June's new old new ties

We have some epic beauties here today, including...

Victorian lady jester

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polar bears x 2

 

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I am the warrior.

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scary

Don't I hand-color good?

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flyboys

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Same disclaimer as always: the watermark is only here to keep YOU from being the victim of flying monkeys.

See these and 521 other (as of this writing) ties in my store!  Go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/s/the_olden_eye+ties?dp=252203957183801759&q=the_olden_eye&st=date_created?rf=238225004668148127

latest antiques and untiques

Go!

three old miniature bottles

antique frame which includes an antique photo of antique kids SOLD

old Evening in Paris bottles     SOLD

History's Prettiest Cracker Jar    SOLD

even MORE old minsture bottles

high-class lipstick caddy    SOLD

late VIctorian mother love

See more, get more here: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Sorry I missed this for two weeks in a row, but I was busy playing sick for money.  (See the post for October 7, 2011 post for more on my playing sick for money sideline).  

Anyway, what we got here is from the one band in history that was incapable of doing a bad song.

I mean, other than ELO.  

'Think It Over' - the Cars

latest ashtrays

Not much info on the 'net about Osborne Kemper Thomas

 And although the 'net is replete with guys named Jack McCurdy, it's highly unlikely any are the guy from the ashtray.

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I LERVE anything with owls

The above is from the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (A. M. O. S.) and Ladies of the Orient (L. O. T. O)

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Lotsa postcards and such on the 'net about Harry's Inn

True fact: I currently live about a half-hour from Somers Point.

ShopGoodwill auction shipping thievery

I've complained about this before, to wit...

I buy a lot of stuff on shopgoodwill.com.  For thems of you who don't know what it is, it's an auction site for Goodwill stores.  Not all Goodwill stores list items on this site, but many do.

When you want to check the shipping charge on an item you're interested in, once you get the shipping quote, something like this will pop up:

What you're bidding on weighs 2.6 pounds.  The shipping weight figure is a number they pulled out of their ass, pardon my French, which will be rationalized as 'supporting their mission.'  The item for the above quote is four magazines.  Not a pair of mercury glasses vases, or a Royal Dux sculpture.

Four. magazines.  

Probably less than 200 pages per.  

I get that packing costs something.  I pack things all the time for shipping.  

For me to pack four magazines would take maybe 5 minutes total, and the envelope they'd be going in would cost me, at most, $2.60 for something big like Life magazines.  And I'd ship it via USPS, as God intended. So much easier, so much cheaper.

However, if I really really really wanted those four magazines, I'd bit the bullet, and pay the extra.

Which brings us to...

... the above.

The actual weight  of this auction lot is 4.5 pounds.

The shipping weight over is 400% of that.

Again, what this quote is for is NOT a fragile item.  Heck, they could throw it in a padded mailer, tape it, play padded mailer soccer for a few hours, and still not damage the item.  

It's highly unlikely that this lot will be sold, unless the high bidder is in the same town as the Goodwill store that's selling it, and if they allow people to come in and just pick up what they were high bidder on.  Believe it or not, they often charge for that privilege, too.  

Not all Goodwill stores are this maggotudinal.  Some have a flat shipping fee on their items, i.e. even if the high bidder is 3000 miles from the store, they still pay that four or  six or eight dollars or whatever is specified.  Some have even really wised up, and charge 1¢ for shipping. Those items ALWAYS seem to sell.  

new old stuff

Featuring the latest additions to my Etsy store !

We got...

some very attractive cotton flannel yardage   SOLD

Mr. Li

a 19th century cup for coffee and tea and that   SOLD

a very colorful little toby mug

and...

we got...

             VULTURES !!     SOLD

For buying, go here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques?ref=search_shop_redirect

Ties for guys for May

I didn't make a whole lot of ties this month, because a number of the images I was dealing with simply didn't look good on a tie.

However, some did !!

We got...

Yankee doodle

 times two

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Hi fashion

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Your bleeding heart

or

bleeding hearts 

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Let's visit Persepolis !

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eyes

scary eyes

Don't I hand-color good?

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Leyendecker is in the house !! 

Don't I hand-color really good?

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As I'm very certain you all know by now, the watermarks are not on the actual ties they're only here to protect you from flying monkeys.

All of the above -- plus 509 more ties -- can be found here 

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/ties?st=date_created&qs=ties&q=ties&dp=252203957183801759&pg=1&ps=92?rf=238225004668148127Z

My other 20,000+ -- yep, TWENTY THOUSAND PLUS items can be found here

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye?rf=238225004668148127Z