Posted 6 months ago
Mac63
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I look forward to seeing the “finds” of 2013 and reading the stories behind them and I also want to thank everyone for their help and guidance this past year.
Lets raise ours glasses to a great 2013!
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Vintage Guru Reveals Her Glamour Secrets
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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The Beautiful Chaos of Improvisational Quilts
What would jazz look like if it had a physical presence? According to Sherry Ann Byrd, a celebrated quilt maker who posts on Show & Tell, it might look something like the hand-made "M-provisational" q…
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Our Dad, the Water Witch of Wyoming
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of …
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This 1959 Goggomobil Is Insanely Cute and Gets 55 MPG. Why Can’t Detroit Do That?
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California Cool: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin
When Bob Meistrell started surfing in Northern California during the early 1950s, 20 minutes was about all he could stand in the frigid coastal waters. Despite the constant rush of …
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The Unfiltered History of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican Vacation
It’s kind of ironic that Tommy Chong, the smokiest half of Cheech and Chong, i…
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World's Smallest Museum Finds the Wonder in Everyday Objects
Tucked away in a lower Manhattan back alley, the freight-elevator-sized, generically named Museum is one of New York City's newest curiosities.…
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Fightin’ Femmes: Unmasking Female Superheroes with Author Mike Madrid
When I was growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, reading comics wasn't as popular as it had been in the ’40s or ’50s. But my older sister had comics, including a big collection of “Betty and Veronica.” Our parents encouraged us to read everything, so at 6 years old…
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Bohemian Art GlassBohemian art glass was made in and around the present-day Czech Republic du…
And Happy New Year to you MacArt!
Cheers!
Thank you MacArt, yours too!....CHEERS!....:-)
Happy new year Mac
Salute :)
Happy new years Mac! (don't clink those glasses though ;) )
Thanks you guys.
Just to clarify - I am Mac63 and MacArt is.... MacArt. Easy to confuse.
By the way, Happy New Year MacArt. And I will clink carefully :)
Happy New Year, Mac63! And everyone else ...
Mac63 : Happy New Year and I love the CROCUS vase. I 've been looking for one of these. I've seen a few identified as Loetz with Loetz prices.
some kralik work is worthy of loetz prices imho. the crocus vases are as nice as some of the loetz from that period.
Busted!!... Mac63, that's me being lazy... I just cut and pasted from the post above...sorry!...:-/
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year from OZ Mac 63!
Happy New Year Mac63. Thank you for your help, and the wonderful wishes. Peace Love and Joy are some of my favourite things. :O) Happy hunting to you and all of us in 2013.
Sincerely,
Lisa