I discovered this when my hubs was watching football on Thanksgiving a few years ago.
Me no watch football no never.
I was in the kitchen, and I hear this REALLY cool song someone's singing during the halftime show.
That was today's TSOTW:
Today's star is Diana Lynn for Strutwear...
More marvelous marvels for this very nice day, which is the first very nice day after several days of a scary-ish Nor'easter.
Wanna see?
First up, we have History's Coolest Music-Theme Brooch:
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Let's go to Hawaii !!
Now here's something VERY unique and special, to wit...
Me love frogs and turtles.
Two brief frog stories from my life:
I used to have two wicker herons on my porch. There was a recessed thingie on their backs, where you could put a planter.
On day I was out on the porch, and I noticed in one of the planters was this tiny - like 1" or so tiny - frog.
The planter was about three feet from the ground, so I had zero idea how this tiny frog managed to get in there.
My other frog story is not much of a story, although I remember it fondly.
In Stokes State Park, up in Sussex County, NJ, there's a spot where there are two taps out of which comes spring water.
FREE spring water.
I have a case at an antiques co-op in Branchville (Ole Church Antiques. Mine is the case that faces the door. MUST SEE. Plus I have one in the basement of the shop. MUST FIND.)
Anyway, after I go there, and put stuff in my cases, and collect my sales $$$$$, I go to Stokes to get water.
One day I was filling up my bottles (my bottles are used 48 ounce glass kombucha bottles, not those ginormous plastic thingies. Glass is waaaayyyyy healthier than plastic.),
While I was doing my thing, out from the rocks comes hopping a very attractive, very green frog.
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Could double as a planter !!.
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Christmas is coming, you know.
So is Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Festivus.
Any cat lover would LOVE this.
I say this as a cat lover.
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Let's mix it up !!
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Thus ends today's collection.
Until next time, see more, get more here:
Welcome to today's - i.e. September 20, 2026's - Lucky Dip.
Wanna see?
We have a CLASSY Christmas tie.
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1950s_christmas_in_the_city_print_neck_tie-256480514916912539
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There will also be Halloween even sooner...
So if you need party plates, and party napkins for your Halloween party, we got 'em:
Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/liz_is_horrified_and_terrified_paper_plates-256742208306865883
Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/scary_fiendish_horror_monster_portrait_paper_dinner_napkins-256423236999421967
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Enough about holidays. Let's see some more awesome awesomeness...
Above is a maaaahhhhvelous rug.
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/abstract_flowers_print_rug-256855383609490269
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Get it here: www.zazzle.com/the_model_crossbody_bag-256697018392826804
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Last, but thousands of miles from least:
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Thus ends today's collection.
More next week !!!
Found, I'm pretty sure, on one of those photography contests.
BTW, you haven't lived until you've heard swans in flight.
A couple years ago, the hubs, and I were riding our bikes around Lake Lily, which is in Cape May Point, NJ. They're are usually a swan or three in that lake. When they rise to fly the sound of their wings flapping is a VERY memorable sound.
I heard this wild song last week when I was in the car, and radio surfing.
Enjoy.
Turns out the total is...
*************** 159 ***************
That's one hundred and fifty-nine advertising ashtrays, bought over a period of... well I don't know exactly, but really - how cool is it to have that many???
Extremely so, I'd say..
Here's my latest vintage advertising ashtray:
Bavarian Premium Beer
Mount Carbon Brewery - Pottsville, PA
Mount Carbon Brewery ran from 1941 until 1977. Yuengling bought the rights to the name and label, but retired it a few years later.
Just one this time,
Although I found another one, but it grew legs, and now it's hiding from me.
So...
Not a whole lot of info about this place on the 'net. Mainly just that it morphed into Acorn Market, which closed in 2020.
The squirrel is kinda cute.
Since our last haul of antiques and untiques, I've found TONS of maaaahvelous merchandise. Which I haven't actually gotten to, but which will appear in my Etsy shop soon.
Anyway, what you came here for today:
a totally FANTASTIC item for the unicorn collector
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Next up, History's Cutest Bunny Cookie Jar !!
Thus ends today's collection.
More coming !!!
Until then, see more, get more here:
This week's TSOTW is posted in memory of Tim Curry...
The brackets are there because don't want nobody to delete this. At least not yet.
Today's star is Madeleine Carroll, here shilling for Calox Tooth Powder...
I don't know much about Madeleine Carroll, never having seen one of her films. However, I remember reading somewhere that she was beautiful to the max, although in her still photos she doesn't look a whole lot different from many other 1930s pretty faces.
Commercial tooth powders are still out there, but there are also tons of recipes for homemade tooth powder to be found on the 'net. I'd try that before I'd pay for it.
I'm in a purple mood today.
Thus and therefore, today's Lucky Dip is made up of purple items:
Wanna see?
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/macho_macho_man_in_purple_neck_tie-256087183237977672
See all - or at least most of - my ties here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=204&qs=ties
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A manticore is a legendary critter with the head of a man and the body of a lion. Some descriptions say the manticore has the tail of a scorpion, but clearly our manticore has a lion's tail.
BTW, note that sorta faint-ish spot is NOT on the actual watch. Likely from a little glare in the photo.
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/manticore_in_purple_pocket_watch-256893375212991535
See the rest of my watches - which are not many as yet, but MANY more coming - here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=48&qs=watches&dp=252215319309773652
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Queen Helene of Romania Roumania Rumania is in the house !!
AND on a button !!!
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/queen_marie_of_romania_as_the_sun_queen_purple_pinback_button-145545477761897528
See all my other buttons here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=204&qs=buttons%20pins&dp=252214659170826953
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Get it here: www.zazzle.com/antique_middle_eastern_motif_large_clock-256997912232380391
See the rest of my maaahvelous clocks here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=204&qs=clocks
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AND that they look fantastic on throw pillows !!
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/purple_monkshoods_throw_pillow-189476617487398519
See the rest of my FABULOUS pillows here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=204&qs=pillows
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Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/victorian_motif_in_purple_car_floor_mat-256802720169222919
See the rest of my car floor mats - which as now are not many, but will soon be - here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=48&qs=floor%20mats
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You can see all the purple and semi-purple items in my Zazzle shop here:
www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=204&qs=purple
Enjoy your morning coffee with Sitting Bull !!
It doesn't get much sweeter than this, which I think I found...
well, I forget exactly, but it was somewhere online:
This is a MUST SEE, as well as a hoot of hoots.
With a surprise at the end:
Today's star is a kinda unique choice:
Charles Laughton was one of those old timey actors whose every performance was perfection.
His performance in The Hunchback of Notre Dame always makes me cry.
His performance in Ruggles of Red Gap is a total hoot.
Another one that pulls at my heartstrings is his role in This Land Is Mine. That movie is a must-see, being one of the few World War II movies that do not actually show much fighting, although there are several Nazis being evil in it.
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:
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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Insurance - Real Estate
Here's what the office looked like, sort of, from Google street view:
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 soon amma count how many advertising ashtrays I have.
Can't wait to let you know the total.
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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Lovely floral print tote bag.
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/beautiful_victorian_flower_basket_tote_bag-256465413807785812
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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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If not, now you can!!
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/red_flowers_print_makeup_mirror-256564828494710921
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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
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Grandma and Grandpa are in the house!
And so is Delft !! SOLD
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elephant head necklace
lion rampant pendant
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Thus ends today's collection.
Until next time, see more, get more here:
