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Ms Dow Antiques TIQUE TALK
http://www.msdowantiques.com/
I'm Marianne Dow, a long-time antiques dealer, sharing my antiquing adventures, thoughts on the biz, upcoming antique shows, selling on eBay, collecting postcards, antique bottles and bottle shows. Lots of show-n-tell pix of the wonderful treasures I find.
- Added on: Feb 6th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Ms Dow Antiques
- Listed in: Antiques Shopping
- Tags: ebay vintage antiques postcards bottle club bottle show
Recent Posts
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope lots of happiness is on your Thanksgiving menu!P.S. -- how the turkey got on the menu... yikes!Ms. Dow Antiques Blog 'Tique Talk is published by msdowantiques.comThanks for reading my blog by email or RSS feed! I hope you'll check in on my Home...
What Happened to the Hoosier Slide? or Why Is the Jar Blue?
Here's a "smooth-lip Mason's 1858" in "Ball Blue". Even though this jar has not been documented to have been made by Ball, conventional wisdom has it that all "Ball Blue"-colored jars were made by Ball. Which brings up the question "why is the glass ...
ANTIQUES + GREEN + SOCIAL NETWORKING = A VERY GOOD THING!
Social networking -- everyone's doing it, right? But is everyone doing it RIGHT? And "Going green" -- everyone's doing that, too. Here's the big question: Who is combining these multiple concepts -- green and social networking with antiques collectin...
It\'s Friday the 13th - Third One This Year!
It's Baaackkk! The 3rd Friday the 13th this year!Here are some "Friday the 13th" info-tidbits from Wikipedia: The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia [say that 10 times fast -- yikes!]The 13th day of the month is slightly more l...
Time to Start Collecting Antiques? New Book Will Help You
Here's a new book about collecting antiques as an investor, titled HISTORY'S JACKPOT. Sounds interesting -- you can read the 1st chapter here. Author Craig Gottlieb has an easy-to-read friendly style, and seems to know the biz. From just reading the ...
Findlay Antique Bottle Club - A Good Read
I've been very busy with the Findlay Antique Bottle Club's website of late -- here are a few of the blog posts I've written over there, starting with the report on our recent bottle show: Read the report and see all the show pix.---------------------...
