November 2024's First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

We have some AWESOME stuff, and more coming!

Today's collection:

                               SUPER cute dogs with googly eyes, in bookends form. 

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                              Well-dressed guy on horseback tooting his horn.

A great example of mantiques, i.e. antiques that appeal to men.

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                                                        AWESOME old drapery

 Note that the actual color of this drape is a deep red.  That pinkish whatsis is the result of glare.

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                                                      A VERY cool meerschaum pipe

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                                         gorgeous, and somewhat art deco belt buckle

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                                                          Victorian salvage wall devil

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Thus ends today's collection.  More early next week.

Until then see more, get more here: www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Surprise revealed !!

The surprise I announced earlier today revealed.

To wit: my Etsy shop is again rocking and rolling, and in an extreme manner.

Why did it go away?

I was very busy with other things in April.  And when May happened, I found out that a dear friend, who I'd known for more than 30 years, had suddenly passed away.  

And I inherited all his stuff.

                                My friend is the guy on the left with his back to the camera.  

We met while working at Movies Unlimited* (google it!) We never dated, but bonded over our love for old - and really old - movies, and cats.  

*Oh, the stories I could tell you about that place.  

Here's one: My first day there, I was taken into the back room, and shown how to re-seal videos so they'd look like they were unused.  Yep, they sold used videos as 'new videos.'  

That's only one of the scams they were running.

Anyway, his apartment held TONS of stuff, and I and another friend of his dealt with that tons of stuff.  Which kinda had me fried, along with just dealing with the fact that he was actually gone. 

And then June was very busy with non-Etsy stuff, and so was July, August, September, and October.   

But we're back, and all is well.

ATTENTION !!

 IMPORTANT SURPRISE LATER TODAY

MAKE VERY SURE YOU COME BACK

FOR IT

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Let's go back to 1962, shall we?

                                                         'Dear One' - Larry Finnegan

This reached no. 11 on the US charts.

Hit number 1 in Australia that year.

Today I was looking at lists of late 1950s/early 60s hits in Australia.  It's kinda fascinating that nearly all the hits on the lists are from US artists.   

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Now and then I hear this song piped through the PA where I work:

                                            'Power Over Me' - Dermot Kennedy

Relics

Was in a local thrift shop last week - Overpriced Thrift, Rio Grande, NJ - when I found these:

This is the very same luggage my parents had when I was a kid.

I'm guessing they bought it around the time they were married.  

At some point, they stopped using these, and went for less heavy options like what's out today.

However, I think they were more attractive than that plastic-ey stuff people use now.
 

Meet the Babies

Not actual human-style babies (ewww),

we have cat babies !!!! 

These darlings are three little sisters, named Mopsy, Flopsy, and Pixie.

From the South Ocean County Animal Shelter.

They popped up on my Facebook feed a couple weeks ago. 

Even though there are dozens of adorable cats and kittens at the shelter I volunteer at (Cape May County Animal Welfare Society), I felt these three really needed my help.

All three are, as you can see, black.  Black cats usually have a hard time getting adopted.

And all three have FIV, which means their immune systems aren't the best.  Another reason it would be somewhat difficult for them to find a home. 

So, two strikes against them.  

I have experience with FIV cats. They can live as long as any other cat, provided their indoors-only, and are well-cared for.  

All my cats, going back to Cat no. 1, whom I got when I was age 7, were/are indoors-only and very well-cared for.

The only times any of them have been outdoors was a) they were born outside or b) I would let them out in the backyard for maybe 20 minutes so they could play Jungle Cat, but for every second of those 20 minutes I would be out with them, making sure they did not exit the yard.  

Currently, the furmily resides in my office, which boasts numerous cat trees, numerous beds, and the Food Lady's* attention for hours and hours a day.

*They've always referred to me as The Food Lady.