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Here are two lovely one ounce mini-bottles from the House of Koshu "Rainbow Set" of flavored Japanese liqueurs from the '60s, featuring wooden Kokeshi-style doll heads. I have the Sakura (cherry liqueur)...
July 29th, 2010 by Mark Blackwell
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My grandmother gave this to me 10+ years ago and I have no idea what it goes to, where it's from and what it's for (as with many things that are passed to me from her hands). Perhaps I'm reading too much into...
July 29th, 2010 by windupkitty
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A post here from 7/27/2010 reminded me that I have these fabulous monkeys to add to the jungle.
They look like really expensive old ivory, don't they? Well, they're heavy plastic made to fool the tourist...
July 29th, 2010 by Lisa Rios
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i took the fish photo at an auction in flint, mi though it wasn't in the auction. it's 12" wide and painted on ridged styrofoam with the word "welcome" prominently emblazoned across its side.
July 29th, 2010 by DetroitKent
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A jackalope is a hybrid critter that is part jackrabbit and part antelope. They are found primarily in the West and parts of the Southwest. They are fierce animals when provoked, sometimes referred to as warrior...
July 28th, 2010 by Michael Ely
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Don't you think the sneakers add some personality to this lion ?
Another of many jungle animal oddities I found at a rummage sale just today. The workers were setting up and allowed me to walk around...
July 28th, 2010 by MyFunCloset
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You're driving along minding your own business in Pakistan, when across the horizon there's a bright flash. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill Country of India neighbors setting off mushroom cloud fireworks,...
July 28th, 2010 by Mark Milligan
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Extremely large, very fragile, long-necked cat. Very lightweight china, probably hollow all the way through. Has a large crack running down the entire neck and into the body but I don't think the head has...
July 27th, 2010 by Nessa
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A strange little window to a boutique in Kapa'a, Hawaii displays this as one ascends the stairs to a restaurant that serves banana-macademia nut pancakes where one can sit a floor up and watch the traffic pull...
July 27th, 2010 by Mark Milligan
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When too many chachkis monopolize your surface space, you can put these vases on your wall. I found these vintage wooden wall vases at one of my favorite swap meets.
July 27th, 2010 by Michael M.
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One of my favorite animals from the jungles of India is the peacock. He is the poster child of pheasants, and this one is particularly pretty with it's pink plumage and... eyelashed rhinestone feathers? ...
July 26th, 2010 by Mooshe
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This little kiddo in his rabbit pajamas and lock of spaghetti-hair serves as a decoration for numerous holidays around the house. He comes out at Christmas, because of his red and green dots.. and at Easter,...
July 25th, 2010 by Nessa
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i took this at an auction in flint, mi though it wasn't in the auction. it's heavy black "fenton" glass, 10" high, with green under the pupil and yellow an orange nails and necklace.
July 25th, 2010 by DetroitKent
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Taken at The Earth House here in Orleans.
July 25th, 2010 by denny
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That's right- it's not Lucille Ball, it's Lucy Ricardo! This is just down the block from the Sonny Bono statue in Palm Springs.
During my short visit with Lucy, many people walked by so I asked someone...
July 24th, 2010 by Cheetah Velour
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When I was a young teen growing up in the 1960's, my dear grandmother began giving me Avon decanter bottles of cologne and after shave as gifts for every occasion from birthdays to Christmas to school graduation....
July 24th, 2010 by Michael Ely
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Every morning I wake up to a pile of notes that I've dropped on the floor from my bed the night before as I don't like to keep anything in my head so I have a running chance of falling asleep. My M.O. is...
July 23rd, 2010 by Allee Willis
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I recently vacationed in Palm Springs and as soon as I hit town I said, "I'll bet there's a bronze statue of Sonny Bono around here somewhere." And wouldn't you know it, there it was just a couple of blocks...
July 23rd, 2010 by Cheetah Velour
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Saw this at the Salvation Army. The dog is disfigured with the garish combination of colors.
July 22nd, 2010 by DetroitKent
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This 12" tall, cracked egg bowl looks exactly like ceramic but it's actually rubber. I love to watch people's reactions when I throw it at people to catch or when I pretend that I'm accidentally dropping it....
July 22nd, 2010 by Michael M.
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