Archive for the ‘Antique Toys’ Category

Town Center Shuffles the Storefront Deck

Town Center shuffles the storefront deck

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Town Center Antiques has moved its Town Center II from Main Street to the recently restored building on Pitts Street that was formerly used by Donaway's Furniture for storage. Toy Town Antiques will move across Main Street to take up residency at Town …
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Antique show offers unusual items

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Looking for an old-fashioned dinnerware set? It was there. How about old toys, signs and jewelry? Not a problem. Even anyone looking for a Mr. Peanut costume from the 1920s would be happy. That's because John Mickinak, of Greensburg, Pa., …
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Vintage Tonka toy fire pumper brings 32, beats Marx Fire House playset

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SAID DEEP: Proposed Goodwill Location Not a Good Fit for West Downtown Dearborn

SAID DEEP: Proposed Goodwill location not a good fit for West Downtown Dearborn

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One is an antique store on Michigan Avenue called Village Antiques, just down the street from the proposed Goodwill outlet. The second is just down the road from the antique store in the Westborn Mall, a second-hand clothing and toy store for children …
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Comic Book Men season 1 episode 1 review: Junk

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It's certainly worth tuning in for the second episode based on the laughs found in the first. Kevin Smith has brought his geekery to TV in an AMC reality show. CJ tunes in, and checks out the first episode… Last week, I was trying to get people to …
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VINTAGE TN CRAGSTAN JOLLY PEANUT VENDOR JAPAN TOY


'Undefeated': Real School Football (Almost)

'Undefeated': Real School Football (Almost)

Filed under: antique pocket watches

By JOHN ANDERSON Watch a clip of "Undefeated", a documentary on an underdog football team who look to reverse their fortunes with coach Bill Courtney. Video courtesy of The Weinstein Company. Sports movies are metaphors for meritocracy: Play well, …
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Auction offerings get hot despite winter's chill

Filed under: antique pocket watches

A considerable number of vintage and antique wrist watches, pocket watches and other sorts of clocks definitely will make counting the passing hours more enjoyable. The sale preview is from noon to 5 pm Feb. 24 and 8 to 9 am Feb.
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The Prospect Playbook: Matt Kalil

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Competitive Intelligence: Jack's Be Nimble

Competitive Intelligence: Jack's Be Nimble

Filed under: antique wind up toys

I changed the store layout, adding more hardware, grills, and John Deere toys where we used to have sheetrock mud right out front. Now, it's a different set-up, with more of an old-fashioned hardware store appeal, so people can come in, walk the aisles …
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Weekly entertainment calendar

Filed under: antique wind up toys

27, 9405 S. 27th St., Franklin. Up & Under Pub: Modern Echo, with Faultline Empires, 9 pm Jan. 27, 1216 E. Brady St. UWM Union Gasthaus: King Solomon, 8 pm Feb. 2, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Buckhead Saloon: lyaz, 8 pm Jan. 27, 1044 N. Old World 3rd St., …
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Meissner's Auction Service

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Edward Cullen Lovers ONLY: What Do You Think of My Fanfiction?

Question by Edward CuIIen: Edward Cullen Lovers ONLY: What do you think of my fanfiction?
You walk into a warm candle-lit spacious bedroom that smells lightly of rose perfume. There is a luxurious canopy bed with gold bedframes, draped in deep red silk drapes. The floor is made from a marble that looks like rose quartz and the furniture here is antique wood.

You gaze out the wide window with delicate gold frames, to match the bed perfectly. The full moon shines down on a deep, sapphire-blue lagoon. It feels like you could look down there forever and you would never see the bottom. The deep red curtains flutter, lightly grazing your chest and right cheek. You feel the cold air blow lightly against your neck and your arms,…is it cold in here? You decide to lie on the warm silk draped bed, to keep yourself from the cold…

VINTAGE: Milhouse Collection at Auction

VINTAGE: Milhouse Collection At Auction

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For the man cave, there's an assortment of big-boy toys, from automobiles to motorcycles, a large range of antique firearms from the late 19th century and even a c. 1941 Ryan PT-22 Recruit Airplane. Also on offer, unique gasoline-powered tether cars …
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Robert Meredith reflects on career as Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art celebrates

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His “Antique Toy World” incorporates different types of items, including cast iron taxicabs, teddy bears, jack-in-the-box and a windup toy. Many of Meredith's paintings incorporate windows. He said he enjoys painting them and works to make the piece of …
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Fulfill Your New Year's Resolution on RubyLane.com

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