still has most of the notes today (me and my sister played with them as children) and the spoons are locked away with my dads old medals....Andrew G. Middlesbrough, England --Another Story-- The Collector Sometimes mother nature likes to collect things as this reader discovered. --- I have a friend who couldn't understand where her ring had disappeared to. She had been washing up at the sink and cleaning the kitchen and took off her rings. Later she went to put them back on and her engagement ring was gone. There was no-one to accuse in the house and she thought the ring must have fallen down the plug hole. Her husband took the pipe to pieces but it wasn't in the trap. A week later she spotted a jackdaw pick up a metallic sweetie wrapper and she watched him fly off into her neighbors tree. After mentioning this to me, I remembered my mother telling me about this daring little thief. Jackdaws and magpies are notorious for stealing 'sparklers' and taking them back to their nests. My friend's husband got a long ladder and had a look in the tree next door and lo and behold in a nest was not only his wife's ring but a small diamond stud earring as well. My friend was of course delighted to have solved the mystery of the missing ring and made her husband put an junk jewelry ring in it's place so as not to upset the jackdaw!!!! The earring remained a mystery but wasn't valuable thankfully. My friend was very lucky as most people never see where the little villain hides his spoils and probably explains why rings turn up in gardens long after they have been lost. Presumably they throw things out or the nests get destroyed by the elements. So if you have had a similar experience of missing jewelry get the binoculars out and scan the trees for a feathered thief!...Sheena B. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #141 April, 2003

2003-04-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More than Upholstery We've found things hidden in walls, how about furniture/ Here is an interesting story from a reader. --- I was an upholsterer in California when a woman brought in a little sitting chair. She did state when she brought the chair in that she had recovered it the year before and did not like the covering and wanted the chair professionally done. I set to work on the chair the next day. I pulled the first layer of cloth material off the chair and noticed there was another layer under the first layer. I continued pulling layer after layer of cloth material off the chair. There were SEVEN layers of material and what this normally indicates to an upholsterer is that the chair was many years old and had been recovered over those years. When taking off the last layer of cloth material from the back of the chair, a beautiful large wedding set fell out. I called the woman to let her know of this find and received the following response: "OH, MY GOD! You found my first wedding set! I've been looking for it for years and had finally given up about ten years ago. My husband had even bought a new wedding set for me which I never liked as well as the first." I then asked how old the chair was and she stated she bought the chair at a garage sale in the 1950's and had recovered the chair when she first got it. She said it was at this time she had lost her wedding ring set. She asked if she could come down and pick it up right away and I said sure. When picking up the wedding ring set she asked if she could pay a reward for finding it and I told her no that it was worth seeing the pleasure and her face....Adrian H. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #140 April, 2003

2003-04-17

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Fast Food A ring takes a long trip getting back to it's owner. --- My son was working for one of the popular fast food restaurants when his high school ring disappeared from the employee's room. During that period of time, several employees complained that they were missing jewelry items but they were never found nor was it found out whom had taken them. He was living in an apartment at the time this happened. A few years later, he had the opportunity to buy a trailer house that a co-worker had purchased but was moving to another city. After he bought the trailer, he and a buddy was cleaning up the trailer and found a small flat box pushed way back on the shelf in one of the closets. Upon inspection, they found that the box was full of jewelry items including his high school ring and many other items that could be identified with past employees at the fast food restaurant. He spent several months returning all of the items except for one item that he couldn't find an owner. By looking at old telephone books, he found that one of the assistant managers from the fast food restaurant had lived in the trailer. But the kicker was that the trailer had been lived in by two other families before he bought it and neither family had found the box. Twas meant for the jewelry items to get to their owners...Don L. --Another Story-- Hidden Things We get quite a few stories like this one. People pass on and relatives later on find special hidden objects in unlikely places. --- My mother in law died in 1973. At that time we could not find her wedding ring and presumed it had been lost. In 1974 we brought my husband's father to live with us and some of his furniture, like the bedroom set he had lived with for 50 years. Years passed and granddad died. Around 1997 we decided to repaint the ceilings in the guest room. Before moving things back in to the 'guest room' which contained the old bedroom set, I decided to scrub, wax and polish all the furniture. Granddad had remodeled a vintage 1920s dressing table into two night stands and a separate mirror many, many years before he moved in with us. As I was moving one of the night stands back into place after what I thought was a good cleaning, i.e., removing drawers, dusting and putting them back, I heard a thunk. Thinking I had broken something, I pulled out the drawer again, but could see nothing wrong. I looked into the slot the drawer came from and saw a box built to fit behind the drawer. Yes, you guessed it. The missing wedding ring was in the box, tied to the corner of a hankie. Also in the box was the name of the "venetian blind man", an official looking paper script for 3-cents, a school photo of my husband taken probably 60 years previously and nothing else. My husband had no knowledge or memory of the hidden box and no one else was alive who might have.....Joan in Scottsdale, AZ --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #139 March, 2003

2003-04-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Returned The other side of a remarkable ring story. If you like this one, be sure to check out the survey question in this issue. It fits nicely with this story and the one we had in our last issue. Enjoy! --- I thought it was very interesting about rings being found so here is one you should enjoy. 30 years ago my husband graduated high school. Two days after graduation he went out fishing with his Dad. Well, he snagged a fish and as he went to pull the line in, he bent over the side of the boat and off came his NEW high school ring. Down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island never to be seen again, so he thought. Last year his high school called and asked if he had his high school ring. He of course said he had lost it and where. Much to his amazement they had quite a story for him. A young man who clams for a living had pulled up a ring with his high school insignia on it and his initials on the inside. He called that young man and sure enough it was his ring. Now get this, it was found in the exact spot he dropped it. It was in really great shape for all those years of soaking in salt water. --Another Story-- Treadle Machine Sewing machines seem to show up in stories sent into the newsletter quite a bit. this is an interesting story from a reader that ran into a sewing machine that was related to her. --- Several years ago I went to an auction and purchased a Treadle Sewing machine with the name WHITE in the wrought iron...I don't know why I kept bidding on it ..It just seemed like I had to have it.. My maiden name was White....Well anyway, Right after the auction the elderly owner of the house that the auction was at came over to me and said" I am glad you got that sewing machine...It was your Grandmother White's...I bought it at your Grandfather White's auction........I was SO surpassed...! My Grandmother White had died in 1918 when my Father was only 7 months old from the flu of 1918 and my Grandfather had to sell things way back in 1919 ...and this sewing machine was one of the things that had been sold...I am also her name sake.....And here it was now in my posession....It found it's way home......Anna --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #138 March, 2003

2003-04-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- School Ring People find common things that are precious to others. Then one day for no particular reason, they decide to find the original owner. The results are often quite startling as this reader discovered. Have you ever tracked down the original owner of a vintage item that you found? Tell us about it send an email to newsletter@tias.com --- I just read your story about the ring that turned up in the soil that belonged to a retired bus driver. My grandson's other grandmother who lives in Florida, had bought a high school ring years ago at a flea market and it sat in her jewelry box for years, she happened to look at the ring one day and noticed that the ring was from Bangor High School in PA and the ring had initials on it, (my daughter and her son lived in California but now live in Bangor, PA) so she decided to see if my daughter could check with the school and see if they could find out who the ring belonged to. After checking the year and initials they found out that the ring belonged to a Viet Nam Veteran, on contacting him they found out that he had served as a surgeon in the war, he told them that when he was operating he would take off the ring and set it down to wash his hands, after the operation on this certain day the ring was gone. I found it pretty unbelievable that this ring went from Bangor! , PA to Viet Nam to Florida and then back to Bangor. He was presented with the ring from my grandson and their picture was put in the local newspaper. He was so appreciative about getting his ring back, he thought he'd never see it again. ....Marge --Another Story-- The Flying Ring In response the the found ring in the garden story that we ran in our last edition, this reader sent in an interesting story. --- What a riot! Years ago at my old 1886 Victorian house here in Bloomfield NJ, I had a very similar incident. I was gardening along the fence between our house and our dear neighbors. I saw a sparkle, and upon examination had found a diamond ring! In the excitement I told my next door neighbor. They have a pool, and often there were volley ball games in their pool because it was 5' deep all the way around. One night our friend Joyce lost her ring! This was easily 20 years prior! Well, here it was! She had moved from across the street to West Orange, and could NOT believe we had found her old wedding ring! You NEVER know!...D. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #137 March, 2003

2003-04-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- In The Soil Next to the walls of old houses, people seem to come across interesting stuff in the lawns and gardens of old houses. This reader has a story for us from her garden. --- About 8 years ago I sold my house in Budd Lake N.J. My final spring there I was tilling my garden and I saw something very shiny in the dark soil. I figured it was a soda can flip top ring. Now keep in mind I tilled this garden for 8 years 2 times a year and now find this in my finial tilling? Upon inspecting it I was stunned to see a ring that said "for 25 years of service" It also had an 14K on it and 3 letters. I was just going to keep it but decided to show my neighbor who lived in her house for some 55 years. She Immediately shouted the name of the person who's initials were engraved on the inside of the ring. She said this lady lived in my house many years and drove a school bus for 31 years before retiring and lost the ring and never knew where. Turns out my neighbor was currently a school bus driver then and still knew the lady who lost the ring so many years ago. I never got to meet the lady but got a thank you from my neighbor from her. --Another Story-- The Sewing Machine When family heirlooms seem to have a mind of it's own, sometimes it's just best to talk it out with them as this reader discovered. --- Five years ago, my mother passed away quite unexpectedly. I had to clear out the five bedroom family home. I wanted to keep all her things, but that was just impossible. So I planned a sale. My mother loved to sew, and her sewing machine was her pride. Unfortunately, I had a good machine, and had no use for hers, so I put it in the sale. At the end of day one, a young girl approached me and asked me if the sewing machine worked. I aid of course it works, here is some cloth, try it out. Imagine my surprise when she showed me how badly the machine sewed. The bottom thread was a massive mess. That night, my sister-in-law and I tried to get the machine to sew, but we couldn't figure out what the problem was. My husband wanted me to trash the machine, but I said no, it would now be going home with us, and I would get it repaired. We lived about 150 miles away, so we got a U Haul, and transported the leftovers from the Sale. Two weeks later, I went out to our garage to test some other old sewing machines, and thought I would try her Pride sewing machine. Surprise Surprise, it sewed like a dream. At this point I asked my Daughter in Law if she would like to have the sewing machine. She said yes. My husband delivered it to her, and later that day she called to tell me that the machine would sew, but the bottom threads were all mangled. That night I went over to their house to see what was the matter. I fiddled with the sewing machine, and then got frustrated. Finally I said "Mom, enough is enough, I know you want me to keep the sewing machine, but I don't need it. Your not here to sew for your great grandchildren. Kim will sew for them on your sewing machine" The next time I tried to sew, it worked like a dream. That was 5 years ago, and it is still sewing like a dream. Lynne O. , Ontario Canada --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #136 March, 2003

2003-04-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A view back A look back in time, found at a flea market, turned out to be more than they thought --- let me start by saying, " I look forward to my TIAS emails they purchased it. When my uncle took it have it blown up poster size, we were astounded. Upon further review of the enlargement, there was a gentleman standing on the corner in front of the building. Here is why this is such a special picture. I think you will agree. Edwin S. Rose was my Grandpa's father. The man who happened to be standing on the corner at the time of the photo, was my Grandma's father. What a surprise. How cool! There must have been something that drew my aunt and uncle to go into that shop, what a find, an unknown family heirloom. Now it is treasured more than ever. Thanks for the opportunity to share this story....Mike R --Another Story-- Found name This reader found something interesting, where she did not expect to find anything. --- I just love your newsletter and look forward to each and every edition received. Never thinking that I would be writing a story, but something happened to me recently that compels me to do so. I am a dealer and live in central California, but have a space in an antique mall on the central coast of California. Recently, I went to an antique street fair and bought a really neat cedar chest - made of wood and bamboo. Very different and unique looking. I took it to the mall and before displaying it in my space I knew I had better clean out some scraps I had spotted inside earlier. Well - in the trip in the car - evidently knocked loose from between some of the bottom boards came out this very small pin. It looked like an old sorority/fraternity pin. I handed it to the owner of the antique mall and asked if she could read what it said on it! She informed me that it was a service pin from the Pennsylvania Railroad for 40 years of service. It was tarnished, so I figured it was sterling. I commented that it would be a good eBay item, and put it in my pocket. When I got home in the evening, I pulled it out of my pocket and begin to look at it more closely myself. I could see that it had something engraved on the back, but had a screw back. I removed the screwed back and took a look at the words engraved on it! The hair on my neck just stood up--------it was for someone that worked from 1923 to 1963 that has my very own, same last name. My last name is Armenian, and so it's not like it's a common name. I just could not believe it! I bought this chest from someone at the street fair - it had absolutely no connection to me in any way. I called my former husband the next morning and left a message asking him if he knew ANYONE with the first initials that worked for the Penn. RR. He does not - but you can bet we are both going to do some research! It was a most eerie feeling - like some needed me to find this. Thanks for your great newsletter that is both informative and entertaining!.....Jackie B --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #135 March, 2003

2003-03-31

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Walls Another story of interesting things in the walls from a reader and former fire fighter. --- I may be a little late but I have a story about things in walls you might be interested in. I served with the Dallas Fire Department for 32 years before retiring. We have ran across a lot of weird and interesting things while making sure the fire is put out. We had a fire in an old abandoned house. As we were tearing the boards off the walls we found a muzzle loading rifle with an octagon shaped barrel, two old cap and ball pistols and a canvas bag full of confederate money. Since there was no one there to claim the objects, the chief was to take them downtown and turn them in as valuables found at a fire. I waited a few weeks and then begin calling to see what they would do with them. Unclaimed items such as this usually would be auctioned off if not claimed. Seems though they never made it to the property room. I guess the chief needed an early retirement present and just forgot to take them and turn them in.....Jerrell B. , Royse City, TX --Another Story-- The Pin Sometimes it takes just a bit of effort and a lot of will, as this reader discovered. --- A couple years ago, my sister came to visit me in Indiana from California. It was a beautiful sunny autumn day and the leaves were colorful, so after we ate lunch we decided to take a walk in a nearby park. This park is very large, and on the banks of the Maumee which floods most every year, and had been a favorite of local teenagers when we were young. We walked along the river, reminiscing and feeling young and frisky. I spied a garter snake, which I knew my sister loathed, and quickly tried to grab it, just to be a brat, but missed him as he slithered into the dried leaves. We finished our walk, and headed home, a small town about an hour away. Only a block from my house did I realize that I had lost my jacket pin; a large clear lucite pine cone that had been my grandmother's. I was heartbroken; I had lost it due to my own foolishness. The next summer on my birthday, which is the Summer Solstice and the most magical of days according to legend, my husband took me to dinner a few blocks away from the park. I had nagged him all fall and winter to return and look for the pin, and had watched on the six o'clock news as the riverbanks had swollen and flooded in the spring, but he had only laughed and said that it was gone by now. But this was my birthday and you always get a wish on your birthday! and it was my wish to go look for the pin! So he humored me. I hurried down the path that my sister and I had taken, and found the area where I had seen the snake. Pushing back weeds and all of springs' debris, I hunted and hunted, getting closer and closer to the river, but turned up nothing. I hated to give up, but finally realized that my husband was probably correct in saying that it was in the Gulf Of Mexico by now. I was so disappointed. The bank was sort of steep there, and as I headed up to the path, I grabbed a sapling, growing in the roots of a huge tree, for a handhold. As the sapling bent back under my weight, I thought I saw something like glass down by the roots. Brushing back the sodden muddy leaves, there lay my pine cone pin, lodged in and protected by the large trees roots. It was caked in gray mud and almost unrecognizable, but it was in one piece, AND I HAD FOUND IT!! I wish you could have seen my husband's face when I held it up for him to see. I don't think he has doubted my will since then, or the power of birthday wishes. I still wear the pin, although more reverently, but still occasionally find some of that river silt in the pin mechanism. I think I'll always leave it , for luck....Debora S., Fort Wayne, IN --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #134 March, 2003

2003-03-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Things and their owners The following stories were both sent in by the same reader. She has an interesting question at the end. If after reading these two stories, you would like to send us a similar story, email it to newsletter@tias.com . We would enjoy hearing from you and may publish it here. --- The OLD TEAK FURNITURE: We had some nice old chinese furniture given by a great grandfather. Cousins in another city had something similar, but far more ornate. I visited their ancient home when only two years old. As a teenager, one day I heard that they had been robbed of everything. A year later I was shopping in Vancouver B.C., and passed an antique store. Some furniture in the display window had a familiar look. I called the Vancouver city police and said, "I realize this may be a wild goose chase, but..." and gave them the address of the store. You can guess the rest! Some of the furniture was gone, but the rest got back to them. It's a real coincidence as such furniture is quite common in Vancouver...Liz --Another Story-- The PEWTER HOT WATER JUG. I was moving north and the packing, unbeknownst to me, had been very badly done by a bargain-basement moving company. They took it north in an open truck. From my Royal Holland set one piece had vanished. Five years later I was at a flea market and found a terribly battered piece, identical to the one I had lost, and bought it for $8. I believe this was mine; I had it expertly restored in Victoria and it came out looking like new. Do material objects have some affinity for their owners? what do others think? best to all, ....Liz --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #133 March, 2003

2003-03-26

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Vanity Stories seem to get sent to us in waves. The following two stories have an interesting theme. Old things with spirits. If you have a similar story, we'd love to hear it. Please send email to newsletter@tias.com --- I was in an antique store about 2 years ago and saw a beautiful mahogany vanity with full 6 foot mirror in the center, side mirrors that adjust, a very nice piece. I wasn't even going to look at it as I knew it would have to be at least $800 or more. But my daughter insisted because it matched my chest of drawers and four-poster bed. So I went over and gasped at the price tag which said $225. Unreal! The owner seemed so glad to be rid of it and when we tried to take it in our van, we found it too big. So my husband rented a truck and went to pick it up. The owner of the store insisted he take back $25 since he had to come back home to get a truck. I questioned where it came from and she wouldn't say, but seemed so glad to be rid of it. After putting it in my bedroom, where it looks fantastic, things began to happen, doors closed, things were moved, my dog didn't want to go into the bedroom. This kept up until one day I said out loud: "I know this isn't your home and you don't like your dresser here, but I will take good care of it and you are welcome to stay, but you have to stop the pranks. Since that day we live together very well, whoever she was. And the dog enjoys the bedroom again. ......Dolores P. --Another Story-- The stove An interesting story about a stove that seems to have had more to it than your average stove. After you read the story, if you have a similar story, please drop us a note at newsletter@tias.com --- I once bought a terrific old wood cook stove and weird things began to happen immediately. Lights turned on and off by themselves. My son and I would watch in disbelief as pieces of the removable nickle chrome from the stove flew off of the stove and into the middle of the room. My little dog would bark at the stove or run just run run to the doorway of the kitchen and bark at it furiously. When I saw the former owner again, she asked me if the little ghost had traveled with the stove. She mentioned that all of the weird activity in her home had stopped. I then told her about the stuff happening at my house and she just smiled and said "Oh yes, you have the ghost". I am now convinced that a "gourmet ghost" stayed with the stove. I have since sold the stove to some people who had built a new log home. I told them the story about the strange stove and the gourmet ghost. They were thrilled to take the stove and the the ghost that went with it, no extra charge..... B.J. Embley --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #132 March, 2003

2003-03-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- An answer to "cats in walls" A reader seems to have discovered a possible answer to the stories we have been getting lately about mummified cats in the walls of old buildings. --- Just a tidbit of information on this subject. I have a book titled, "The Life, History and Magic of The Cat". In a section called "The Cult of the Cat" I found a picture of the body of a cat with this explanation: "A very ancient custom demands that, to ensure the solidity of a building, a living cat should be walled up and built into the foundations. Some of these cats have been discovered in the ruins of medieval castles, or during demolition work there. They have been found effectively mummified, desiccated and emaciated but perfectly preserved either because they were sealed off from humidity or because death from hunger and thirst always entails a degree of dryness that stops putrefaction taking. There is in the veterinary college of Alfort the desiccated corpse of a cat which was found before the First World War between the ceiling and floor of an old seventeenth century house in the Rue Mouffetard." Thought others might be interested in this information. Maybe it will put some closure on the question of dead cats in old buildings. I Enjoy your newsletter. Carolyn M., Michigan --Another Story-- Traveling Art Things travel, just like people. Here is an interesting story of how one item that traveled and ended up on TV. --- In the early seventies, the kids were all in school so I began my career as a high school art teacher. This "old" teacher needed examples of different media's for this brand new art program in an isolated part of the state. Of course the budget was limited so I made my journey to the city "dump" for items for a "found object collage." I made this awesome and heavy collage out of gears, nails, nuts, bolts, pebbles, and burlap string. Kids loved it and it hung in the art room forever or so I thought. Over the years examples accumulated and then one year I was to moved to another building and everything was stored over the summer. All the stuff went back on display where it stayed till I retired in 1999. On November 1st of 2002 I was watching the Kovels and they were at a flea market in Mass (Ithink). The camera panned the booth and they began talking about this collage and who the artist might have been etc. Than they did a close up. I screamed! Darn near gave my husband a heart attack! There was my "Junk Collage." How that collage made it from western Kansas to Mass I will never know but what a nice surprise. I still collect found objects but at flea markets and auctions and share them thru ebay and antique store. Lori --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #131 March, 2003

2003-03-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Speeding in the 20's It's all a matter of perspective. As this reader makes clear. How about you? We'd love to hear your interesting story about vintage cars. Send it to newsletter@tias.com --- In 1925, when I was five years old, my brother took me for a ride in his old model T Ford he had recently purchased. . We were about thirty miles down the highway, when he stepped on the gas to show me how fast we could go.. This was real exciting for me, since riding in a buggy behind a good trotting horse had been my idea of speedy transportation. The old speedometer didn't even register the rate of speed we were going. I had no idea what it was, but will never forget the frightening sight of the highway patrolman who drove up beside us and waved us over. "Hey boy, I guess you know you were going over 40 miles an hour. What have you got to say for yourself!"" I expected my brother to panic, but was surprised when he laughed and replied "Gosh, that's a big surprise, officer. I had no idea the old gal had it in her!" The officer didn't laugh, but had a humorous glint in his eyes, saying, "O.k. I'll let you off this time, but from now on, try to keep your foot a little lighter on the pedal!"......Iola F. --Another Story-- Dead cats in walls In response to our story about dead cats in walls, a reader sent this in. Have you ever purchased an item or brought something vintage into your home, that changed your luck? Tell us about it. Send a note to newsletter@tias.com --- Just finished reading your newsletter, and I thought I'd offer my two cents on the subject of dead cats in walls. I've heard of this before, but only in the plot of a British sitcom entitled "Are You Being Served? Again!" (This was the later series from the late '80s, and not the original series.) The story line was that a dead cat was found in the wall of the old manor house where they lived and worked. As soon as it was removed from the house, weird happenings seemed to occur to the staff, and it is mentioned that cats were placed in buildings to guard against such bad luck. So possibly this practice has English/Old World origins, but never found widespread following here in America. ?!? I never researched it further after seeing that episode, but I'll certainly be watching future newsletters for any more information! :-) Keep up the great work!...C. Mehler --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #130 March, 2003

2003-03-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Than Pennies Remember Penny Candy Stores.? Here is an interesting twist sent in by a reader. --- When I was a kid of about 10 years of age, there was a small corner store run by an elderly woman named "Florence". She sold penny candy and lived in a small apartment in the back of her shop. Many years later she died, and a young couple bought the place as a "fixer upper". Not intending to re-open the shop the started gutting that area, and found an amazing treasure. In the walls was a fortune in small change, it appears that whenever Florence saw an old, odd or unusual coin, she popped it into a small hole in the wall, behind the counter. Over the years she had accumulated a fortune in coins, including some which were quite rare. All of this was documented in the Beverly Evening Times, the city's newspaper and I remember that the article said they had found enough value in the walls to pay for the house and the renovations! All you'd find in my walls is insufficient insulation! -Fran M --Another Story-- Taking it with you. A readers' mother and the story of a special doll. --- My mother battled cancer for over twenty years, but in this length of time between remissions and recoveries, she was always excited to go to local yard sales. She raised nine of us kids and never learned to drive a car, so my sisters and I would take turns carting her around town, looking for that special item. (Even today, my sisters and I salivate at the sight of a yard sale and enjoy the thrill of the hunt.) Mom was always the first one out of the car, clutching her purse and practically jogging up to the nearest pile of "treasures". She loved dolls, miniature figures, and anything that chopped, blended or beat! But no matter how much she loved the item when she brought it home, she always offered it to one of us kids if we admired it. Mom had a great eye for unusual little things and picked up some nice collections on her "yard trips". Her prize possession was a Pearl Pitiful Pearl Doll. She said she felt sorry for it because it was dressed in rags and not a fancy dress like other dolls. Over the years, we tried to purchase one somewhere so we could all have a doll like Mom's. Mom was buried in 1988 with her Pearl Doll. THat was her request. Who says you can't take your treasures with you? Rae --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #129 March, 2003

2003-03-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- School walls Even the walls of old schools contain interesting finds from the past. --- Talking about things found in walls....My husband died in 1985 when my son was 18. A couple years later our elementary school was turned into condos & galleries. My son's friend who he went all through school with was working on the construction and tearing out a wall found a letter my husband had written to a serviceman during WWII that the teacher apparently had them write, but for some reason did not mail. What a surprise getting a letter from my deceased husband!!...Barbara M. -- Another Story -- We asked for unusual stories about old houses. Has anyone ever heard anything like this? Post a note to the online forum or drop us a note at newsletter@tias.com --- I've been an antique dealer, collector enthusiast, auctioneer, etc. for almost 40 years and in my ramblings I've heard an odd tale that in the 1800's that a dead cat was placed {encased }beneath the bottom of the knewell [my spelling ?] post on the main stairway as-1- good luck ,-2- as a soul for the house'-3-to keep away bad spirits. I've never been able to prove or disprove It. Maybe some one has heard these stories or even found proof during renovations . Any way you guys asked for unusual house stories. Thanks ....Clarence T -- Another Story -- You never know where you might find an interesting story. This store is just a few blocks from where I'm typing this.... --- Many years ago My Mother-in-law who was a professional organist, was working away in Macy's Roosevelt Field Store selling and demonstrating Hammond Organs, She was sitting there one day rather bored and decided to go into the Furniture Dept. scanning the books that the stores pick up at thrift shops, etc. she found a book by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, She has read his books in the past and had used them to better her outlook on situations, she picked up one of the books and started reading it and she realized that the handwriting in the margin looked familiar, lo and behold, it was her book she had given a friend about 10 years before and never returned,,well it was returned that day, she took it as an omen and also took her book back.... Connie B., Hilton Head, SC. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #128 March, 2003

2003-03-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Gifts in the attic. This is something new and different. I'm constantly being amazed by what people find in old homes. --- In 2001 my aunt passed away at the age of 81. She lived in the house in which she was born and grew up. My grandmother had lived there as well until 1983. When my aunt passed away she was living alone in the house. When I, being her only living relative, began to clean out the house, her longtime friend told me that my aunt had instructed her to tell me to be sure and get the things from the attic. I grew up visiting that house at least once a week and never knew there was an attic there. My husband climbed up into the attic through a very small opening in the 10 ft. kitchen ceiling. As we started to open the many boxes he passed down from the attic, we discovered gift cards in the majority. The things we found were wedding gifts that had never been unpacked from the original gift boxes. She was married in 1944 and her husband was in WWII. When he left to go to war they had been living with my grandparents and had stored the gifts in the attic. Shortly after he returned, they were divorced and the gifts had never been removed. I am still in awe at the beautiful old things I found and want to remind your readers to always check the house for attic openings that you may not have been aware of. They may hold many treasures. - Joy E. -- Another Story -- Yard Sale Surprise. This seems to be a fairly common problem at sales. When you have a sale, you've got to be careful what you put out. I've seen several stores that were very similar to this one. -- Two summers ago we were involved in the annual street sale. As my husband really hated to give up Saturdays (his golf day), we told him go to the golf course after he had put the tables out. We gave him our assurances that we could handle things from there. We had mountains of things to sell, including items from friends and family. My twenty-something son was urged to get out of bed to help put out the numerous boxes and bits from the garage for the sale. Then he went back to bed. About 10 o'clock there came the question, "How much for the golf clubs?" Now, there were two golf bags with clubs belonging a friend who had tried to sell them the year before for $30 each for bag with clubs. So the price this year was dropped to $20. The buyer hummed and hawed and asked me which ones were best. I gave him my opinion, and he went away with one of the bags complete with clubs. When my husband came home from the golf course, he nearly had a fit! Out at the end of the driveway was my friend's second bag, but.....our son had inadvertently added his father's favorite extra and expensive drivers to one of the bags before putting them out at the curb. It was only by sheer accident (and my guardian angel's help) that the buyer of the one bag hadn't decided to take the bag that contained several hundred dollars worth of prime drivers! He even had had the option to switch any of the clubs from one bag to the other. My husband is generally easy going, but we don't mess with his golf gear! And we check all golf items carefully now before selling any!....Margaret S --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #127 March, 2003

2003-03-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Fat Walls. Secret places in old houses. What fun. This reader suspected something but did not find out for many years. --- Growing up in Oneonta, NY our family moved into the former family home of the Huntington's when I was 5. The Huntington Family were known for donating the City Library and adjoining park. When we moved into the house, leather bound sets of the classics lined the built in bookshelves of the living room. But the real treasure of the house would not reveal itself until after we moved out. My sister and I shared the bedroom at the top of the stairs to the right. The hallway curved around to the bath and then my brothers room. Night after night I would lay there and wonder why the wall around my closet was so thick. Yes, there was a closet but it was not large enough to account for the space involved. Of course being a young child, no one really listened to me or my question. And it was only much later that those around me understood that I could draw a floorplan of every house I had ever lived in . This continues to be the case even today when the houses number well into the double digits. Several years later the current owners of the house began tearing out the attic floor in order to remodel. Only then was it discovered that a room was hidden behind my closet, filled with paintings. Stacks and stacks of paintings. I never had the opportunity to see them but felt vindicated never the less. Moral of the story: always listen to children. They have no other motive than curiosity......Leslie J -- Another Story -- Bottled Insulation This reader found the mother load of bottle collecting. It's a secret she's decided to share with us. -- In 1973, our 70 year old landlord noticed that we collected bottles. He told us about a fraternal lodge he was affiliated with which had lots of bottles in the flooring and walls, placed there for insulation during construction. When this lodge was built during an Idaho mining heyday during the 1880's (not sure of the exact date), many paper labeled bottles were used to insulate the floor, ceilings, and possibly the walls. The two story building is still in use. We were sworn to secrecy by our now deceased landlord. He took us to the foyer. We climbed up a tall ladder, looked into the attic crawl space with the light of a flashlight, and were amazed to see hundreds of bottles lying on their sides as far as the flashlight would reach. These bottles insulated the floor to the second story. We reached in and picked up many to read, replacing them afterwards. Their paper labels were in excellent condition, Overland Trail, Virginia Dare, and local breweries' labels were featured on them. None were embossed without paper labels, within our reach. We presume that they were collected from the many saloons in the area, and that most were from local, long defunct bottling companies in the Boise, and surrounding ghost town mining areas. With 5000 or more thirsty gold miners coming into town, no doubt it didn't take long to collect the hundreds of bottles needed to insulate the building. It was probably a welcome way to dispose of them prior to the era of recycling. I presume that these historic bottles will remain a part of this well preserved building until the day it burns down, if that is its fate. It will certainly, as a beloved landmark, never be slated for demolition in my lifetime. I'm sorry that I can't mention the town or lodge. Perhaps many lodges of the late 1800's were built with such insulation. It is believed by the members that the acoustics of the building are improved by the use of the bottles....Marie B. Boise, Idaho --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #126 February, 2003

2003-02-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Mystery of the "Blades in the Walls" In the last issue we ran a story about how one of our readers opened up an old wall in their bathroom and found a cache of razor blades 2' X 4" X 4.5'. Although the reader did find a special metal slit in the wall, it turns out that many old bathroom medicine cabinets actually had a special slit built into them for disposing of used razor blades. When the blade was pushed through this slit it ended up in the wall behind the medicine cabinet. Evidently this was a very common feature in steel medicine cabinets made through the 1960's. I now have this vivid image of old houses across the U.S. that have bathroom walls filled with old razor blades. I want to thank everyone who wrote in about this obscure piece of old bathroom trivia. If you have more interesting tidbits about old homes drop me a note at newsletter@tias.com . We might just publish them here.....Phil Ring from Above This house keeps giving up new mysteries to this readers mother. --- My mother purchased a two story house that she had loved ever since she was a child . The house was built sometime in the 1800's and had been used in our small town for many different purposes. At one point in time it was a motel then a hospital and who knows what else. The house has brought to our family many interesting discoveries. My grandparents ( my mother's mom and dad ) had been married there. This was something that my mother had not been aware of when she purchased the house. That was the first of the unexpected things that happened. One night my mother was in bed and a ring mysteriously fell out of one of the ceiling tiles above the bed. It was a real genuine diamond ring from the 1800's. Quite beautiful. So don't ever let anyone tell you things don't just fall out of the sky, because I can prove them wrong!....Jammie E. -- Another Story -- The cow faced watch Ah, it's been a while since a reader has sent in this type of a story. This one is quite good. After reading it, think about similar experiences you might have had. This is a fascinating topic and if you have had a similar experience with an object, tell us about it. Send an email to newsletter@tias.com . Thanks for sharing. --- Soon after my father passed away in 1997 my mother was told by my cousin that Dad had left her something special. My cousin isn't exactly psychic but is "sensitive". It seems that she felt that Dad had visited her and said that he had something for mom put away in his watch room (my dad was a clock and watch maker). She would find it if she searched where Dad could have put it with his left hand. My cousin said that we would know it was for Mom right away. We looked and looked for hours in the room. We looked through all the tiny drawers and boxes and nooks and crannies that Dad had filled with watch parts. I pulled open one of the many flat metal drawers where watches and small parts are stored, and way at the back almost hidden was a medium sized pocket watch. As I took it out, I knew immediately it was what we had been looking for. My mom collects cow creamers and there on the very prettily decorated face of the watch was a cow. A cow on the face of a watch is in itself very unusual but even more amazing was that the hands were set at 6:59 - the exact time my father had died. I get goose bumps every time I think of it!.....Sandy S. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #125 February, 2003

2003-02-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Blades in the walls This reader came across a very interesting find in the walls. --- A number of years ago I needed to repair a bathroom wall due to water damage from a leak to the sink. The wall had been wall papered. When I opened the wall board thousands and thousands of razor blades fell out onto the floor. Most were rusty double edged single use or so blades. The area they were in was 2 feet wide by 4 inches deep by 4.5 feet high. That is a lot or razor blades. I checked the old wallboard and found, under the paper, a small metal slot about the size of a razor blade. It seems sometime in the distant past an owner disposed of his blades by dropping them behind the wall board. As the house was originally a turn of the century summer home that had been converted to full time use in the late 1930's there was time to fill the space with blades. One blade every day or two.... Bill D. -- Another Story -- Walls, Family & Friends. It's modern day archeology. A time capsule from the recent past. There are memories in the walls and this reader found lots of them. --- We have 4 different stories of objects found in walls. First, when a friend suddenly passed away, we wanted a special way to always remember him. His wife was selling an old camper that he had rescued and intended to restore (he loved finding old treasures, and this camper was definitely one). It was made in the 60's when things were made with such wonderful character, and we decided that buying the camper and doing his project was the perfect remembrance. When my husband started work on the walls and ceiling, he found an old green Bubble Up soda bottle inside (in perfect condition) that a workman must have left in the camper when it was originally made. It is a welcome addition to our bottle collection as an unexpected and very appropriate way to remind us of our dear friend, the "treasure hunter". Second story....years ago, when we sold the home that I grew up in, the people who bought it wanted to modernize it. They tore down all the paneling that my Dad had worked so hard to put up in the late 60's when he was modernizing and paneling was "in". In the walls they found my old baton that I had spent so many happy hours twirling when I was a kid. I have no memory of putting it in the walls when Dad was working and can't imagine that I'd have intentionally parted with it. I wonder if one of my brothers put it there to tease me and forgot all about it?!? Third story...when we moved from the house in story #2, we moved into the house in this story. As we were working on the house, we found an big, old sword still in it's leather case, a beautiful silver platter and a silver teapot with feet and spout featuring wild looking heads of some kind of beasts, all inside the insulation. We put these treasures on display, and my Dad, half jokingly, expressed his desire to have his ashes put into the teapot. Last story...when my dear Dad passed away 3 years ago (changed his mind about the teapot, by the way), we inherited his beloved camp. He built it in the late 50's/early 60's(from a 100 year old schoolhouse he bid on and won for $110) and remodeled it over the years. Due to age and weather, we were forced to do major renovations. We worked carefully to preserve and restore as much to original condition as possible. While working we found, written on a wall stud, my name and the date in the early 60's when, at 6 months of age, I spent my first night at camp. Also found, between the floors and inside the walls, were 40 year old newspapers, notations in my Dad's handwriting, tiny tin cars and a plastic dinosaur (one of us kids seemed to be making this a habit!), a foam insulated drink holder, loose change, and other odd little bits of things that wouldn't be of value to anyone else, but to us are priceless glimpses into the past, and the life of someone so dear to us. With this many different finds, we can't wait until the next time we have to tear into some walls!..... Dave & Laurie from Maine --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #124 February, 2003

2003-02-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Drinking in the walls. It seems that quite a few early house builders often tipped a bottle while on the job. Here is one story from a reader --- When remodeling an old Victorian house among a small resort type group of buildings in the Poconos about 1976, we tore into the walls of an old bathroom. Perched on the framing behind the interior wall were two quite old bottles of whiskey, one scotch and one rye. They were still half full. We guessed that some workers stashed the bottles when the original addition was done as there was no way to access that spot once the walls were plastered. A former resort owner Carl and Linda K. -Nazareth, PA -- Another Story -- History in the walls This reader found more than a few interesting items in the walls of their home. Don't forget to send us your story about interesting things you found in the walls of your home. Send them to newsletter@tias.com --- I bought my house 22 years ago. It was built in 1882 and is in a historic district in Des Moines, IA. The house was in very bad shape, along with the rest of the neighborhood, but urban pioneers like myself were starting to reclaim and restore these old, worn-out, but beautiful structures. Because the plaster was in such bad shape downstairs we decided to gut it down to the studs and install new drywall. Much to our surprise, we found a whole lot of things in the walls, most notably 26 copies of a book published in 1869 that was written by the developer of our section of the neighborhood. The book was "The History and Business Directory of Madison County, IA ( of the "Bridges of Madison County" fame). It contained narrative history as well as all of the census information from the 1869 census. It listed all of the registered voters for Madison Co. by name and occupation, in other words, all the men since women couldn't vote. Until we found these 26 copies only 4 copies were known to exist. We donated one to the Des Moines Public Library, which had one of the four known copies but theirs was so delicate they couldn't let anybody touch it. Our copies were in very good shape since they had been sealed up in the ceiling for all that time. We kept a copy and sold the rest to a rare book dealer. We still have people come over and look up relatives in our book. We also found a diary, some Victorian pornographic postcards, a money purse (empty, darn!) a church songbook, A Harper's Bazaar magazine from 1882, some handwritten receipts for building materials, and a colored photograph of two children along with 2 small black button shoes, one from each child in the picture. Through the examination of the abstract, and reverse city directories at the library, we knew who lived in the house originally, Levi Bender and his wife Elizabeth, but could find no relatives or information about them, and could not identify the children in the photograph. One day, a man knocked on our door and said he was Levi Bender's great-great-great grand nephew. They had found our address on the back of a picture of the Bender family. Through other family photographs, they were able to identify the children in the picture. We now have a copy of their picture of the family proudly displayed in our front parlor. It shows a man a wife and their three daughters. We live in the house now, and my husband and I have.... three daughters! Plus ca change, plus la meme chose! Our house and all this stuff was featured several years ago on a HGTV show called "If These Walls Could Talk. The producer said people do find things in the walls, but it is highly unusual to find so much stuff in one house. Who knows what's lurking in your walls? But remember, the only reason we found this stuff is because we had to do a total gut of our downstairs. Not recommended unless you have no choice like we did......Lyn L --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #123 February, 2003

2003-02-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Neon memories A reader writes in about a sign with more history than she and her husband first realized. How about you? Have you ever found something at a show that turned out to be more significant to you than you first realized? Tell us about it at newsletter@tias.com --- I just read one of your stories about someone who found something that had a family connection, so I though I would send you this one. My husband and I go to the Canton Trade Days (in Texas) often just to looking for neat old things. Last summer on a real hot week-end we were about to let the weather get the best of us and leave, when all the sudden my husband was about to jerk my arm off to get my attention, he was too stunned to speak. I turned around to see what he was trying to show me and it was a very old neon sign for Kelpen's Ice Cream. It was lit up in the bright pink and green company colors. Kelpen's Ice Cream plant in Terrell Texas was where my husband's father and grandfather had both worked all their lives. The plant was bought out in the mid 70's and the Terrell location later closed. We of course stop to ask what the dealer knows about the sign. He said he didn't know a lot, but the guy he got it from had said he thought it came out a store in a small town near by. Terrell is a small town about 30 miles away. My husband said he could not remember ever seeing a sign like this, although the plant was located in his home town, there was never a retail store there that he knew of. I think we would have bought the sign no matter what it cost, but we felt the price was very reasonable. Later when we were telling his aunt about the sign she told us there had been a small soda fountain / ice cream shop in the back of the book store during World War II. The book store was across the street from the train depot and when the troop trains would came through the soldiers where able to get off and buy magazines and ice cream before they where on their way to or from the boot camps in the area. She told us she had even had her first job at that book store. Later in going through some old family pictures we found a picture of her and her sister standing in front of the store with what we think is our sign in the window in the background. Now the sign hangs in our kitchen and we tell the story of how we found it often. ....Cindy R. -- Another Story -- Behind walls This reader sent in another interesting story about things found in walls. How about you? Find anything in the walls of your home lately? Tell us about it at newsletter@tias.com --- I'm a contractor. A customer called me because the ceiling in their guest bedroom looked ready to fall down and they had guests coming the next week. We emptied the room, protected the floor, I hit one end of the enormous bulge with a hammer and fully one third of the ceiling dropped like an anvil. Amazingly, sitting on top of the pile of rubble was a beautiful and undamaged blue antique bale-top mason jar, with no lid. We theorized this was left on top of the ceiling and forgotten by one of the workmen building the house - in the 1930s. My customer gave it to me, now it catches the sunlight in a window of our workshop - our first piece of collectible glass. ..Terence --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #122 February, 2003

2003-02-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Her ship sailed in. This story is about the interesting travels of small sailing ship. It was sent in by a reader. How about you? Do you have a an interesting story about the travels of a special collectible? Send it to us! We all want to hear it. Email it to newsletter@tias.com --- A few years ago, a friend of mine was doing the auction circuit. This friend happened upon a box of unclaimed junk that some one else had purchased yet never came to claim it. At the end of the day my friend picked it up for almost nothing. The box ended up at my house, the two of us digging through it's contents for whatever might be of interest. In the box was a small framed, hand painted picture of a sailing ship. The signature in the corner was my uncle's! I didn't know that he painted. After talking to some family members, I discovered that indeed he had painted, but as part of his physical therapy after an injury. This was truly a surprise though, since the find was made 14 years after his death. ....Lynn -- Another Story -- The travels of another painting. Another great story from a reader about how things seem to "come around" on their own. It's funny that this story and the one above were sent to me on the same day and at about the same time, from two different people. --- My fiancé and I recently moved back to Western Massachusetts, where we both grew up. We sublet a beautiful old home from a professor and his wife, who were taking a sabbatical for six months. The house is in a town that I lived in when I was a kid. I had my mother over for lunch one day, and as I was showing her around she paused on the stairway and said "I didn't realize I had given you that painting." She was staring at a painting on the wall. I told her I didn't know what she was talking about, and she was sort of flustered, but insistent that the painting belonged to us. The painting DID belong to us - it was done by a woman from my moms church, when my mom was a child, and was a gift from this woman to my mom, sometime in the 1940's. In 1979, due to a sudden reversal of fortune, my mom had been forced to sell many of our possessions at a giant yard sale ( I was 10). The couple we sublet the house from had purchased the painting at our yard sale. Twenty two years later, the painting hangs in my home, a gift from that couple as a "thank you" for taking care of their home, and a symbol of the strange and beautiful connections that can occur in life...I think it's called "kismet". --Alison M --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #121 February, 2003

2003-02-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Searching for his Uncle This is an interesting story about how a reader found something of great personal value at a flea market. How about you? Have you ever found something at a sale or auction that did not have great monetary value, but had tremendous personal value? After reading this story, write to newsletter@tias.com with your story. --- Several years ago, I attended a Flea Market/Swap Auction, held annually on the cobble-stone streets of Old Sacramento. We went early on Sunday because, as you know, the early bird does, indeed, gets "the worm." I came across a small booth that had a collection of Yank Magazines for sale, almost hidden from view. Yank was published during World War II. I'm not sure exactly when they stopped, but I had seen a copy, way back in the 50's, that my uncle Lloyd Colgrove had, that featuring him on the cover. In the picture, he was sitting in a ditch, in Saipan, looking like something out of Willie and Joe. A real soldier, tired, unshaven and dirty, holding his Carbine. It was dated 1945. Out of curiosity, I decided to look through the stack, telling my wife about the issue with him on the cover. I think you know what's coming next. Lo and behold, there it was! That issue, in excellent condition. Talk about dumbfounded! Slightly shaking, I asked how much and was told I could have it for $3.00! I would have paid just about anything. What a find. I've never checked to see what the real value of those now 58 year old issues are worth, but it doesn't matter. The real value was in finding THAT issue, amongst all the issues published, sitting in the middle of that stack at a flea market in Sacramento. I've purchased art out of an old barn in Utah and some pretty good stuff from estate sales, but never anything so meaningful. I had my picture taken, holding the issue in front of me, and sent it to various relatives across the country with an explanation. Most of my relatives had never seen that issue. After my uncle had showed me his cover photo on Yank, I always kept it in the back of my mind, and would mention it occasionally whenever the subject came up, and I think my pride in my Uncle Lloyd would show through. And now......now, I could proudly show that picture to everyone. He's gone now, just a few years ago, but I will always have that issue, and will pass it on to my children, a reminder of that time when there really were true American heroes. The bottom line, like many of the stories that have run in the collectors newsletter, is that the most unique treasures are sometimes the most common. It is not necessarily the price of something that makes it valuable. Mick C. Sacramento CA --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #119 February, 2003

2003-02-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Comic Collector. This Collector found something very special, where he did not expect to find anything special. --- Hi. I thought I would share a story about an exciting day I had about six years ago. I have been a comic book collector for years, and I'm always going to auctions, flea markets and yard sales looking for things to add to my collection. One night about six years ago, I saw an ad in my local paper for an auction coming up the next weekend. It listed comics as being at the auction, and since it was quite a drive, I called the auctioneer the next day to find out what type they were. He told me there were a lot of war type comics, and not being that interested in that type, I was glad to have called first. It saved me a long trip. I was telling a co-worker about it and he said we should go anyway. Maybe there was something else there of interest, since it was a deceased pack rat's stuff up for sale. With nothing better to do that day, my friend and I went. Upon arrival, I wanted to see the comics first, and they were spread out on a table on the front porch of the house. As I approached them, I could see they were in very poor condition. Many were missing covers, others had large chunks out of the covers, and without taking a good look, I turned and went back into the house to see what else was for sale that day. Comics in that type of shape have no desirability to me. After leaving the house, I thought I would look to see the comics up close, just out of curiosity. And there, laying amongst this pile of junk was a copy of "Amazing Spider-Man" # 1! It wasn't in the best shape, but it wasn't as bad as most of them. A small tear in the cover, a little dirty, a few creases, what one in the comic book world would grade as "very good". My knees started trembling when I saw what it was. It was the original, not a reprint and I told my friend we must stay for this. Then I started to wonder what it would go for. Being on a budget, I didn't have a lot of money to spend on this book, but I knew it was worth nearly $2,000.00 in this condition. I hate to say what I paid for it, because it would make other comic collectors cry if I stated the cost here. Let me put it this way....I took it to a comic book dealer some time later and when he asked what I paid for it, his comment was "That was no deal...That was a steal! I still own it. I would hope that I would never have to sell it. It always reminds me how most of the time when you're out looking for great bargains, usually you will be disappointed. But every once in a while, something like this happens and it keeps the faith up, perhaps not today, but maybe tomorrow, another treasure will appear out of nowhere. The thrill of the hunt, you know?.......Lou --- Another Story --- Vintage Books These stories from the trenches of the antique book trade were both sent in by the same reader and are quite interesting. Enjoy! --- Mt father has a rare book book shop, called Heritage Book Shop and we have been in business for approx. 40 years. One day my father sold a first edition of Mark Twain's "Huckelberry Finn." We have a reference number lightly penciled in each of our books. A very important part of our job is detecting forgery's. Five years later a man walked into our book shop with the same exact copy, with our reference number still in tact. Only his copy was now signed by Mark Twain on the title page. Since we do extensive research on each book that we sell, it is unlikely that we missed this signature. Mark Twain died in 1910 and therefore it was impossible that he could of signed this copy. We quickly let the man know that we knew it was fake. It turned out that the man who brought the book in was a famous forger and is now in jail. Story # 2: A few years ago an actor by the name of Glen Ford was robbed and the police called all of the local book shops letting every one know that his rare books were also stolen and that if any one came in selling certain titles that Mr. Ford was missing to please contact the police. A few days later, a man walked in carrying all the same titles that Mr. Ford was missing. My father told the man that he was in fact interested in purchasing these books and if he could just wait here a few minutes while my dad made out the check. Meanwhile my dad went into the back and called the police. Within a few minutes the police arrived and arrested the man and Mr. Ford was able to get all of his stolen goods back......Rachel W. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #118 February, 2003

2003-02-06

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Hurricane Auction. Bad weather may be the best time to hit the auction house, as this reader discovered. --- I was tickled at your reader's story about looking into drawers at auctions and sales. This one is about taking the drawers out and inspecting fully. It is a true story -- I was a witness. Back in the 1970s, an a friend of my aunt's planned to attend a country estate auction in rural Virginia, at which some fine antique furniture was to be sold. When the day arrived, a hurricane was tearing up the coast from South Carolina. Terrific downpours and dangerously high winds were predicted for the region. Well, the auction was advertised as "rain or shine." Figuring few buyers would be crazy enough to show up in the face of a hurricane, this fellow (whose name was Darwin) drove out to the country with a friend, hoping to snap up a real bargain or two. Limbs were crashing down from the trees as they drove, and more than once they wondered whether they'd made a big mistake. Once at the sparsely attended auction site (a grand old horse country estate), he concluded that he was up against several New York dealers as intrepid -- or as foolish -- as he. They bought the fine 18th century furniture at breath-taking prices, and he just watched, as these things were museum quality, and well out of his range. At one point a magnificently carved Chippendale style highboy came up, described as a 20th century reproduction by the Kittinger company. A couple of dealers made desultory bids, evidently not interested in non-period pieces. Suddenly Darwin realized the highboy was about to be knocked down for $500. He shouted "five hundred and five!" The auctioneer accepted the bid, and Darwin won the auction. While the attendants were removing the drawers to carry the piece to his van, he noticed an envelope thumb tacked to the back of one drawer. Quickly, he told his friend to hold the back of the drawer against his chest so the envelope would not be seen and take it straight to the front seat. Visions of fat wads of green bills danced in their heads! Maybe hundred dollar bills! Maybe a thousand bucks or more! When everything was loaded, they jumped in the front seat and grabbed the envelope. Inside was only an old magazine advertisement for the highboy -- what a let down. When they got home, Darwin read the ad more carefully and realized it was describing the highboy as a signed and limited edition reproducing a Philadelphia original now in a museum, of which only a dozen were to be made. So he wrote to Kittinger's president asking its value and enclosed a photo. To his astonishment, he got a very cordial reply saying that the piece had been made entirely by hand a decade before, involving hundreds of hours of hand carving, and that it was the finest model Kittinger had ever produced. The company was aware of the present whereabouts of three or four of the original twelve, of which his was number __. They said they could not tell its precise value on the resale market since so few existed, and were mostly still in the hands of the original owners -- but they could tell him that one had been auctioned in New York a few years earlier for $12,000, and his would certainly be worth at least that! My aunt's old friend kept the old clipped ad and Kittinger's letter in a drawer in the highboy. Every time we'd visit, he'd take them out and wave them at us and say, "Remember -- always, always, look behind the drawers. But don't let anyone else see you do it -- and don't let on if you find anything!" We call it Darwin's Rule. And every time a hurricane heads up the coast, my aunt scours the papers for the auction ads, looking for ones to be held "rain or shine." We've had some scary drives....Allan S. --- Another Story --- The Santa Surprise This reader bought a giant Santa that turned into quite a bit more than she thought. --- My find occurred just a few weeks before Christmas. I had gone to a very reputable antique gallery that had been advertising "going out of business" for weeks. I had been there before but didn't see anything I needed on those occasions. This time, however, when I went in, I saw a beautiful Santa Claus standing there practically greeting me as I walked in. He stood almost as tall as myself, 5 feet, and was slightly leaned over with hand outstretched as if resting on or patting an unseen 'Rudolf'. I was stunned by his realism- just as you would find him pictured in a book: huge round belly, crinkled face, realistic hair with long flowing beard and mustache, red clothing with real looking white fur trim on cuffs and bottom of jacket, fur collar, leather gloves and real heavy leather boots, wide black leather belt with big buckle and.... He was magnificent. Curiosity lead me to slowly walk over and check the price, feeling certain it was much more than I would ever pay. I was floored when I saw a price tag indicating $60.00. I asked if that could possibly be correct and was told it was and further it would have the 'store-closing discount' of 40% taken off. Believe it or not I must have deliberated for almost an hour before deciding I would buy it. I didn't have any room for it so I took it to my son's elementary school for display in the auditorium and later the library. To make a longer story short, it was when I was moving it to the library that I noticed a little curled up tag protruding from the fur at the bottom of his jacket. I slowly uncurled it to reveal "Made in Germany" and further up the word "Steiff" with the traditional button. I was flabbergasted to say the least and thrilled beyond description. I have yet to find a reference to his value but he is now standing beside my Christmas tree, which is still up. I smile when I walk past the room and gaze in where he stands..... Sally Editors note-- I don't usually research items that appear in our newsletter, but I was quite curious about this giant Santa. I've never heard of such a thing. I found that Steiff did indeed make a 59.06" Santa Claus in 1960, Steiff Ean # 8150,90. I was even more surprised to find that the current book value is about $8000 USD. --- Comments, thoughts? 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The Collectors Newsletter #117 January, 2003

2003-02-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Box With a View A readers' search ends quite differently than expected. --- In the mid-1950s, friends traveled to Canada and came home with a beautiful set of Radford china -- Gatineau, by name. My parents and I went the next year and looked at every pattern of English bone china in every china store in three consecutive provinces. At age 9 or so I could recognize Spode from 50 yards. Finally, we came home to Texas with the same pattern, despite our best efforts to find another we liked as well or better. Years went by. Members of the other family died leaving their possessions, the china included, to be sold at an estate sale. By this time, my father was bedfast with a stroke, but my mother and I struck off to the sale, promising him we would come home with the china to add to our own collection. We knew the auctioneer -- a good friend but the kind of auctioneer who would up the bid on his own grandmother. I wanted to act like I was there for more than the china so I casually bid on a cardboard box of all sorts of stuff from a hefty Bible to long underwear. I think I paid $1.50. Eventually, we did manage to buy the china at a fairly good price. On the way home, I stopped at the house of a friend to show her the purchases. I went through the box of odds and ends and -- surprise! -- there was an old Viewmaster -- the hold-it- up-to-your-eyes viewing device for the reels of 3D pictures that were popular in the '50s and '60s. It was our Viewmaster!! My initials in my own adolescent lettering were stuck to the device, written many years before with a ball-point pen on a piece of white adhesive tape. I could vaguely remember that we had loaned the Viewmaster to them ca. 1960. To think, if I hadn't bid on the box we never would have gotten it back. We cheered my father not only with the purchase of the china but also with the surprise recovery of the missing Viewmaster. The auctioneer liked the story too....Hanaba --- Another Story --- Collecting Danger! This is quite an amazing story. It could have ended badly, but now it's a great story to tell. --- In reading your stories of unusual finds, hidden treasures and discovery of surprising pieces, I had to pass on the story of my husbands find on a local farm. Twelve years ago when we were first married, I was teaching my new love the thrill of discovery in antiques. He was always in wonder of why I would want to pay the, sometimes, astronomical price for a piece of old furniture from an antique shop, when he could obtain the same piece for almost nothing! His daily work took him to many of the farms in our area where he sold seed or feed to local farmers, for their farm & animals. Many times these farmers would have old cabinets and primitive pieces stored in their barns, long forgotten, or used for storage of other farm equipment or tools. As he learned of their value and desire to me, he would ask if they would be interested in selling such pieces, and soon arrive home with a new treasure for me to restore. On one of these visits he returned home to tell me about an old pie safe he had discovered in a barn at a neighboring farm. We returned the next day to purchase the pie safe and bring it home. After paying the owner we headed to the barn to carry the pie safe out to the truck. The legs were buried down in dried mud but otherwise in beautiful but dirty condition. I opened the double doors of the safe and discovered a large wood box that was being stored on the bottom shelf. Printed on the box were the words "DYNAMITE". Foolishly, but carefully we each grabbed an end to this box and slowly slid the box out and settled it gently upon the barn floor. Then wiggled the safe loose from it's tight muddy hold and transported it home. On the way home we discussed the age of the safe and the box of probable unstable explosives. My hubby explained the usual use of the dynamite on farms, to remove tree trunks, when clearing ground to farm. We decided to call the local police station to have them remove the possible danger. The following day we learned from the farmer that the bomb squad from our local police force went out to the farm that morning and detonated the VERY unstable explosives in a deserted area. Every time I open the door to this beautiful pie safe, that now stores my everyday dishes, I think of the potential HIGH PRICE we almost paid for this piece of old furniture!...Patt G Montague, MI --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #116 January, 2003

2003-01-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- At the Sale Strange stuff happens at auctions. This reader has some tips for people who want to sell items at an auction. --- Last weekend, my husband and I went to an auction house to preview the items to be sold the next day. Going early gives bidders a chance to look closely over everything, box lots and all. We were interested in possibly bidding on some of the larger furniture pieces, so we were pulling open drawers, looking behind chests and under table tops. We opened one drawer and discovered a few small (non-valuable) items still in the drawer, which obviously had not been cleaned out before the chest was sent to the auction house. This reminded me of a story my mother tells concerning an estate auction held many years ago in my home town. In general, family members are expected to clear out drawers and cabinets. One piece sold was a bedroom dresser. As the winning bidders were carrying the dresser to their truck, they discovered it contained a full set of beautiful china, which the deceased had carefully stored in the dresser drawers. Family members came running up and claimed the china wasn't included, but apparently their claim was not justified, and the auctioneer told them the china was sold and gone. The moral here is if you are selling items (at auction or yard sale), be sure you check every nook and cranny for odds and ends which you may want to keep or which can be sold separately. If you are BUYING items, do the same -- although I always usually wait until I have arrived home, just so any possible discovery of a special extra treasure is done in the privacy of my home, not within view of people who may want to reclaim it! Harriet B. --- Another Story --- Sweetness’ First Auction Turns out we have a few readers that actually write professionally. Here is an interesting story that was sent in by a reader, about his wife's first auction. --- On Saturdays, my wife Sweetness and I go to estate auctions. This is our regular Saturday entertainment, a cherished habit. One third of our house is furnished with junk from my family; one third is furnished with junk from her family; and one third is furnished with junk from other people’s families. We have a lot of junk in our house. Soon after we married and she moved to Abingdon, I took Sweetness to her first estate auction. An estate auction in these parts is not a Sotheby’s-Christie’s affair in a chandeliered hall of subdued tones and restrained behavior. Sweetness’ first auction was held in a farm field with all the trappings of the typical country estate sale. Children played in the yard as their mothers picked through boxes of china on a hay wagon. Farmers snooped the sheds and barns, as much to evaluate the farmer as to find the top-link for a tractor. Grandmothers sat on the front porch of the house, telling stories of the olden days. I registered for a bidder number and wandered off to look at the tools. Sweetness stayed close to the auctioneer, fascinated by his sing-song cadence. Almost immediately, he brought up a handmade hutch, a dark cherry primitive that Sweetness wanted for her kitchen. You could still see the saw marks across the wood grain. Some people bid at auctions with the blink of an eye, the slightest nod of the head. Not Sweetness at her first auction. “HERE! HERE!” cried Sweetness, waving her arms wildly. At $80, the auctioneer banged his gavel and pointed to Sweetness. “Sold,” he said, “to the little jumping lady. What’s your number?” “What number?” said Sweetness. “Your bidder number,” said a groundsman. “You have to have a bidder number to bid.” Sweetness panicked. She thought if she did not have a bidder number, they would take her hard-won piece away from her. “CARL! CARL!” she yelled. In five years of courtship, I had never heard her even raise her voice. It was a scene reminiscent of the end of Crocodile Dundee. Word jumped across the crowd until a farmer tapped me on the shoulder and pointed at a short jumping lady with her hands in the air. “Lady wants your attention.” I held up my bidder card and the auction went on. Later, Sweetness proudly showed me her first purchase. The heavy cherry shelves had never been stained; the knotholes gave it character. The antique dealer who had bid against her admitted to us that he dropped out when he saw how much she wanted it. “Now don’t do anything to it. It’s a primitive. See the saw marks? The trim is this man’s imitation of finished furniture of the period.” “Oh?” I said. “I was going to cover it with contact paper.” The dealer’s face went pale. “He doesn’t mean it,” Sweetness leapt in. “He makes bad jokes. We won’t do anything.” This story really happened. It explains why I don’t get to wander around by myself much at auctions. .... Carl D. Clarke, Jr. from Abingdon is a weekly columnist for the Washington County News. He may be reached at cclarke@ntelos.net. Reprinted with permission from The Best of 'I Made It Up,' published by the Oakland Press of Virginia, Box 428, Abingdon, VA 24212 --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #115 January, 2003

2003-01-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Wrong Lid Another tale of traveling collectibles and how they eventually find their way home. --- I was doing a final walk-thru inspection on a property I had sold to a friend and arrived a little early. The owner let me in and was showing me some things that she was going to be selling before she moved. She was a very sweet lady and I had bought a few pieces of her furniture for myself. She had a china cabinet with a few odds and ends sitting in it and I noticed a pretty little green Depression Glass cream pitcher and was admiring it. She reached into the china cabinet and pulled it out and said " That was my grandmothers. I don't know why but the little lid doesn't quite fit right." It was so beautiful and unusual. I had never seen a cream pitcher with a lid. She said, "Here, you take it. You've been so nice and helpful and I want you to have it." I was stunned and tried to refuse but she insisted and I left that day with my treasure. Several years later, I was browsing on Ebay and found an open sugar bowl that matched my creamer so I bid on it and won it for just a few bucks. It seemed no one else was interested in it. When it arrived I sat the two pieces together to admire them and then the light bulb came on. I moved the lid to the creamer over to the open sugar and it fit perfectly. It made me wonder if somehow in the past the creamer and sugar had been separated and the lid had gone with the wrong piece. A shiver went through my body and I felt a great sense of peace and relief. I filled the sugar bowl and sat them together on my kitchen shelf to be used for tea with my favorite friend. Each time they're used I remember the original owner, my friend's little grandmother, and I feel her spirit there with us.....Myra

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The Collectors Newsletter #114 January, 2003

2003-01-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Boxlot A boxlot is a bunch of stuff in a box. When you buy a boxlot at an auction, you get everything in the box. Most of the time, you can't pick and choose what is in the box, you just have take what you get. We get many stories about amazing finds in boxlots. Here is one from a reader --- My husband and I enjoy going to auctions and estate sales. Our favorite auction house was a weekly consignment auction where we used to live. Sometimes there would be so much stuff crammed into the building that it was difficult if not impossible to get a good look at all of it prior to bidding. Furniture was stacked along one wall. Long folding tables, three deep along another wall, held hundreds of pieces of glassware and small items. And under the tables were row after row of unpacked boxes, three or more deep. It was not possible to reach the boxes furthest back to see what they held. As each table was cleared and folded, the boxes underneath were pulled out. Auction helpers opened the boxes, pulling out some items, but for the most part you quickly bought the box much as you would a grab bag - not knowing what you might find inside. These boxes seldom went for over a couple of dollars. Conveniently the auctioneer had a truck pulled up outside, and anything you didn't want (or couldn't trade with other bidders) could be placed in the truck to be taken to a local thrift store. Gosh, it was fun! At one such auction, among the items on top of the tables, but sitting more than an arm's length back was a dirty, tangled bunch of junk jewelry piled on an old, dirty platter. Finding a wooden spoon to help me reach, I stretched to scoot the jewelry aside. I saw the platter had yellow roses. I pushed the jewelry back in place. When the item came up for bids the auctioneer didn't bother to look at the platter at all, just holding up the wad of tangled beads. My $2 bid got it all. The first thing I did was slide the jewelry into a cardboard box. I saw the most gorgeous hand painted yellow roses on the porcelain plate. I turned it over. It said "Limoges, France" on the bottom. Later I checked my Kovels book, and found a similar "dresser plate" valued (at the time) at $75! As I sat through the remainder of the auction I began to sort and untangle beads and chains. A string of pearl colored beads seemed very heavy, and I noticed they were strung with heavy, knotted cord. I began to scratch the 'crud' off one pearl with my fingernail. It didn't appear to be a plastic coating. It began to shine. After a thorough cleaning, an appraisal showed they were cultured pearls with a retail value of about $200. I look at my good fortune as a learning experience. When the time comes to sell items it pays to take the time to sort them and clean them well. Obviously the owners missed out, but likewise the auctioneer missed out on a bigger commission...Norita S --Another Story-- Saint Anthony & the $75,000 ring. Another interesting tale of the lost and then found -- Your story about St. Anthony reminded me of an episode at work several years ago. I was the Fine Jewelry Merchandise Manager at JC Penney Co. in Lincoln, NE at the time. We were cleaning the display cabinets on the inside at the time and when we inventoried (a daily task when we put the Diamonds away for the night) we were missing a $7,500.00 Diamond Cocktail ring! Needless to say we stayed late into the night looking for the ring as the inventory checked out okay the night before and we had had no customers looking at that section of the department that day... so the ring had to be in the department. Of course we didn't find the ring. The store manager was furious with us. We were all threaten within "an inch" of our lives. About three weeks went by and the missing ring was not to be found. (We even went through the trash compactor which contained about four days trash...piece by piece). Well, the manager was a Catholic and said he had very sleepless nights since the ring was missing. He decided to "call upon" St Anthony to intervine...he asked daily for a week. We had our store maintenance manager working on an electrical problem the next day and while he was flat on his stomach working under the display cabinets he noticed a factory made hole in the display case for an electrical outlet...but it was empty...he looked in with his flashlight and he saw lights flashing back to him...he went and got a coat hanger and fish out...you know what...the $7,500.00 missing Diamond Ring! Now, mind you, I'm a "Missouri Synod Lutheran" and don't believe in the St. Anthony belief but this sure got me to wondering! Anyway all of jobs were saved and I now am retired from JC Penney. Thought I just share this you. ...Roger S --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. We may publish it here. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #120 January, 2003

2003-02-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- One thing leads to another A chain of events over many years leads this reader on an interesting search. --- Although this story is not about collecting, it is about an old gold watch that means ever so much to me. My mother died in 1982 and about a year later, my father brought out a small box that had been my mom's. He said, "Here, Betty," I know your mother wanted you to have this." My parents were never wealthy. Mother and Dad brought their six children up on a meager income. There were times during the depression, I remember my father getting into his old junk vehicle and if it would not start, he would walk 20 miles to Chicago to stand in line for hours, while jobs that became available would be announced. He would take whatever came his way---sometimes selling oranges on the street corner. And after his day was finished, he would walk home, to save what little money he had earned for food for his family. So you see, my mother never had anything monetarily valuable. When my dad handed me the small box, I opened it to find my mother's only gold watch, which perhaps had been given to her many years before the depression. I saw a "Mood Ring" that was not so old but held sentimental value as did the other small dime store trinkets that were safely stored within the little box. I mourned the loss of my mom a very long time. And it took me awhile before I could actually touch the small trinkets and feel instead of the pain of my loss, a sense of closeness to the spirit of the wonderful person I called "Mother". At one such time, as I opened the box, I looked at the watch--- removed it from its safe place and held it in my hand. My hand shook. The watch dropped on the carpeted bedroom floor. After picking up the watch, I realized the stem had broken off. I panicked. Got down on my knees and searched for hours for the stem. When my husband came home from work he searched with me. We never found it. Years later, my daughter sent us a small glass train engine---one that you can put up on a light chain and when the light is turned on, prisms of color are seen. We enjoyed it for many years, until one day, I was making the bed and shook the sheet to straighten it. The sheet hit the small glass engine and the engine flew back at me, landing by my feet. I picked up the engine and found that the tiny smoke stack had broken off, so I got down on my knees and searched for the smoke stack. I never found it, but instead I found the stem of my mother's watch that was lost over ten years. Amazing! With all of the steam shampoos the carpet had gone through----with all of the vacuuming that took place over those ten years, and with all of the searches I had made during those ten years, that little glass engine with its broken smoke stack became a portal to a lost treasure. Now my mother's watch is complete. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to share this with your readers....Betty --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #113 January, 2003

2003-01-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Dealer and the House Over the past year, we've published quite a few "ethical dilemma" stories. Some from collectors and some from merchants. This one is a bit different. I know that the dealer still feels quite "haunted" by the idea that she did the right thing, but the customer didn't really seem to care that she did. After you read the story, I want to know what you think. Post your anonymous comments online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- Many years ago, when I owned a shop, I went to an estate to quote a price I was willing to pay for the estate. I was the third person she had called.. I looked throughout the house, two story and a shed...as I looked around taking a mental note of what to offer...the deceased owner's daughter told me that all the items in each closet (at least 3 on the lower floor) were not included she had them set aside for members of her family. I said it was fine and I was not interested in what were in the closets..however I gave a figure for which I was willing to pay, she accepted. The house was full of furniture etc...but she would come into town and each time she would say there was one more thing someone wanted so I let her take it and it was added to one of the closets....after several times of her doing that I finally told her that I had quoted a 4 figure amount and she was not to take anything else and please not to ask...we agreed...She lived out-of-town..I had one week to empty the house....there were so many things and plenty of cook books (I shall tell you about that some other other time)... Some of the furniture in the maids quarters was not very sale able. I wanted to donate these items to a church which was having a garage sale. I called someone from the church to come and them up. As I was going through the drawers I came upon a bag of quarters. and a jewelry box...I was so nervous...and slowly opened the box... it was full of diamond rings, chains and I don't know what else because my heart was pounding so hard as if anyone else was in the room, I quickly closed the box... I know we made a final agreement that whatever was left in the house was mine, I knew this box and coins were not visible and I did not feel it was right to keep them....I called the daughter who said..."oh, I wondered what had happened to the family jewels and coins...just put it in any one of the closets and I shall get them later". I told her that she had workmen in the house and I did not know if they would be going into the closets and may take things...she did not seem concerned...so my conscience was clear. When I told other dealer friends about it...they said I was foolish to have told her and they would have kept the jewels and coins...What would you have done if you were me.? EBM, Miami --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #112 January, 2003

2003-01-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Garbage Pit As a kid, I remember digging for bottles at the old garbage dump where I lived in California. Some of them were quite spectacular. This reader found something quite similar. --- As a landscape contractor in N.J., I was hired by a customer to do a rather large cleanup on a residential property. Since there was much debris to be removed and hauled away we decided to bring the backhoe. As we made our way through the cleanup, removing large areas of Ivy and tree stumps, we hit a slight depression in the ground that didn't match the look or texture of the surrounding soil. I decided to probe a little further with the backhoe. As I took one small scoop of soil off the top with the bucket of my machine, my laborer on the ground gave me the hand signal to stop digging. He reached into the soil and pulled out an antique bottle and held it up for me to see. (He knew I was a bottle collector and wanted to keep the find.) I immediately jumped off the machine to examine his find. Carefully cleaning off the dirt, I quickly noticed it was an old perfume bottle about 150 years old. I decided to take a closer look into the pit. I grabbed a shovel and began to probe the area very gently. As I removed more soil within inches from the top, I began to see an entire layer of old antique bottles which were coming to the surface quite rapidly. Out came one bottle after another, one more beautiful than the next. Many years ago, people did not have garbage pick-up or even dumps as we do today, so they just simply dug a hole in their yard and buried their garbage or threw the garbage down the shaft of an outhouse or "privy" (as they were called). We apparently unearthed a 19th century "Garbage pit" from which we unearthed over 100 antique bottles and many other items as well. Upon my arrival at home I cleaned the bottles and looked up several in the pricing guide. To my amazement, I had unearthed a very sizable and valuable cache, with one bottle pricing out at over $400.00! Needless to say I was delighted. I called the owner back to tell her of our find, as I was willing to return the bottles to her. She expressed no interest at all and instructed me to keep them all. What a nice tip that was! ...... J.S.V ---Another Story--- Where Collectors come from This story made me smile. Imagine your very first garage sale and the wonder of discovering you can buy something for a dime and sell it for $80 dollars. --- I am a 13 year old that lives in a remote part of pennsylvania. It was once housed to many people in the 1800's but it is now a pretty barren place. I have had a passion for garage sales, but my family rarely has the time too. One day to my luck one of my neighbors was having a garage sale and I was lucky enough to go up and take a look at what she had. Right as I got up there I instantly spotted a nice ashtray. I picked it up and to my surprise it was a Griswold 2 tone pan made in Erie PA and Underneath it there was a Griswold Egg Skillet! I asked the old lady at the table how much she wanted for it and she said "Ten cents for the both on em' " I readily agreed to this and found out later that the 2 tone pan was worth 65 dollars and the Egg Skillet was worth 15 dollars! It was my first truly good investment! .... Joe --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #111 January, 2003

2003-01-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Lost Cause. This is another story about how a reader found something that she lost. After you read this story, I'd be quite interested to hear your comments on this story and on the "Pinning the Devil" story ( http://www.tias.com/newsletter ) #98. Post your comments and thoughts to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- I just read the story you posted about "Pinning The Devil" and other methods of locating lost items and the powers that be. I am a spiritual person yet not necessarily religious. A dear friend of mine is a devout Catholic and as anyone with any knowledge of Catholicism is aware (I wasn't) there is a great spiritual belief in the Saints that have been proven to perform miracles. While sitting in my South Florida backyard, lounging in the hammock, talking with my dear friend, I casually told her of my dismay that I had lost the antique watch my sister had sent me the previous Christmas. (I 'knew' I had put it on before leaving the house for work, yet when I arrived at my office it was gone! I retraced my steps in an effort to find it many times, to no avail. I checked my car, the office, the garage...nothing!) She told me to "Pray to St. Anthony." My natural response was...What? She said that St. Anthony was the patron saint of lost causes, items, or whatever. I was so upset about the loss of the watch I figured...why not? And did what I was told. I repeated over and over again....."Please St. Anthony, Help me find my watch" over and over again. About 20 minutes later I figured it was time to go back into the house and dislodged myself from the hammock. As it was summertime, I felt I probably should address myself to mowing the lawn. However, since I had just done it a week ago (after I had lost the watch) I figured it could wait. As I left the hammock and walked across the yard, I stopped to pet my cat who was standing in the middle of the back yard. At that moment, my eye caught a glimpse of something very round, lying on top of the grass. Imagine my surprise at finding that the "round" object was none other than the watch I had been looking for! It was sitting ON TOP of the grass. There was NO way the lawnmower could have missed it when I mowed days earlier ! Divine Intervention? Praying to the Saints? I have no clue .....but it worked! PS - This method doesn't work for items that are stolen (naturally), just truly lost. "Trust me!".....PBD ---Another Story--- Boy Scouts A little scouting founds an interesting item for this reader. -- Several years ago, about fifteen, a friend & I were at an old farm- stead , junking we called it, me for old auto parts & he for old furniture. This place had two houses ,one very old & abandoned, the other lived in by the old farm wife. My friend asked if we could look in the old house , given permission , we walked in the back door , which was a summer kitchen .On the wall held up with thumb tacks was an old poster, you could tell it had been moved several times by the many extra tack holes in the top corners. A date caught my eye 1935 the year I was born. I told him if he made a deal to buy any items , I would like the poster. Well I ended up with it & it has been tacked up on my family room wall ever since. Now that I have a computer I found the KOVELS.com Web site. Guess what? My 1935 , Norman Rockwell , On to Washington, Boy Scout Poster is listed ! 1999 price $1000.00! Never know what may show up in South Dakota ?.. Max -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #110 January, 2003

2003-01-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Canine Find Here are two stories that use completely different methods for finding lost object. For this first one, you need a dog. I recently acquired a Jack Russell puppy and everyone knows what I was in for. House breaking, training in many respects, but lots of loving. She is so darling, but has an never ending curiosity and ability to find and maybe destroy anything edible and sometimes very dangerous for her to swallow. I had recently bought a pair of antique garnet earrings of which I was very fond, but on the first wearing, discovered I had lost one. I searched everywhere to no avail and sadly decided to forget about them. Three weeks later, I heard my puppy chewing on something metal and found it to be a long upholstery tack! Horrified, but thankful she relinquishes any article on demand, I began to relax once more. In a few moments I heard another crunching sound and when I called her out from under an end table, she looked up at me innocently and obediently dropped her treasure into my hand. Imagine my astonishment when there lay the beautiful antique earring I had given up for lost forever. You can bet that little baby was duly hugged and complimented, but probably wondered why all the attention over something she couldn't even eat!....Iola F. ---Another Story--- Pin the Devil A story from the UK about how some folks seem to find lost objects in Cornwall. I was taking the survey re lost items and how people find them again and I thought I would just pass on to you the method that we use in our household to find misplaced items. This method has been used in the Cornwall area of the UK for donkeys years (a long time) and we first heard of it in a newspaper article or letter. Because of its origin I tend to think it is linked to witchcraft and sometimes the results are quite spooky? What you have to do is take a pin and recite out loud "I pin the Devil" three times and then stick the pin in the back of your usual chair. Sounds daft eh? Looks a bit daft too but believe me folks this thing works and just tonight we have used this spell twice . A few weeks ago I discovered that I had lost a sum of money and after searching all over for it I decided to pin the devil. Within an hour of doing this I put on a jacket I hadn't had on for a long while and found a bunch of keys that I had been looking for previously and had given up on. I never found the money as it had been stolen we think, This thing is not a miracle worker and if it has gone completely then you wont get it back, it just seems to work if you have misplaced the item. Thanks for listening .... Pete -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #108 December, 2002

2002-12-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Troll in the house. An interesting story from a reader. It's sort of a planted hidden treasure story, but with a twist. -- About 33 years ago, my family got transferred to Arizona from Washington State. I was a little kid at the time and all I knew was our cute little 2 story white house with the blue door and the field and forest out back, where you could see a perfect picture of Mt. Rainier. We were all really sad to leave our house, actually we were devastated, but my dad had gotten a promotion to upper management and a large pay increase so we had to go. But before we left, we took a Troll Doll which were all the rage at the time in the 60's and my dad put glue on the bottom of the Troll Dolls feet and glued it to the ceiling at the top of the stairs. Then he took a marker and wrote on the ceiling next to it: This Troll doll is here as a guardian to our house, if you remove him, we cannot be responsible for what may happen. We will miss you house, we love you. And then we each got to sign our names. I suppose that isn't a treasure, but to a little girl of 8 who loved that home, it was the best treasure that anyone could have given me. And wondering what the people thought who bought our house, we at least got a laugh or two out of that one! Lynda H --Another Story-- Treasure This reader discovered several interesting items, in and around their home. I live near the Arroyo Seco riverbed between downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. This area has a romantic history of Old West bandits, rough and tumble roadhouses and shortly after that time, movie locations used by Charlie Chaplin and others. My house was built in 1913 as a summer retreat from the city, although it is only a few miles north of the civic center, in the foothills. A few years after we moved in we had to take down an old native oak tree next to our driveway which had become diseased and died. Over watering from routine gardening is a big problem for these trees in urban areas. Years of excessive dampness probably weakened this one and finished it off. As we were digging around the stump I found grouped together, the very rusted remains of a handgun, a few brass .38 caliber casings, some very small ornate glass vials which had become iridescent, and most interestingly, a small intact unglazed red clay pipe with an image of a seated pioneer girl modeled on the front. Whether the pipe is for smoking or bubbles, I cannot tell. Was the gun a toy or a real weapon? There was only metal, no plastic or wood remaining. I wonder what decade between 1910 and 1980 these items represent. Most likely this was the buried stash of some former child of my house but I like to speculate over other more fanciful scenarios. For many years after rains or while turning the garden I'd find beautiful old marbles, buttons, bits of pottery and once, delicate wire rimmed eyeglasses. Actually, former occupants buried trash in the backyard and while making a lawn safe for bare feet we dejectedly dug up and cleared out many plastic bags. The contrast of finding a pretty little treasure in the mud took some of the discomfort from not knowing how much more foul debris we were living over. We also found a small Gibson Girl era photographic portrait with a 1937 Connecticut fishing license in a metal pinback holder inside a wall when we were making repairs. While very personal and of no great significance to anyone now, each of these discoveries brought about reflection and a renewed interest in local history. I guess this is the fulfillment of my adolescent desire to become an archaeologist and strangely, whatever legacy may have been intended by placing the items together, it has been perpetuated by my need to tell the story! ....Julie -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #109 December, 2002

2003-01-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More Hidden Treasure Stories We've been getting a great number of "Hidden Treasure" submissions. Here are a few more, for your Holiday reading pleasure. -- Several years ago my uncle died and everything was left to me. I knew where he had told me some things were and most were quite visible. However, he had some jewelry that I couldn't find. It wasn't anywhere in the house or safety deposit box. We even checked at some local jewelry stores to see if it might have been taken in for repair. After a lot of searching and asking questions of people that knew him we gave up and just figured he had sold them, given them away or lost them. A few months later I received a letter from a neighbor woman that we had given things to when we were cleaning out cabinets, refrigerator, etc. She had started eating some chips from a tube type container and at the bottom found something in a small bag. Yes, it was the lost rings. This is where he had hidden them. Thank God for honest people in this world (the neighbor). ....DFN --Another Story-- I live in Quebec City, Canada and as with any area that has been settled over 300 years ago, it has its history of invasions, fires, and developments. In the past the Ministry of Heritage and Culture was not protecting old homes and therefore many neighborhoods were demolished to make way for new developments such as office building, highway, and etc. in the 60's and 70's. About two years ago, just outside of the old walled city, a new hotel was being built. As they were digging the foundation one of the machine operators noticed a glimmer of metal in the deep hole. He climbed down and there in front of him was an old metal box which looked like a cookie tin. He opened it and much to his surprise, it was full of $100 bills all tightly rolled up individually. The bills were all in "new" condition and dated back to around the 60's. So, not only was there the value to the money itself but also the value due to the age of the bills. Unfortunately, they never released how many $100 bills were actually found but if I were to guess, there had to have been well over fifty since it must have been someone's life savings. Now you may ask, did this machine operator keep the money? Well, according to the laws in this province half of the value is given to the owner of the land and the other half is awarded to the individual who found the item. So, all in all this machine operator didn't do so badly for a days work but then again, the find was not of US dollars but rather "dollarettes".*s*....Andrea --Another Story-- My husband and I found a little different kind of hidden treasure. We recently bought an old farm house, renovated it and built on an addition. Underneath the siding above the back door written on the wood was a message, "Built by Floyd E. Wertz, September 1931. This is the hot, dry year, only a little over half yearly rainfall. Our bank failed a week ago. How we will live 'til spring is more than I can see." Through the historical society, I learned that Mr. Wertz made it through 'til spring' and for many more years. We left the message in place and added one of our own to it before replacing the siding. Ours read, "Renovated September 2001. America was attacked by terrorists today, September 11, 2001. What the future will bring is more than we can see." Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God, that's why it is called the present! .....Sara -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #107 December, 2002

2002-12-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- They Hid Treasure In the last issue we asked readers to send it stories about treasures that they have hidden on purpose. We got some really interesting responses. If you have a story to tell, email it to us at newsletter@tias.com -- I have never hidden anything in small places in a house, but my father has. He was born in 1920 and he told me that when he was 10 he pushed all his baseball cards between a slot between two small boards in a wall in his home. The house is still standing and if it ever goes up for sale I would love to buy it and find those cards. Imagine what they might be worth. My Dad is 83 now and I am sure he still wonders about those cards. --Another Story-- When I was in elementary school I was fascinated with the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. There is one part of the ride where there is a huge treasure. The idea of hidden treasure just amazed me. One Christmas someone gave me a very small mexican gold coin. I remember it was smaller than a penny and only worth a few dollars, but it was a real gold coin. I placed it in a small metal film canister (the treasure chest) and hid it at school. Then I wrote treasure notes with maps and hid them all around the school in really hard to find locations. Each note gave directions to the treasure. I have no idea if anyone ever found the treasure, but the idea of some little kid finding that coin still makes me smile....Bruce --Another Story-- About 13 years ago we had an addition put onto our house and while the walls were still open enough to add something, I put a little treasure for someone in the future to find. No one knows about this, not even my husband. I just thought it might be fun for someone in the future to "discover" something hidden in the walls. I put that days edition of our local newspaper, a history about myself and my husband, one of out wedding pictures (which would have been 30 years old at that time), and an aerial map of out neighborhood at that time. I did this on a whim and hope someone enjoys finding my "hidden treasure" in the future.... Vickie -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #106 December, 2002

2002-12-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Little Black Box This reader has an interesting tale of how he tracked down a very desirable collectible in the former Soviet Union. -- I thought that your readers might like to hear about a little black lacquer box that I bought in Tiblisi, Georgia, when it was part of the Soviet Union. I was there to watch a famous sporting event, their national wrestling championships, when I made friends with a college student who spoke English. He showed us around town and helped us order food in some "real" restaurants, not those touristy ones. Well, it turns out that he knew some great little souvenir shops (he probably got a commission on every single thing we bought), but after a hole day of shopping 'til we dropped, we still had not found what we were really interested in, one of those cute, gold inlay, Russian Black Lacquer Boxes. We had been shown black boxes that were metal and ones with the gold painted on, but none of the ones where you can actually see the gold leaf under several coats of clear lacquer. The boxes usually have a fairy tale theme or illustrate a part of Russian history, but all we saw were flowers and leaf designs. Finally, on the night we were to leave, he called the hotel (the KGB must have been listening in!) and said he wanted to meet to give me one last going away present. We met on the concrete patio on the back side of our hotel. Taking off his green canvas rucksack, he gently unwrapped a masterful lacquer box! No larger than one half of a cigar box, it gleamed in the moonlight. Of course I wanted it right away. The lacquer was cracked, but the design and signature were unmistakable - it was, as I explained the metaphor, the "real McCoy!" The story he told me might have been made up, but I believe he was telling the truth. His grandmother knew a friend had an old one up on a shelf behind some books and knew she needed the money for some medical expenses. So, I felt a little less guilty paying $100 dollars for this one souvenir. I thought it might be worth $300-$400, but imagine my surprise when an appraiser in San Diego said it had been made in 1935 and could be worth up to $2300!....Ray C --Another Story-- Hidden Treasure. I remember as a boy hiding "treasures" in the houses that we lived in in Santa Barbara. For some reason, it seemed really neat to me that one day someone would find my little box of goodies hidden in the attic or wedged behind the door frame in the closet. I guess I was not the only one that did this sort of thing. Have you ever hidden treasures in an old house, for future residents to find? Tell us about it. Send email to newsletter@tias.com. Here is an interesting story from one of our readers -- Fifty years ago we lived in a second floor rented apartment in Ohio. We had been told about a secret compartment in a closet. We found it and I decided to put some items in it for posterity. I placed two small ceramic figurines I had made into the compartment. They were a Dutch boy and girl. I also put a 'dime store' wedding band and a few pennies into the hiding place. We moved away five years later. After many years we went back to the town and learned that the apartment had been remodeled and the closet had been turned into a hallway! I have wondered for all these years what the carpenters thought when they found my little treasures. I guess I'll never know! --- Alice -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #105 December, 2002

2002-12-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- House work. Old houses are a good source of found things. This seems to be especially true if you work on them. Here are two stories from readers. -- I left corporate America to fulfill my dream of rehabing old houses. I have purchased houses empty, but also full to the rafters. Everyone thinks you can always find such treasures in them and I have done that. One such house was owned by a very unusual person, who over the years had hosted lots of guests and roommates. When I purchased the house, he had told me a story about how he had bought several quality pieces of jewelry for his parents, only to have it all disappear. This happened many years ago and the pieces were never found. He had assumed that one of his guests had made off with them. One day, while finishing up a project in the attic of this house, I saw just the smallest corner of a brown paper bag. I crawled over the rafters to retrieve it and tossed it out onto the attic floor. The paper bag was full of the lost jewelry. It had been hidden in the paper bag in the attic for all those years. Although the laws here state that anything in the house was now my property, I decided to try to track down the old owner. Turns out he had moved to Missouri. It took me almost a year to find him. I eventually got his number and called it. The phone was answered by someone who said that the former owner of my house was ill and was in the hospital. The person said that he would tell him about the jewelry for me. I called back several days later, only to find out that he had passed away. I imagine that he had a big smile on his face, knowing that his folks jewelry was there all the time. It now belongs to me, as he had no heirs. --Another Story-- I have a story that I have told a few times since this happened to me 12 years ago. I was a remodeling contractor back in Hopatcong N.J. and we quite often found things inside walls of interest but nothing too valuable. While tearing off an area of roof to prepare for a small addition, my partner called me up the ladder with this strange fear in his voice. His voice was breaking up while just saying to get up this ladder fast! When I got up all I saw was a very old suit case. I asked what is the big deal. He just said open that thing up but hold on. I crawled over a few ceiling joists and lifted the lid of this unlocked suit case. Inside was more money then I had ever seen in my life in one place. It was all old silver certificates in good clean condition. The case had an inch of dust on it and there was no access to this crawl space.....none! So the obvious questions were discussed. Does the homeowner know about this? If he does then will he notice if any is missing? How honest are we? We decided to push it aside and gently carefully placed insulation around it to kind of conceal it but not as to appear that it was found and intentionally covered. The next day we went to work and went right to it and sure enough the whole suit case was gone. Did the home owner know it was there? He acted so cool, calm and collect and neither my partner or I could read him that he knew anything. We never did find out. I think about it often. I live out west now but flew back there for Thanksgiving and drove by that house and someone else lived there...Jim -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #104 December, 2002

2002-12-10

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- So Close, but not quite there. We get many stories about how people are found by items from their past. Here is an interesting story from a reader. -- When I was a small girl, my mother started buying me those wonderful Nancy Ann Storybook dolls. I think the actual price of each beautiful doll was 75 cents to $1.00. I was lucky to receive one each month. I loved those dolls and was allowed to play with mine. I never undressed them or messed up their hair. When I was through playing with them, I would carefully place them in their box. I was so proud of them. Years later after I married and left home my mother did something with the dolls, she may have told me and I forgot, but they were all gone. After my mother passed away I had no way of knowing where they went. Thirty years later my brothers wife and I were discussing some of the dolls I have now. She said my mother gave them the dolls and since their girls didn't play with them they were stored all these years in their boxes in the garage. She had just recently sold all of them in a garage sale. How sad to think my dolls were that close and I didn't know it. But I have since replaced them and quite frankly, some of them may be ones I have bought at auction on e-Bay. Kay E. --Another Story-- The Chamber Pot. A funny story from a reader. -- I'm basically a "junktique" collector and find decorating my home with my "treasured finds" gives me more pleasure than buying "new". A local church was holding their annual "trash and treasure" sale, and to my surprise I immediately spotted a blue and white china chamber pot sitting on the floor under a table. I picked it up and it was priced at $5.00. My brain started ticking and I thought this would be cute in my bathroom filled with flowers, or vintage hand towels and toiletries on the vanity. Deciding that I would take it, I scanned the area for a "salesperson", and saw two elderly ladies watching me, and whispering to each other. They approached me and asked if I wanted to buy the pot. I told them I did..one lady then asked "Do you know what that pot is"? I replied, with a chuckle "I do, but I'm not intending on using it for that purpose". We all then laughed and the lady looked at her friend and said "Well, do you remember what we use to say about these pot's when we were youngsters"? She looked at me and said "Honey, we had this saying, "You go to bed with a canopy over your head and a can-a-pee under your bed"! Needless to say we all bursted out laughing. Memories are shared. Elise B. -- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #103 December, 2002

2002-12-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- If the Ring fits. The travels of a wedding ring in Romania. -- I have to be brief in telling this story, cause it's Sunday evening, I'm still at the office, and my 1-yr old son wants me back home. My dad passed away in March 97. Soon after that my mom, who had never been sick one single day, began to have spells of poor health. On the top of it, she lost her wedding ring that spring. I cannot say how beyond comfort she was. One year later, the family and people in our community got together for the commemoration. I guess you are not familiar with how people in rural Romania organize rites like weddings, funerals, etc. A “task force” is put together, including people of various skills, and the most notable group is one made of women (of all ages, yet most of them are in their 60’s, 70’s or even 80’s) who cook and serve a several-course lunch for as many as 80-100 people. It all looks like a beehive, swarming with activity. It's hectic. In the middle of this, just when the announcement that the village priest was on his way – people do not begin to eat before he blesses the food – was made and everybody seemed even busier, one of our neighbors comes to me and says “look what I found in a bottle!” It was my mom's wedding ring. The drinks served on these occasions are home-made, usually wine and plum brandy. The woman was washing some glass bottles and getting ready to fill them up in the cellar when she heard the sound of a small metallic object hitting against glass. Well, guess what. We tried to fit the ring through the neck of each of all those bottles and could not, it was too large. Also, most of the bottles were not ours, they had been borrowed from neighbors, like one does with many other things (cutlery, plates, glasses) on these occasions. I still wonder how that ring showed up. At any rate, my mom now has the ring back. And she says she is certain that it was my dad who made sure she got it back. It is not only my son who is waiting for me at home this chilly November night; it is also my mom, who is now seeing after him. She does a super job. After all, she's been a kindergarten teacher for over 35 years in our village. One more thing before I go: I really enjoy your newsletter. Some day, when I find the time, I will tell you of my experience as an amateur collector in Romania. With best regards, Cristina in Bucharest, Romania --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #102 December, 2002

2002-12-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The right thing. This has been an ongoing theme from our readers lately. Here is yet another story from a reader who did the right thing. -- I read this newsletter faithfully and it only now just occurred to me to share with readers my own find! My sister & brother-in-law purchased a home on five acres just outside of town. It includes two or three outbuildings, like garages in back (the prev. owners raised emus!). One day my 12 yr. old son was on a ladder looking into the attic in one of the garages and noticed lots of junk left behind. He & my brother-in-law pulled down a box and we all started pawing through it. Lots of junky stuff. My sister tossed a book aside with the rest of the junk, but having an eye for potentially interesting things, I grabbed it and asked if I could research the book. Rather quickly, I found out the book is extremely rare, in any condition, and this one is in excellent shape. I found only one copy for sale on the internet by a dealer in antique books for $1,600.00!! Alas, my conscience would not allow me to keep silent and I returned the book to my sister and told her the news. (Turns out my son's conscience needed some work, and this resulted in a long, painful lesson on doing the right thing!) My sister is thrilled, naturally. If I hadn't been there that day, that book would have gone in the dumpster! I'm only a little sorry it came out of her attic instead of mine! Allison D. Duncanville, TX --Another Story-- If walls could talk. Walls of old houses seem to lure people into placing things within them. This reader has sent us an interesting story. -- My hidden treasure story is about my sister's little dolly tea set. She has told us this story now that we are older, married and have kids of our own. She said one day when she was about 5 or 6 she was having a lovely tea party for her teddies and dolls. Daddy was building our house at the time so things were a bit unorganized but the family was living in it as he was finishing it. My sister tells of how nice it was to have little shelves between all of the stud work in her bedroom. Daddy had made sure our house was solid so he put lots of those extra braces in between the studs. Any how she was called away from her tea party where she had all of her cute little tea set on those nice little shelves. While she was gone Daddy came in with the next sheet of wall board. You guessed it, Somewhere in the walls of the house we grew up in, in Butler county PA is an nice little tea set in between the walls waiting to be found by the next carpenter. She never said a thing when she came back to her room and saw the new wall. She thought she would be in big trouble. If Daddy only knew I am sure he would have got them out for her. Thanks, Arlene M. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #101 November, 2002

2002-11-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Dress. Clothing is always a fascinating topic. I'm really surprised we have not had more stories about vintage clothes. Well, here's one.... -- A few months after my mother passed I cleaned out all of her things. Being the only girl I kept a lot of her things for myself and my father only kept a few. Eighteen years later my father passed away and I was left with a 3 1/2 story house to clean out. By now I was married for some time and had 2 older daughters of my own. All of us went to the house numerous times to clean it out, keeping some things and tossing others. Knowing my father was some what of a pack rat I saved the worst for last - the basement. One more time I drug my husband and children unwilling to the house and into the basement to start to clean it out. After about 4 hours we had made our way into the one far corner where there was a couple of pieces of furniture. As I pulled out a tall dresser that was in front of me I saw something pink hanging from a pipe on the wall. Looking further I stopped and just stared at it. Oh, my God I yelled out, because it had been hiding back there for so many years. At that my daughters both came running over. I was standing there looking at a baby pink garment bag. I figured it was just hanging there empty as was a lot of things in the basement. I wedged my way over to it and as I unzipped the front I could see that there were clothes inside. My eldest daughter started to get really excited because she collects vintage clothing, which I told her that I had gotten rid of most of my mothers clothes years ago. When we finally got the zipper all the way down inside were four dresses of my mothers from the early 1950's, before she was married, in perfect condition. A prom dress, two regular dresses and a beautiful tight fitting sleeveless black velvet dress. My daughter went crazy. She asked if she could have them and I said sure. She quickly grabbed the bag and ran upstairs. After a few minutes she came back down the basement stairs calling for me. I turned around and there stood my daughter in the tight fitting black velvet dress that looked like it was made just for her. I stood there in amazement and could not even speak. We talk about that moment often and we have both come to realize that the pink garment bag, which was left years ago where no one could see it , was left there in that spot for a reason. Mary, Moorestown, NJ --Another Story-- A Cheap Pile. This reader ran into a personal question, when a lot turned out to be more than she thought it would be. -- Several years ago my husband and I attended an estate auction held by our favorite auctioneer, who has a reputation for thoroughness. I ended up bidding and winning a large pile of miscellaneous stuff for $5. because I wanted one old 3 tiered kitchen cart from the 60's. My husband really gave me the evil eye because this particular auctioneer's policy is for the buyer to remove ALL their purchases, even the junk. This was a large pile of predominately junk. We made many trips to our trailer loading up the stuff, and on our way home we stopped at our business to throw some of the junk into the industrial size dumpster we had. When we got home and started unloading, there was still more junk to throw away, and a long thin box was pulled from the trailer, the printing on the box indicating that it was an electric broom, the kind that came out in the 70's. We jokingly decided to look in the box on the premise that it held something else. Inside was rolls of old wrapping paper and an envelope. Inside the envelope was ten 100 dollar bills with the latest date 1980. We did have a debate regarding what to do with it. I voted to return the money, but since my husband was the one who actually found the money, I let him make the decision, which was to keep it. He split the money between us, and I donated half of mine to charity to help alleviate my guilty conscience regarding keeping the money. Since then, whenever I tell the story, overwhelmingly I'm told it was OK to keep the money, but I'm still not convinced. What would you have done? Eileen M, Michigan --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #100 November, 2002

2002-11-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Album Box. Always check the contents of closed boxes and envelopes. Sometimes the contain more than you realize, as this reader discovered. -- A few years ago I went to an auction and purchased an odd lot for 3.00 as there were a few things of interest (that I knew of) to me in it. When I got home later that day I was sorting what I wanted & what was to be trashed. In the box was one of those In the box was one of those old record album boxes that would normally hold about 5 albums in it (funky classical that I wasn't interested in at all) so, I started to carry them out to the trash. Being curious I tried to open it to look at the "records" as it did feel a little light to me. It was really stuck tight, so I went back in the house and had to get my husband to yank on one side while I pulled the other. Well, it finally opened and we were just a little surprised to find, not albums, but apparently a stamp collection of the deceased. There were many full sheets, partials, and loose from the 1940's-60's, but all in nice condition. I eventually sold them for 125.00 to a local collector. Remember-always open ALL the boxes! Rita S. --Another story-- We live in an 1871 Victorian that has been "updated" over the years. After living with a 1950 Pink tile bathroom for 20 yrs, my husband finally got around to making it into a more classic, masculine type bathroom. He decided to keep the large tub and shower, and to renew the surrounding walls and retile them. We looked at all kinds, colors and shapes of tile. He kept going back to a white tile with small teal inserts in each corner. It was then time to remove the surface on the other wall. Under the pink tile there were several layers of wall paper. When he finally got to the original covering for the first bathroom ever installed in the home it was white "oilcloth", with teal green grout painted on it and smaller teal green corners---the same as he had picked for his tile. He took a section of it and had it framed to hang in the bathroom, it makes a great and eerie conversation piece when he shows off the new bathroom. Judy J. Tamaqua, PA. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #99 November, 2002

2002-11-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Two stories from "The Rafters" These two stories should remind us to always check the rafters of old buildings. Don't forget to send us YOUR story. Email it to newsletter@tias.com --- Four years ago I purchased a small brick building in Troy, Idaho to remodel and rent. The ceilings had been lowered and I began removing the lowered ceiling and firred out walls to return to the original brick walls. A friend was yanking a piece of romex that was attached to an electrical junction box nailed to the original ceiling. The ceiling is old rough cut knotty cedar and the piece that had the junction box nailed to it came down with the box. A month later we are finally replacing the broken ceiling piece and one of the construction workers looks into the rafters and says there are boxes up there. The ceiling pieces had been removed years before and the space between the rafter used to stow boxes of excess junk. Among the "junk" were two piles of magazines. One pile was a full year of Saturday Evening Posts from Nov. 1935 - Nov. 1936. The other pile was a less complete collection of Country Gentlemen magazines. The other items include old automobile parts, some still new in the box, books on female hygiene, empty bottles of Rexall Pine Tar cough medicine in the original box, dried up small bottles of ink in the original boxes and piles of letters and other papers from the original owners of the building. The building was built as a battery recharging station for the Chevrolet dealer ship and the original owners were two unmarried brothers who seemed to have penchant for saving everything. While I am not sure if there is any substantial value to any of the items the snapshot of life in the '30's is a wonderful piece of history. I have scanned some of the covers of the Post magazines and put them on a web page. Here are the links: http://www.booth.org/rockwell/ http://www.booth.org/leyendecker/ John B Broadcast Engineer Raytheon Polar Services Corp. Mcmurdo Station, Antarctica --Another Story-- Quite a few years ago my husband's elderly great uncle passed away and the family was left with the job of emptying the house. The house had belonged to the uncle's parents and he had always lived there as a bachelor. The house had never been updated, or modernized and going into it was like stepping way back in time. I had the delightful job of helping my brother in law with the job of going through everything as he wasn't antique savvy. He told me to take anything I wanted and so I very gratefully took 2 nice pieces of oak furniture. One day we were in the cellar cleaning and on the rafters I saw a round tin object so covered with oil and soot, I couldn't make it out. I brought it upstairs and cleaned it to discover a funny looking tin of a man singing. I didn't know what it was, but decided to take it home. My husband was not happy. He wasn't an antique lover at the time and this was just another piece of junk to him. He chastised me and told my brother in law not to let me take anymore junk home. I showed it to my neighbor and about a week later she came bursting (literally) through my door with a magazine showing my exact tin. It is Mayo's Roly Poly tobacco tin, The Singing Waiter, from around 1900. Its value at the time was about $800. After seeing that - my husband always referred to the piece as "his inheritance". Judy C --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #98 November, 2002

2002-11-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Check Those Walls Another story of a hidden treasure. After reading this story, send us a story about some common item in your home that you discovered was actually quite valuable. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com --- My wife and I bought a small rental house in Southwestern AR from the family of a woman who's husband had worked for the Coca-Cola bottling company from the 30s to the 60s. As we were repairing the house, I discovered that the old garage and tool shed's interior walls were made of cardboard Coca-Cola posters which had been nailed up face in. The posters were all depicting 1940's army themes and were in remarkably good shape except for nail holes. We carefully recovered 28 posters. Several were 4' x 2' . We sold the entire collection to a private collector for $1500. Who would think an old shed would have such expensive wall paper! David H --Another Story-- Follow Your Hunches. The house was empty, or was it? This reader followed her hunch. I used to work for a lady who bought estates. She bought an estate and we worked for 5 days cleaning the house out from top to bottom. The last day she told me I could have anything that I found that was left and we both sort of laughed because the place was cleaned out. That night my husband and I were poking around in the basement and my "spider sense" was tingling. I got on a chair and looked into some of the rafters. I saw something, gritted my teeth and reached in to the cobwebby hole. I pulled out a box of steel wool. There was something behind that...another box of steel wool. Third reach was a charm - an old cigar box filled with fishing lures wrapped in 1930s newspaper. The best one sold for over $1500 bucks on ebay. The best part was that instead of being jealous, my boss was just as tickled as I was. Kate G --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #97 November, 2002

2002-11-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More things found. Here are two interesting tales of things found in and around homes. Don't forget to send us your stories of unusual things that you found in your home. Send them to newsletter@tias.com -- I am an avid collector of old beer cans. Several months ago I was at the local flea market going through a pile of junk when I found a beer can covered with soot. It was barely readable but I could tell it was the rarest of all Schaefer beer cans, the original Schaefer Bock Beer. It was made in 1936, the first year that beer was canned. It had instructions on how to open it with a Canco opener because beer cans were so new to people. I asked the dealer how much he wanted for it. He told me that he had just pulled it out of a wall last week during a construction job and asked if I would give him a buck for it. I paid him and went right home to clean it up. To my surprise, the soot had kept the can in excellent condition and after cleaning it up, it was in almost perfect condition. I put it on Ebay and it sold for $4766.00. Brad --Another Story-- In 1973, my wife and I moved into our first house, a simple frame structure which had been owned by an elderly couple. When we installed central heating, we dug a half-basement. Under the house we found several old tools including a bull-tongue plow, a "grim-reaper" mowing blade, a double-tree for an ox team, a mining auger for drilling holes so the explosive could be placed, several double-bitted ax heads, and a homemade butcher knife. We also found a native-American scraping stone. But the most unusual item was a three-legged urn-shaped pressure cooker with an iron bail, made so it could be hung over a fire. It was made by The Pressure Cooker Company of Denver Colorado. I placed all of the items except the knife in a local museum, on loan for my lifetime. The museum was later gutted by a fire and all of the wooden parts of the tools were destroyed. The knife we kept fared better, I made new handles for it, and it is one of our family keepsakes. M. Caudil --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #96November, 2002

2002-11-11

Contents: 1)Stories from our readers -- A lesson learned Here is a lesson from a reader that was learned the hard way, but you now know it without any pain or suffering. -- My tale of woe came at a local Car Boot Sale (you would all know it better as a Tailgate Sale). I arrived and walked to a table behind a van, with 12 or so buyers by it. I found a gap between shoulders just as the seller turned from the van with a very recognizable Wedgwood Vase, I stretched out my arms and he placed it in my hands, a quick flick at the rim and it rang like a bell, so no cracks. My query as to price was answered with Ł2 ($3) I couldn't keep my delight quiet but all those around me were furious. The vase would be worth at least Ł200 ($300). I put it into my bag and walked to next stall, to see a souvenir of San Francisco, a 3" piece of an original cable from the Golden Gate Bridge, on a wooden base, also Ł2. I bought it but as I placed it into my bag it fell off the base, smashing straight through the Wedgwood. Take heed, metal and fine pottery do not mix so be sure to have proper packaging and carrying materials with you if you search for breakables. Bill Phillips, Stoke-on-Trent, UK --Another Story-- Old house treasures When renovating an old house, pay attention to what is in the walls. -- In the process of renovating my home we found several treasures in the walls. In one area of the house we found chalk pictures that the children drew of their parents when the home was being built and they wrote their names under them. Needless to say I had to take photos of the walls after all the plaster and insulation was removed. Another treasure was found, a little wax package was found among the plaster. It had been placed in the wall by my father when he was very young. It was full of stamps and on the outside of the package it stated, Someday this will be valuable! The only other item that my home has yielded to us so far and we're not fully renovated yet is a figural cottage bulb that was found in the attic in the insulation. Be very careful as you gut your old home. You can find many things that can shed light on the families before yours. Michelle D --Another Story-- Sometimes you find too much. This reader's mother-in-law found many things hidden in her aunts house. She also found two things she never expected. -- Hi, My mother-in-law was cleaning out her aunts house. There had been a small fire and her elderly aunt had passed away. Many things were found in unusual places. For example, a carat diamond solitaire in an excedrin bottle, paper money in-between layers of newspapers. But, the real shocker was found by my brother-in-law when he was going through some drawers. He found a box containing a watch, ring and an urn. This was the aunts husbands ashes. Continuing on, he found another similar box in a closet. This contained another close relative. Besides the task of clearing out the house, my mother-in-law had to find a final resting place for these folks. Mary M. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #95 November, 2002

