The Tuesday Song of the Week

Today's TSOTW comes from Nick Lowe.

'So It Goes' - Nick Lowe

Here's my Nick Lowe story:

Back in the 1980s my boyfriend at the time and I went to an Elvis Costello concert.  Nick Lowe was the opening act, and he was FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC.

Elvis?  Not so much.  The guy had a bug up his butt the size of a Toyota.  At one point, people began yelling 'Bring back Nick Lowe !!!!!'

Bag o' the Day

Today's bag features a WWII print of Uncle Sam,

looking all heroic like.

If you're in the market for a patriotic tote bag, this is the one to get:  

Note that Uncle appears on both sides of the bag, in mirror image.  

Which is cool.

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1940s_heroic_uncle_sam_rolls_up_his_sleeve_tote_bag-256228477857881744

latest antiques and untiques

The super cute, super unique, and super all that:

Super cute cuteness!  Kitty Cucumber is in the house !!!!!

Kitty Cucumber was soooooooooooo cute, and soooooooooo sweet, as were all the Kitty Cucumber-related items.  

For the life of me I cannot understand why Kitty Cucumber ceased manufacture in the early 1990s, when those hideous horrible gawdawful Precious Moments figurines are still being made.   

Sorry.  Had to vent my spleen.

Let's get back to the cute and the sweet:

This charmer, which can hang on your wall is dated 1992, and titled

'Dance 'Round the Maypole'

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Here we have the super unique in the form of something REALLY neato, 

i.e. a miniature enamel change purse aka coin purse

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Now for the super all that:

 a figural flower frog

feauturing a crane

A marvel of marvelousness

 Perfect for the shore house decor, beach house decor, and/or bird-intensive decor.
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 Next we have mirrored wall shelves:   SOLD

  A PAIR of mirrored wall shelves, i.e. you're getting both of them for one money,

as the auctioneers say.  

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Lastly, but not leastly,
the super all that-est of the super all that:

PERFECT for your upcoming Oscar party:

'A Complete Portrait Collection of Academy Award Winners - 

Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award'

Everybody from 1928 through 1961

including BOTH Best Actor winners of 1932 - Fredric March and Wallace Beery

 So you're getting a total of 69 -- yep, sixty-nine -- portraits.
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 See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Fred MacMurray.

This is our second post with Fred, the previous one was for Jeris Hair Stuff.  That one, as well as this one, mentions Fred starring in Family Honeymoon, which came out in 1949.

Fred MacMurray for Chesterfield cigarettes

Bag o' the Day

Today's bag is something we haven't had before,

i.e. a backpack, featuring a fantastic image from the labor movement of the early 20th century, which depicts a prisoner enjoining others in the movement to... 

'Remember!  We are in here for you, and you are out there for us.  

Something awesome for the union member, labor attorney, and/or anyone interested in American history and/or way cooler than average backpacks.

Get it here:
https://www.zazzle.com/1917_fellow_workers_remember_backpack-256275050658070036

See other items with this print here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=workers

2020's first lot of antiques and untiques

As thoroughly and mind-bogglingly awesome as the following is, there's some merch still in the pipeline that will ROCK YOUR WORLD.  

But let's explore today's must-have must-haves:

Indiana Glass dray with wild duck in flight

I have another one, in black glass, same design, but with a fish in the middle.  Some time I'll show it to you.  It's VERY cool.
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Salvaged from an unsellable crib quilt:

 Adorable, no?

YES.
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From the estate of a dude whose house was floor to ceiling full of nautical mantiques:

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How can you not love this face??? 

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             BIG - 5' x 3' big - American flag with 48 stars  SOLD

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See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Where McDonald's PlayPlace elements go to die

This is 10 minutes from where I live:

Mug of the Month

Something for the pitbull lover, 

pitbull owner,

American Staffordshire Terrier owner,

and/or anyone who'd like to see a nanny dog doing his/her nanny thing circa 1920:

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1920s_pitbull_guards_baby_coffee_mug-168603832415373572 

See the other 700+ - yep, more than 700 different mugs - in my shop here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

January's retro ties! novelty ties! cool ties !!

As ever and always,

some awesome awesomeness, 

in necktie-al form:

Princesse de Broglie is in the house!

 And on a tie !!
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Few things are more fun to wear than a parrot print necktie:

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A MUCH more appealing than average Christmas tie

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The beauties of Veste Coberg

 in necktie form!
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yet another of the many MANY vintage fruit and vegetable crate labels I have in my shop,

 as a tie.
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lastly, but not leastly, we have a doctor singing the praises of Lucky Strikes cigarettes.

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To see these - and the other over 700 ties in my shop - go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/ties