Posted 5 months ago
trunkman
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Cool little early Lesney convertible with a real dude driving! I packed away the other one before I could identify it. I love the look and color of these nice old gems...
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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
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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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another …
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'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on “Th…
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Collectibles
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Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with "American Pickers," writer Maureen Stanton …
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Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
The memes are endless—Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Maru, and all the Lolcats. Last year even witnessed the first ever Internet Cat Video Fe…
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Matchbox CarsThe Matchbox line of miniature diecast vehicles was unofficially launched i…
Thanks miKKo, mustangtony and Bell...
Thanks epson233, Flanker, Hunter and muffin.
Originally matchbox was Lesney, and English company -- only passengers could drive in England at the time because of the war and all...
LMAO, love the cars, but the comment about the passenger with the war and all, just stuck me fun :-)
Thanks kerry10456 -- I am glad you picked up my dry humor -- eye4beauty always brings out the best in me...
Yes this is the ultimate curb cruising car -- but just fyi -- telephones were not invented in the 1700's -- thus the frustration for many collectors of those early editions.... of whose company I no longer seek...
There are some things that need to remain a mystery...
Wow -- what an oversight. Thank you eye4beauty for the love, and your zealous regard for detail. (I got distracted by kerry1046 comment and missed a thank you in there) I threw "muffin" in the mix before you joined in just to see if anyone actually would notice -- congrats on the pick up, you are on your game indeed.
Okay eye -- I am sorry to say that at the time "muffin" was the thing I was eating at the time of the comment, and I felt thankful for it so I threw it in on a whim-- your click by fluke just happened to fall after that. You can read what you will into it, but for the record I did not, nor would I refer to you as "muffin" and I deeply regret the possible inference made by your sherlockian deductions.
LMAO -- man, the smiles just keep coming -- you are the best eye4beauty -- if there should be a name change it should be "penchant4humor''.