The Tuesday Song of the Week

A couple weeks ago this tune sat firmly in my head for four days.

Four total days.

96 hours.

It is...

                       

The Mr. Ed theme song

 

Wanna know how they made Mr. Ed's mouth move?  

 

They gave him peanut butter. 

The Star Made Me Buy It

 This is our third TSMMBI featuring Joan Crawford.

Here she's selling Camels cigarettes:

It won't irritate your throat, but it will give you throat cancer. Clear distinction. 

Lucky Dip

Today's Lucky Dip is made up of neckties.

VERY COOL neckties, which was the comment I received from a guy who recently bought five of my ties.

So... 

                                                           parrot print tie

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/flying_parrot_print_neck_tie-256831784501235268

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circa 1940 military aircraft print tie

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1939_british_fairey_junior_medium_bomber_print_neck_tie-256488542958262713

 

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'The Battle of Gettysburg' sheet music cover print tie

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/1917_the_battle_of_gettysburg_sheet_music_print_neck_tie-256259651084593503

 

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ancient Persepolis print tie

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/ancient_persepolis_print_neck_tie-256945511356752564  

 

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weatherfish print tie

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/weatherfish_print_neck_tie-256012115209883057

 

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                                                         fedoras and wingtips print tie

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1950s_mens_fedora_and_wingtip_shoes_print_neck_tie-256250797457071781

 

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Thus ends today's collection.

 

To see the other 500+ ties in my shop, go here:

 

www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/ties

Tuesday Song of the Week

Welcome to the Tuesday Song of the Week!

This week's TSotW is something I heard at work.

A song I was familiar with, but hadn't heard in years, and for the life of me I could NOT remember what group it came from.

 

At first I was thinking maybe The Human League.  Then dismissed that.  Really didn't sound like them.

But I know this song.  I KNOW this song.  But who who who did it???

Turns out I REALLY should have known who the group was, because I'm pretty sure once had the cd version of the album it was on...

Anyway...

                                                        'The Look of Love' - ABC

Found Online

 Found this on YouTube.  

I've always thought that young Glenn Ford looked a lot like one of my brothers.

And youngish Gene Kelly looked a lot like this guy who was very interested in me in a job I had a gazillion years ago.  I remember him telling he me had kids, which at the time that was a 1000% deal-breaker for me.  

April's Second Haul of Antiques and Untiques

More marvelous marvels for your perusal and purchase!

Wanna see?

BEAUTIFUL (i.e. waaaayyyy better looking than the photo) inlaid plaque depicting the exterior of an Italian villa, with Mount Etna in the background.

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                                                   Delft style chamber stick.

I had this originally describes as a Delft item, but someone messaged me to tell me that this is not Delft, it's Plateelbakkerij Schoonhoven, i.e. 'PS.'

 See the PS at the top right?  And the Schoonover below that.  Thus and therefore not Delft.

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                                              Brother Nodder is in the house!

Brother Nodder IS a nodder, i.e. his head bobs up and down.  

Which is nice.

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                                      PY 'Rooster and Roses' pattern wall pocket. 

Above shows the rooster.  Below are the roses...

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                                                     Camark multi-hold planter

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moody salt and pepper shakers 

happy and jolly 

 

cranky and miserable

Both are the identical shakers, i.e they're happy on one side, unhappy on the other

 

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Welcome to 1977 !!

It's impossible to understate how very Seventies these things are.  

Likely they began life in a house that had faux wood paneling on the walls, avocado green carpets, harvest gold stove and refrigerator, pine furniture, and lots of owl and/or mushroom decor items.  

 

Thus and therefore, if you're interested in old timey Seventies decor items, then these are for you !!

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Thus ends today's collection.

 

Much MUCH more on the way.

 

Until then, see more, get more here:

 

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com   

Found Online

Today's find is one of the cutest things I've ever seen...

                      It depicts the Year of the Tiger ceding to the Year of the Rabbit