The Full-Service Bohemian

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Latest advertising ashtrays !!

A couple months ago I got three at the same place.

I love to find more than one at a time.

Anyhoo, on to what you came for:

A. J. Bayless - "Your Home Town Grocer"

According to the 'net, A. J. Bayless Markets were in all over Arizona from 1930 until the early Eighties.

I'm wondering how an ashtray from a supermarket in Arizona ended up in a flea market in New Jersey.

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L. J. Darms Agency - Larry Darms, Jack Darms

Insurance - Real Estate

Here's what the office looked like, sort of, from Google street view:

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The Forum Restaurant - Paramus, NJ

The 'net refers to this place as 'The Forum Diner,' (which had the same address, i.e. Route 4).

It ran from 1967 to 2007, and hosted an area famous mob arrest in 1974.

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Sometime this month amma count how many advertising ashtrays I have.

Can't wait to let you know the total.

Monday, August 3, 2026

Lucky Dip

Welcome to August's first Lucky Dip !!

Here we go...

SUPER cute kitty cat notebook !! And note that the kitties appear on the back cover as well, in mirror image.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/big_kitten_little_kitten_notebook-256309871788785473

www.zazzle.com/big_kitten_little_kitten_notebook-256309871788785473

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(Note this somewhat horrible photo does not do justice to this beautiful bag. My computer is at fault..)

Lovely floral print tote bag.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/beautiful_victorian_flower_basket_tote_bag-256465413807785812

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PPPP for Halloween.

PPPP stands for perfect paper party plate.

And yes, these would be VERY fun party plates for your Halloween party.

Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/eyes_paper_plates-256563932414228616

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Have a heart-shaped makeup mirror?

If not, now you can!!

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/red_flowers_print_makeup_mirror-256564828494710921

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Why use a boring dish towel, when you can have a beautiful dish towel ?

Get it here:

www.zazzle.com/1908_june_sweet_june_sheet_music_cover_print_kitchen_towel-197260666671404460

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From the Golden Age of Fabulous Cars, comes this marvel on a tray.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1938_chrysler_sweeps_on_trinket_tray-256284139802047600

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip.

Until the next one, see more, get more here:

www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

Saturday, August 1, 2026

August 2026's First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Some FABULOUS stuff,

and soooooo much more on the way...

On to what you came for:

Japanese laquerware trays - the dragon chasing the pearl

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Stangl Western Tanager

one little issue - that green leaf just under the bird is partly broken.

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Grandma and Grandpa are in the house!

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And so is Delft !!

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elephant head necklace

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lion rampant pendant

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Thus ends today's collection.

Until next time, see more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Sunday, July 5, 2026

The Star Made Me Buy It

Yet another ad for Camels, this one with Cole Porter and Patricia Morison.

And also with Gene Bearden, Gladys Swarthout, Jeanne Wilson, Gene Sarazen, Sylvia MacNeal (or McNeil or McMeal - I can't find where I out the original ad), Dusty Campbell.

Bearden was a baseball player (here's an interesting story about him and stolen valor: https://lepplin.substack.com/p/the-mystery-of-gene-bearden)

Swarthout was an opera singer

Wilson was an Olympic swimmer.

Sarazen was a professional golfer

Sylvia McSomething is obviously not Google-able.

Campbell was a sport fisherman.

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Cole Porter was a great song writer, but his presentation was short - 5'6" - scrawny and not terribly good-looking.

Not that there's something wrong with being short, scrawny and not terribly good-looking.

Porter was played by Cary Grant in the film Night and Day. Cary Grant stood 6'2", was not scrawny in the least, and was among the most handsome two or three stars who ever walked on a movie lot. Ever.

Therein lies the problem.

As for Patricia Morison, I don't have much to say about her, other than the fact that she died at age 103.

Found Online

This one, which was quite a hoot, was reported in a bunch of places.

From Turkey - or Türkiye - which is a country that is very fond of cats.

Lucky Dip

Welcome to July 2026's first Lucky Dip !!

Wanna see?

A Snake-tastic tie, no?

(YES)

I was gonna characterize this tie as snakey, as I remember reading in an old book from the 1920s, where snakey was used to characterize something as super novel and neato. Went online to confirm this was still the definition, but all I came up with was that today it means 'deceitful.'

Anyhoo, there are an astonishing 600 ties in my Zazzle shop.

Get the tie here: www.zazzle.com/snake_print_tie-256195899612688005

And go here to see the other 599: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=tie

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A VERY appealing songbird button.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/songbird_button-256734095641073909

We have even more buttons than ties!

So see the other 623 ties here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=button

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Alert! Some nitwit is currently either shooting off fireworks, or just had their home explode. It's currently 2:14 in the afternoon.

My guess: they're still drunk from last night

OK, back to what you came for.

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Suh'um pretty and Victorian-ey in throw pillow form.

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/victorian_boot_holding_flowers_throw_pillow-189440555802621288

Even though we have a ton of pins, we have more than three times that number in throw pillows Currently my shop has 1914, i.e. one thousand, nine hundred and fourteen throw pillows.

See all of them here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=96&qs=pillow

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