2002-11-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Amazing stories of hidden treasures In the last issue we asked readers to send in stories about items they had found hidden in their homes or their yards. We had a great response. Here are a few of them. We will publish more of these over the next few weeks. If you have a story that you would like to share, please send it to newsletter@tias.com -- My brother in-law knows that I collect coins and told me the story of when he and his parents bought this old house (then it was old...they've now lived there over 30 years). Seems the family just went on about their business for a few years and then decided to do some 'improvements' ... one of which was to knock down a wall and open up the living room area. One of the things they had to do was remove an old door that was used to enclose this small bedroom where the wall was. When they removed the door they were surprised at how heavy it was. Upon inspection they found a hole in the top of the door and the cavity of the door was filled with loose change. He said I would have had a field day looking through all the change. I asked what became of the treasure and he told me that his dad just took it to the bank and cashed it in. When I asked how much was there he seemed to remember that it was almost $700. It was a shame that some avid coin collector didn't get the opportunity to look for treasures in this hoard. My brother in law mentioned that there were some really old coins in the batch...dating into the 1800's. I'm thinking that they were maybe the old Morgan Silver dollars, but who knows...just wish I had been around for the find..Ron --Another Story-- Part of my antique business is doing estate sales for families. I always ask before I start if the family is missing anything in particular. Commonly there is a ring or something valuable that is missing but sometimes there is something sentimental. One family said they could not find their mother's engagement ring that she was very proud of. The family figured it was lost or someone had taken it while caring for their mother. As I worked through the house, I kept that ring in mind. If the sheers, drapes, or curtains are included in the sale, I usually check them to see if they need cleaning before the sale. The dining room curtains were very heavy and did not allow much light in so I decided to take them down and shake them out and not put them back up to allow more light for the sale. Luckily as we were folded them u[, I saw that a patch was added at the hem. Upon further investigation, inside the patch was the ring along with several other little trinkets that must have meant a lot to the mother. The family was shocked and glad that they had given permission for the drapes to be sold or the ring would have gone with the house. I do estate sales usually on a monthly basis. I usually find at least one thing each time in a strange place...Brenda C. Whistle Stop Treasure Shop Irondale, Alabama --Another Story-- My sister's Mother-in-law, who is 76 years young, told me a story about being an 11 or 12 year old girl and receiving a Shirley Temple doll as a gift. She was mortified since she thought she was far to old to play with dolls. Her father was remodeling their upstairs bedroom and the floorboards were exposed in some areas so she hide it in the floor of the house she grew up in. The house stayed in the family for over 50 more years and was only recently sold outside the family. As far as anyone knows the Shirley Temple doll, still in the box, is still hidden within the framework of the house. Karen C. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #94 November, 2002

2002-11-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- In the Dirt. Backyards can hide many items from the past. I've had a metal detector for many years and have found some interesting items in the yards of the homes that I have lived in. This story is from a reader who got very lucky at a yard sale. Did you ever find anything of a collectible nature in your backyard? Send your story to: newsletter@tias.com -- My wife and I are avid collectors of many things, therefore we go to estate and tag sales every weekend. Two weekends ago my wife exclaimed that there was a sale at the home I lived in 25 years ago. We were talking to the lady of the house and told her that I lived here years ago. She asked my name and I told her Richard Butters. Her husband asked me what my middle name is and I told him Alden, he then said I have your ring!! While he was digging a garden the white gold ring popped out of the dirt on to the walk. The ring had my initials engraved across the top, RAB. I was very excited as my wife and I were talking about the ring the week before wondering what ever happened to my ring. You never know what you will find at a garage sale. Richard . --Another Story-- Hanging Around. People often hide things in unusual places and then forget they are there. Did you ever find anything in your home that was collectible? Where was it hidden and how did you come across it? Old homes are famous for having hidden treasures in their walls or under the floor boards. Tell us your story. Send it to: newsletter@tias.com -- I am an only child, only grandchild, only niece etc.... on both sides of my family. ..... needless to say I am faced with going through multiple households of treasures that have been stored away for decades. One afternoon I was going through a box of fabrics and sewing items that belonged to my great -aunt who was a decorator in the l930's. I was picking at an old curtain hem that was weighted in the corners - out of curiosity I opened the hem to discover seven $5.00 gold pieces. Apparently my grandmother went through a scandalous divorce and her sister hid a little emergency money in the curtains! I now am faithful to comb through everything carefully before getting rid of it. My latest find was my grandmothers report card from 1896 tucked in an old Latin text book. Mitchel R. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #93 October, 2002

2002-10-31

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Ring. In keeping with the theme "things lost/ things found" a (true) ghost story for Halloween: -- I work for a human service agency. When my phone rings, I never know what problem may present itself. On this particular morning, the phone call was from a lady that was home for her mother’s funeral and was needing to clear out a few things and did I know anyone that could use them? When I arrived on her doorstep, I was met by the caller. She was white faced from shock, stress and lack of sleep, but business like and efficient. She explained that her elderly Mother had become suddenly ill and died and she has flown in to plan the funeral. While they were waiting for other family members to arrive for the funeral, she needed to start clearing out some things. So in the midst of neighbors and friends arriving to express condolences, I started carrying things out. The freezer full of food went to the local homeless shelter, a carload of canned goods to the agency's emergency food pantry. Clothes went on the agency giveaway rack, and lots of people now had almost new coats and outfits. The second best china and kitchen linens went to a lady and two children coming out of the domestic violence shelter. Pots pans and small appliances to a family that had lost everything in a house fire. Craft items found a home with a handicapped lady that loves to knit. A family where the children were sleeping on the floor got the quilts and blankets. This lady had been a first grade teacher for 35 years, well known in the community, and as I gave her things away some of the recipients shared their memories of how she had touched their lives. I carried out about 10 carloads of usable things for give away or resale for charity. The entire time the daughter has been the epitome of steely self –control. As I carry out the last load of books, she says to me "You might as well take Moms junk jewelry." Now people in crisis may need a lot of things, but vintage Sara Coventry is NOT high on the list. It will be more useful sold. I take six large jewelry boxes and I begin going through the love offerings of several generations of first graders. It takes all weekend of sorting and matching, but I finally get to the bottom of the oldest and most decrepit box. I take it to the trash can and give it a rap to dislodge the stray hairpins and lint. The cardboard innards fall out and I’m about to throw in the rest of the box when my eye catches a glint of something shiny. Stuck on the underside of the cardboard tray is a nice 18KT gold ring. Since I was given "junk jewelry", and this doesn't qualify, I decide to take it back. Monday morning I'm ringing the doorbell, and when daughter answers , I can tell that she's pretty strung out, and she's surprised to see me. "I have something for you." When she sees what I have, she gasps and exclaims, "Moms wedding ring!!!!" She tells me that 20 years ago, the summer she was 17, the ring went missing. Her mother was devastated and tore the house apart. She cried for days and wouldn't be comforted, even after her husband bought her a new (better) ring. Here it was, the day after her Moms funeral! She cried. (I cried). And finally she was able to start grieving. So what went on here? Pure coincidence? I like to think that it was a last message of Love. Happy collecting, Janice Hudnall --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #92 October, 2002

2002-10-30

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- It took 18 years This reader had an interesting story about a special item from her family. -- My mother died 27 years ago. She had been quite ill for over a year and was home alone when she died. My dad was at work and found her when he got home. That made him uncomfortable in the house. A few days after Mama died, Daddy told my sister and I to take whatever we wanted. Both of us took a couple of small momentos, but refused to take a lot, telling him that it was his stuff and when something happened to him, it would belong to us then. Well, Dad was so uncomfortable in the house that Mama died in, that he talked of selling it, but did not make an effort to put it on the market. One day he called to say that he had sold the house "lock, stock & barrel". All of the furniture went with it in a package deal. I said "Not the coffee table. My son cut his teeth on that table and I always wanted it." Well, it was too late. It was already in a contract and everything had to go. I cried for days over that table. Daddy moved on to the South Carolina coast, remarried and many years passed. About 18 years later, I was in the market for some good old wood bedroom pieces that could be painted white to go in my daughter's bedroom with her antique iron bed that we had sand-blasted and had painted white. I was always on the lookout for something that we could redo for her room. I looked in used furniture shops, antique shops, and even in Good WIll or Salvation Army stores. I never did find what I wanted and ended up buying new white pieces to go with it. But, on a shopping trip one day, I passed a Good Will store in Kannapolis, NC (We lived in Charlotte at the time.) As I passed that store, something just spoke to my heart and told me turn around and go look in that store. I thought I was looking for bedroom pieces so only went in that direction. Again, I did not find what I was looking for and started to leave when something inside told me go the other side of the store. I told my daughter "Let's go look over on this side of the store before we leave. Bedroom stuff is on the other side, but we might find something." She let go of the exit door and followed me. I stopped in my tracks, when I saw my Mama's coffee table. I turned it over and on the bottom of it was the name Janet in large printed letters, a child's handwriting, in black crayon. My handwriting! I remember when Mama spanked me for writing it! I then searched around the edges and found my son's teeth prints where he chewed on it when he was teething. I sat in the floor and cried. Of course, I bought the table (for a whole $28.00) and took it home. .....Janet Stone, Matthews, NC --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #91 October, 2002

2002-10-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Yellow Glass Things are not always as they appear to be, as this reader discovered. -- When I retired several years ago, I started collecting Early American Prescut Glass. I had seen several of the colored pieces but had not purchased any. On an outing to Sulphur Spring, TX, I discovered a pale, yellow ashtray and decided to buy it as a novelty piece. All the way home, I kept thinking about my neat find. Imagine my surprise when the pale, yellow color washed off and revealed a clear ashtray. Apparently the ashtray had been used frequently because the nicotine had given it a perfect coating. All was not lost, however, because I still had a new piece for my collection and a good story about it. Happy Hunting! saa ---Another Story--- We have something different, a poem from one of our readers. I enjoyed it. I hope you will too. After you read it, let us know what you think. Post your comments to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- AT THE AUCTION The auctioneer, his voice a-rattle offers up my parent's lives. What am I bid, he sings and wails, for symbols of their joy and strife? Strangers come and check things out, pawing through what's to be sold, treasures of my Mom and Dad, memories exchanged for gold. Memories in figurines, in linens and the pots and pans, in fishing rods and Craftsman tools, touched with love by caring hands. My Papa's feet were in those slippers so watch where you may walk, that telephone you got so cheap, my Mother used each day to talk. The blanket, white, pink flower-faded, tossed aside so carelessly, became so worn and raggedy from wrapping granddads tenderly. So stranger, when you leave today, with bargains you may find, remember someone loved these things, and try to be more kind. Here's something you can think about: do not scorn the things you buy. The day will come when you are gone, and "junk" on sale makes your kids cry. by Julia George Muskegon, MI (May be reprinted with permission) JuliaGeoge@msn.com ---Another Story--- Milk Soup Be sure to check out the vintage recipe section below, for an interesting story from a reader about "Milk Soup". --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #90 October, 2002

2002-10-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The living doll Perhaps this doll was just a bit too real? -- I must tell you a funny story. I love dolls. About five years ago, I took up doll making in our senior center. I made a baby doll with a soft body. It was 21 inches long and bald. I only painted the head and named it Bobby which is my son's name. I dressed him in an outfit that my son wore at the age of 3 months. I took him to show him to a friend of mine and on the way I stopped to see someone else and left the doll on the front seat of the car. I was so surprised when I came out to see a couple of women starring in the car and saying how terrible to leave a baby alone in the car. Funny but true... Florence J. --Another Story-- Back in time This story is about a place up near Rochester New York, where time slips back and nostalgia becomes reality. -- One summer several years ago, my wife and I and our two children drove up to Rochester New York to visit with my wife's' brother Kevin and his family. Kevin suggested that we take in a movie at a drive-in theatre located just outside of Rochester. It had been many years since the last time I had been to a drive-in. We all packed into the mini van and made our way through farm country outside of Rochester to a place called the "Silver Lake Twin Drive-In" in the Village of Perry. The late afternoon was clear and cool. As we drove up the lane that lead from the road to the theater we passed a live, white jacketed, big band, playing music to a very content crowd of families sitting on beach chairs and blankets. A few toddlers, bobbed and danced to the rhythm, like only small children know how. The mood was set. We paid for our tickets and drove into the drive-in. We parked backwards a few rows from the big screen and popped the rear hatch so that the kids could sit in the back wrapped in blankets, eat candy and popcorn and watch the movie until sleep would eventually overcome them. The music from the band flowed over everything. Between my own memories and the nostalgic sound track, time began to slip back. Directly below the big screen in front of us was a grassy play area for the kids. It was exactly as I remembered the drive in when I was little. It was still bright enough to play catch. We had a frisbee and a football, so we tossed the football for a while. A young boy about 7 walked up to me and said "Excuse me sir, would it be alright if my friends and I played with your frisbee?" I was happily startled. It was like hearing dialog from an earlier era where children had no qualms about talking politely to strangers. I said "certainly" and gave him the frisbee. So, it appeared that it was not just the place that was slipping back, it was the people as well. The sky went from pink sunset to deep purple dusk. The boy politely returned the frisbee, the music had ended and the drive-in screen came alive with dancing cokes and hot dogs. The movie was called "The Kid" it featured actor Bruce Willis as a high powered executive about to turn 40, who is unexpectedly visited by an 8 year old boy that turns out to be him traveling through time. It was the perfect movie for the setting. There was one more wonderful moment between when the movie ended and the credits began to run. In that instant, a shooting star streaked across the sky directly above the darkened big screen. The perfect ending to my passage through time. --- Comments, thoughts? Post them online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #89 October, 2002

2002-10-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Timing is everything. So many factors came together to make this readers story turn out as it did. After reading this story, send us your story about an incident where timing made all the difference. Send it to newsletter@tias.com -- I enjoy reading your stories of of miraculous recovery of a treasure. Several years ago I began researching the CCC camp (Civilian Conservation Corp) my father commanded in 1933 that took outstanding CCC camp in its army corps area. Through following any lead I could, I met one of the 43 enrollees I ultimately found. Casually, he mentioned to his son that I was going to write a book about the camp. The National Archives had already told me that they only had sample documents. Later I received a phone call from the former enrollee. His son had been in an antique shop in a small town, asking for a book on the county in which the camp had been located. The antique dealer said he didn't have the book, but that he did have a file belonging to a Capt. West [ the second commander of the camp]. In this file were camp blueprints, camp newspapers, diary kept by camp clerks, and photos This turned my book into a documentary which has now been published. After getting the file, two weeks later the antique dealer went back to the estate sale where he had bought the papers, and the house had been flooded. My chances of having located these records were more than remote and two weeks later would have been nil...Kathy S --Another Story-- The Doll in the Back In this story from a reader, a doll sits and waits for just the right person. Do you have an interesting story about a doll? I think we would all like to hear it. Send it to newsletter@tias.com -- The story of the pie safe reminded me of a lady that came into my shop a couple of weeks ago. An Aunt had told her she could have her grandmothers bisque doll the next time she came to visit. When the aunt passed. The doll was put into an auction with other household items. Years later the lady returned to this small Indiana town (she lives in Louisiana) went to the only antique shop in the community, inquired about the auction that was many years ago. Asked the owner if she remembered who purchased the doll. The shop owner had. She said it was in a box in the back of the store as it had fallen apart. When ask what she paid the owner said "$20.00" The lady from Louisiana said she would give her the $20.00. The shop owner said SOLD! The doll was a 36" Simon Halbig. Value is over $2.500.00. The doll still had it's beautiful human hair pale blond wig. Clothes missing but a dress was located in a box of items that someone had sent her.! Jan S. --- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #88 October, 2002

2002-10-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Two gifts for the memories. This reader had an interesting day after the reading of her Grandmothers will. After reading this story, share your comments with other readers on our bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 --- Here is a short story of the truth in, "What I Believe". I BELIEVE IN; Treasure's and Finds, I BELIEVE IN; Good things & Yard Sales, my #1. belief is - "Estate sales" Bring Joy and Happiness ! One day last March, with 40 mph winds in a hot desert town. I was grieving over the loss of Mom & Grandma, on my way home from the reading of Grandmas will. My best friend Janet say's with a giggle, "Did you see that pink sign? Do you feel like Stopping?" We used to do this a lot, until I became overcome with grief from the loss of the two most important women in my life. I wasn't much fun to be around, but I said ok... So we went in and I found my mom's most favorite book in the world. We shared a lot of love and laughter between those pages. It was $10.00. In my mind, I could hear Grandma say "What, a used book, and you paid $10.00 !" , bless her heart. When she commented like this, I would patiently, with love and understanding give her a hug and a kiss, then listen to her stories of picking cotton for .10 cent's a day. I would give a million to hear that story from her again. As I walked up to these 4 wonderful vivacious ladies in charge of the estate sale (to pay for my book) I saw the absolutely most stunning piece of furniture in my life! A secretoire, mahogany, original key included, with chair. It was exactly the same as the one that me and grandma went shopping for years earlier for my wedding gift. The cost was in the tens of thousand of dollars back then (1980's). I told Grandma then, "No, I would like savings bonds for me and my first born - thank you." For twenty two year's I have wanted a secretoire. The bidding was silent only. Grandma left me very comfortable, but I had no available funds that day. The lady in front of me placed her bid but all I could honestly bid was $350 ( I was embarrassed). I left feeling ashamed for my meager bid on such a grand item. I lived 200 miles away from the sale. Just as I was getting ready to leave my friends house, the phone rang.... I got the bid! How, why, (I know why!) it was the power to believe in unconditional love, hard work and faith in your elders and their priceless stories. It might have been a coincidence, but it turns out that the stamp on the inkwell in the secretoire had my families last name on it. The secretoire was later appraised at $87,000. But when I go, I am going to make sure that it is auctioned with silent bids. I hope someone gets as much love and joy from it as it has brought to me. As the saying goes, Believe in yourself, and those you love, and it will come back to you two fold. Sincerely, Miss-Debra. --- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #87 October, 2002

2002-10-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Lost but Found This story from a reader is very similar to incidents that have happened to me and I'm sure many of you as well. After you read this story, tell us about your experience with this type of phenomena. You can post an anonymous message online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- Hello there, While going through a massive accumulation of wonderful things belonging to my late mother-in-law and father-in-law,both of whom were in show business(Mom was a vaudeville dancer & Dad a musician) we became frustrated trying to find the correct key to open an old steamer trunk. We had somewhere in the vicinity of one hundred skeleton keys, none worked. Since Mother was extremely attached to her things and memories, we were reluctant to break the lock but finally realized we needed help and called around for a locksmith willing to try opening it at the house (the thing weighed a ton and we didn't want to have to carry it) Mother had always been reluctant to consider that her time in this world was finite and was terribly attached to her "stuff". No matter haw much we tried, she would not allow anyone to help her ,and consequently many questions about her career and her life "on the road" were unanswered. We wanted so much to know her directions for her personal, special things but she would not discuss them or allow them to be moved. Unfortunately, many were destroyed or lost to mildew and theft by "the nice girl who cleaned the house "Before scheduling the locksmith who said he would try to open the trunk, but would not guarantee he could do it without damaging the trunk, I gave it one last shot and said "Gizella, (her name) please, where is the key?" Not five minutes later, I was drawn to a rolltop desk which had already been searched several times (only a few paper clips left in it). I opened the top drawer, and there in full view with NOTHING around it was a skeleton key. Well....we held our breath and, of course, the trunk opened. The trunk revealed lovely old candy roses that were 75 yrs. old, her vanity set and stage makeup, locks of someone's hair ,and what she had referred to as her Russian doll. There were, of course, also photos and letters that we will always treasure. Although we had already emptied that desk, I would like to think that showing me where to look for the key that day was her permission to view her special private memories and I thank you Gizzie for allowing me the privilege. --Another Story-- Carbarn Sally How do dealers find those huge odd lots of stuff? Here is one dealers story. -- I run an 'Antiques Wanted' ad in the paper and get my self into all sorts of crazy, bizarre places and meet a real cross-section of humanity, but nothing will top a call I got a few years back from 2 women moving their aunts belongings out of a run down area of Washington DC. The entire block of old WW2 era apts were vacant and being renovated and after getting lost my friend Pam and I finally arrived..what we encountered was beyond belief. The entire grounds were literally 4 feet deep in old paper items from the 20's-60's. They just threw it out the window! .Inside the apt were rooms piled waist deep with Old movie stills, Movie Posters, License plates you name it. The women who lived there hadn't even lived in the apt for 20 years but just stored her lifetime of memories! She was a postal employee who was such a train buff she took many days off from work to travel the country photographing trains and trolley cars. Her nick-name was 'Car Barn Sally' a refernce to the building where Trolley Cars are housed. The whole atmosphere was tense as we negotiated on boxes of posters, and misc. We had arrived late in the evening and the women were nervous about being in this rough part of town and wanted to leave, and were very rude and argumentative. We finally agreed on $400 for the lot and were on our way. We had peeked into the boxes of movie posters but really had no idea what was there..we just knew they were from the 40's. Well imagine our surprise when we unfolded an original 1 sheet in sepia tone of 'Casablanca' starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingred Bergmen! The poster sold for $10,000 at auction! We were quite relieved we stuck with the negotiations when many would have walked! We 'harvested' the outer yard for weeks after the ladies were gone finding numerous paper treasures that Sally had kept all these years. It's finds like these that keep us all out there beating those bushes!! Bill in Michigan --- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #86 October, 2002

2002-10-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Old Ghost Mantel Old houses are like antiques, just bigger. They don't like it when someone takes a piece of them away. This reader has an interesting story to tell. -- In the early 80's my husband and I purchased a 'turn of the century' home that was in dire need of repair. It was during World War II that this large home had been converted into apartments by a neighbor that had lived next door. Thinking that someday they might want to convert the house back into a single family dwelling, all removed woodwork was carefully placed on the third floor. This included a beautiful oak staircase, a mantel with leaded glass doors, French windows and an old 'courting bench' along with numerous other items. Often the owners would check on the items upstairs whenever a tenant would move. During one of these checks they noticed that the beautiful mantel was missing. The owners had desperately tried to locate this tenant but with no luck. He had moved out of the state. After we purchased the house and had begun putting things back together the former owners told me the story of my missing mantel. I desperately wanted to locate this individual to see if I could possibly get the mantel back even though it had been gone 20 years. With every inquiry that I made, I came to a dead end! One rainy, Saturday, morning with 50-60 garage sales listed in our local paper, I decided to go to only one sale that day because I had too many other things to do. I chose this one because it said, "Moving Back Home Sale". As soon as I walked up to the garage I knew that the mantel for sale was the one from my house. I was so excited that I could hardly talk! I asked about the mantel and the lady said that her brother had given it to her years ago. I asked her, "where did he get it?" She said, "he found it in an old house (on my street) where he use to live". She told me her brother's last name and it matched the name given to me by the previous owner. No doubt it was the original mantel from my house! I never mentioned the story that I knew about the mantel. I was so thrilled to find it that I purchased it and brought it back to it's home. Could this possibly been just fate to locate an item that had traveled six hundred miles then find its way back home? My husband "jokingly" calls it the Old Ghost Mantel. It is hard to explain how this could have ever happened especially when I could have chosen any number of garage sales that rainy day......Sue Hastings, Owensboro, Kentucky --Another Story-- The Golden Rule. This reader had an interesting run in with the "Golden Rule" and it worked..... -- I was a little short on cash and decided to go to some thrift shops instead of my usual round of estate sales. At one store I found a cute little pillow with the following saying, "I don't care what people think about what I do, as long as they don't tell my mother." I stood on line with the pillow and a few small items. An elderly woman in front of me looked at the pillow and said, "I wish I had seen that ahead of you." Then, dismayed by her own words she added, "No, I'm sorry. That wasn't very nice of me. You found it , enjoy it." But she kept looking at the pillow and said "but my daughter really would like that." Amused, I handed her the pillow explaining that she really should have it. She gave me a hug and said thank you. While her packages were being wrapped, I inquired about the price of a small figurine I was holding. "Please tell me it's $1.50 and not $15.00 I said to the salesgirl." When I was told the price was fifteen dollars, I said I was sorry but I couldn't buy it. "Well I can, " said the elderly woman. And she did. And when it was wrapped, she presented it to me and said, "this way we can both have what we love." The statue is close to my computer and I enjoy it every day......Susan --- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #85 October, 2002

2002-10-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Three nice stories We have three stories this week. All of them are quite interesting. Also, check out the interesting results from last weeks "Lost vintage recipe" section. Enjoy! and keep those stories coming. -- The Key When I was a child, I collected old church keys (skeleton). I had a favorite I kept on my key ring for many years. My husband was a big antique fan and we went to many sales, shows, etc. together the twenty years we were married. One day I noticed my skeleton key had broken off my key ring and was very upset. My husband said he would find another. Then my husband passed away 5 years later and never did get me another key. About a week after my husband died, I was getting in my car in the driveway and I happened to look down in the dirt and noticed the sun glinting off something shiny. I bent down to pick up what I thought was a coin and there was a skeleton key! I looked up to the sky and smiled! I knew he put it there for me!!! I still collect antiques but it's not the same without him.....Deb R. --Another Story-- A Little golden Book You always have to wonder when things like this happen. It's almost as if the item has a soul, here's an unusual example. My parents and I lived in the lower level of my grandmothers home. When I was three we moved to another state. At the time I had books and toys to play with when I would visit with my grandmother. She unfortunately passed away at a young age. My father rented the house to many tenants during the years after my grandmother died. We had stored some of our personal items in the garage and over the years a tenant had broken in and stole some of the stuff. Seventeen years after my grandmothers death I bought the house out of the estate . My husband who is a bargain hunter frequents yard sales and picks up a Little Golden book with a familiar signature printed in the cover. He brings the book home and shows me and sure enough it was my signature. There was one of the books that was probably in the garage and stolen many years ago. See that's why I say it's almost as if an item picks it's owner as much as the owner picks it...Michelle Dooley Sellersburg, IN --Another Story-- The Childs' Bible Last weeks story brings to mind when I was a child of 4 years old. We lived in West Virginia and we were very poor. We were invited to a camp meeting at a church a few miles away and the minister let us stay in one of the cabins that they rented to people who came to the meetings. They had a store there that sold bibles and literature for the church. I saw this tiny zippered new testament with leather binding. I had to have it. My parents had hardly no money but Being 4 years old I cried until they gave in and bought it. A few years later when we moved away to the city in another state it got lost or left behind. I always wondered what happened to it. Many years later while I had my head bowed at my sisters grave while the pastor was praying an unseen person dropped something into my pocket. I turned around to look and no one was there. I stuck my hand in my pocket to see what it was and it was the testament. I could not believe it, so I unzipped the book and opened the cover and there was my mothers hand writing in it where she had presented it to me. It brought back some sweet memories. My mother had been dead for many years. I still have the bible today.... Henry Chaffin -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #84 October, 2002

2002-10-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- They Deal in Memories. The items that antique dealers carry, by definition, were once owned by someone else. Dealers make their living handling precious things that are often full of memories for someone somewhere. This reader sent in a very interesting story about an antique dealer that did not forget that. After reading this story, please share your positive experiences with antique dealers. Post them to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- Back in the mid seventies, my great aunt had to be hospitalized, and while she was away, someone broke into the old family home stead and robbed it. The house was jam packed with stuff, and except for a few select items, we really had no idea what was missing. Fifteen years later, after my aunt was gone, and the house was emptied out of valuables [I still own the house and use it as a summer place] I got a phone call one evening long distance, from an antique dealer in central New York, he told me that he had just purchased an estate from one of my "neighbors" and he suspected that a lot of the stuff was from my house and family, and wanted to ask me about some of the pieces. I told him how we had been robbed years before, and he was very sad. He told me he was going to put the things aside until I had a chance to drive back north and look them over. When I finally got back north, he showed me a room packed with items that were from my family, there was so much! I felt bad for the dealer, as he had bought the items in good faith, and only got curious, after he started finding names on items and pictures of the house. To make a long story short, I picked out a small pile of items that had special memories, such the other half of my grandmothers silver vanity set, and a few candle sticks [I had one, he had the other] . The dealer made me a gift of the pieces I wanted, and I left the rest to him. You often hear of how some antique dealers are dishonest jerks, but you never hear when they go out of their way to be helpful. I will always be grateful to Steve White {the dealers name] for reuniting me with some treasured items!..... Cornelia Pierce --Another Story-- Stolen items find home. A reader writes about a theft and the result, many years later. -- You always have to wonder when things like this happen. It's almost as if the item has a soul, here's an unusual example. My parents and I lived in the lower level of my grandmothers home. When I was three we moved to another state. At the time I had books and toys to play with when I would visit with my grandmother. She unfortunately passed away at a young age. My father rented the house to many tenants during the years after my grandmother died. We had stored some of our personal items in the garage and over the years a tenant had broken in and stole some of the stuff. Seventeen years after my grandmothers death I bought the house out of the estate . My husband who is a bargain hunter frequents yard sales and picks up a Little Golden book with a familiar signature printed in the cover. He brings the book home and shows me and sure enough it was my signature. There was one of the books that was probably in the garage and stolen many years ago. See that's why I say it's almost as if an item picks it's owner as much as the owner picks it.....Michelle Dooley,Sellersburg, IN -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #83 September, 2002

2002-09-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- "PRICELESS" pie safe. After you read this story from one of our subscribers, be sure to read the editors footnote that follows. My favorite antique has always been a pie safe. My mother had acquired antiques my whole life. I had always wanted to own one so my mother gave me one of hers in 1969. It needed a lot of work but I considered it a pleasure. My very own pie safe. I was thrilled to sand, paint, and restore this treasure. I had it from 1969 to 1977. It followed me and my family to four different homes. Even though my marriage of ten years didn't make it, the infamous "pie safe" made it through a divorce and into my second marriage. After my new husband and and I had been married about ten months we had to move away and my mother suggested that I leave my beloved pie safe to the people who were buying our house. I protested, but my mother promised that she would give me another one, so I gave in. My pie safe had a rather different punch pattern on the tin door panels as well as a rather unique opener for the doors. So it was truly a one of a kind. We moved, time passed and I never got my replacement pie safe. My mother passed away in 1999 leaving behind hundreds of beautiful antiques. I never stopped wanting a pie safe, better yet, my original one back. Another year passed and my father sold the house that he and my mother had lived in for sixty years of marriage. He split up the proceeds from the sale three ways. With some of the proceeds, I decided I'd try to find a pie safe at one of the area antique malls again. I asked at the front counter if they had any available. The sales lady said they had three and told me where I could find them. The first one was too expensive. The second one was the wrong style. As I turned the corner to look at the third one you can't believe the excitement I felt. My heart was pounding. There stood the pie safe my mother had given me all those years ago! It now stands proudly in my kitchen. Never to be gone again. My "PRICELESS" pie safe was home at last.....Becky J.Dyer (Please read note below) -- Before starting this newsletter, I had never heard stories like these. Almost every week we get another story about how a long lost object, with great personal significance to someone, seems to find it's way back to that person after many years. Sometimes the item has traveled thousands of miles, but on one fateful day in a small antique shop somewhere....Bingo! What is going on here? Is it more than just fate? Does anyone know a name for this phenomena? If there is no name, maybe we should come up with a name. Share your ideas about this topic with other readers. You can post an anonymous message on our bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 I think we would all enjoy hearing your ideas. -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com .

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The Collectors Newsletter #82 September, 2002

2002-09-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Swan killer! While waiting for a sale to open, sometimes folks become a bit over zealous. Here is an interesting story from one of our readers about how one customer went a bit too far. Everyone enjoys a good deal, but some are more pushy about it than others. We have a local antique dealer in town that has made a bad reputation for himself by pushing, shoving and grabbing items away from others. An elderly couple were selling them home and most of the contents and moving. There was a large advertisement in the newspaper and people lined up early. Like normal, the local dealer was to the front of the line. A short while before opening, the drapes were opened. The local dealer jumped off the porch to run look into the window. In his hurry, he did not see the plastic swan filled with flowers. When he stepped on it, it was totally destroyed. The home owners came to the window to see what the noise was and told him to get out of the flower bed. He returned to his place in line, but somewhere towards the back a man started chanting...."Swan Killer, Swan Killer!" Knowing the reputation of this dealer, the whole line began to chant softly, but with so many people, it was loud. About two minutes before the door opened, the owner came outside and asked who the "Swan Killer" was. He told the dealer it would be $20.00 for the swan and flowers before he would be admitted. As they argued about it, others were permitted to enter. Justice was served!!!! ....Jane --Another Story-- Bunnies! This reader started her collection because of a magician. When I was very young, my parents and I lived in a downtown theatrical apartment hotel.....one room, kitchenette and bath. I always loved rabbits and would admire them in the pet stores. One time I saw Blackstone the great magician at the Palomar theater in Seattle and because I was young and gullible! he invited me onstage to "help" with his performance.....To my surprise he gave me a very small bunny which he had magically produced in a loaf of bread. Mother was delighted, Daddy not so. Next time Blackstone came to Seattle he called my mother and asked if I could come again and be on stage with him. I went the last day of his stay......and came home with SEVEN live bunnies. This started me on a quest for more. I don't collect live rabbits, but have over 300 ceramic, crystal, glass, wood gemstone, paper mache, plastic....you name it. And one of the older paper mache candy holders really caught my eye.....I carefully removed a bit of the interior paper and found the date 1929....the year I was born. Shortly after that find, my mother said she thought that particular rabbit looked like one given to me as a child and she produced a picture of me holding a rabbit just like the one in my collection. I think that's terrific! I try not to add to the collection, as the house isn't getting any larger, but once in awhile a bunny will just hop out at me and I have to bring it home....Joanne -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com . If you have comments about our readers stories, post them to our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31

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The Collectors Newsletter #81 September, 2002

2002-09-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Hitler's stamps This is an interesting story from a reader about how a stamp collection got started and the unusual origin of the stamps that started it. -- This story is not so much about the unusualness of a collection but as to the origin of collections. My father was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne during WWII and part of a special forces unit. (Actually his unit is the one written about in Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose). They were the first on the scene in May of 1945 to capture the Eagel's Nest, Hitler's main headquarters and home. (He had committed suicide with Eva VonBraun 3 days earlier). After the investigators sifted through the papers on his desk, my father sat in Hitler's chair and took a picture of the view (much destroyed by our shelling). Although many of his comrades took various momentos of the home (silver candlesticks, glassware, etc.), my father was too concerned with what combat might lie ahead and decided to save something that would not weigh him down. He removed the stamps off the discarded envelopes. He carried them in a small leather change purse through the rest of the war. Although the stamps are very warn and common for their time (a large portrait of the dictator), I know where they came from and they were the start of my stamp collection when I was 10 years old. (I also have the small black & white pictures he took that day). On his birthday, in January, 1944 he won a lottery type drawing for a weekend pass to Paris and there purchase a small glass slipper to send home to my mother. He carefully wrapped it in his socks and carried it with him through several months of fighting. It returned with him, safe and sound to be added to my mother's first collection that now numbers over 400 shoes and slippers. He passed away of cancer three years ago and I miss him terribly but maybe there are others out there that might have been in his unit that same day that came back with other items that belonged to Hitler. --Another Story-- The ugly couch. A little knowledge can go a long way, as this reader discovered. -- A few years ago I was helping some ladies at a large estate sale. I was the "runner" for the living room area. When the estate sale was over for the day I sat to rest on what was an "institutional" looking sofa. All of a sudden I remembered seeing one similar in my price guides. I climbed under the sofa and much to my surprise found the name "Knoll International"! The sofa had been there all day long with a price of $30.00. After the first day, everything went on sale for 1/2 price. I decided to take a chance and I called my husband and asked him to bring his truck. When he got there, he looked at me like I had lost my mind. We dragged the sofa home. I took pictures and listed it on eBay at a starting price of $150.00 with no reserve. It sold to a costume designer in Beverly Hills for $3,850.00! Needless to say I delivered free of charge. (It is only 3 hours from where I live) I have never turned my head on an ugly sofa since.... Patti in California -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com . If you have comments about our readers stories, post them to our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31

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The Collectors Newsletter #80 September, 2002

2002-09-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The best of the worst. We were swamped with horror stories about bad things that had happened to our readers at yard, tag, estate and garage sales and auctions. This story really stood out from the rest though. I think you will enjoy it. It has an interesting twist. After reading the story, if you would like to comment on it, post a message online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 -- Some years back, I was the first one in line outside of the home of an elderly woman in a prominent neighborhood who was moving to Florida to be near family. One of the workers who'd organized the sale had verified that we would be let in by the front door, so there I stood in the rain, patiently waiting for the 8:00 o'clock opening and chatting with those around me. Soon the line of avid "salers" behind me had grown to approximately 100 or so, even with the weather being cold and rainy. Just prior to "the big opening", the old woman came out and announced that they'd changed their mind and we would be let in through the large garage door instead. Well, needless to say, the last ones to arrive became the first ones in line and us dedicated early arrivals who'd been standing there for over 2 hours became last! There was scurrying and grumbling by those who'd patiently waited the longest as attempts were made to get turned around and re-lined up in front of the newly designated opening. One of the people I'd struck up a conversation with was a rather "hippie" looking young man with a scruffy beard, long hair and pierced ears. We'd spoken of the various areas of interest that prompted us to set our alarms at ridiculously early hours and subject ourselves to bad weather, and like in this case the bad luck of a last minute entrance change. After locating a new position in line of approximately "Number 10" or so, the garage door began to open & some rude attendees began pushing the sea of bodies forward at such force that I was knocked to the ground & found myself pinned down with people's feet stepping in the middle of my back! This hippie looking young fellow (who was also a very LARGE hippie fellow), stepped in front of the crowd and with great authority told everyone that "This little lady was here first & has waited longest...now you rude, obnoxious people have knocked her down and hurt her............I want you all to step back and let her in NOW or there's gonna be trouble!" Much to my amazement, the people obeyed and I hobbled inside to shop without competition for approximately 2 or 3 minutes while my "protector" held the masses at bay at the garage door opening! I have to say it was the most unusual experience I've ever had and while I never saw the young man again, I truly appreciated his chivalry in keeping me from further injury ........not to mention obtaining some of the greatest "treasures" I've ever gotten....many pieces of which I still have in my home. I think if I ever get to the point where I behave like the rude people at that sale, I'll give up this past time and find another! It tends to turn fairly normal human beings into complete jerks. It could only happen in California.............Connie -- We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #79 September, 2002

2002-09-17

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Treasures at a sale. This story comes from a reader in Auckland New Zealand. She found some incredible items at bargain prices. The interesting part for me is the behavior of the other customers at this sale, trying to steal the item away from this reader. I've seen people act like this at a few sales here in New York, and I find it appalling. How about you? What is the worst behavior you've witnessed at a sale? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com . After reading the story, if you would like to comment on it, post a message online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 -- Three weeks ago my son and I had a great morning at a garage sales here in Auckland New Zealand. We were lined up with about thirty people at one garage sale at 5 am and decided "lets blow this" we took off to another one that was not so hectic...only ten people lined up at the next one,,,an old church...looks like this is the one for us...we had about fifteen minutes wait then all barged in like crazy men...my son is tall so he managed to reach over everyone and grab all the goodies that were interesting...we had a huge big pile of stuff in the corner to be priced so he stood by the pile while I searched on...I looked under the table and discarded like it was a dog bowl was a beautiful piece of ORIGINAL GEOMETRIC BIZARRE CLARICE CLIFF....it was all on now...I took it over to my son and said hold this for a minute...during that minute three people went to him and said that is mine I put it down for a min etc etc...one person said I paid that lady over there and all desperate measures were made to capture this bowl...true human nature was at its best,,,my son said how much is this and the man at the counter said $1..so he paid the dollar and I packed it away...after we put everything in the car..Ashley my son said lets go back to the first garage sale just for a laugh...by this time I was exhausted but anyway off we went...in the shed at the next sale was a back wall with old shelving, so of course over I went to look in the boxes that looked like they should be in the dump...I noticed a glass with red dots on it that my brother inlaw collects...peanut butter...so in I dive and what do I find...William Morecroft with the royal warrant, as good as new and with the hundred year old toothpicks....what a day that was.......regards...gene -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #78 September, 2002

2002-09-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- What animals dig up. When I lived in California just behind Santa Barbara, there were old places where the Chumash Indians had frequented many years ago. These places now kept gophers busy with their tunneling. The rodents left small mounds of freshly excavated soil everywhere. They often contained beads, shells and other remnants from the Chumash. This reader has a twist on this type of story. -- When my daughter was about 4 years old we went on an exploring hike. We live on a farm and there is always something to see. This day we had decided we would look for animal homes. We searched out the bird nests, the mouse home in the barn and we were looking for the ground hog home. We had seen him earlier that day. When we finally got to the place where we knew the hole was .....there was a piece of shiny green glass. My daughter started to pick it up and I stopped her for fear she would get cut. As I picked it up I realized it was a bottle. dug up by the ground hog! It was a civil war era flask with thirteen, stars a cannon, flagpole cannon balls and the clasped hands on the other side! My daughter is now 18 and we have been teasing each other ever since about whom it belongs to! Wanted to share my story..... Thanks Judy --Another story-- Not just another photo. This delightful tale of a photograph and it's subject comes from one of our readers. -- I was the first grandchild in our family, so, when I was little, my grandparents would take a special photo of me each year and have it reproduced in 8 x 10 size. These were framed and given to my uncles and aunts as gifts. A while back, my husband and I were browsing an antique shop about 30 miles from our home. I turned a corner, and there, sitting on a dresser was the photo taken of me when I was 6 years old! I immediately started to cry...there were so many memories in that photo! The lady who owned the shop kept looking at the photo and at me and saying how much I looked like my old picture. (I took that as a compliment...after all, it was that or be depressed about finding my childhood photograph offered as an antique!) The owner wouldn't take any money for the photo. She just wrapped it and said it belonged with me. It now sits proudly in my dining room on a bookcase that once belonged to those same grandparents. -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #77 September, 2002

2002-09-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A fascinating story about Byrd Bottles It's amazing how just a little bit of research can uncover an incredible piece of history. I would enjoy hearing from readers who uncovered collectibles in their homes that they later discovered had significant historical value. This reader certainly hit the jackpot. -- I was going through some boxes that from a recent move we made from Connecticut to Rhode Island and come across a box marked "Antique Bottles." The handwriting was that of my deceased mother-in-law. I unwrapped the first package and found a 4 fluid ounce bottle with the following molded into the glass: A tri-motor airplane below which were these words. "Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1928-1929." There were four of these bottles, three of which contained specimens (Krill, Brine Shrimp and clear water). The fourth was empty but sealed as the others with a tight fitting cork. A little research on the Internet turned up a site at Ohio University. An email to them resulted in an article faxed to me about the bottles manufactured by Owens Illinois in 1928 as a rush order for then Commander Byrd. They were to be used for specimens and for determining current drift as some were to be thrown overboard with notes inside. Only 500 of these bottles were produced. My in-laws were oceanographers who, while not accompanying Byrd to the Antarctic, did research for the expedition from the continental US.......J. B. Munro, Jr. --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com --Another Story-- A neat milk bottle story I love these stories about how people and things from their past seem to gravitate towards each other many many years later. -- This is not a spectacular story: it simply reinforces the type you usually get. There is an antique store across the street. The owner came over one day to tell me a story. A man and woman were browsing the antique store. The man (who only accompanies his wife and never buys for himself) was drawn to an old insulated milk box....he didn't know why, but he bought it. His wife was cleaning it up for him , and , yes, she found his old home address on it. The box was from Milwaukee and the antique store is about 75 miles from there. Love your stories and newsletter...thank you for doing it......Suzanne Fish

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The Collectors Newsletter #76 September, 2002

2002-09-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- She found a piece of her ex. This reader has an interesting story to tell about what you might find in at Goodwill store. -- Several years ago when I lived in Ocala Florida I used to frequent the local Goodwill store on a regular basis. I could buy bags of costume jewelry there and would find all sorts of goodies. You never know what you are going to find. I purchased 3 big full bags one day and went home and started going thru them piece by piece. I noticed a red ribboned fraternal pin and thought to myself that it looked an awful lot like the badges that I had earned over the years as an Officer and volunteer for the Local branch of the Independent Order of Foresters. Much to my surprise not only was it a Forester Medal but it was inscribed to my ex husband of 10 years who lived in Orlando Fl about 60 mile away from Ocala. The next time I saw him I presented him with his ribbon and said " I really think you were supposed to get this back!". In that same bag I found a british sterling small enameled pin. It was about the size of the tip of my small finger. I have had it for about 5 years now and have never checked the back that well for the marking. As it turns out while checking out other Jewelry collector web sites I came across the same pin and found out that it was made in 1904 and is worth about $150. So for a $5 bag of supposedly junk jewelry I had some pretty good finds.-- Judy Lee --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #75 August, 2002

2002-08-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Just because it's unmarked..... People don't seem to realize that just because a piece of pottery or porcelain is unmarked or does not have a signature, it may still be from a well known maker. I have a relative that has a great eye for finding unmarked pieces of vintage porcelain. She knows the patterns and the molds by sight and does quite a nice little business buying and selling these rare finds. This reader had a similar experience based on a gut feeling about a piece that she came across. How about you? Have you ever found a valuable unmarked piece? What was it that tipped you off? After you read this story, let us know about your find at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- Recently, I had a little time to kill between appointments and stopped at one of my favorite "flea markets". It's a little store that rents booths to individuals and you can find everything from antiques to current day decorator items. It's fun to poke around and see what you can find. That day I hit the jack-pot. First I found a hand painted stein by the Cash Family from Erwin, TN., for what I thought was a pretty good price - I collect pottery mostly from California and Tennessee. I was happy with that and was about to hurry and pay for it before I went to my next appointment but something made me slow down. In one of the booths that usually just has a lot of gift items, I saw a pottery vase that caught my eye due to the color and round shape. Once I got close to it and picked it up, I realized it was an old piece, due to the weight and the glaze. I wasn't sure what company, but I could tell it was a good piece and very deco. Then I looked at the price tag. I was expecting at least $30 or $40. It said $3.50! I had to read it twice! Naturally, I hugged it to my chest and ran to pay for it. Once I got home, I dragged out all my research books. I opened the Roseville book first. There on the page was my vase! It was a 1933 Tourmaline rose bowl and worth $80 to $100. That may not be a fortune, but having paid only $3.50 I was dancing all over the house! Thanks to a dealer that didn't take a few moments to do a little research, I now own a lovely piece of unmarked Roseville.--Sheryl Bennett, Woodstock, GA --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #74 August, 2002

2002-08-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Traveling Ginny Many years and many miles were closed by this reader and her Ginny doll. -- When I was a small girl my aunt used to sew professionally and one year decided to make some Ginny Dolls for me (1953) in an entire bridal suite (bride, groom, ushers, maid of honor, best man, etc.) and since I was sort of a tomboy, a cowgirl with a small gun and everything. Since my "gun" was lot when I was playing with it I took another one that belonged to a cousin of mine, put it with my Ginny Doll and put her away in my storage cabinet. Two years later we moved to Puerto Rico where a trip took 7 hours on plane and my mom decided to leave the Ginny Dolls behind. Since I really loved my dolls and was 8 years old I really got upset about all this. Well, one week ago I was in Burlingame, CA and decided to visit an antique shop and came upon some Ginny Dolls, the new version recently issued and was upset that there were no longer any of the old versions until I asked and the lady in charge of the store told me about a cabinet in the back that was full of old and new versions of Ginny. After searching I was about to give up when I suddenly saw a cowgirl in the back and decided to purchase her for old times sake. When I was handing the doll over to the gentleman who had opened the cabinet for me I let out a cry of surprise. It was my old Ginny Doll and it still had the gun that I had taken from my cousin!!!! It was indeed the one my aunt had dressed for me and not a manufacturer -issued costume. How it got from New York to California is beyond my imagination, but Ginny is back home in Puerto Rico with me and has a place of honor in my collection of dolls.... I wonder if the bridal suite is out there somewhere? ....Aida Torres - San Juan, Puerto Rico --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #73 August, 2002

2002-08-23

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Tobacco Tins When charged with clearing an estate, it's always a good idea to check every nook, cranny and everywhere else. As this reader discovered. This type of story is fairly common. Tell us if you have had a similar experience. Post a message to our bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- My husband's dad passed away in 1997 and over the next few years, his mom began to have failing health and eventually passed in Jan. 2001. Being an only child, there was no problem with settling the estate, but it was our task alone to sort through all of the household items and decide what to send to auction and what to keep. This was a task that my husband kept putting off because he was close to his parents and it was hard for him to go inside the house and face all of the memories...and more so, it was harder for him to just root through their belongings. But it had to be done since we had set an auction date for the contents, and had a buyer for the house waiting on the side-lines. Finally, with deadlines approaching, I convinced my husband that we needed to go to the house and start getting things sorted out. Reluctantly, he agreed, and once we got started, it became a little easier for him each time we went to the house. One Sunday afternoon, while I was on the main floor sorting through things, my husband went to the basement where his dad had converted a portion of it into a family room/bar area. Years earlier, they had taken up making home made wine and there was a storage cupboard built which still had gallons of wine labeled and aging over the years. While my husband was looking through the cupboard wondering what we would do with so much wine, he ran across a couple of old tobacco tins that were back in the corner behind a jug of wine. He picked each on up and shook it a little and set it back. The third one seemed to have something in it, but he didn't think too much of it right away and set it back. Then, I heard this muffled voice calling from the basement, so dropped what I was doing to find out what my husband wanted. He told me to come down there...so I did. He was standing in the bar room with this funny look on his face, holding one of the old Tobacco tins when I entered the room. I asked what was up, and he said I wouldn't believe it. Then, just jokingly, I asked if he had found money or something. He went through the story of shaking each tin and setting them back, then decided to open the one that seemed to have something in it. As he was telling about the third tin, he opened the lid to the one he held in his hand and tipped it slightly so I could see the contents. Inside was a wad of bills. I said, "you've got to be kidding". As we counted out the wad...most of which were $100.00 bills, it totaled $2,500.00. The oldest bill was dated 1954. Over the years, his dad had stashed the bills away as "reserve" cash, or something, and no one ever knew about it. It was his little secret stash and we don't know if he might have even forgotten about it himself, up to his last days before he passed away. This lead us to be a little more cautious with the rest of the sorting in the house, but we never ran across any more "hidden" treasures. The other treasures were many of the antiques that were inherited, and although many of those have some value, the old Tobacco tin that seemed pretty worthless, was the best "prize" of all!......MK --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #72 August, 2002

2002-08-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Boxlots sometimes contain more than you expect. After you buy something at a sale, check it out carefully. I've found several interesting items hidden in old furniture. I've heard stories of jewels sewn into stuffed animals. After you read the following story from one of our subscribers, I'd like to hear your stories of hidden treasures. If it's possible for you to return the "found" hidden item, should you do it, or does it belong to you? Post your comments online on our bulletin board: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- I've told this, "my best find" story so many times and it never fails to send everyone searching! About 16 years ago my husband and I were visiting our parents in Mass. and decided to drive part of the way home to Long Island by the local roads through Conn. and stop at some yard sales along the way. My husband's rule was, I could stop only if the sale was directly by the side of the road, no chasing signs! Well, we stopped at this one "because we're moving" sale and I found a few things and then saw a box of size 10 1/2 nylons, my size. You know, the kind from the 50's, that were folded in tissue paper with a paper ribbon around them that you had to tear to get at the nylons. The kind you wear with a garter belt. Well, there were 3 boxes at $1.00 for all, so I bought them. I took them home and stored the bag they were in, on the floor under my dresser. And promptly forgot about them! About 2 years later I changed our room around and found the bag with the 3 boxes of nylons. I swear as I took out the boxes of nylons, a thought went through my head, wouldn't it be weird if there was money in the boxes. I actually had goose bumps as I broke the paper ribbon and pulled out the nylons! In the first box tucked in between the nylons were 3, $100.00 bills! I had goose bumps everywhere! The next box another 3, $100.00 bills! The last box had 2, $100.00 bills! I had a house guest at the time who was sunning herself out on the deck and I ran out to her, yelling and laughing, at the same time! I told her what happened and as I held up one of the pairs of nylons to show her where the bills were hidden another $100. 00 bill fell out! We were jumping up and down like crazy. The bills must have been in the boxes for a very long time because some of them were signed Ivy Baker Priest and she was President Eisenhower's Secretary of the treasury in the 50s. I figure some lady was very clever at hiding her money, and she did it very well! I've never passed up a box of nylons at a yard sale since then and neither has anyone I've ever told this story to! I bet your readers won't pass them up either! Good Luck! ....Nancy --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #71 August, 2002

2002-08-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Smell of "Profit" This reader found that giving away an item was more profitable than selling it. -- I have a lot of items that I have collected that I hope someday to profit from. None brought me more "profit" than this--I had a complete gift set of "Evening in Paris" perfume. My cousin's Dad was in a nursing home, and one of his pals there was Rosie, a sparkling, full of fun lady in a wheel chair. Her son and my cousin played music for the patients, and I went with them to visit and enjoy the music. Rosie was in full form, enjoying the music, commenting--and she spritzed me and my cousin with some of her perfume. She loved her perfume. When I returned home, I sent her the gift set. Days later, I learned that it was a valuable collectors item, so I sent word to my cousin to tell Rosie, thinking perhaps she could sell it and buy herself something with the proceeds. I will always treasure her reply. She said emphatically- "I used every bit of it!".....Jo --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #70 August, 2002

2002-08-17

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A simple bracelet with so much meaning. I was deeply touched by this story from a newsletter reader. The following was read into the U.S. congressional record last year. After you read it, please share your thoughts with our other readers on our online bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 -- Americans now are inspired and united by every musical note of "God Bless America." But back in the sixties, we were a nation in discord, singing many different tunes. Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote songs of Camelot, while Pete Seeger asked, “Where have all the young men gone?” The story I’m going to tell you today is about what happened to one of those young men. This story began in the sixties, when POW/MIA bracelets were conceived as a way to remember missing or captive American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia. Traditionally, a POW/MIA bracelet is worn until the man named on the bracelet is accounted for, whether it be 30 days or 35 years. I bought my bracelet in 1970 for $2.50. It had "Lt. Col. Samuel Johnson, April 16, 1966" engraved on it. I wore the bracelet faithfully for many years, but eventually took it off and put it away. But every time I opened my jewelry box, I saw it. And every time I saw it, I was saddened, and I thought of Lt. Col. Johnson, and I said a little prayer. The bracelet led to my first foray into the wonderful world of e-Bay, the on-line auction service, where I listed it for sale. I thought that anyone who would buy it would treasure it and it would be out of my sight, out of my mind. To my surprise, bidding on the bracelet was brisk. On the seventh, and final, day of the auction, my husband George asked me if I knew what had happened to Col. Johnson. "No," I replied. "I never wanted to know." But George went to the Internet, and returned with information. Of the more than twenty-five hundred POWs, and the three to six thousand MIAs, only 591 men returned. My brother did not. After spending seven years as a prisoner of war, Sam Johnson did. I was so happy I cried. When I contacted Congressman Johnson's office, his aide, McCall Cameron, told me that he and Mrs. Johnson were on vacation with their grandchildren. Grandchildren! More tears. Congressman Johnson said he would very much like to have his bracelet. So, I canceled the eBay auction, and today I am returning this souvenir. In the words of Randy Sparks, “A million tomorrows will all pass away, ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.” And in my own words, I say to Sam, finally, "Welcome home." ....Kay Blythe Tracy, Ph.D --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #69 August, 2002

2002-08-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Cannonballs. Things are not always as they appear to be. As this reader discovered. -- Sometime during the 1950s my grandparents and their children bought 2 lots of property from an old local farmer in Northwestern Pennsylvania, around Pymatuning Lake. My father was probably about 10 years old at the time. They worked to clear the lots and they built by hand a small summer cottage to escape to from the city. Over the years my grandmother dug holes around the yard to put gardens in and landscape. While digging these holes she found two completely round, heavy stones that were very unnatural and not like any other stones she came across in the ground. They were the same size (about 5 inches across) and they fit in her hand. She washed them off and kept them as door stops of sorts. She called them her "cannonballs" and she thought they were from the civil war era. However, when my grandparents passed away the balls ended up in the shed until my father rediscovered them and gave them to me. They were too odd to toss back in the yard. I took digital pictures of them and decided to try and settle the mystery once and for all. I emailed the photos to a local archeologist/Native American historian to see if he recognized them. Turns out they are from a pre-historical era (AD 1000 to 1600) and were used by the Native American tribe living in the area in a game called "Chunkey." My grandmother's "cannon balls" turned out to be something very interesting besides doorstops! ....Jennifer B., Western PA --Another Story-- A reminder of Dad. Things can bring back memories of people. Now this reader has to find the right things. -- When my father-in-law died, he left my wife two McCoy vases, among other things. Each of his other four children have taken turns telling her how much they loved those vases. In order for everyone to have a set to remind them of "Dad," since I'm now retired, I took to the internet to find enough for everyone. My search developed into a collection of my own. I now cruise flea markets, yard sales, and antique malls. When my mother found out how "obsessed" I've become, she brought out her boxed collection of salt and pepper shakers, which she had put in storage when they last moved - in 1966! This collection would fill three #7 shipping boxes, and many of them were marked "made in occupied Japan." She had offered them to my sister, who had turned them down. Mom also went through the house, picking items off shelves and out of cabinets. These included Haeger planters, Hall Jewel Tea bowls, cut glass, and McCoy pottery made for Avon. These last were given to her as an Avon representative. I now have over fifty pieces of pottery, in addition to the boxes of salt and pepper shakers. Now my wife and I are discussing building a guest house just to help house our collection. I'm not sure I can afford to be "retired." .....M. Caudill --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to newsletter@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #68 August, 2002

2002-08-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A hidden treasure We sometimes hear from readers who discover an incredible treasure that has been in their house for years. It's often an item that the reader sees every day in their home. Sometimes it has been passed on for many generations. The interesting part about these stories is that the owners have no idea that the item is valuable until one day when it is "discovered". After reading the following story, I'd like to hear about amazing finds that you have discovered in your home or the home of a relative. Post your stories to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- When my husband was a young teen (late 60’s) he was helping a neighbor clean out their garage. One of the items they said to throw out was a vase filled with paint brushes soaking in paint thinner. He decided to take it home. It was covered with dirt, grime and dried paint and he spent a great deal of time cleaning it (it cleaned up completely). It was displayed in his home, and after we were married I commented on its beauty to his mother. It is 12 inches tall, glazed ceramic I think, in what I believe is the Grecian style. It is a medium blue color with a deep rim that is a bluish purple. A large flower spray covers the side of the vase. The stems and leaves are black and have a bamboo look to them. The flowers are white and pink and look somewhat like dogwood. In the middle of the spray is a white and pink bird, and the bottom has a round mark that says “Nippon” in the center, and “hand painted in Japan” around it. About 15 years ago, my in-laws moved to a new home and did quite a bit of cleaning out themselves. My mother-in-law brought the vase to me and asked if I wanted it, saying that it really belonged to my husband anyway, and she didn’t have room for it any more. I don’t know any history prior to my husband finding it in use as a brush cleaning vessel, and it is so beautiful I can’t imagine anyone using it in such a manner! What a story it may tell if vases could talk! I have not found any items listed on your website which are similar, but judging from the value of other vases, I figure this one time “paint brush can” is of at least a little more value than what it was being used for when my husband-to-be spotted it. He has always had an eye for beauty, even when it was hidden under layers of paint and dirt. In fact, he claims that’s how he spotted me!!! --- Last week we had some great comments and stories from readers about the carousel story and "Dumpster Diving" Stop by for a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #67 August, 2002

2002-08-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The Traveling Pony When my daughter was very young, there was a magnificent merry-go-round in the nearby town. It had been there for many years and the owners were retiring and auctioning off the horses. Needless to say, many of the town residents were very upset and the town ended up buying the carousel. Do you have a story or a fond memory of a carousel. Tell us about it at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 Here is one readers story. As a child in the 1920's-30's, it was a thrill to go to the Bay Beach park at Green Bay, Wisconsin and ride the horses on the "merry-go-round". I grew up on a farm some fifteen miles away. ..a long drive in those days..and rode dad's work horses when he away. I always wanted a horse of my own but never could have one, being a "depression baby" with six children younger than myself. Some time in the late fifties I heard the beloved carousel was being sold and torn down to make way for a new one. I tried to save enough money to buy one of the horses, but when I tracked down the owner, was told that most of the horses had been cut in half, head to tail, to make two mantel pieces. Paint was stripped to reveal carved wood, possibly black walnut, which was then polished complete with real bits, reins, glass eyes, metal stirrups and horseshoes. However, when I went to see them, there were several full horses left, because the head was turned so as not to be able to cut the horse in halves. One was a jumper who I had called Black Beauty, complete with all the leather and metal riding regalia. I could, and did, buy it for $150. This horse went with me in moves from De Pere, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Pa. in the 70's, Florida in the 80's and then my daughter's house in Texas. It is again standing proudly in my living room, back in De Pere, Wis., less than ten miles from where it "lived" on the Green Bay carousel. Where will it travel next? ..... Elvira --Another Story-- A little something for the church A reader found a little something that turned out to be a big something... Enjoying auctions as much as I do I have taken it upon myself to pick up bargain items to donate to our annual church auction. (Of course, this came to be because I couldn't let go of anything I had already.) This annual auction is to raise money for a building expansion project. One night I bought a box lot for $5.00. Showing out of the top was a plaque from NC State University. I wanted that for an uncle of mine. Upon digging through the treasures of the box I came across a photo of a mid 1970's basketball team from NCSU. The mat had been signed be many of the players and coaching staff. A friend from church said we should try to sell it on e-bay rather than wait for our auction. Much to our surprise it brought well over $500.00! So the $5.00 investment served the Lord's work well....Frankie --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #66 July, 2002

2002-07-30

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- When things were really tough. An incident from the depression created an interesting collectible that this reader cherishes. After reading this story, I'd like read some depression era memories from our readers. What was it like to live through that time? What is the most important thing that you have kept from that time and why is it important to you? Post your message to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- I grew up in the 20's and 30's in rural Ohio where my parents had a crossroads general store with house attached. Penrod's Store was the center of social life for the farmers in the area. Every night "loafers" gathered there to hash and re-hash current (or even stale) news. Times were tough during the Great Depression and when one poor farmer with a large family was caught stealing a chicken from a neighbor, and sentenced to a year in the Ohio State Penitentiary for his crime, it was the biggest event of the time. When the man got out of prison a year later he came down to our store and showed my mother the items he had made in prison. He wanted to sell them for whatever she was willing to pay. Mother, who was an inveterate collector, bought a little chain made of human hair and a pair of earrings made from copper pennies. Many, many years later on a visit back to Ohio, after I, too, had become a collector, my mother brought out a little box which contained the earrings and asked me if I'd like to have them. Of course I did! I had remembered the chicken- stealing incident but had forgotten what the earrings looked like. Each is hammered from a copper penny into the shape of a tiny teapot. Very fine copper wire makes the handle and spout and they are attached to clips for the ears. On the bottom of each teapot you can still read the word "ONE" from the original "ONE CENT." I am 78 years young now and have two houses full of antiques and collectibles. But the "prison" earrings are my most prized possession................Dode Penrod -- Paradise, California --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #65 July, 2002

2002-07-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Dumpster diving. This reader discovered just how tantalizing the contents of a garbage dumpster can be. After reading the story, I'd enjoy hearing your comments on the ethics of taking another persons garbage, without asking them. Some people feel very strongly that if they throw something away, it should go to the dump, not into another persons home. What do you think? Post your comments to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 -- I have read the story about the Polish artist, boat-in-the-harbor painting which was purchased at an auction for $5, but worth much more. The story awakened a sinking feeling in the depths of my stomach, which I had the pleasure (not!) to experience last week. My story, unfortunately does not have a "happy" ending, but it may interest those who may have experienced a "would of ", "could of " , "should have !! " .Most of my 'woulda-coulda-shoulda' feelings of remorse comes from not bidding higher on an auction item and losing the bid on something I really, really wanted because I chickened out. But this is not the case here, which I will explain: In my town we have to take our trash to the local dump ourselves. There are large dumpster bins which are below a railing, where you fling in your trash. Being the treasure hunter that I am, I cannot resist a peek at the items being discarded. (You would not believe what people throw away!) As I peek into the bins, the snarls of my significant other is enough to make me walk away bare-handed without a peep. This one particular day was different... I spotted an oil painting of a ship on the water, which lay under a small mound of trash. I could see a good portion of the lower left corner, the bow of the ship on the water with detailed painted ropes, done by an intricate hand. I leaned into the bin, stretching to reach it. I called out to my husband " Look !! An oil of a ship - I can't reach it !! " More grunts could be heard as he busily discarded our trash into the designated dumpster bins, jumped back into our truck, drove up to where I was standing and said "come on, get in the truck" . "But...but...!! " I stammered. I looked over at a back hoe driver who had been working on the bin alongside. He could hardly hear me, as I said "I want that oil painting !! " Straining to hear me, the back hoe man said " you want a paint can? " "No, No ... a paint-ING ! " I heard myself yell over the loud motor of the back hoe. " I can't reach it ~ should I try to get it ?" "I wouldn't ! " the back hoe man said. All I can remember was the back hoe driver looking at me like I was a crazy person , as my husband drove away from the dump, with me- empty handed and my stomach twisting and sinking, over a possible treasure I just left behind -- all the while feeling " I shoulda !!! " -- and hearing the echo of my husband saying "I don't care if it was a Rembrandt - I wasn't climbing into that dumpster ! ...Nancy Avignone --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #64 July, 2002

2002-07-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Rhyme Sampler An interesting story from a reader searching for the right "sampler". (Note: A sampler may be a combination of text and pictures embroidered into a cloth picture. An example can be viewed at http://pages.tias.com/5847/PictPage/1475609.html ). My name is Daisy and I wear hats to protect me from our Texas' summers. I also love Coleridge and his "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner." I have a favorite verse which I quote all the time, "He prayeth best Who loveth best All things both great and small For the dear God who love us He make and loveth all." I have been searching for the right "sampler", but was not sure about what I wanted or the age. I knew I wanted a sampler which was meaningful to me, but so far had been unable to find one. One afternoon, I had this overwhelming compulsion to visit an Antique Mall. The last time I had shopped there was 5 years ago. So I got in the car, drove the distance to this mall, parked and entered the mall. I stood in the foyer and saw a hall running right and left. I was guided to take a right turn, then I turned right again and saw a wall full of samplers. Some were old and then I saw a sampler, c1920. The maker had cross stitched my favorite verse in blue thread. Above the stanza was an embroidered scene of a lady sitting beneath a flowering tree. The lady was holding a hat in one hand and a bouquet of daisies in another. Needless to say, I bought the sampler because I felt it was meant to be mine......Daisy --Another Story-- An "unknown" artist. A painting purchased by an art dealer turns out to be much more than it appeared to be. As a fine art dealer, I usually concentrate on searching for paintings by listed artists at local auctions which will immediately have greater appeal to buyers after professional cleaning, minor repair if necessary, and better framing.... However, sometimes a good one comes along which is just an excellent painting -- no known resale value but with qualities saying "take me home anyway". My favorite find was an unframed oil on canvas of boats in a harbor, hanging high in a dark corner at the back of an auction hall, which I'd examined in the preview before the auction started and found to have a nearly illegible signature. Waiting for hours until near the end of the auction, I finally asked for the painting to be offered - and got it for $5 after a quick bit of joking by the auctioneer. I think everyone else there took it for "early motel"! Six months went by while I showed the work to dealer/friends and others -- getting many different opinions on the spelling of the name, which started with P and ended with -ski, and was probably Polish because of the name Leba on one of the ships (a town in Poland). In the end I identified the artist myself because of a full-page ad in the American Art Review, showing a painting with similar brushwork and signature. Through correspondence with the artist, Jan Pawlowski, I found that it was one of the last he had painted before leaving his native land years ago, and he is now happily settled on Nantucket with career in the US well established! His larger works sell in American galleries for $5000 and up. Happy hunting indeed.... Cornelia C Moynihan, Albany NY --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #63 July, 2002

2002-07-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Of Grease and Soup. Sympathy for an auction lot pays off for this reader.. For many years in the town "next door" there was an auction barn that had auctions the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. The 1st Monday was for antiques and after attending a few of those I found I was out of my league with the dealers present so I concentrated on going to the household auctions. Well one night the owner put up a flat soup bowl, a can of Maytag grease and some odd third item. He asked for a bid of a dollar and no one would give it to him. I liked the bowl but was trying to think practically and told myself I didn't really need it. Well the man was very frustrated and with a huff set the 3 items aside. Some time went by and he brought the three items up for sale again with the threat if someone did not give him a dollar he was going to drop the bowl...so I bid the dollar and took the goodies home. Upon closer inspection the bowl was Wedgwood and had a mans name and a London address under the glaze on the back. I sent Wedgwood a couple of photographs and a letter of request for information. The representative from Wedgwood wrote me that the bowl is approximately 120 years old in the "dice pattern" and the name and address on the back are of the ceramic retail outlet based in London. Not bad for 33 cents.... ...Constance Beckley --Another Story-- How much is that Panda in the Window? It's strange the way that things seem to find new owners, as this reader found out. I am an avid Garage Saler and every Friday and Saturday morning I spend searching the neighborhoods for collectibles and bargains. Usually I run across something I can resell in my shop, but today was a bad day for finding those special items that actually have a collectible value. I ended up only purchasing a gold filled charm bracelet that had charms I think related to the Elks Lodge with 'NPS5,10,15,20' a sailing ship and a bald man. I figured the bracelet itself was worth more than what I paid, and the charms may be worth something to the right buyer. If there are any Elks or anyone else out there who knows what the 'NPS' stands for, I would certainly like to hear from you. I also picked up a few things from the 'Free' items boxes that are in most garage sales. One item I got from the free box was an old book from the seventies about Pandas. When I opened my shop a little while later a couple came by as I was in the process of putting out my stock. They came in and were looking around while I continued putting things in the window. I asked them if they were collectors and they said they collected Panda stuff. I had a few Panda things in the shop but they already had the same things, then I remembered my find at the garage sale and asked if they collected Panda books. When I showed them the book they seemed glad to find something that they did not already have. We agreed on a price and they left happy while I made a little money on something that did not cost me anything! I cannot remember anyone asking about Panda things in my shop before that time and it seems like an amazing coincidence to me that this particular couple would come into my store the same day that I found the Panda book! Sometimes it seems to me that these material objects have a life of their own and somehow are directed where they need to be! That incident reminded me that there is more things going on in this world than we think! ......Rachman Cantrell, Owner Bothell Jewelers & Collectibles http://www.tias.com/stores/bothellj/ --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #62 July, 2002

