The Full-Service Bohemian

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Mug of the Month

Autumn in the 1920s...

Get it here:

www.zazzle.com/1920s_boy_and_girl_in_autumn_coffee_mug-168003000755900397

Sunday, November 1, 2026

November 2026 First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Today's awesome hauls are less than .00008% of the awesome awesomeness that is yet still in my Almighty Garage of Awesomeness.

Anyway, on to what you came for...

owl bookends

These are so so cute that you can use them just as home decor items for your owl-intensive decor, rather than using them as bookends.

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Crown Staffordshire bone china cup and saucer

Note that I have oodles more bone china cups and saucers on their way into the shop.

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Speaking of coffee and tea-related items...

Haviland creamer with a butterfly handle.

In addition to the flowers, there are also a few butterflies in the design.

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Let's go to Spain !!

Damascene bird cufflinks on their original card.

Note that they look WAAAAYYYY better in person.

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Summit Art Glass horse on nest

Another item that looks waaayyyy better in person.

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Lastly, but miles from leastly, let's enter the Wayback Machine...

circa 1870 Samson, Edmé et Cie cup and saucer

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That's it for today.

Until next time,

see more,

get more

here: AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Tickets, please

A howl of howls.

A hoot of hoots.

YES.

Coyote vs. Acme

I saw this on what I think was its last day in the theater. Or anywhere, considering it came out in August.

I went by myself, and I was 99.9999% certain that I was the only person in the theater.

Until the movie was over, and I saw there happened to be a guy, who was seated ten rows behind me.

Newest addition to my advertising ashtray collection...

While I'm digging through the mess in my house, I occasionally dig up an ashtray I totally forgot I had.

Which is the case with this one:

VFW S. I. Lambert Post 3020
Riverside, NJ

I looked this up, and found zilch.

Then I found the post, which is now entitled the 'Lambert-Scully-Bozarth Post.' It also has the same post number, i.e. VFW Post 3020.

Sometimes I google "advertising ashtray collection," just to find out if I'm not the only person on planet Earth who has a collection of these.

One of the things that popped up was this:

Collectors Guide to Ashtrays

From the title I'm guessing this is a REALLY neat book. In my 30+ years as an antiques dealer, I have found numerous SUPER cool ashtrays, other than the ones I collect.

You - and I - can get the above book at ThriftBooks.com.

Found Online

I love the cockatoo videos I see on-line.

What we have here is one the funniest one I've ever seen:

There's one even funnier I saw on Facebook, but somehow I couldn't post it here.

You can go here to see it: www.facebook.com/reel/2010697042945689

Make sure you have the sound on.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Our Latest Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Lately I've been finding absolutely FANTASTIC merchandise.

Soon of which a ton will appear here.

Wanna see some?

Above is a paperweight celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Traveler Insurance Companies 1864-1964.

And even though the paperweight is over fifty years old, it's in practically perfect condition.

The tall building is called 'Traveler's Tower.' When it was built in 1919, it was the seventh tallest building in the world.

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Let's enter the Wayback Machine for this very lovely...

hair receiver

Few people, I'm sure, still used these as hair receivers, but they make great receptacles for potpourri.

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A MUCH cooler than average hourglass, and perfect for timing your time on the phone.

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Copeland Spode Fairy Dell pattern bread & butter plates

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Fairy Dell salad plates

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elephant match safe

The howdah would hold the matches. The outside of the howdah is where you would strike a match.

BTW, I recently got another figural match safe that's SUPER cool (and will soon appear in the blog.). Although the above is SUPER cool as well, at least to me, because I like elephants.

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Thus ends today's collection.

See more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Lucky Dip

I had 8 gazillion sales from my Zazzle store this year.

What's super neato about that is that all 8 gazillion things are still available. They're not a one-time thing. The same tote bag, the same tablecloth, the same jigsaw puzzle can be sold over and over and over, because I uploaded the image, made a tote bag, a tablecloth, a jigsaw puzzle, and because they save the image on the tote bag, the tablecloth, the jigsaw puzzle, they can keep making them.

Which is kinda marvelous. In that you get send the same tote bag, tablecloth or jigsaw puzzle to all your nears and dears !!

Anyway, here's today's collection: