Monday, June 29, 2020

puzzles again

YES !!!

Zazzle ran out of puzzles, or rather the place (in the USA.  Everything made in the USA, except for leggings, which come from Canada.) who makes their jigsaw puzzles couldn't keep up with their orders, plus there's some sickness going around.  Which is why I stopped posting puzzles for awhile.

But now they're back !!!

Try as I might, these images always seem to load somewhat blurry.  Note that the actual puzzles are NOT blurry.  Not one bit.

We got late 19th century theatre artistes

and 1940s movie cameras

and 1930s Colliers covers

and adorable napping kittens

and equally adorable bunnies

See more, get more here:

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

Latest antiques and untiques

Our latest marvels !

A beautiful planter !!
(yes, it's a teapot, but the lid is missing.  Hence, planter.)

porcelain on metal


Therefore, probably European in origin,
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more beauty!
            In barkcloth form.    SOLD


Keywords: floral barkcloth
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circa 1970 flowers and owl  SOLD
SUPER retro, SUPER cute!
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EPIC marvelous art glass horse and planter

found in a box in my garage.
I literally had never seen it before.

Which begs the question, 
how did it get there??
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something very pretty  SOLD

hand-painted moriage
or moriaga

how much do you love it?
note that the background color is WHITE, not blue as it appears above.
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    Something potentially steampunk-ey   SOLD

circa 1915 gaiters
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neat braided wire belt


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That's it for today, but as always, there's TONS more in the pipeline.

See more, get more here:

Friday, June 26, 2020

Bag o' the Day

Yet another super SUPER cute bag,

this one for the elephant lover and/or the lover of baby elephants:

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/baby_elephant_print_crossbody_bag-256564908908354274

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star:
Sonja Henie for Ayds
Ayds was around for many years, as a 'candy' that helped women (and men too, I guess) lose weight.

What did Ayds in?

AIDS.  

Really.  It was thought that people would get confused between AIDS the disease, and Ayds the appetite suppressant.

So, having had a good multi-decade run, Ayds went away in 1988, never to return.    

button button

We got the buttons !!

i.e. pinback buttons.

For wearing on your collar or your jacket or your whatevers.

a dog
A Boston terrier, to be specific.  Keywords: Boston terrier button
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a cat
Puss 'n Boots, most likely
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x-ray spex !!
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from the bad old days when it was not unheard of for the government
 to send armed soldiers to fight striking union members.
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David Sarnoff and Philo Farnsworth as children
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Do YOU aim to please?
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See the over 600 pinback buttons in my shop here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/buttons+patches

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Something romantic and old-timey...

"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" - Vera Lynn

Bag o' the Day

Today's bag is one likely to spark conversation,

mainly about its awesomeness,

and also how cool and unique and what and what it is:

art deco at its deco-est !!

Keywords: art deco print tote bag, art deco tote bag, colorful tote bag, art print tote bag

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1931_art_deco_woman_by_a_pond_print_tote_bag-256745299741443785

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Take a shower...

...curtain.

YES!

We have a store devoted to shower curtains !!

MARVELOUS shower curtains !!!!

Wanna see some?

frolicking muses print
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from my collection of 1920s and earlier Broadway playbills, 
a playbill cover from the old New York Hippodrome
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one of the MANY floral print shower curtains in my shop

From 1953, a 3.98 dress sale ad from Philadelphia's old Gimbels store.
The 'subway store' was synonymous with 'bargain basement'
The good stuff was on the higher floors. 
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We be having snowy egrets
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We also be having Renaissance jewels
(it's a print; no jewels are harmed in the manufacture of this shower curtain)
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See more, get more here:

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

Friday, June 19, 2020

Today's antiques and untiques

As I dig deeper into the garage,

oh the things I find!

Such as...

            Hammersley bone china creamer and sugar bowl     SOLD
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              floral canvas cushion cover      SOLD


The print is on both sides, i.e. there's a top to the cushion cover, and there's a bottom to the cushion cover, in between is the part that would cover the front of the cushion.  So you're actually getting two pieces of beautiful material for one money.  Cut it up and make stuff !!
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood    SOLD


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FTDA compo planter

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          caramel slag glass small planter  SOLD


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       iridescent conch shell bottles from Avon    SOLD
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salad serving set

sterling silver handles
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Today's last item is a bit of a mystery:


the rampant lion is the advertising logo of high-end menswear store, Patrick James

Patrick James stores are located only in California (several), 
Nevada (one), and Arizona (one)

Yet this entire package of Patrick James tissue paper was found at a flea market in Philly.
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See more, get more here: