Enough about politics for today. Check out these new listings in my eBay store. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350107735976 World War II War Ration Books. Hard to imagine that we once lived this way. Very neat items. How about this vintage firefighter booklet from 1941? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350103960134 Or this first edition Howdy Doody book? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350102103338&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=022 It’s in great condition. Nice [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2008
Vintage Cool Martini Shaker and More
Check out this Art Deco bar set I just put in my Fixed Price listings today on eBay. Click here to check it out http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350101471459&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=022 It’s got the sifter on the spout with a twist off cap too. Think Tom Cruise in “Cocktail” or even better, James Bond “shaken not stirred”. I put up [...]
Who Watched the Emmy Awards?
Not me. I could give a fig about the Best Dressed, Worst Dressed, Least Dressed, yadda yadda List celebrity parade of overdressed, overpaid, overexposed self-important “actors” that gathered together for a big group pat on the back for all of their “hard work” and wonderful acting skills. Heidi Klum getting dropped on her bony ass [...]
Diet tips – Oh puh-leez!
Just saw an advertisement for this week’s Oprah show with Gwyneth Paltrow. She (Gwyneth, not Oprah) was going to share how she got her “new” thinner body and tell all her beauty secrets. Ummm… has she ever been one ounce overweight (except when she was in the fat suit for that ridiculous movie that I can’t [...]
Get In, Get Out, and Go Home already
Last week I was telling a friend that there’s only one thing worse than getting to an auction, previewing it, and finding nothing interesting for resale — that would be wasting the whole day sitting there only to find out that you were right. I have been to 2 auctions this weekend and have left both empty-handed. On Saturday I [...]
Moving Forward
This weekend we have 2 auctions in 2 days. Yesterday’s auction was the type that I always feel some sadness when I attend them. The owner’s wife was going into a nursing home and her belongings were being sold to the highest bidder. I heard the woman behind me say to the owner, ”This must be very hard for [...]