2002-07-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Something Fishy This Way Swims Literally: "The One That Got Away " Reader Krista Morrison shares ... About 20 years ago when I was 8, My Uncle did a lot of diving in a small, Northern Michigan lake. In the murky, seemingly bottomless lake many treasures were brought up, because it had been used many years prior as a trash dump. I always enjoyed hearing about the things that were too heavy to bring up, such as old sunk cabins, snowmobiles, chandeliers, bottles, etc. But the greatest thing that I can remember was a tackle box that he found. The box was not very old, was completely closed, and had probably not been down there for too many years prior to my Uncles rescue. The avid fishermen in the family were excited to obtain some great usable lures. By the time the I got a peek everything was completely picked over by the men, but I found one that I wanted. It was so cute, and it almost seemed like a Barbie Doll to me. It was fat, flat and roundish with huge pink eyes and had an all white body. I guess it looked girly and that is why I, an 8 year old girl at the time picked it. I showed my Uncle the lure to ask if I could have it, and I can remember the expression on his face as he read out, "Heddon Punkin Spin...What the heck is this goofy thing? You can have it!" I used that lure many times through the years, and never even got a bite! I had snagged it a few times on logs, and considered cutting the line often because it did so poorly with catching a fish, but I always got in the water and unsnagged it because it was so cute. Well 20 years passed and I had not had time to enjoy fishing, so I decided to get rid of some of my lures and list them on E-bay. I listed the Heddon Punkin Spin and to my surprise someone had bid $150.00 on that lure! I thought the high bid was hilarious, because it never caught a fish and I thought of my Uncles expression when he gave it to me. I knew at the time he gave it to me he thought it was worthless! But the story does not get better here... I was waiting for the check from the E-bay buyer and had the package at my place of employment to mail it out and the next day it was gone! I felt horrible with having to tell the buyer that it was either stolen or accidentally lost (as I'd like to think). When I did tell the buyer what had happened, they replied back by telling me that they were willing to pay up to and possibly beyond $300.00 for such a rare and collectible lure. Well...I hope if someone did steal the lure, they know what a treasure they have, because I sure as heck know they aren't gonna get a bite! --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #61 July, 2002

2002-07-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Getting lost had some great rewards as this reader shares... About 4 years ago, while searching for a bookstore in downtown San Jose, CA, I got lost. As I tried to find my way back to the main street, I saw a Garage Sale sign and decided to stop. I picked out several small depression glass items from the boxes lined up in the driveway. When I went to pay for the items, the gentlemen running the sale asked if I was interested in depression glass. When I told him I was a collector, he said, "Then you'll want to go inside the house and talk to my sisters". It turned out that his mother had recently passed away and he and his sisters were selling her household items. When I entered the house, I couldn't believe my eyes. There was a room whose four walls were covered with built-in glass cabinets full of depression glass. It turned out their mother was a retired depression glass dealer and I was looking at her personal collection! I selected several cookie jars and creamer & sugar sets at below-market prices and then noticed a cabinet filled with jadite kitchen glass. I asked the sisters if they would take $400 for the entire jadite collection as that was all I could afford. To my surprise, they accepted my offer, saying that they wanted it to go to a collector who would keep their mother's items together. Included in that collection were the tall Jeannette coffee and tea canisters, an entire set of both the small and large coffee/tea/sugar/flour canisters, salt and pepper shakers in several different styles, bowls, and several refrigerator storage containers. . . a collection worth well over my $400 offer. But the real treasure was a complete set of the children's jadite coffee/tea/sugar/flour canisters which were worth about $2,000 all by themselves! Needless to say, I was thrilled. I don't expect to ever stumble across something so wonderful again. Every time I look at those beautiful jadite pieces now displayed in a hutch in my kitchen, I think of that woman and hope she's happy her collection remains intact. Connie Torres Sunnyvale, CA --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #60 July, 2002

2002-07-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Cocktails are not that popular anymore, but the shakers that made them are, as this reader found out..... Several years ago, I purchased a silver plated cocktail shaker in the shape of a penguin. I displayed it for a while before I decided to dispense with my penguin collection. We do an annual, town-wide yard sale and I placed the shaker in the sale at $26 which was double what I had paid for it. The shaker went unnoticed until nearly the end of the sale. As I was packing, a man offered me $5 for it. I counter offered at $13 to protect my investment and he muttered "You probably paid fifty cents for it at a yard sale". Angrily, I said "It's no longer for sale." With that, I put it in the top of a storage cupboard and forgot it. About 2 years later, I was browsing through my latest copy of 'Kovel's Newsletter" and was startled to see a picture of a penguin cocktail shaker exactly like mine. I was further stunned to read that it had been sold at a recent auction for $1200. The rest is history. I placed an ad in 'Antiqueweek' and sold the shaker for $800. Because of that incident, I've become a pack rat and will sell NOTHING until I have researched. To pass on the good fortune, I will usually sell at a price substantially lower than actual current value......Mary Davidson Savona, NY --Another Story-- Smuggler Earrings. This is an interesting tidbit from a reader. After reading it, if you have any ideas about what was going on, please post them to the bulletin board at: ttp://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 "Smuggler earrings", that's what I call them. Going through boxes of very old assortment of goodies I happily found a pair of earrings (usually there is onlt one) Big round black ones. When I pulled the back of the ring it broke open and sealed in a crispy cellophane was fifteen tiny seed pearls. I quickly opened the back of the other earring and found another fifteen tiny seed pearls. I really don't know what it means so I call them smuggler earrings. Any ideas would be appreciated of what they really are. Thank you, and now I'll go on to the next box..... --Another Story-- I work as a Dental Hygienist in an orthodontic office. Several years ago one of the other orthodontists in the neighborhood retired and my boss bought his practice including all his old supplies. For years we had a box of old orthodontic bands in the office .. the kind that completely circles teeth..about 40 years old. Because I like to play on Ebay.com , I was given these bands.. about 500 worthless? pieces of metal and was asked to get rid of them.. $204. later they were in the hands of a fly fisherman who makes lures with these....Shirley H. --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #59 July, 2002

2002-07-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Surprise auction finds. A newsletter reader shares their surprise auction find with us. Reading about the surprises other auction goers have had when they examined their buys--especially the person who found someone's tonsils in a flat of dental equipment--I had to pass on one of my experiences. Three years ago, I attended an all-day auction of the estate of a retired dentist. Late in the day, with just a few bidders still hanging in there, we were in the attic. One of the lots was two foot locker sized boxes of rocks and minerals that the dentist's son had collected as a teenager. I got them for $5.00. It was quite a chore getting them in the car and home, but ultimately worth it. Over the next few weeks, I had a chance to sort out the contents of the boxes. Most of the specimens were ordinary, though a couple dozen were display-worthy. The real "finds" though were things that anyone inspecting the collection prior to purchase, including me, probably would have missed. They included three cut and polished gemstones (a ruby, a spinel, and a citrine), an ounce of pure silver, several vials of liquid mercury, and a half-ounce of pure gold. I have already sold one of the mineral specimens for $7.50, so anything else I get out of this purchase is gravy. One of these days, I'll get around to trying to sell the gems and hope to be able to sell the rocks and minerals as one collection. After the auction had ended, I was speaking with the lawyer who was handling the estate and asked him what would happen to all the stuff that had gone unsold. He replied by telling me to take a pile of crated equipment also in the attic and said to help myself to anything else I wanted. I didn't even open the boxes I hurriedly put in my car. One of them turned out to be a near mint condition brass, wood, and ivory Thatcher's Calculating Instrument, an early calculator dating from about 1914, in its original cherry wood box. I spent an hour cleaning and restoring the finish on the box and removing one tiny corrosion spot on a brass component. Three weeks later, I took it to a scientific instrument collectors show and sold it for $1000.00 cash. Not a bad return for a Saturday at the auction! ......J. E. Hunter --Another Story-- More Dental surprises Another reader tells of an interesting dental related find. Once several years ago at a yard sale I bought a box of miscellaneous art supplies for fifty cents. I took my treasure home and started to take inventory. I ran across a small manilla envelope. I opened it and poured out into my palm several small, broken fragments of dental gold. I might not have realized what they were had not a couple of pieces included the actual teeth on which they were used! I really don't care to speculate how they wound up in an envelope; that might get a little grisly. BUT-moving on with the story- I took it to a gold buyer who gave me $30 for it; pretty good return on my investment, I'd say!....Evon Russell, Wichita, KS --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #58 June, 2002

2002-06-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The family saddle. Dreams from the past sometimes turn into collectibles in the present, as this reader found out. In 1960 a Colorado cowboy married a California farmers daughter. He dreamed of going back to the ranch lifestyle and purchased a second hand saddle for $250. He didn't own a horse and she viewed this as a frivolous purchase, they needed furniture. He tried the cowboy life but the pay was low and they came back to the city to work and began a family. He refused to part with that saddle and it traveled from tool shed to garage rafter over the years. She pressured him to get rid of it, occasionally he took it out and cleaned it, even used it a time or two. Years pass and the now aging couple visit the Gene Autry Museum. The saddle exhibit is stunning and while checking all the splendid displays, he remarks, "my saddle was made by Bohlin too". Looks nothing like these, so they question the curator about this maker producing a working mans rig. "I'd like to see it if you could bring it in." They now have a letter of authenticity and a new piece of furniture made to hold the saddle in the family room. Grand kids love to sit on it and it is a favorite place to take family pictures. Thinking back that was money well spent and finally....it has a place of honor in our home...Carolyn Bishop Wiley, Lakewood, Calif. --Another Story-- Dentist antiques Those "lots" of items in boxes at auctions, sometime contain more than you bargain for. As this reader found out. This story isn't about the greatest item I ever bought at an auction but it's about the weirdest. It was at a small-town backyard auction that I bought a flat of very interesting dental items. They were from the office of the old dentist that used to live in the house. Rolling around in the box was a little bottle with a labeled name on it with two curious-looking items inside the bottle. Upon close examination, I discovered that I had just bought someone's antique tonsils. Does anyone have a collection of these??!! ...Peggy --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #57 June, 2002

2002-06-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Booking a Bus Ride. Always check the interior pages of old books. You never know what you might come across, as this reader found out. I buy and sell old books. Quite a few years ago I obtained a book from an estate sale. I always leaf through them to see what other interesting things are hidden. This was my lucky day. Out popped a 48 year old, unused Pennsylvania Greyhound bus ticket. It was for a short hop in New Jersey. I wondered out loud if they would refund the price of a ticket. My husband said they would probably have a good laugh on the way to the trash basket. He bet me $10. I wouldn't get it. I wrote to the local Greyhound. They said that they had never heard of it, but I might try the California branch. Meanwhile some of our friends wanted to get in on the action and bet me an additional $15. After 2 more inquires I received a letter from Cleveland, Ohio, saying that if I sent the ticket they would refund the purchase price. After sending the ticket a refund of $3.40 was sent, making a cool profit of $28.40. What fun researching some of these finds. N. Bonneville, Wa. --Another story-- Stolen Memory. In search of a stolen memory a reader sent us this story. I have a passion for 40's and 50's rhinestone jewelry. Several years ago my mother gave me a pair of her rhinestone earrings from the 40's. They were my favorites out of her jewelry and I had always wanted to try them on when I was little. About two years later I was robbed and the earrings were part of what was stolen. Needless to say I was heartbroken. I spent several months looking through pawn shops hoping to spot mom's earrings with no luck. About 10 years after the robbery I was browsing through a local antique store and spotted the same earrings that had been stolen from me. I was delighted to purchase them back at a reasonable price and regain a special and sentimental part of my mothers life and my childhood. --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #56 June, 2002

2002-06-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Humidor Travels Things like people seems to travel, as this reader discovered. Back in the seventies, I bought a humidor at a second-hand store. It was a wooden box about a foot square with a little door that stood on a stand and had a handle up top for carrying it around. My little step daughter, Beverly fell in love with the humidor and asked if she could have it. Little kids seem to have no problem asking me for whatever they want, and I gave it to her. But before she could take it home, my roommate, Marian, "borrowed" it from Beverly to use as a prop in a play she was in. Well, Beverly never saw it again and for nearly thirty years, she whined about her "white thing" and how she wanted it back. Five years ago, my friend Jeanette and I spent the day driving around to garage sales, and at our last stop, just a few blocks away from Beverly's house, we stopped at our last sale of the day. I was amazed to find the self-same humidor that had been missing all those years. The lady gave me a good price and I took the thing home, stripped and sanded it, painted it and presented it to Beverly. She was thrilled. Funny how things work out. Tana Legry, Portland, OR --Another story-- Family Letters Before there was email, people actually wrote to each other. Many families kept these letter and post cards for years. There are many people that actually collect vintage personal correspondence and diaries. This reader found some of her family history in some WWII post cards. I spend much time doing genealogy, it is my hobby. A few years ago my cousin said that he had a collection of post cards that his mother had gathered over a period of years. He asked if I might be interested in having them. I jumped at the chance. When I had a chance to look them over I could not believe what I had. This was a collection that covered the time period of WW II. There were cards from all kinds of family members and revealed what they were doing and where they were at the time. Many were in the service. Some were pictures of places where these family members were stationed. I found one card that I sent my aunt and uncle when I was on a class trip to Washington, DC and New York City and I mentioned that we had been in Washington when Gen. McArthur arrived, and we were in NY City in time to see the ticker tape parade they gave him. Card after card was a part of our family history and WW II. What a wonderful collection and what great memories. I am so glad that my cousin asked me if I would like them rather than tossing them away.....Amy --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #55 June, 2002

2002-06-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Detective or collector? This is a fascinating story about how a collector reunites objects with their rightful owners. When you have read the story, we'd enjoy hearing your comments. You can post them anonymously online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 I "collect" the 1"-long gold key-shaped membership pins of my sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma that I can find at flea markets, pawn shops, swap meets, antique stores, eBay, wherever. The pins come from estate sales of deceased members or have been lost or stolen from the original owners, who can be identified through engraving on the back of each pin and contacted through a central database maintained at the headquarters office. I return these pins to the original owners, who invariably want them back. In the case of deceased members, the pins are returned to their college chapters for coveted recycling to younger members or for use as special memorials. Unfortunately, these pins are sometimes discarded as scrap gold or sold to non-members who value them simply as jewelry or additions to a collection. It is sad when the pins are lost forever to the members who treasure them and for whom they have significance and sentimental value. Not long ago a plain10k gold key pin appeared on eBay, and I called the original owner, who turned out to be an 82-year-old retired state senator. The pin, along with her deceased husband's fraternity pin and other jewelry, had been taken from their home by a domestic employee more than 50 years ago! Its owner has remained an active alumna member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and had always dreamed that someday the little pin that holds such memories of her college days and friends would magically re-appear. Well, it did...but, because the theft had been years before and no police report existed, the seller would not consider it stolen merchandise and the eBay auction proceeded. Several members, including those in her local alumnae association, pooled funds and determined to buy the pin at any price, for return to its rightful owner. It was successfully purchased, gift wrapped and sent "home" with love and appreciation for her outstanding public service and loyalty to the organization. Confined to bed following a fall, she opened the package when it arrived, shed tears of joy, and immediately pinned it to her nightgown where it was worn until she could get on her feet again. It's not possible to express what this has meant to this woman...it can only be felt. My "collectibles" stay with me for a short time until they move into the hands of women of all ages all over the world who welcome home a piece of their lives and history. Each tiny key fills a little hole left in a heart by the absence of a treasured symbol that represents a lifetime commitment. I'm happiest when the display box for my "collection" looks empty...but is actually overflowing with joy and friendship. How I love my hobby! --- Mary Silzel --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #54 June, 2002

2002-06-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A question of ethics. If you sell something to a collector without making any, claim about the items authenticity, but the item looks "real" is that ethical? Read this story, then let us know what you think on our bulletin board at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31 -- I had a friend who had been a successful writer in his youth, but by the time I knew him he was middle-aged, charming, and perpetually unemployed. He was something of an artist, though, particularly with wood. I had scheduled a yard sale and he asked if he could sell a few things there, too. They turned out to be fake antique weathervanes. He had gotten some books about valuable old New England weathervanes, and set about copying them. First, he found some old, weathered planks. Next, he used a small power saw to cut the shapes and rounded the edges with a file. He painted them, rubbed them down with steel wool mixed with pebbles and dirt, and buried them in the back yard for a few weeks to "age" them. To my untrained eyes, and to others as it turned out, they looked real. At the yard sale, he mixed one "antique weathervane" at a time in a box of junk and wait to see what happened. Inevitably, someone would come along, uncover the weathervane, and then do his or her best not to faint dead away. They'd get very casual and offhand and ask him where he'd gotten the beat-up old wooden angel (or whaler, or rooster, or cow). He'd say it might have come from his uncle's farm up in Maine, or maybe not. (Which, technically at least, was true.) He'd let the buyer bargain him down from $30 to maybe $25, and then he'd try not to grin too obviously while the buyer hurried away, convinced he'd just cheated that stupid old guy wearing work boots and overalls out of a fortune. I wasn't sure about the morality of what my friend was doing, and told him so. But he pointed out that he never claimed the weathervanes were antiques, he wasn't asking for hundreds of dollars, and $25 was a more than fair price for a high-quality reproduction. I'm sorry to say that he did get gypped at that same yard sale -- but unfortunately it was MY stuff he sold. I had a lot of old sheet music from my grandmother, who was in Vaudeville when she was young. I decided to sell the pieces I knew weren't worth much, but carefully put the serious collector's items in a separate box. He got the boxes mixed up and somebody bought the whole stack of music for $5. Every time I see one of those pieces on sale in an antique store for a good price, I want to scream..... Nancy Bailey --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #53 June, 2002

2002-06-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Dolls and friends. This reader has an interesting story about a common interest she shares with a close friend. My best friend of 20 years and I both collect dolls. We both got such a great deal of pleasure out of seeing what each other had found while out shopping and of course there was always something each of us admired that the other owned.. I was in love with her Patsy and she loved my Chatty Kathy. We had made a pack with each other that when we were "through" with the doll, the other would inherit it.. well a few years ago my best friend in the world was told that she had cervical cancer, that was deviating to all of us. I got to thinking about those dolls and decided to give that Chatty Kathy to her for her birthday in August. I wrapped the doll for a birthday gift and went to visit my friend during her recuperation. She unwrapped the doll and began to laugh really hard. I felt confused at that. "What was so funny about that present"? She said to me " go in and get that package on the table. Well you guessed it.. It was the Patsy doll.. We both decided separately that life was to short to wait to enjoy those dolls (or anything else).. We both were so happy with the trade.. The best ending to this story is that my best friend is now cancer free and we are both value life more than ever...Donna --Another Story-- Listen to Your Mother! It turns out that this Mom did know best. Did her daughter listen? Reading the story of the wooden bed in the 5/10 issue of The Collectors Newsletter #32 April 2002 reminded me of the old iron bed I USED to have. Being brought up by a mother who saved everything and always said "one of these days, this is going to be worth something" my sisters and I became chronic pitchers. We pitched everything. I had a full size old iron bed. In VERY GOOD condition. I had gotten it at an auction in 1975 for 15 dollars and was tired of it. Box springs didn't fit it and in order to use it I had 2x4's across it to hold the box springs and mattress. In 1995 I was having a garage sale and was selling everything. My mother told me I wasn't selling the bed. I said I was. She said she would buy it from me. I told her know she had enough junk and she wasn't going to start keeping mine. We had quite a loud and long argument over this bed. Needless to say early in the day a customer asked me what I wanted for the bed. My Mom immediately said it wasn't for sale. I said 30 dollars. The man quickly gave me the money, loaded the bed up and left. All the meanwhile my neighbor stood and laughed and smiled at my mom and me when ever the subject of the bed would come up all day long. The next morning Bill, my neighbor, came over and asked if I had ever been to the Kane County Flea Market. I scrunched up my nose and said "No, Why?", He said he thought he might go and wanted to know if I would go with him. So off we went to the Flea Market. We arrived... Bill paid the entry fee and took me by the hand and led me to a booth of..... You guessed it.. Old Iron Beds. There up front was MY BED!!! A nice big price tag of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars.. Bill looked at me and said "Next time listen to your Mom." He laughed, turned and walked away. I have been buying and selling "junque" ever since. My house looks worse than my mother's ever did, but am I ever having fun. It wasn't a bad lesson just a rude awaking to realize that "one of these days" has arrived. Thanks for taking the time to read this. It really was my introduction to collectibles.....Karel Heinz --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #52 June, 2002

2002-06-07

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Last Request This reader has an interesting story about finding a last request for her sister-in-law. My sister-in-law and her husband moved to another state after they married. She always missed home and tried to convince her husband to move back to her home state. This never did happen. She died in her adopted state, but had purchased her cemetery lot at home. She had always said when she passed she wanted "Going Home" to be played and she wanted a bag piper. She was not that old when she passed. We found the piper, but the piper did not know or play "Going Home". The day of her service was drawing near and we still did not have the song she requested. I never pass a yard sale and it so happened we stopped at one, the lady having the sale didn't have a lot of items for sale. She did have two tapes though. I picked one up and there it was "Going Home". She must have thought I had lost my mind, as I waved it at my friend and announced that I had found it. We were able to play the song she requested. Her best friend said it was a gift....Amy --Another Story-- In response to our request for "collectible things found in homes" a reader sent this story. When I moved to Portland, Maine, in the 1980's I was looking at older and more interesting homes. One was being sold by an old gentleman who had lived in the home all his life, and whose parents had lived there before him. In the process of looking at it, he showed me a wine cellar, full of dusty wine bottles. I teased him about it, asking if he would be finishing the cellar off before the house was sold. He told me quite soberly that he was a teatoler. The bottles had been laid down by his parents in the 1910's and 1920's. They had stopped drinking wine because of prohibition and the wine had been resting there ever since. I decided against the house, but asked him what he would take for the wine. He said I could have it because it was of no use to him, but that didn't seem fair -- even as well-aged vinegar, it was worth SOMETHING. So we settled on $100 for the lot of 100 bottles on the grounds that if there were even one good bottle in the lot, it would be a fair value. When I took the bottles home, it was clear that many of them were beyond any hope of consumability -- a cellar in Maine can get very cold in the winder and is definitely not the best 'cave'! However, a number of the bottles proved to contain strong, full-bodied French reds, all of which had a good chance of surviving for 60 or 70 years. Even more interesting, there were 10 bottles dated the year that my mother was born. So on my mother's 60th birthday, we celebrated with wine from the year of her birth. When uncorked, one bottle was only good for dressing salads, but several of the others proved to be excellent, if perhaps a bit tired. All in all, I'd say that my mom aged more gracefully than the wine did over those 60 years (and is still very much with us, in fact, when the wine is now nothing but a fond memory!)....Nancy --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #51 May, 2002

2002-06-04

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- It's sort of like counting sheep? This reader turned his hobby into a holiday tradition. I collect Christmas reindeer. It started about 15 years ago when my ex-wife purchased a pair of "Rodney & Rhonda" reindeer from Hallmark as a stocking stuffier for me. I then started a collection of the Reindeer Champs series from Hallmark, and after that, all bets were off. Today I have a collection of over 300 reindeer in all shapes & sizes, and from all over the world. My partner and I have an annual Holiday party, to which we invite nearly 100 friends. Our home is (of course) decorated for the holidays with as many of the reindeer as we can stand, but usually around 100. A few years ago, during our first party after moving to San Francisco, some new friends came to the party and inquired about all the reindeer. I told them the story, and then they asked if there was door prize for guessing how many I actually had displayed! What a great idea! So, the next year we did start a contest, and now every year our friends look forward to the annual reindeer count. Some people are very scientific about it, trying to figure out how many reindeer they can find in a square foot, and then extrapolating from there. Some people actually try to find every single one, and count them up. It gets fun because several people usually bring a new one as a Christmas gift during the party, which messes up the counting. It's a lot of fun, and a great way to mix people who don't all know each other...Russ Gangloff San Francisco, CA --Another Story-- This past weekend my wife and I attended an auction in Pennsylvania (I live on Long Island and was raised in Brooklyn, NY). At the auction a tray lot came up for sale. My wife wanted the rooster on the tray. We were the highest bidder and the tray lot was delivered to us. As we looked over each item my wife saw a plastic scoop that came from Brooklyn. Upon looking it closer is said compliments of Merles Yarn Company. Brooklyn, NY. It turns out that while I was in high school in 1963 I started working for them and continued until 1965. In fact I was working at Merles Yarn on the day JFK was killed...Joe --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about this story. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #50 May, 2002

2002-05-31

Contents: 1)Stories from our readers -- The Lions in the Basement In 1989 my wife and I were considering buying an old 1909 Dutch Colonial on Long Island. I wanted to inspect the basement, so we made our way down the old rickety steps. The basement was dimly lit and packed with decades of forgotten old stuff. The owner had lived there for most of her life and she was now in her 70's. I found it difficult to concentrate on inspecting the house rather than the vintage contents. It was the kind of place that gets a collectors heart thumping in anticipation. I started to make my way through the clutter. In the rear corner hidden behind piles of old stuff that had not been touched in years, I saw a single elegant wooden claw foot. I moved some boxes and a curved glass door appeared, topped by two roaring lion heads. Standing before me was an exquisitely carved, antique, china cabinet with 3 curved glass panels. The wood was covered with black soot from the old oil burning basement furnace. Inside the cabinet were cans of food from the 1940's. Some of the cans had rusted and burst many years ago, leaving a dried black residue that stained the shelves. "You've got to see this!" I yelled to my wife. After carefully pulling it out into the light, we both stood there in amazement. Except for the soot and the dried food, it was in great shape and quite spectacular. To make a long story a bit shorter. We bought the cabinet and the house. The cabinet turned out to be made of tiger oak and cleaned up nicely. We no longer live in the house, but the lions from the basement are still with us..... Phil I'm wondering if newsletter readers have any similar stories about old houses with hidden treasures that they stumbled upon ? Send your story to support@tias.com and we may publish it here. --Another Story-- My daughter and I are changing sizes, and to ascertain that we not waste our precious dollars on iffy sizes, we decided to do the Well-Know Rehab Outlet store. This place collects from homes that phone for them to pick up unwanted merchandise. A couple weeks ago, I spied a plastic bag of dirty "brass" items marked $2.79. I was interested in the brass frog, formerly a silent butler. Thought it would look good in my garden. Also spied two small metal cups in the lot that looked like children's toys. Several sponge-fulls of silver polish, and a lot of elbow grease revealed two sterling silver children's cups, one of them dated 1927. Just wanted all those treasure hunters to know that sometimes outlet stores overlook those treasures when they aren't willing to clean them up. --- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about this story. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #49 May, 2002

2002-05-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Fathers Day Story Two stories this week. The first is a brief fathers day story. The second is from the owner of an antique mall. For 52 years I have saved every greeting card from my husband, sons and grandsons. Last year I surprised my husband with all the fathers day cards he has received from the boys, and displayed them on Fathers day. Three sons and four grandsons giving him cards over the last 48 years brought back a lot of memories and a few tears.....Anna Mae Burns -- In 1992 I purchased a going antique mall, but decided to incorporate which took several weeks, and as a result, all the dealers would ask, as I was managing the store "IS IT YOURS YET?" and my reply was "It ain't over till the fat lady sings". The ink was hardly dry when an elderly lady came to the store and asked if I would be interested in purchasing some Bavarian soup dishes she had in a box with a few other things. With great astonishment I looked into the small box and on top of these dishes was a 4 inch tall fat lady opera singer with book in hand, made of pottery and her mouth open wide as if to sing my song. The elderly lady ask if I could give her 75 dollars for all of the items and I nearly shouted "Absolutely". It was the best thing I ,could have ever found. I had it put in a glass case with the inscription the fat lady sang july 8th 1992, the day my incorporation was recorded and it is a very successful business today , the inscription on the bottom reads ZOLLE' so thanks wherever you are!..... Dorothy :-) -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #48 May, 2002

2002-05-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- An "Ugly" jar. We get these incredible stories about "ugly" items that have been kicking around in someone's family for years. When someone finally gets around to getting it appraised or putting it up for auction, they are amazed at what it is really worth. Such is the case with this reader.... Here is my interesting story! It was great, and will probably never in a million years happen to me again! My husband's family has quite a history here in Midwest, IL. To make a long story short, he had a great grandfather who traveled around the world several times. Among things that we inherited from my husband's family home was this large, Acoma Indian jar. It was a piece which I always seemed to 'kick around' here in our midwestern home, as the southwestern motif just didn't seem to fit in! I had been listing and selling items, and having good luck at supplementing our income. One night, I decided I would list this very 'ugly' piece of pottery on a very visited auction web site. I started the bidding at $10, with no reserve. From that point on, for the next 7 days, I was on a roller coaster ride! I was emailed by 100's of people, asking questions about this piece, but one very nice person informed me that I must be totally ignorant as to what I had, informed me that it was a very valuable piece, told me to 'hang on for the ride', and that I did! It was one of the most exciting weeks I have ever had in my life! This piece sold for $8,625.00.....starting bid at $10, with no reserve. I later found out that this piece would retail for $12,000....an art gallery in Santa Fe was the high bidder. True story.....Very, VERY exciting! Sincerely, Sandy Monmouth, IL Has anything like this happened to you? Drop us a note at support@tias.com with your story. -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #47 May, 2002

2002-05-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The collectors wife. An interesting perspective on collecting and relationships from one of our readers.... Note--We had a huge influx of comments on the bulletin board regarding the "Conflict of interest" story. If you have not had a chance to view the bulletin board, it is well worth a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=934&forum=16&0 -- In 1993, I was a 40 year old collector of antique bottles and glassware. I was a reasonably happy married guy who's wife was definitely not a collector. This difference created many conflicts in our 15 year marriage but unions must manage some incompatibilities. One afternoon, I got word that an old hotel supply dealer was about to liquidate. All of the merchandise was about to be sold at fire sale prices. This business was located in my town of Beaumont, Texas and had been in business since about 1902. It had come into being to serve this oil boom town which had exploded in growth due to the 1901 Spindletop oil discovery on the outskirts of Beaumont.. Many hotels had sprung up in Beaumont to accommodate the huge influx of wildcatters and Weller's Supply was providing all kinds of stuff to these new hotels. I had to go see what might lay in the dark recesses of this old business. My boss kindly gave me an extended lunch hour so that I could go by and see the owners, who I had know my entire life, to see if I could have early access to the items for sale. Mrs. Weller, the daughter-in-law of the original owner (she was in her 80's) gladly showed me around. I have learned that out-of-the-way areas of old warehouses sometimes contain some of the neatest stuff. That is where I looked first. In the very back of this 1902 building, under much accumulated debris, I spotted a large wooden crate. After clearing away some crud, I found that this crate was full of what appeared to be glassware. Hundreds of flare shaped glasses, still wrapped in their original onion paper wrappers, were just sitting in their original crate. I carefully unwrapped one and saw that these were soda style tumblers from around the 1915's. They were of very thin and fragile glass. Although I had over 20 years experience with old glass ware, I had never seen this style of glass before other than in Coca Cola collector catalogs that pictured the early 1900's cola glasses. These were the exact same style but sadly without the Coke logo. I asked Mrs. Weller how much she was asking for these glasses, somewhat afraid she would be unwilling to part with them at all. She said she would sale me the whole case for $20.00. I could hardly croak out a "heck yea", but did and the several hundred beauties were mine. I had a distinct feeling and still do, that I was having one of those dreams. You know, the kind that upon awakening, you feel soooo disappointed to realize that it was not real. This was real and I was shaky. Now only two problems remained: 1. How would I load this too big / too heavy case into my station wagon? 2. How would I be able to explain this huge quantity of collectibles to my anti-collector wife? Problem one was easily solved as Mrs. Weller had a huge guy helping with setting up the liquidation sale and he gladly loaded the crate onto a dolly. Problem two was still a big problem. I was thinking along the lines of stashing the glasses behind our garage where my wife seldom but sometimes went. I would have to figure something out. I still had no good plan. I pulled my station wagon up in front of the old Weller's store (in down town Beaumont). It was about 12:30 in the afternoon. I opened the back and struggled the crate into my car with the essential help of this huge guy. I tipped him and then turned to get into my car and there right in front of me, was my wife, standing at the curb, 6 feet in front of me, just glaring. I immediately felt I was back in my dream state which was taking on a nightmarish quality. I mumbled some feeble and now forgotten excuse. She went on to have her down town lunch with her girl friends.Problem # 2 was never solved. After 18 years of marriage our union ended. Irreconcilable differences was her stated reason. I still have the glasses. Some things last, Some things don't.....Martin -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #46 May, 2002

2002-05-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers Conflict of interest. This story from a reader will probably leave many people ruffled. After reading it, please feel free to voice your opinion anonymously online at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=934&forum=16&0 This is not going to be a happy story, but it is a very important one. I sold my mom's apartment in Florida (I live in CT), and moved her into an assisted living facility. She was 91. Between my grandmother and my mom, there were at least 150 years of family collectables including 90 years of my mom's papers, etc. that I had to deal with. I couldn't keep everything because I didn't have the room at home, so I contacted an "Appraiser" to take a look at things to see what to do. There were 6 specific pieces of furniture that I was debating about keeping to take back north. When this person came, he completely misrepresented himself to me and what was going to happen. Aside from all the furniture, I had boxes of antique and fine jewelry, paintings, silver, purses, glassware, fine china, kitchen things, books, bakelite, celluloid, clothes, antique feathers, military items, antique silk scarves, designer vintage clothing, luggage the list is endless. He suggested that I put everything at auction. That he had an auction house in Boca Raton (intimating it was high end), and "his" people will do this, and "his" people will do that. Everything will be itemized and he would be there to oversee it. Everything he said was a lie, and I now found out that it is a conflict of interest, to represent yourself as an appraiser when you do auctions. The auction house was in Delray Beach, not Boca Raton. When everything was picked up he never came or called (he was sick)! Out of probably 1,000 + things including all the pieces of jewelry only a few were listed on the invoice. Also I learned it was not his auction house. I had decided to ship 5 of the 6 pieces of furniture back north (thank goodness)!!! When the moving truck he sent was 3/4's filled, the man from the auction house (who spoke to this "appraiser" that was sick, on the cell phone) said that because those pieces weren't included they were going to take 50% of the proceeds instead of 40%. If we didn't agree, everything would be dumped off the truck. The man who bought my mother's apartment was moving in, in two days so we had no choice but to let them take everything. The Appraiser also kept insisting, (upon my asking), that everything would be auctioned in one evening because there were so many dealers and other folks that would be there. It is now 3 months later and there are still many things not accounted for! My husband and I drove the 1+ hours and attended that first auction. I thought I would have a heart attack. The other stuff they were auctioning was junk, nothing was represented properly. They put things together in lots, like my grandmother's cut crystal bowl from about 1890 that was worth at least $400, with a piece of junk and auctioned it for $12!!!! The whole thing went that way. This is a nightmare, I don't sleep. The police said there is nothing I can do except maybe a Civil Suit against him. Most of the things have now gone missing, and I can't prove it because the things weren't individually listed on the invoice. We are out at least $25-$30,000. That money was to be used for my mom's care. All I can say is that there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there that pray on us when we are most vulnerable. BEWARE! -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #45 May, 2002

2002-05-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Treasure hunters. We received a lot of comments on last weeks story about the bed. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to post your messages to the bulletin board. If you have not had a chance, I would encourage you to stop by and take a look. http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=908&forum=16&71 The 5 pages of comments from readers are very thoughtful and interesting. Today's story is a bit less controversial, but quite inspiring for all of you "would be" treasure hunters.... One cold, rainy, autumn Sunday about twenty years ago, my husband's and my route from church took us past an advertised estate auction. He simply wanted to go home, build a warm fire and watch a football game on TV. I promised if he stopped I'd only take a quick look. Because of the weather they'd kept everything inside the house, and the crowd was sparse. I checked out the console table I was interested in and discovered it had a matching buffet. I figured they might be sold as a pair, probably bringing much more than I wanted to pay. I didn't need the buffet. We drove on home and had lunch, but my auction fever was driving me crazy. So I headed back to the auction. Only a handful of people remained and my table was still unsold. When it came up for bids, just as predicted, the auctioneer put the buffet up with it. [darn!] I waited until it appeared no one was going to bid at all, finally offering a measly $20 for both pieces. I feared the auctioneer might throw me out for such a low bid and I assumed a flurry of bids would follow. One other person made a halfhearted offer of $25. I won the bid at $30!! For BOTH pieces of furniture. With typical auction adrenaline rush I followed the crowd into the next room where five nice mahogany chairs sat. Before I knew it my hand developed "bidding Turrets" and I owned them all for an additional $8. Suddenly it struck me...how was I going to get all this furniture home in my compact car? I wrote out my check and promised to return ASAP. Needless to say, hubby was less than thrilled to learn he not only had to leave the warmth of hearth and home to retrieve this room of furniture, but had to borrow a truck big enough to haul them. A couple of phone calls and a half an hour later, we were pulling back up to the house at the auction to load my 'stuff.' Grumbling, he began to pull the big drawers out of the heavy, old buffet to make it lighter to carry to the truck. The top one stuck and after he jerked at it a few times he reached back to dislodge "a paper clip or something" wedged in the back. Not bothering to look at it, he handed me something shiney and I slipped it into my pocket and grabbed the drawer. Now soaked from head to toe we headed home and I reached into my pocket to see what had caused so much trouble. It was a ring....a pretty ring.....a heavy ring. I stared. "I think this might be the real thing!" I said. "Oh, I'm sure," my husband said sarcastically. After sticking the furniture in our garage and returning the borrowed truck he finally got back to his football game. I headed to the jewelry store at the mall. As I handed the ring to the jeweler asking him if it might be "real," he bounced it in his palm as he put his loupe to his eye, "I can tell by the feel that it's real. Let's take a look. Well, without taking the diamond out of the mount, I'd guess it's about a third to half carat and it looks to be nearly perfect. I'd estimate it might be worth about $1,000." I nearly fell over! I not only got the table I'd wanted, but a beautiful buffet (Bless it's sticky old drawers!), five nice dining chairs and now a diamond ring - all for my $38. Obviously my husband was no longer as grumpy about my purchase. I checked with the attorney for the estate and discovered "finders keepers" is the law and that there was no family anyway, so "congratulations." After twenty years, I'm still enjoying not only my stuff, but the story behind it.... -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #44 April 2002

2002-05-09

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- More than meets the eye. I have a feeling that opinions are going to be fairly strong on this story. Feel free to post your comments to our bulletin board. I think everyone would like to hear what others think of it... My education in this field began a little over 10 years ago. About a year earlier I had purchased an old, wooden single bed frame and headboard from a nearby garage sale. It was well made but nothing special to my eye. I soon found it to be too small for me and wanted to trade up to a larger bed. Since I had a small truck full of other items I wanted to let go I decided to go to the large local SF Bay Area flea market then located in Marin City. I set up the bed and the other items and soon almost everything was gone except for the bed. A few people inquired but not seriously. Then, when I was just about to take it apart and pack it back up a man showed up. He looked it up and down and asked what I wanted. I said, "Make me an offer." He frowned and continued to inspect. He said, "just give me a price, I'm not good at making offers." Oh..poor guy..a flea market novice like myself in need of a bed for his lonely self. Since the bed was in good condition and made of a dark, heavy wood I thought $75 would be a good price...and this being a flea market I said, $90? With the dumb question mark hanging in the air like a big lollipop. He frowned again and pointed out a scratch or two and said he could not give me more than $60. I felt something bad in my stomach but accepted. He immediately pulled out a wad of cash and peeled of 3 twenties. He then proceeded to disassemble the bed and took a few pieces at a time to his vehicle. After the last piece was gone he came back just as I was leaving. I saw what appeared to be a smirking glint in his eyes...his face was actually twitching..suppressing an urge, no doubt, to break out in peals of evil laughter. He actually said, "Now, you want to know what you just sold me?" Well, the way he put it I really did not but he spit it out anyway. "You just sold me a Gilbert Rhody (sp?) bed worth about $17,000!" I just looked at him dumbly as he gleefully told me he was a dealer in Art Deco pieces and this was going in his collection for sale. I told him I thought he had low self esteem issues coming back and telling me something like that and I'm sure I looked a little crestfallen. I was struggling financially and a few extra bucks couldn't have hurt. A few months later I happened to see him on a local TV news show at his yearly Art Deco show in San Francisco..all dressed up in the threads of that era and proudly showing off his showroom. This event soured me on the "antiques & collectables" dealers and business in general. I bought everything new and held bad feelings for years. I have since let that event go, emotionally, but get a little sick at the stories about the "art" of collecting as it is described by many in the various publications. I could look at it as an expensive education but I could not do that to somebody. If I spied something I absolutely knew was worth a lot of money at some sale and the person was asking a mere pittance I could not take advantage of that person's ignorance. It seems too much like stealing, to me. I know there are other points of view but that is just mine...... -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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2002-05-08

Contents: 1. More than meets the eye. 2. So, MCI calls me... 3. Online Mother's Day cards 4. Flea Market Finds with the Kovels 5. What's it worth? Two ways to find out... 6. Interesting classified ads 7. eBay search tip 8. Catalog your collection 9. New items at AntiqueArts.com 10. A Vintage Recipe. 11. Yahoo! Auctions 12. Today's new stuff 13. These folks just opened shop online. 14. Helpful resources for collectors

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The Collectors Newsletter #43 April 2002

2002-05-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- How did you get into antiques & collectibles? This reader has an interesting story about how she got started..... Many people ask me "how did you get into antiques & collectibles?" . In response, I explain my "wake up call" in the Summer of 1982. I was sitting in my living room with a few friends when the doorbell rang. A gentleman introduced himself as an antique dealer, gave me his card, and offered to buy the large piece of pottery that was sitting outside on my stoop with some artificial flowers in it. My immediate response was "that ugly thing? sure - how much?" He said he would give me $30 for the planter . I promptly suggested that he may be interested in the matching "pedestal" that I had shoved away in my attic. I guess I hadn't noticed that he was near faint when he said "you have the matching pedestal??" Yes, I said, and he could have that ugly thing too. I brought out the pedestal . He offered me $60 for the two. My, what a prosperous afternoon, I thought ! He asked me if I had any others. I did see one, in the basement. One with big flowers on it. May he see it? he asked. Sure , since I had a house full of guests, I asked one friend to come with us as we went into basement. I found the planter and handed it to him. "Another Roseville" he said. "Any more??" No, I didn't think I had any more, but I would call him if I found any. He offered me $90 for the 3 pieces. My lucky day ! (I thought). My friends were impressed with my good fortune. I bought pizza and we enjoyed the rest of the afternoon. That evening, I tossed & turned in my sleep. I could not get the name "Roseville" out of my head. In the morning, I called a few antique dealers in the area & asked about Roseville pottery. "Some are worth maybe $100 -- and others could be worth much, much more" was the reply. Off to the bookstore ! I found my (now his) Roseville planter & jardiniere in a book , priced at about $700. I didn't even look for the other piece in the book. ( Now-a-days, that planter & pedestal would be worth over $1500, as I understand it. ) . I did not bother to call this man & complain. A deal is a deal, and I would have never known about the value of pottery or antiques if he hadn't knocked on my door. What did happen from that point on was my becoming interested in all 'old' things, vintage - antique - collectible. I began buying price books and going to garage sales and flea markets. That was just the beginning. I am still learning but my scope of knowledge is much broader than it was in 1982. So now-a-days I enjoy attending local auctions, hoping to find that little treasure which will do well on on-line auctions. So when people ask me "how did you get into antiques and collectibles?, I tell them a little story about a door-knocking man, Roseville pottery, and a pizza party..... Best Regards, Nancy Avignone -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #42 April 2002

2002-05-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- In Search Of Roseville When you switch to collecting something new, it's a good idea to know the market, as this reader found out. After being a card-carrying bottom feeder at auctions and garage sales for years, I decided I would raise my selling self esteem by raising the bar from junk to Roseville. Now why would any highly successful bottom feeder wish to do a thing like that you might ask. I was very successful out-bidding every other bidder for the odd lots of refuse at most auctions. It was like an angry spirit took hold of my hand raising it toward the heavens. Very few dared to challenge my bidding. The auctioneers always smiled as I heaped up my "treasures". Then there was the problem of unloading when I returned home. Sometimes darkness was my veil as I sneaked my goods into the cellar in attempts of avoiding my wife's unappreciative stares. After all, the attic was heaped up, as was my office, and then there was the shed out back. She would understand when I converted it all into cash. Someday. Then one day she said something shocking. "Why don't you upgrade your buying and get better items." She had given up on getting me to stop going to auctions, so this was a very positive development. That is when I decided to hunt down and acquire a piece of Roseville pottery. This was to be my quantum leap to respectability. You have all seen art dealers and antique dealers who only carry the creme de la creme in their shops. These people don't even wear jeans and frown uncontrollably when they see inferior pieces in a way that suggest a bad scent is in the air. I wanted to join their club. I had seen a few pieces of Roseville in my day and was shocked to see three lovely stem holders at a local consignment auction. Right on the bottom of each it said, "Roseville." I was smitten. The old spirit returned as I thrust my hand into the air to the tune of $75.00. I had achieved my goal and took my trophies home. Respectability. My description on Ebay was nothing short of poetry. I finally had an item worthy of consideration by the most discriminating collector, or so I thought. My first clue that something was wrong was when after 5 days I didn't have a single bid. Then there was the terse email which read," They aren't Roseville. They are cheap imitations made in China." Exactly one month later, I left a box at the same consignment auction. In the box were three stem holders signed "Roseville" on the bottom. I didn't attend the auction but stayed home confident that other bidders possessed by demons would raise their hands as I had done. The results were shocking. Since it was a holiday weekend, the auctioneer had a truckload of flowers on the auction block. When he finally started the box lots, the large crowd had all but disappeared. When the gavel finally came down on my "Roseville," it was for the sum of $8.00! (Minus the house's 20 per cent!) There ends my quest for Roseville for the time being. Presently, I will stick to the identification of peanut butter jars and other fine items that you find in...box lots! John Lundgren is a garage sale enthusiast and author of, "How To Turn Your Garage Sale Into a Money Machine." Visit www.garagesalebonanza.com for free tips and the free ebook, The Garage Sale Addict's Handbook. -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #41 April 2002

2002-04-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Suitcase of Memories Sometimes it's the simple things that hold the most memories, as this reader recalls........ My parents decided to have a garage sale to rid themselves of 20 years, five kids, three cats, one guinea pig and a couple fish worth of stuff; and I had foolishly agreed to help! When I arrived at the house, the purging had already begun. The driveway was packed with makeshift tables, their surfaces covered with paraphernalia, boxes crammed underneath, spilling out underfoot. Dad was wrestling a headboard out of the garage as my stepmother slid past with a stack of old books in her arms. Pieces of the past flowed from the house; my brother’s student desks, toy cars, my sisters dolls, old dishes, record albums, and my old dresser, which still looked almost as it had appeared in the Sears catalog when I was a girl. We had just finished stacking up the last pieces when a drop of water landed on a glass tray in front of me. Dad quickly produced a rope and tarp and we we scurried about securing it over the driveway, between the house and trees. The people didn’t seem to mind the rain. In fact they kept coming in a steady stream for most of the day. As the driveway and table tops steadily began to clear my stepmother suggested we reorganize. Picking up an armful of old toys that had made their way out of the box in some hopeful child’s hands, she took a quick look around to see if she’d missed any and nodded her head downward towards the ground “Maybe you want to keep those, weren’t they your mother’s? They’re probably fashionable again.” I looked down. There, between the sawhorse legs, with a river running underneath them, was a set of three ivory leather suitcases. I couldn’t believe it! I thought they had been given away when my mother had passed away when I was fifteen. I think I’d only ever seen the suitcases used once, on a family vacation to Disneyland when I was seven. After that they’d been replaced by more “modern’ Samsonite luggage like the one’s I remember apes jumping on in the tv commercials. I gathered up the cases and took them inside. They were the old square, sloped shape, the edges bound in the same leather and expertly sewn. There were a few nicks and scratches after 50 years, but they were negligible. The brass latches were slightly tarnished but they snapped open under my thumbs without hesitation. Inside was stunning, iridescent purple fabric, still as vivid as the day they were made. Delicate silk ribbons tied into bows, in the same color, draped over the fabric. There was a slight stain on the fabric in one of the cases, but thankfully, they had been spared any real damage. There were no heirlooms when my mother died, just dusty photographs of her life before me. The suitcases aren’t very valuable but they will always hold value for me. They don’t carry anything to any destinations anymore, I just use them for storage. For me they store more than just stuff. They store memories.........Keli Manson -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #40 April 2002

2002-04-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A story about dolls A story of two very special women and their dolls as told by one of our readers.... Fortunately, I had the opportunity to know both of my Great Grandmothers. My paternal Great-grandmother died when I was about 8 years old. My father brought home a storage chest with miscellaneous items that we inherited. Inside was her Pixie doll. These old dolls (from what I know) were hand made usually for someone as a gift, but they were personalized by adding the real hair of the new owner as bangs for the doll. Her doll was made of a peach colored satin, around the cherub face was the fur lined pixie cap and gently tucked in between were my great grandmother's lock of hair. I have treasured this keepsake now for over 30 years. Several years ago, my maternal Grandmother was very ill and I went to visit with her. As I walked into her bedroom, I noticed a Pixie doll sitting on a chair. Not seeing very many of these dolls, I asked her about her doll and she said that she had had it for a very long time. I asked her if by any chance it had belonged to her Mother which was my Great grandmother on my Mothers side. She said that it was. I checked around the face and low and behold was the personalized locket of hair that had belonged to my other great-grandmother which had died when I was around 10. I told her that if something ever happened to her, that Pixie doll was what I would want from her. Knowing that she would soon be leaving me too, she gave me the doll right then and there. These women were from completely different backgrounds and did not know each other. I think it highly unusual that both women possessed a doll like this, and how fortunate and unusual that I now treasure both of them. --Another Story-- A box of strings This is a funny story. I wish I had met the "Old Lady" from the story.... Hello everyone! I am a collector and also a compulsive "saver". I have the most difficult time discarding anything. I always think that someday I will be able to use the item or just want to have it to rekindle a memory. I have four children and everyone of them has what I call " a box of strings". In fact every member of my family, including the ones that have passed on, has "a box of strings". These boxes contain momentos and favorite things that have survived ones childhood and adulthood. Here is the origin of the term, "Box of strings". When I was a young girl, my "Nana" used to tell me this story from time to time. There once was an old lady who used to save everything. When she passed away, her children assembled in her house and began going through all that she owned. In the attic, they came across item after item that had been a piece of their mother's life. On each item, was a tag attached by a string that read, "This is good for so and so..." and "This is good for such and such..." . After four days, the wearisome group came across a little piece of string, and tied to the string was a tag that read, "this isn't good for a damn thing". I enjoy your newsletter very much! ..Sincerely, Nicki Fuller -- Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #39 April 2002

2002-04-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Saving the things we collect. This reader came up with a novel way to save memories and vintage collectibles for her children... Several years ago I started making "treasure boxes" for my daughters. It began as a way for me to tuck away all of those little things I wanted to save for them. I knew they would love them even more if I wrapped each item in pretty tissue paper (that I had saved and collected from other things). I love thrift stores and have found lots of awesome vintage things to wrap and hide among the familiar things from their past. Since the beginning I have added several of their favorite books and toys. I copied all of our old old family photos of Great Grandma as a baby, Pappy in his WWII uniform, Mom as a little girl, etc... I've rolled their favorite artwork and tied them with pretty ribbons, I placed their girl scout sashes and brownie badges into neat little baggies ...... You name it.... if it meant something to someone who was special to them.... It could go in there. This is a simple way for me to give them a little happiness after I am gone. I started with a few vintage purses and have even filled an old suitcase now. You can use anything for a treasure box. I tie a name tag on each one and use them as decorations in my home. My girls know about them and have even given me things for in them... Bonnie Nornhold Middleburg, Pennsylvania --Another Story-- This story was submitted by a reader on behalf of her daughter. She was with her daughter when she purchased the described item at a local antique shop. Later in the day the daughter purchased a magazine.... "She was thumbing through her magazine when she put her hand to her chest and began saying, "Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, I think I am going to hyperventilate" (she can be dramatic at times). I asked her what was wrong as I thought she was hurting or something. Then she said, "Oh my gosh, Mother, you are never going to believe this!" With that she brought the magazine over and laid it in my lap, pointing to an item in an article about the BBC version of Antiques Roadshow. The article, which was several pages long, showed items brought to the show, a paragraph description, and the appraised value. There where she was pointing was the Oriental silk square she had purchased that very day for $5.00. It had been appraised at 150 British pounds. What are the chances that on the very day she purchased this item - would she buy a magazine containing this information???? Well, it was described as a Chinese rank badge from the 17th or 18th century. On further investigation over the internet, I found several antique store web sites and pictures of similar rank badges, never this exact one, but one that I saw was appraised at $850. We are still in shock and have a wonderful story to tell about her find. Although she immediately thought about selling it and using the money for school, etc., I have advised her to hang on to it, have it framed, and consider it as her first piece of art to hang in her future home, or even in her shop - as her dream is to have her own shop filled with treasures to sell. Now we are wondering if we should even tell the owners of the store where we purchased it. What do your readers think?----Jean Horton Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #38 April 2002

2002-04-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Her mother's cedar chest. The recent stories we've been publishing about the things that loved ones have left behind seem to have deeply touched a large number of our readers. It's true that you can't take the things that you collect in life with you, but the memories these things leave behind are very powerful. This reader found many memories hidden in her mother's cedar chest. Just like your other readers, I was touched by the story of the father and the baby ring. I always knew my Mother saved everything from A-Z. The one object that fascinated me the most was her cedar chest. It was off limits except when she was spring cleaning. I would sit on her bed and be entranced by all the treasures tucked away inside that chest. When my Mother died, my Father and I had the task of cleaning out everything in preparation for his move to my home. The cedar chest was indeed the hardest of all. Inside, I found a trove of objects that included my First Communion dress and veil, every greeting card my Father had sent her from the time they dated, some 50 years worth and the most precious of all the letters my Mother and Grandmother had written to each other for over 40 years. My Grandparents had moved from our hometown of Pittsburgh to Erie, Pennsylvania not long after my parents married. My Mother was heartbroken and they wrote to each other several times a week. I took the letters home in the ribbon tied shoe box they had been kept and tucked them away. Some years later I came across them and started to read them. Those letters spanned many years and lives, the tragic death of my Uncle at the age of 24, marriages on both sides of the family, jobs lost and found, but the dearest were the letters during my Mother's pregnancy. My Mother and Grandmother wrote of the baby that would soon come and of all their hopes and dreams for that child. That child was me. I still have all the letters and they now rest inside a lace covered box tied with love....Darlene Barron Pittsburgh, PA Stop by and browse the comments from other readers about these stories. Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for you to anonymously post and read messages about these stories. Take a look at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #37 April 2002

2002-04-16

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- What a husband collects. Last week we had a story from a reader about the things that her kept. That story inspired several folks to write in. There are also several nice comments on the community bulletin boards at: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 This weeks story is from a wife's perspective on going through her husbands things. I found your story of the father being a collector & his daughter found her baby ring, very touching. It caused me to want to share with others my story of a "accumulator", if that's a collector, I don't know. This is about MY Hubby who died last July 20, 01. I knew he was a collector of books & books of stamps, boxes of used stamps, & containers of coins, I accepted that as his hobby. What I found as I was cleaning out his personal things from his office, really surprised me. People who lived through the depression, (as my husband & I did), fought in WW2, did without so much, Learned To Save, or should I say Hoard. I found, also, that he saved every pen he ever got, many no good any longer, pictures of his family, years old, worn & faded from being in his billfold. All the deeds to the home we owned (which was 3), plus the deed to my parents home, neatly filed away. Plus there was an insurance policy in among his others, from his Mom dated 1934 for $1000, no dividends offered, paid in full, "uncashed". It was an elegant policy of parchment, very large & important looking, written in the fine hand of that era. Could it be it was his way of staying in touch with his Mom? He didn't talk much, he was a very private person, that spent lots of time, alone, in his office at home. An interesting thing happened to prove my idea of his obsessive saving. In his closet there were 2 bags, 1 a gym bag, the other a bank bag, both filled with pennies, over $300 worth. Can you imagine the weight there was in those bags? My son found out while taking them to the bank. But what really brought tears to my eyes were the poems I'd written him over the years tucked under his desk blotter. There were so many small things that he left behind to tell us a little about the man I thought I knew after 54 yrs of marriage. I compiled them all into memory book with all his Army photos, unlabeled, his letters from the President of the U.S. for his bronze star, VFW commendations, etc. his shoulder patches from his Army jacket, & much more, titled "Dad's Trek Across Europe". It ended up being a part of my healing finding this other side of the man I spent so many years with. Our children now have a permanent reminder of their Father that they can dip into whenever the urge to talk with him occurs. It was a Labor of Love. Memories are cherished thoughts that we've stored to be enjoyed in our Golden Years. I found that I had lots more than I imagined I had. Thanks for letting me share this with you....... Connie --Another Story-- Another Story... The ugly vase. This reader found that an ugly vase was worth the trip.... My husband and I went to an Army post in the area that was holding its annual garage sale event. Hundreds of families stationed there had set up sales in their driveways. This was our first time attending and we were shocked that due to the volume of buyers, even at 7am, we had to park at least a half-mile away from the nearest group of housing units. I had envisioned buying some very exotic items since these families had lived all over the world, however I was pretty disappointed, since most of the items were children's toys and clothing. My husband wasn't too crazy about the whole sale, since there were crowds and crowds of buyers and so much walking. We eventually retrieved our van and drove to a different part of the post where he could drive along and I'd hop out if I saw an interesting looking sale. At one sale, I picked up an older, heavy pottery vase. It was interesting looking but had no mark on it. It was pink with gray edges and had a star shape to it. I asked the owner how much it was, and she said 75 cents. I pulled out a dollar and gave it to her and she forgot to give me my change until I reminded her. I climbed back into the van and my husband chastised me for buying such an ugly piece of pottery. I told him I thought it was American Art Pottery but wasn't sure which company had made it. When we got home, I went through all my collectible books, but was unable to find the piece, so I listed it on an on-line auction site under American Art Pottery. A day later, someone e-mailed me to let me know it was a Roseville Futura piece. Sure enough, when I found it in my Roseville book, I saw that it was valued at $645 to $800!! My piece sold on the auction site for $338. I was so pleased! And to think, I'd been worried about getting my 25 cents in change back!.....Julie Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #36 April 2002

2002-04-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Things that a father keeps. Sometimes, it's the little things that a father keeps to remind him of his family... My father was hard working and through the tough times of the fifties he supported a young family. In the sixties he succeeded well enough to build a new home just in time for his fourth and final child and even "spoiled" his family with a built in swimming pool. Though our father supplied us with materialistic amenities, he was not one to show great emotion, a common trait among men who grew up in the thirties and forties. The seventies came and Daddy worked even harder, working nights and weekends and during this period I moved into my own place, creating a greater emotional distance. Then the nineties dawned and the millennium was approaching...but he would never see it. Cancer would take him after nine long struggling years. As my mother and I began to clean out my dad's "junk drawer" we laughed at the broken watches he hoarded, foreign coins that were never spent and ink pens long dry. "He was such a pack-rat, especially stupid stuff" my mother claimed, explaining earlier she had discovered a box of our flip-flops from summers long ago. Then among the junk, a certain little box, too small, I thought to myself, to hold anything important. But how I was mistaken. For in the box was the tinniest ring I had ever seen. My mother gasped and took if from me. " I thought this was lost long ago" then turned it back towards me so that I could see that it was initialed....my initials! It was my baby ring that had been given me at my christening. He had kept a part of me to himself all these years. The ring now sits open to display on a shelf, next to my baby picture and one of my father.....Dee Dee Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #35 April 2002

2002-04-07

Contents: 1)Stories from our readers -- Espionage and dolls. This reader sent an interesting story about espionage and dolls... On one of my many visits to an antique mall, I came upon two very interesting Japanese dolls known to doll collectors as Ichimatsu (play dolls). The girl & boy dolls were well made and dressed in beautiful silk robes. The price was right, and while I was paying for them, one of the ladies packing them up said there was a book and news clippings that went with them that I had overlooked. Upon examination the news clippings proved to be fascinating. A note that was with the clippings read as follows. "Shortly after these "Japanese Ceremonial Dolls" were procured from Mrs. Velvalee Dickinson, a New York importer and doll shop owner , she was arrested and indicted as a Japanese espionage agent. Dolls of this type and letters using a "doll" code, were used to convey information concerning ship movements, submarine nets, etc., to Japan via Buenos Aires, Argentina during WW2." The News clippings told how a returned letter from Argentina to a woman in Oregon had aroused her suspicions since she hadn't sent the letter and the content referred to doll collecting activities in strange ways. She turned the letter over to the FBI. One of the many "doll" code messages mentioned a "German bisque doll" dressed in a hula skirt, being repaired in a Seattle doll factory. It said the doll would be ready by the first week in February. At the time the letter was sent, a ship damaged at Pearl Harbor was undergoing repairs at the Puget Sound Navy Yard and it was estimated that it would be ready for action by February, 1943. Many other letters were misdirected to other doll collecting ladies around the country that had all corresponded with Velvalee Dickinson. After the FBI analyzed all the letters and investigated, they found that Mrs. Dickinson had been receiving large amounts of money from the Japanese Government for years, in return for sending them coded military messages in a "doll" code using customers return addresses to crudely cover her tracks. The problem was her contact in Buenos Aires had moved without informing her, and the letters were returned to the forged return addresses. Perhaps someone else has heard of the women spy caught during WW2, I don't know what eventually happened to her. I couldn't get very far finding information on the internet..... Kathy in Ohio Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #34 April 2002

2002-04-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- How do you feel when you find it? Two different stories from different readers, each ending with the satisfaction of finding something special. I was traveling in France in the mid 1960s and I had another American with me whose Dutch father had lived in Paris before WWII; we went to an address that the father had once lived, in a large building of apartments. Larry knocked on a door at that address and mentioned his father's name; the response from an elderly woman came back in French, no, he doesn't live here any more. Larry said, no, I am his son. The woman's face lit up and she asked us to wait while she went upstairs to get her sister, then they brought out an old album of photographs from the 1930s which showed the father and both sisters on a holiday to the Riviera. After many cups of tea and cake one of the sisters brought out a ring that the father had once given her thirty years before and gave it to the son. For me this was a poignant instance of connections across time and generations, amid the dislocations of modern history. --Another Story-- On a visit to a second hand shop I spotted some small plastic bags containing coins from different countries. I collect U.S. coins and I asked if they had some. They had only one bag with mostly worn quarters, nickels and dimes and what appeared to be a small unidentifiable brass coin. I knew it was old because I could make out a liberty head on the coin. So I paid 5 dollars for the bag. Upon getting it home I discovered that it was a one dollar gold piece from 1853. I had never seen one before and what a buzz. They are so small!....Alan Would you like to comment on these stories? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #32 April 2002

2002-03-28

Contents: 1) Stories from Readers -- Two neat stories this week An interesting find and a good samaritan in this weeks newsletter. I collected postcards avidly when I was in high school about 11 years ago. They were sitting in a shoe box ever since. Lately I have been going through them to sell on eBay since I no longer collect them. I came across a really neat black and white photo postcard sent from England to the states. I always like to read the little notes. When I turned it over it was marked Dear Stella and mother, I then looked at the sender who was Ed and where it was sent to New Kennsington, PA. I was so excited that this was a postcard sent to my grandmother and great grandmother from her brother (who has since died) when he was in the service! Needless to say my grandmother was also excited. I don't remember where I found it and why I never noticed this earlier!..Stacey --Another Story-- I'm a small time dealer who enjoys collecting interesting and unusual items. While at an auction of European items I spied inside a small leather suitcase and saw a very nice piece of fabric hidden among some ordinary pieces of linen. I didn't want to draw attention to the piece so I didn't pull it out and look at it. When the bidding started, no one else bid on the suitcase and contents so I won the bid at $30. When I got it home I discovered a very large, extremely beautiful embroidered panel of material. I really had no idea what the purpose of it was, so I held on to it for over a year. I was excited to discover the International Linen Registry Museum in Tulsa, OK and I took the piece of fabric to them to see if they could enlighten me. The curator told me that it was embroidered by hand in France or England probably in the 1930's or 1940's and was going to be made into a kimono type robe. For whatever reason the fabric was never made into it's intended use. The artistry, the quality of the materials and the workmanship were all extraordinary. It probably took the artist several years to have finished the needlework. I ended up donating the fabric to the museum and received a $4500 tax donation. They were overjoyed to receive the piece and I was glad that other people will now be able to enjoy it.....Nancy Would you like to comment on these stories? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #33 March 2002

2002-03-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- In the right place at the right time. We've got two stories for you this week. Both have interesting plot twists... Good Morning. I love the stories in your newsletter, never thought anything like that would happen to me, but read on. A while back shortly after my Grandmother had died, I was visiting a city about 30 minutes from my home town. Never one to pass by a thrift store I went in and looked around. Finding nothing interesting, I was on my way out when I spotted a table where a worker was just placing some items out for sale. I stopped and right on top was a small framed "MOTHER" poem from the 20's, I'm sure you all have seen these before. Well, I picked it up and turned it over. There on the back was written "To Mother with fondest regards, Lorne and Rita." I could not believe this. Lorne and Rita were my grandparents, they lived in another city a 2 hour drive away from this store! The handwriting was my Grandmothers. Needless to say I bought it and it hangs in my home. Talk about being in the right place at the right time!....Annette --Another Story-- Years ago when my daughter Linda was in nursery school, we had to print their name on any toys that we brought from home. About thirty five years later, I owned an antique and collectible shop, one day a customer brought in several boxes of items for me to sell for her. As I looked through the boxes, I saw some toys and one in particular caught my eye. I thought to myself, "That looks like a toy that Linda had when she was little." Several days later as I was pricing the items, imagine my surprise when I saw my daughter's name that I had written on her toy many years before. Needles to say it is a priceless antique and my best find ever. Thank you....Victoria Proulx ....Knoxville,Maryland Would you like to comment on these stories? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #31March 2002

2002-03-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Tracing your roots. Family bibles have been used to record births, deaths, marriages and sometimes other major events in peoples lives. These bibles were handed down from generation to generation. These bibles have a great deal of value to families trying to trace their heritage. This reader took an interesting path when she found one of these special books. In the 1980s my brother bought an old German bible from a flea market to give to my mother, who was a Sunday School teacher in Philadelphia. About 7 years ago she got Alzheimer's and came to live with my family. I brought many of her things with her, including the Bible. I noticed that between the Testaments was a complete history of a family centered in Reading, Pennsylvania. I tried calling people with that name to no avail. I planned to donate the Bible to the Reading Historical Society, but forgot about it and stored the Bible in our attic. Recently I saw the Bible and figured that the internet had grown so much in the intervening years that I'd try to find the family online. I logged onto a big genealogy site, searched for the family name and posted a message about my Bible. Within a week a woman from Texas of all places e-mailed me and said that she was sure it was her family! I sent the Bible to her, and she promised that, if it wasn't her family, she would post it again on the genealogy site. Well, it turned out that it WAS her family, and it opened up her research as never before. We've continued to stay in touch, and it was a wonderful feeling to know I'd helped someone in their search, through a flea market find. I hope that others will realize that any collectibles they have with information about other families can find their way "home" by posting a message on geneaology.com, too. It's the information that's important, not so much the original documents, and it can help someone who's looking for their ancestors......Sara Thurston Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #30 March 2002

2002-03-21

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Keeping it in the family. Sometimes things take a round about way of getting back to where they belong. As this reader found out.... I was visiting my adopted daughter when we got on the subject of collecting cook books. She got out her collection of cook books, some of which she had inherited from her birth mother. Her birth mother loved going to yard sales and collecting cook books. One book from the 40's which had the inscription "From Theresa to Marge", sent chills down my spine. I asked my daughter where her birth mother had got the book and she said at a yard sale in the village of Morrisdale, PA. As fate would have it, the book was sold by my uncles who were cleaning out an old pool hall that they had owned during World War II. Family members had stored items at the pool hall. The said cook book was from my Aunt, Theresa Andrejcik-Bristow, to my mother, Margaret Andrejcik-Yanock. My daughter insisted that I keep the book. It is one which is highly valued, having a grand story of how it has passed through the generations. By the way, we were making nut rolls for the holidays and they were delicious, made even sweeter by the family story connected to the book.... Susie Yanock-Schultz-Parks - Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #29 March 2002

2002-03-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Decoupage anyone? What's interesting is that both of these stories showed up in our inbox at about the same time.... Here's a great story for all who are addicted to thrift shopping and flea markets. While volunteering at the church thrift shop, I received a bunch of junk to price. Among the junk was a decoupaged metal box. As I examined it, My suspicions were aroused. Could it be...? I took it home to wash off the gunk and pasty paper (with hot water and ammonia, using a plastic spatula to scrape the stubborn parts). Eureka! A Beatles 1965 Aladdin lunch box, minus the thermos. The decoupage had preserved the surface beautifully, and we sold it privately for $200.00. Perhaps I could have gotten more, but the thrift shop was happy with the donation, and so was I. Keep a sharp eye out when you see something covered with other than their original paint........Barbara Reiher-Meyers Ronkonkoma, NY --Another Story-- Anyone out there remember how we used to decoupage everything. I especially loved to use the old metal frying pans. I would antique them first, with paint & then stain. Next I would decoupage an old picture on the back of the pan & then hang it on a wall. When that fad went by the wayside, I am sure I sold the one I had on my wall at a garage sale for 50 cents. Not too long ago I was in an antique shop and there was my pan hanging on their wall & it was marked $3.00. My artwork went up in value or just plain inflation I guess. I just had to tell the girl that I had done this work & she said, "I don't suppose you want to buy it back then?" I said no at first but after thinking about it, I changed my mind & gave her the $3.00. I have it hanging in my workshop & now I will always be reminded of that strange happening....Donna Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #28 March 2002

2002-03-14

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Anyone got any thing-ama-bobs? One readers truly interesting collection.... Collecting "vintage gadgets" or "granny had one of those but she threw it away" 20 years ago my son was about 14, I felt that we needed to get closer, you know how it is between fathers and sons, so I asked him what he would like to do, you name it and I'll do it with you, he responded with lets go digging on old rubbish dumps, "WHAT!" I replied. Well that was the start. The first gadget we came across was the famous 'cods bottle' that's the one that was patented to stop the gas escaping and thus causing the lemonade to go flat. He did this by putting a marble in the top that sealed the bottle and of course this allowed the lemonade to stay fresh. As he grew up he lost interest in digging on dumps and I started to collect patents in the areas of domestic, social and business. The crazier the item the more interesting. Even more so if it was very commonplace, so to give you an idea of some of the objects in my collection, here are a few items... 1. 1903 tea's maid that is worked by clockwork, the most is the most amazing thing in my collection. 2. Dough makers from the 20's 3. Change givers used in shops 4. Envelope seals and folders from the early 1900's 5. Eye massagers, wouldn't use it 6. Clockwork burglar alarms that fitted under the door and when opened a bell goes off 7. A full sized wooden victorian washing machine 8. A toe cover that stops holes in socks 9. A nylon stocking cleaner The collection goes on and on. I have around 300 items and I'm still looking for more. Anyone got any thing-ama-bobs......Maurice Collins Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #27 March 2002

2002-03-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Button button who's got the button? It's interesting the way things can find their way home. This reader found that out... I have always gone to yard sales, I suppose I got the habit from my Mom. She collected stuff too. After Mom died, I inherited, among other things, her old button tin. It was an old flowered tin, with a bunch of old buttons. Some buttons were replacements for items of clothing, spare buttons for the button back turquoise sofa, and the buttons my Mom saved from my old pea jacket I wore out in the '60's, and more. Growing up, moving a lot, and trying to lighten my load, I sold that old button tin at a yard sale. I came to regret it, and tried to learn not to get rid of too much too soon - especially not family stuff. I still can't remember which yard sale I sold it at. But, one day I saw an old tin at a flea market. It was an old fruitcake tin, and lo and behold, it had buttons in it. Well, at least I could have some spare buttons when I needed them, and without looking much at the contents, I bought it for a few dollars. Yup, you guessed it, and this is a God's honest true story. Later on when I got home, I was looking through the buttons and couldn't believe what I found: my Mom's button collection, just in a different tin. There they all were, the turquoise sofa button, the pea coat buttons, and lots more old favorites I had forgotten about! Pretty cosmic! And especially when you consider I was living in another state and could not exactly remember when or where I sold the button tin! I figure Mom must have wanted me to have them back... Thanks for letting me tell this story, I have never told it to anyone except my husband because it is so incredible, but true....Cindy Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #26 March 2002

2002-03-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Roadside Postcards A reader from the Netherlands finds U.S motel postcards a delight to collect. A few years ago, while on holiday in the USA, I was looking at some 'roadside' postcards and decided these would make a nice souvenir. Since then I have narrowed the 'roadside' field down to motels in the USA. The motel is the ultimate roadside icon for me. The postcards often show great cars (which are now called classics). The messages on the back are sometimes hilarious, although the 'wish you were here' is the classic message. Think I must be the only collector in the Netherlands who is into this particular topic. Not much to be found at our local postcard fairs so my collection grows mostly thanks the Internet auction-sites and dealers that I met through this modern medium. I am always looking for larger lots as otherwise the cost of postage might be higher than the value of a single card. I try to visit the USA once a year and going through many boxes of postcards at flea markets and antique malls is part of the fun. A recent visit to New York city (where I met up with one of my Internet-contacts) had me going home with almost 1200 more cards. Meanwhile my collection has over 10500 cards of motels, autocourts, autels, boatels, inns etc. in North America. You are welcome to take a look at a small part of my collection on my website www.motelfan.nl Anyone who thinks they can add to my collection is welcome to get in touch with me. All the best, ..Sjef 'motelfan' van Eijk Eindhoven, the Netherlands Would you like to comment on this story? Auctionbytes has been kind enough to build an online forum for us to talk about these great stories. If you would like to post a comment, go to: http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&1 We collect interesting stories about collecting. Things like your best find, unusual collections, bizarre collectibles. Anything and everything that is interesting that has to do with collecting. Send your story to us. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #25 March 2002

2002-03-05

Contents: 1)Stories from our readers -- Collecting white weddings This morning I got a note from TIAS customer service "Your mom submitted an interesting story." Was the message. So, for your reading pleasure, here is what your editor's mom collects... Here is an interesting collection that I have never seen in your wonderful newsletter. Because I eloped on Halloween night, I never had a real white wedding. I always felt sad that I never got to wear a white wedding gown and have bridesmaids and lots of flowers. So, instead of my own white wedding, I have a collection of old old wedding pictures. Most of them are from 1900-1940. The dresses are marvelous, each photograph represents an interesting era in the history of bridal fashions. I bought a group of old wedding pictures from Spain that are really unusual. The hair styles and expressions of great seriousness are not at all like our American wedding pictures. Early on in the 20th Century, no one smiled in their wedding pictures. The children always seem to be out of focus because they couldn't stand still for pictures that took a long time. I have wedding pictures where the bride was very young and the groom was very old. I wonder how that marriage turned out. There is one wedding picture taken about 1903 where everyone looks like my grandparents. Another, where everyone looks extremely ugly. Each picture tells a story that I can only imagine. I put them up in rotation on a wall in my entry and people think they are my relatives. When they ask, I always say: "That's the wedding that I never had."..... From Phil's mom --Another Story-- A baby cup finds it's way home. Another interesting story from a reader. I have to tell everyone this story , it is incredible! It was Saturday, I was on my normal yard sale venture. I stopped at a yard sale that had tons of silver plated items. I am not a fan of silver or silver plate but went through the items anyway. I stumbled across an antique engraved baby cup. On the cup was the name of the baby and the birth date. I thought it was so neat, to think an actual baby drank from this cup in the mid 1800s, I bought it. I brought the cup home, everyone thought I wasted my money, it was only $12.00. My husband told me to trash it. I didn't want to so I put in on ebay thinking there might be someone out there that collects baby cups. The auction ran about 23 hrs, I got a "buy it now" buyer, then received an email from her. Her name was the exact name on the cup! The lady asked if she could call me, I said sure and gave my number. She called and asked me if the birthday on the cup was May 5, 1852, I said yes, in shock of course. I found out that I sold this cup to the great-granddaughter of the original owner! Needless to say, I ended up giving her what should have been rightfully hers. She produced proof of her story too. I was stunned and thought to myself, "This is a small world!" If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #24 Feb. 2002

2002-02-28

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Proof that collecting is genetic. This reader found that the collecting bug is indeed something that can be passed on from generation to generation. I know a lot of people collect postcards, but I think that this is a new one. My mom traveled a lot for work, so I started a collection of postcards from all of the places she traveled when I was a kid. I also asked everyone I knew to pick some up for me on their travels. I have collected over 2,000 in my 30 years. About a month after my grandfather died in 1999 my grandmother gave me two big metal boxes. I opened them up to find some smaller WW II ammunition type boxes inside. I thought that the boxes were great, but she said to keep looking. Inside those boxes was the collection that of postcards that my grandfather had been collecting since he was a kid! The second big box was even better. Inside were more ammo boxes, this time, they were from WWI! These boxes were the collection that my Great Grandfather had started as a kid! I never had any idea that the postcard thing was in the blood!......Gwen S. If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #23Feb. 2002

2002-02-25

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The story behind the dishes. Where exactly did that chip on the corner come from. This reader got the story.. I'm a Saturday morning rummage sale junkie, always on the hunt for 40s - 50s retro kitchen ware items to either keep, or sell on line. My neighborhood includes many homes that are over 60 years old, and a good number are still occupied by the original owners. On more than one occasion, the sellers stories behind the items, have been more valuable than the pieces themselves. I'm in heaven when I come across a sale where odds and ends of a lifetime are laid out so carefully on makeshift sawhorse supported tables, topped with old bedroom and bathroom doors that have many colorful coats of decorating history that can be seen in the peeling paint. It was just in this setting that I came across a 50s unmarked dinnerware set that was a popular promotional give-away item at movie theaters. The single place settings were offered at a ridiculously low price with a purchase of a ticket, with the lure of "beautiful hostess serving pieces" available by special order, on display in the lobby. It's those "special order" pieces that have on line auction appeal, so I was quite surprised to see a coffee, teapot, and serving platter available, all at one sale. As I'm looking over each item to check for the usual chips, cracks, crazing, or repairs, I hear a loud booming voice directed at me. "Don't you worry about that little piece missing from the big plate, honey. It missed my Albert's head by a mile, and it only bumped the floor once when I threw it at him on that Thanksgiving." As she hurries over from her folding chair and TV tray station at the overhead door of the garage, all the female shoppers ears are tuned into what she needs to share with me. "Four hours late on Thanksgiving day, and his Mother is there!", she explained. Looking me straight in the eye, her hand on my arm, she says, "listen lady, no man ice fishes too long when there's hot food, his mama, and an excuse for falling asleep early. His girlfriend must have been a good cook!" That, is what I call vintage history of dinnerware. .....Karen Pawlak If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #22 Feb. 2002

2002-02-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Two neat stories. You won't believe this one........I own an antique shop but I always say, we dealers can not possibly know everything about everything. So when I priced an empty bottle of perfume, after not being able to find it in any price guide, it really was a guess. When I told a customer it was $40, she stood back, looked around for a minute, and said , "Well I am going to give you $90. I just wouldn't feel right only giving you $40." I of course said "Pardon Me?" I could not believe my ears but she was serious. She gave me the money and said to her sister standing next to her, "Now I suppose you think I am crazy?" and her sister replied, " Oh I've know that for years!" I was thrilled to meet such a person and she comes back to my shop all of the time. I still have no idea the value of that bottle but she is a collector and has invited me out to her house to see her collection so I know she has no intention of selling it. I hug her every time I see her.....DF -- My friend enlisted my help in clearing out his childhood home after his parents had passed away. While up in the attic, we found an old lusterware tea set that had never been used and was in absolutely mint condition. He asked me to list it on ebay with the rest of the attic finds. It was a rather unusual pattern, having windmills painted on it. The auction ended, I sent the tea set and three weeks later I got a very touching email message from the lady who bought it. It turns out that her parents had just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and the tea set had been a gift to them. On their wedding day, they had received the same pattern tea set but had lost it nearly 30 years ago in a house fire. They had searched for years to replace it but finally gave up after finding only two chipped saucers in 12 years. The buyer said that when her parents unwrapped that gift at the party they both broke into tears of joy! She told me that the tea set was the best gift she ever could have given them! ...AM from Florida If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #21 Feb. 2002

2002-02-19

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Elvis Lids! An old box lid from a childhood pair of sneakers turns out to be worth quite a bit. Among the items I collected over the years was an extensive collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia. I started collecting in 1956 and being a big fan continued even after his death to add to my collection. When I finally decided to sell it all on Ebay, as I was going through the items, I came across the lid to my old Elvis Presley sneakers. I was 12 yrs. old when my mother bought the sneakers & when they got a hole in the toe, I threw them out (ouch, they recently sold on Ebay for $2,600.00). Over the years the box fell apart, but for some reason the lid was intact. Complete with a black & white photo of him & signature It even included the logo of the company it was made by. As there weren't any more to judge a selling price from, I decided to put it on Ebay for $75.00 & put it on for 10 days. I couldn't believe the next 9 days as the bidding price went up & up. At the end, it was purchased for $485.00. I was surprised, but very much happy. It just goes to show you that items in your attic/closet/storage are always worth something to someone out there. You just need to click with the right person. .....J.Williams If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #20 Feb. 2002.

2002-02-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A National Geographic magazine "talks" Sometimes the pages of those old magazines speak to you, on the phone. This reader had a happy encounter with a voice from the pages. (Also, if you enjoy our newsletter, email a friend and tell them to subscribe at http://www.tias.com/subscribe/ The more subscribers we get, the more interesting stories we get...Thanks.) Last year I sold several old National Geographics. One of the issues was purchased by a gentleman in Texas. It contained an article and photos on the war during the Berlin Airlift. Upon notifying him of the winning bid, he sent an acknowledgment email back and instructed me (while I still had the copy) to turn to a certain page in the Berlin Airlift article. Upon finding it, he further directed me to a photo at the bottom of the page that showed 4 officers at the Flight Ops office. He then told me to take notice of the man nearest the camera, on the end, and stated - "If you see him, you have seen me when I was 23 years old"!! I thought it was so great to "see" one of my customers in an old publication. He is now a retired Colonel from the Air Force. Just thought I would share his story with your readers. ....JT from Ky. If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #19 Feb. 2002

2002-02-12

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- What you might find at a "storage" auction This is a bit longer than we usually like to print, but it's a fascinating story about what one reader purchased at a storage facility auction. On a side note, don't forget to send a free Valentine card today. Go to:http://www.tias.com/cards/Valentine%27s_Day.html I purchase most of my stuff at "storage auctions." Over the years we have bought units for $5.00 and found thousands of dollars worth of stuff. On the other hand we have spent a thousand dollars and everything went to the dump. About a year ago we attended an auction in Arlington/Crystal City. A unit came up that belonged to James Brady, Press Secretary for Ronald Reagan. Most people remember him as the one who took the bullet for Ronald Reagan when John Hinkley went on a shooting spree. James Brady is also legendary for The Brady Bill (for gun control) that his wife, Sara, got passed. We purchased the entire space and realized this was more than just some old unwanted files. It was the Brady's personal papers, documents, family birth certificates, baby pictures, plus many, many things from the White House. There was correspondence about The Brady Bill, and 8x10 photos, signed by and of every President from the past 20-30 years. There were two valuable Delacroix prints, and the list goes on. The excitement got better and better as we were finding many hand written letters from "Ron" to "Jim." There was even a telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Hinkley, to James Brady, while he was in the hospital with Get Well wishes. I knew I had to contact the Brady's and work something out so they could get their stuff back. I found an RSVP White House Social Secretary card with a phone number on it and called the White House. Within a few minutes I was on the phone with Mrs. Brady's secretary. She explained that there was a mix up and the storage bill went unpaid (possibly due to the fact that the Brady's relocated to Delaware). She told me she would call Mrs. Brady and get back to me. She did call me back and said she would get back to me again to make arrangements to get the stuff. After a week or so with no return call I called back and left a message, once again no one got back to me. I called and left several messages over the next two months but no one called me back. I continued to keep the estate in tact but since it was such a wonderful conversation piece I put an 8x10 (promo) picture of Mr. Brady in the front window of my store. I was at a loss at what to do. Then one day a young man walked in and asked me why I had a picture of Jim Brady in my window. When I told him the story he was intrigued. He introduced himself as "George" and explained that Scott Brady, son of Jim and Sara Brady, was a very good friend of his and he went to school with him. He told me he thought Scott would be interested and would bring him by. About a week or so later he came back with Scott Brady. Scott gathered some of the very personal stuff and gave me his blessings to sell all of the White House stuff. He asked that I continue to save back his personal family photos and stuff that has no monetary value but that he really wasn't interested in the other stuff because they have so much of it. He explained that when a document is written or a picture made and signed they would make several copies so they more than likely had copies of everything. I am still excited because many of the handwritten letters are original from "Ron" and he said it was fine with him if I wanted to go ahead and make some money off of it, if I could. He was/is a very nice young man and if you read this Scott thank you very much! I will begin listing some of the items on E-Bay under my user name sharonva1, and in my E-Bay store "EWAYTREASURES". Thanks for letting me share my story. Sharon Wolford-- Manassas, Va If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #18 Feb. 2002

2002-02-08

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The things kids collect. In our last issue we asked readers to submit unusual collections that children kept. Here is a beauty... When I saw this topic, I had to laugh. In the summer of 1966, when I was 11 years old, my grandparents took my mother and me abroad for three months. We lived in a very small town on the South Florida coast, and there was much about Europe that amazed me. The thing that I collected and brought home to show my friends, however, was toilet paper. I had never seen anything like the variety I saw there. In the French trains there were pre-cut squares of what looked and felt like waxed tissue paper. In Switzerland, it was hot pink, thick and corrugated like a poor-quality paper towel. There was what I now know to be recycled, un-bleached paper. There was everything, and anything, and I brought it all home in a box. It must have been thrown out by now, but that collection was a conversation piece for years. The other thing I collected was miniatures. I started with a hand-blown pill bottle/vial given to me by the proprietor of an antique store in Newport, RI, and 40-odd years later, I'm still collecting. Animals, primarily. But anything, really, that's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. I have more than 100 pieces in a cabinet my father built for me. .... Lynne Cohen-Miami, FL If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #17 Feb. 2002

2002-02-05

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Stories from readers... Two for this week. Next week, We've got a topic for you. "Unusual collections that children keep". Maybe something interesting that you collected? If you know of such a collection, drop us a note at support@tias.com. We may publish it here... Several years ago, I stopped at a neighborhood sale. I looked under one of the tables and on top of a box of dishes was a gold leaf covered vegetable dish - handles on both sides and a domed top with a gold leaf knob on top. I asked how much it was and the lady said $10. I brought the bowl over to the table to pay for it and she said - oh no - I meant $10 for the whole box of dishes - they're just old junk. I had recognized the "M" in the wreath as a Noritake mark. Everything in the box was wrapped in old newspapers and I didn't take time to check the box until I got home. I was already thrilled with this beautiful bowl. To my surprise, the box was filled with 10 place settings of the same pattern - all with the "M" in the wreath mark. Dinner plates, salad plates, soup bowls - I really think I got quite a buy for $10.00. I did take a piece to have it checked over at a local dealer told me it was indeed pre-World War I Noritake. It's a great find that I will always treasure. ....Mary -- Just a note to let you know how I started to collect salt cellars. We were visiting family in South Dakota and they had quite a few antique pieces. These included picture frames, a desk and some other items of interest to me. We had a van and two boys and I thought I was going to be able to bring some "stuff" home. Well little did I know that after a visit to the local fireworks stand, (fireworks we could not get in the west) Every available square corner of our van, every nook and cranny was stuffed with guess what??? I was in fear for my life the entire trip back. If we had been hit with something we would have exploded into a million pieces. I only had room on my lap to bring home 4 salt cellars which were the start of 100 piece collection. It's been 25 years since that trip.....Carol If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #16 Feb. 2002

2002-02-02

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A picture of Uncle Sam. When you auction an item make sure it is properly described. This goes for both online and "real" auctions. This reader learned this lesson the hard way... At a thrift sale one day I found a black framed cardboard picture of Uncle Sam. The owner wanted $25.00 but I talked her into $15.00 as it was all the cash I had on me. It turned out to be a Union Cut Plug Tobacco Ad in its original frame from 1899 or maybe earlier. The picture was of Uncle Sam Reading the Maritime News and there were pictures of all of the major ships in the navy at that time including the USS Maine which sunk in the Spanish American War in 1899. I tried to research it but all that we could find was a 1974 price guide that listed the poster from the wrong year,...1900. The good news was that it booked for $5,000 in 1974 and this was 1998! I decided to see about sending it to a large east coast auction house and began corresponding with several. I decided upon one and sent them the picture and signed their contract. It was after that, that they sent me their catalogue and was I ever disappointed! They had ignored all of my research and listed it in the written part of the catalogue with no pictures as a "Picture of Uncle Sam reading Newspaper". Someone was taking advantage of my amateurism in order to get the picture for much less than it was worth. It sold for $700.00. A year later it showed up in another major auction properly described and sold for $7,000.00. I am not sorry that I sold this at a major auction, it paid my property tax for that year, and where can you do that for a $15.00 investment and learn a valuable lesson. Before signing on the dotted line make sure that you have control as to how the item will be described in the auction listing. We like to think that everyone is as honest as George Washington but when greed enters into the picture, anything can happen...Vicki Olson If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #15 Jan. 2002

2002-01-29

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A Valentines Story What happens to those nice Valentines day chocolate boxes. This reader tells us what happened in their family.... I am writing to tell you about a collection of old valentines chocolate boxes. My family had a cottage that had originally belonged to my grandparents in Oak Bay New Brunswick. I can remember always as a child going into my grandparents bedroom at the cottage and gazing for hours at the beautifully ornate chocolate boxes that hung on the wall in their bedroom. As the years went by my sister and I came to appreciate them even more. They were valentines gifts from my grandfather to my grandmother and we always respected them and left them untouched hanging there on the walls of their bedroom even decades after they were gone. Unfortunately the old cottage on the bay is gone but thankfully my sister and her husband were able to rebuild a new family compound there and we have saved as much of the old antiques from the old cottage and incorporated them into the look of the new one. The old valentines boxes still remain to this day and hopefully my nieces and nephews will see to it that they remain on the walls. A little romantic nostalgia from our grandparents, their great grandparents that will perpetuate for generations to come!!...B Norton Portland, ME If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #14 Jan. 2002

2002-01-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- History hides in small boxes Every closet seems to have a shoebox with old stuff in it. A reader found one with a special story to tell..... I am into metal detecting private homes so one day I approached the door of a likely house just outside Chicago. A man answered the door in his early 60's and we struck up a lively conversation about the property and its history. He was an only child and both parents had passed away and we quickly became friends. I had not even begun to sell on eBay yet but was always interested in antiques and especially World War II items. He took me to a closet off a bedroom on the second floor and inside this small closet was a shoe box full of letters from a soldier overseas, his sterling wings, as well as one photograph of the plane he flew in. You see, my friend was only about 7 years old during 1943 when this family friend was sent overseas as a waist gunner on a B-24 bomber stationed in North Africa. I bought the box lot from him and about a year later I put the picture up on eBay along with a war bonds poster I got from him as well thinking that it might induce a slightly higher bid. I could hardly read the name of the plane but guessed that it was Kadley's Harem. The auction was only a couple days old when I received a phone call from a rather excited man. He asked if possibly the name was Hadley's Harem instead of Kadley's Harem. I inspected the photograph under a jewelers loupe and sure enough it was! It turned out that the plane was involved with the ill-fated attack on Ploesti on August 1, 1943. The pilot and two other crewman never made it home. The photograph that I had of the plane matched perfectly an old faded, torn copy that the man had. The copy he had came from a widow of one of the surviving crewman and was believed to be the only one. Mine was identical and in perfect condition, having been kept in a closed shoe box for 57 years. I quickly canceled the auction and donated the picture to further the research efforts of the man who contacted me along with the silver wings. And all the letters? Well, most of them were from Christopher Holweger, one of the few surviving crewmen from that ill-fated flight and helped to fill in some gaps in the narrative of the history of that brave crew. Who could have known that a small box of old letters and one photograph would mean so much? I feel honored to have been a part of restoring the dignity and honor to the crew of Hadley's Harem.-Blessings, Eric Seavey Editors note- Should anyone want to contact Mr Seavey with comments about this story, or more information on this plane or the crew, please send a note to support@tias.com and we will pass it along to him. If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #13 Jan. 2002

2002-01-22

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Relative finds Portrait Sometimes you find people you know in the most unlikely places.... This story is a short accounting of a great experience of mine approximately 2 years ago here in New England. As of collector of Groton Ma. items, I followed a lead to a well known auction house (to be unnamed) and waited for the Groton item to reach the block, I won the item happily, Then a few items later the excitement began, A large portrait was put up for auction and identified by the auctioneer as a portrait of Ralph Farnham, with no other identification offered. With a starting bid requested at $500, no bid, then at $300, no bid, then it was withdrawn because of no interest. I was excited to see the item but I refused to believe my eyes or the possibility that this man was who I thought. I shortly went to the checkout counter to pay for my item and at that time asked to see the painting, Now up close I was astonished and persuaded the clerk to reoffer the item, I was able to win it as the only bidder for $100. This portrait is of Ralph Farnham of Acton Maine my fifth grandfather, He was the last survivor of the famous battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War. He died at 104 years old in Acton Maine. As a child our family visited his home. When I got home, I removed the tacks that secured an envelope to the back to find the complete identification of him, exactly as I have known since I was a child, from our family history. This now is a very important part of our family history collection. Just to think how much money this would have brought at auction if it were properly identified by the auctioneer. OUR FAMILY'S GAIN----Earl Carter Groton, Ma. If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #11 Jan. 2002

2002-01-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Material girl found something For some reason the really interesting finds are in the bags at the yard sales... Hi! My best yard sale find was several years ago when I was a teen-ager. My mother and I were at a yard sale and bought a zip-loc bag of junk jewelry for 25 cents. This was in the mid-80's, at the time of "Madonna's Material Girl", and everyone was wearing fake big stoned jewelry. Inside the bag, was a brooch with big purple stones--about 4" wide by 2.5" high with gold chains hanging off of it and criss-crossing underneath. I thought it was very cool and wore it on my jacket to High School and everywhere for months. When I was in the drug store one day, a woman approached me and exclaimed over the brooch, saying it looked Victorian and I should have it appraised, etc. Well, that started me thinking.... So I went home and told my Mom about the woman who practically accosted me. To make a long story short, my mother took it to an estate jeweler and sold the brooch for $750. I, of course, wanted to keep it. Oh well.... Thanks for reading, KLR Editors note--We asked who got the money. The Mom did of course :-) If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #12 Jan. 2002

2002-01-15

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A treasure to swat with. It's not what you collect, it's the memories behind the collection. Anyone growing up on a farm knows that flies can be a real nuisance to daily summer life. My grandpa taught me to catch them by hand, and his dog, Butch, was a pro with a side bite that "disappeared" many a fly in a snap....but the grand and faithful fly swatter was grandma's constant companion. For the fly swatter to survive the summer, grandma would darn yarn stitches into it, grandpa would wrap wire along it, and Butch would just chew on it. These fly swatters ( you have all seen such wrecks of screen) became formidable weapons by Fall. As a kid, I retrieved one of these wands of battle headed for the burn barrel and lovingly returned the treasure to Grandpa. After much laughter, (and my embarrassment) Grandpa said I could keep this fine fly swatter. Well, you know what happened from there. Every summer the collection grew by one, or two. Only those used and retired in the line of duty qualified. A row of these awful beasts grew on the back porch, washroom. Finally, a generation later, the long row managed indoor space down the back hall. Grandpa and grandma are both long gone and these are our "Folkart" treasures now. I sure don't know of any used fly swatter collecting, but these seasoned swatters tell of evening thunderstorms, strawberry pies, rolled out egg noodles, and cream-formed milk pails. All made better by these handy critters. I don't suppose a lot of folks will jump to collect used fly swatters, but the cost is sure low, and the laughs and attention they bring, you sure can't beat...or swat.....Roger Hubert Alcade, New Mexico If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #10 Jan. 2002

2002-01-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A twist on postcard collecting. You've heard of collecting vintage postcards, how about vintage cards from one specific person? A reader sent us this interesting tale. I want to tell you about a postcard collection that I started collecting when I was about 16 years old. My grandmother would take me to auctions with her. One day I bid on a box of old postcards. I was fascinated with them but money was scarce and for the time being the over 100 cards were my treasures. They were all addressed to a Miss Emma Peel in England. They were dated 1898-1904. When I was about 23 I was at a large garage sale, going through the boxes of junk. My heart skipped a beat when I saw old postcards and they too were addressed to Miss Emma Peel. Excitedly I went through them, bought them and once again Emma's life and her many friends talked to me. Marriage and children became my main focus for the next 20 years or so. Well with a little time on our hands my husband and I went to the U.S. for a holiday and we ended up at a giant town garage sale in Oregon. Looking for nothing in particular, we went around and looked at the many tables of peoples treasures. I spotted a box with old papers etc. and started going through the box and there in the bottom was a pile of old postcards, yes you guessed it, a great number of them were addressed to Miss Emma Peel. So over a 45 plus years I found cards addressed to the same person. Also the name of Miss Badcock showed up at different sales that I went to. I wonder if Miss Emma Peel and the Badcock families are still around? It is my intention to sell my postcard collection in the near future. Perhaps someone else has a collection that includes Emma Peel and the Badcock families, I would love to hear from them. Thanks for reading...........Gatchie If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #9 Jan. 2002

2002-01-08

Contents: 1) A vintage recipe -- An old Family Recipe We've been getting some interesting recipes from readers. Here is one we thought you might enjoy, from Elaine. This one is not just for the holidays. SANTA'S SURPRISE SNICKERS 2 sticks butter softened 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 3 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 pkg. (13oz.) SNICKERS miniatures 1. Combine the butter, peanut butter, and sugars using a mixer on a medium to low speed until light and fluffy. 2. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flour, salt and baking soda. 3. Cover and chill for 2-3 hours. 4. Unwrap all the snickers 5. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tbls. pieces and flatten. 6. Place a snickers in the center of each piece of dough. 7. Form the dough into a ball around each snickers. 8. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 300 for 10-12 minutes. 9. Let cookies cool on baking rack or wax paper. -Spruce up with powdered sugar and drizzle with melted dove chocolates. Makes about 2 dozen. I got 5 dozen out of my batch.....Elaine Do you have a family recipe you would like to share with our readers? Drop us a note at support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #8 Jan. 2002

2002-01-03

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The outhouse collector I'm always amazed at what our readers collect... The whole story is way to long to print here, so I will just give the short version of how we began our collection of real (not repros, miniatures or Port-a-potties) outhouses. My wife, Sandy, thought it would be a great addition to put an outhouse in back of our 1910 vintage home in the old part of Sunnyvale, CA. A few blocks from our house an old farm was about to be developed and she just had to get the Dooley there. We met the owner at a party and he said he didn't remember a Donniker on the ranch, but we were sure welcome to have it if we wanted it. So a few days later, with a bit of help and a flat bed trailer, we moved our first Groaner to our back yard. It was only when the property was being bulldozed a few weeks later that we discovered it was a different farm than the one we had permission for. A few years later we sold the house and moved to small town central California. We wanted to take our stolen outhouse with us, but the new owners liked the conversation piece as much as we did, so we had to leave it and start over to get the 11 that we now have spotted around our small rural property. We are still looking for more. ...Doug Hoiles Acampo, CA If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #7 Jan. 2002

2002-01-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Tea anyone? lets start the new year off with something different, from one of our readers... At a recent auction I saw a box lot that had not sold for several weeks. The large banana box contained a large garbage bag which was 'filled to the brim' with tea bag tags. Literally thousands upon thousands. Where they came from, and who collected them, I don't know - nor do I care. My question is - WHY? My husband has another question. When the auctioneer offered them to me free of charge just to get rid of them, whatever possessed me to say - OK!....Ruth If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #6 Dec. 2001.

2001-12-27

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- This isn't the most spectacular story in the world, but it sure goes to show you to listen to your own instincts. A couple of years ago, I saw a horribly bright green plastic pogo stick in a friends backyard. I asked her about it, and she said, "oh just take the thing out of here". I did and when I got it home, the name on it was Hoppy the Hopperoo, Flinstones, and on the back was Blazon and then 1965 I think was the date. Anyway, I knew it was something kind of unusual so I figured a Flinstone collector might want it. Well, I tried to sell it and to no avail, and it just kept getting in my way, so I sold it on ebay for about $45 dollars. A few months later, I got my latest edition of Kovels newsletter and low and behold, there it was listed for $400! I had succumb to the pressure of my roommate who hated the thing even though I KNEW it was worth more that $45! And the guy who bought it, bought it because he already had one and wanted to keep the other one company! Oh well, live and learn! Lynda Hobby

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The Collectors Newsletter #5 Dec. 2001

2001-12-24

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A nice Holiday story This is a nice little story about how nice things things happen. Recently I went to a local auction and bought a table full of junk for $12.00. I had purchased it because there was a nice old casserole dish and a cute toy violin I thought I might sell on ebay. I didn't even look carefully at the table, just came back the next day to pick it up. When I picked it up, there was a large box that I hadn't even noticed with a GE swivel-top canister vacuum in it, in it's original box with all parts that worked perfect. I ALMOST left the box behind, because it barely fit in the car, and even then, I thought no-one would buy it on ebay because it was so heavy the shipping would be expensive. I also considered keeping it (it worked great, and looked like it had barely been used!), but I decided to list it for $10.00 just to see. Imagine my surprise when that evening it was up to $100.00, with 9 days left! Then I got a cryptic email from the high bidder, intended for his friend that was bidding against him, saying it was for a friend who'd been looking for this vacuum forever, and he intended to win it. He'd accidentally sent the message to me. Well, the friend stopped bidding at $177.00, and when I heard the story, I was glad: The high bidder was buying it for a gift for a friend who's mother, who passed away when she was 4 years old, had the same vacuum, and she'd been looking for one forever! He wanted to get her a really nice gift, because she had been helping out at Ground Zero, making and bringing the workers there memorial ribbons to wear and food. It wasn't the most expensive find I'd ever had, but it was certainly the best--not only will this wonderful "do-gooder" get a lovely surprise, but I made a new friend and got a heartwarming Christmas story! The high bidder promised to send me pictures of her surprised face when she receives the vacuum--I can't wait! -Sincerely, Lauri Murphy Denver, CO If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #4 Dec. 2001

2001-12-20

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- Vintage Hula Lamp is worth big $. The stuff that people find is just amazing.... Recently I went to a garage sale not far from my house, an elderly man was moving in with his daughter and he was selling everything. I bought a few pieces of pottery and just before I left I spotted this unique looking lamp of a hula girl I run a small antique shop part time and thought it would be a conversation piece. My husband thought the lamp was ugly but for $2.00 I thought it was neat. I also sell on ebay and when I got home I just figured I'd see if there were any other hula lamps on ebay. Well I was really surprised, the few that were on were Dodge lamps from the 1940's, and were going for $500. Now these lamps just had a regular base, but mine had a clock attached. I decided to put the lamp on and put a reserve for $500 on it. Well was I surprised when the auction went off and it brought $1249. What a find. My husband said he would never doubt me again with any purchase.....Marge Stiuso If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #3 Dec. 2001

2001-12-18

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- An old mayo jar in the shed. Something for every collector.... Last spring I was cleaning out an old shed and ran across some fruit jars. One was square and had oval panels and a familiar but faded lid. I placed the jars in the pickup cab and place the odd one on the seat to prevent damage. On inspection of the bottom I noticed a patent number and the words Best Foods Mayonnaise. I called the company who verified it was one of their jars and was last used in 1934. I was delighted with this unique find. It is now in our hutch of collectibles. I enjoy old jars especially those with odd shapes but this is my treasure. --Another Story-- Another garage sale find... I had just started to get interested in Garage Sales, about ten years back, and stopped at one close to home. Found two Coca Cola pictures, one a little bigger then the other. Found out the bigger one had already sold and was on hold, so bought the smaller one for $4.50, thought at the time it was more then normally pay for a picture at a sale, but liked the Victorian looking lady and the wording along side. Hung it in my dining room, and a couple of months later a friend said have you ever checked on the value of the picture, said no, but would. Come to find out it was worth $850.00, boy was I surprised, now, ten years later I try to hit all the sales I can and auctions, because those deals are out there if you are watching, and lucky in some cases.....Paula If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #2 Dec. 2001

2001-12-13

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- The start of a collection Still looking for something he lost as a 7th grader. In 1957 I was in the 7th grade and never heard about the Grand Army. At recess one day while sitting on the bank of the Pawtuxet River I found an old 2 piece medal from Penn. My teachers and parents didn't seem very impressed with it and an antique dealer offered me 25 cents for it. I decided to keep it and wear it on my jacket. Some weeks later I realized I had lost it. I looked for that medal for 40 years and never found it, but it planted the seed, and after the military I began to collect these medals. MY collection now numbers over one hundred ribbons and medals. ....Bill Myers --Another Story-- Cleaning the barn Old barns hide the most amazing things Three years ago, my husband and I purchased an old farmhouse in New Hampshire. The house and barn were in desperate need of cleaning and repair. As inveterate yard salers and antique collectors, we were trying to be as careful as possible when sifting through the seemingly endless piles of trash, but it was so overwhelming that sometimes, by the end of the day, we got a little less picky. On one such day in the barn, I was cleaning out a pile of old boxes, newspapers, and mice nests. I picked out a few interesting-looking pieces of paper, but almost all of the rest went into the trash. Later that evening, my husband walked in with a piece of folded paper. He asked me if I had looked at everything I had gone to throw out, and I answered truthfully no. He opened up the paper, and there was a pristine Maxfield Parrish Ferry Seed poster- the "Mary Mary Quite contrary" one. As a huge Parrish fan, I was stunned. Even more unbelievable was the fact that he took it out of the dumpster right before they came to haul it away. Of course with that find, the down side is that it has taken us much longer to clean out the house.......Chelley Tighe Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #1 Dec. 2001

2001-12-11

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- This week, another tale of things found inside of things. I bought a jewelry box on a internet auction site and it was very old and had a musty odor. SO I washed it. Because of washing it some of the lining pulled back a tiny bit from the hard case. About six months went by and one day I asked my daughter to put a ring I had lying around back into the jewelry box. So she was, and she saw a glimpse of something shinny. She took a scissors and grabbed it and pulled it out. It was a 14K white gold ring with diamonds. It was engraved inside with initials and a date, 12-24-1932. It was such a surprise. The $10.00 jewelry box ended up being worth alot more! I wish I still had the ladies e-mail address to tell her but that has been long gone. ...Heidi --Another Story-- More than meets the eye. Hi, my story is really proof that one should never give up the treasure hunt! My sister had owed me money for years and was so hard up she just couldn't repay it. One day she put three rings into my hand and said I should see what I could do with them. She had found them at the opportunity shop in a senior citizens´ complex. Back home I took a close look at the largest one, which looked like a huge chunk of rock crystal, about half and inch by three-quarters of an inch. Baguette cut, lots of fire. Maybe a white sapphire? I took it to my jeweler who opened her eyes in shock and wonder, stuck it in her tester machine and said: "bingo, a diamond!" It turned out to be a six carat diamond and in the band we found, yes, the big one: Cartier!! We sent it to auction at Christies in London and it was the star of the day. So never stop looking, even among junk! This one was sooo big, no one would have believed it was "real"!!! ...Maureen from Freiburg Germany If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com

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The Collectors Newsletter #0 Dec. 2001

2001-12-01

Contents: 1) Stories from our readers -- A collection of sand One reader submitted her husbands unusual collection this week. My husband, Marcel, has a sand collection which includes some from several different countries, as well as the USA. He collected rocks when he was 12 years old, and decided sand was a part of rocks, so he got his first sample at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. He is now nearly 58 and has 114 USA samples and 45 foreign samples. Some he collected himself and some were collected by other people who brought samples back to him. Most are either desert or beach sand, some are dull and some are beautiful. One looks like garnet. They are displayed in clear plastic bottles in a homemade rack, which he made specifically to fit the bottles. They are all labeled as to where they came from.--Beryl Brillant --Another Story-- More than stuffing in the old chair A reader finds that an old chair was much more than it seemed to be. I have an auction I like to go to monthly I collect antiques and saw a great upholstered chair. When I sat in it I released it also rocked. Bonus. When I turned it over to see the covering, there was a tear in the black underlining. I reach in and felt something paper like. I won the chair bid for $30.00. Then went back to the paper- to my surprise out came a hundred dollar bill- my heart almost stopped ... It turned out to be "movie money 1940". I still can't imagine how it got there maybe some small child playing treasure. Now I have a great chair and a funny story with a piece of movie memorabilia to boot. --Brigitte If you have a story about an unusual collection, your best yard sale find or how you started your collection, drop us a note. We may publish it here. Send your note to support@tias.com


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