Posted 1 year ago
j.a2pisces4u
(5 items)
Had them for a while not sure of who they are?? The white one has a red stamp. And the blue nothing. Any ideas of value would would be appreciate too. Thanks for your time!
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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In Sanskrit, her name is Padma-pâni, or "Born of the Lotus." The pure white lotus flower according to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. She is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. All your statues are of the goddess we call in America Quan Yin. Quan Yin is a shortened form of a name that means One Who Sees and Hears the Cry from the Human World. She is worshipped especially by women who are victims of men, on the 19th day of the 2nd, 6th and 9th moons. Goddess of mercy. she was originally male until the early part of the 12th century when she evolved into the higher supernatural immortal female being. Feared by abusive men, worshipped by women.
Papa, you are so wise.. Loved reading abaut Padma-pani . Thanks