The Collectors Newsletter #1117 -- January 26, 2018

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1. Start a store now or place a Classified Ad! 2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Supporting small independent merchants 4. Do you know what day it is?
5. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 6. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 7. Interesting story shared! Send us your story about
collecting
and be eligible for a free gift
8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 9. Newly listed items
10. Vintage Recipes
11. New On line Merchants
12. Did you know?
13. Helpful Resources For Collectors
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1. Start a store on TIAS.com or place a Classified Ad! Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or
listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com.

If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items,
or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad.
Please visit:
https://www.tias.com/classifieds.
Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com. Here are some examples of recently published Classifieds:

Large Collection of British Army Crimean War Memorabilia http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/56

Weavers of Speech Collectible Tankard https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/59

Vintage Jade Teardrop Earrings
http://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/57

Woman's Turquoise Silver Ring
https://www.tias.com/classifieds/id/58

2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers

Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special
sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find!

Here are a few of the most recent press releases:

Allie's Vintage Alley
http://www.tias.com/stores/alliesvintage
Teapots Lefton Puppy-Disney Pooh Eeyore, Creamer Sugar Pooh Tigger, Enesco Dinner Prayer Scour Pad, Toothpick and Napkin Holders, Amos Cookies S&P Shakers.

przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures
http://www.tias.com/stores/praz
Navajo Sterling Silver Kingman Turquoise Cross on Cross By Gary G.

Interesting Items - Vintage Collectibles & Folk Art http://www.tias.com/stores/iis
Featuring a Metal Heart Shaped Box - Early to Mid 20th Century. Perfect for a Valentine Days Gift.

Silversnow Antiques and More
ttp://www.tias.com/stores/silsnw
Wonderful Finds:Goebel Small Full Color Angel Kneeling Sacrart Germany, Age of Faith, Hark The Harold Angel Sings, Bible Cards, Pieta Michelangelo Plate, Rosaries, Crucifix Pendants, Jesus in Niche, Scapulars

Midwest Emporium
http://www.tias.com/stores/mwe
Restocked: Featuring a Metal Heart Shaped Box - Early to Mid 20th Century. Perfect for a Valentine Days Gift.
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3. Supporting small independent merchants

Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee.

Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page.

To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

4. Do you know what day it is?

Just to show you how versatile the inventory presented by our hundreds of sellers can be, we've been researching little-known national and world-wide "holidays" that most people aren't familiar with and matching them up with items for sale on TIAS.com.

Today is National Peanut Brittle Day 1954 Sophie Mae Peanut Brittle Old South Ad http://www.tias.com/1954-sophie-mae-peanut-brittle-old-south-
ad-565098.html [wraps]


Visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques to read about some of the interesting and sometimes amusing "holidays"! You don't need to have a Facebook account to view that page!

5. Be sure to visit our boards on Pinterest! https://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/

Visit our board for examples of the January Birthstone-Garnet Garnet, the birthstone for January, signifies eternal friendship and trust and is the perfect gift for a friend. Garnet, derived from the word granatum, means seed,
and is called so because of the gemstone's resemblance to a pomegranate seed. https://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/january-birthstone-
garnet/ [wraps]

Feel free to stop by and check out all of our boards and while you're there, please "follow" us! We update these boards daily.
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6. TIAS.com is on Twitter!

Click here and be sure to follow us! https://twitter.com/TIASdotCOM

We've also started an Instagram page, so please be sure to follow us there too!
http://instagram.com/tiasdotcom We recently added quite a number of really unique items there!We now have a Instagram button at the top of the page at http://www.tias.com, along with the Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest buttons. --------------------------

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7. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free gift

Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here. If we use your story, we'll send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/videos/?ref=page_internal

Linda H shared this:

Not about collecting, particularly, and not of great value; but interesting to me...the things you can find!

When my mother died several years ago, there was an odd, old
(and not in very good condition) jewelry box that had "odds
and ends" but no real jewelry in it. This was included
among the few memories I could bring home in a suitcase.
Going through the odd trinkets, I found a 25-year pin from
St. Louis Union Trust Company that must have belonged to my
dad. Adding up the years: he had received this pin some
time before I turned 4 years old in 1951--we'd left IL just
days after my birthday that year. I'd known Dad had worked
at St. Louis Union Trust Company before we moved, and that
he started as an "office boy"--in his early teens. He'd
have been 38 years old when we moved. What a surprise to
figure my dad had started working at 13 years old! We'd
heard the company had sent him to "AIB" [American Institute
of Banking--a night school (the student paid for the classes
and if the grades were good enough, the money was reimbursed
by the employer)--that was still available in the mid '60s
when I attended AIB for shorthand classes.] It would seem
companies felt some responsibility to their employees and
received some loyalty in return. Times have certainly
changed.

And added:

"A friend has (unfortunately, I don't have the details, but) a better story about buying an empty purse at some sort of sale and later she put it out to sell herself. No one was interested, so she put the purse away and some time later got it out again, this time finding a lump in the lining. The lump contained a piece of jewelry that sold for an impressive amount!"

Thanks Linda!

Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address when sending in your story. (Valid for US addresses only)
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8. Identification assistance and Facebook updates

Here's an item that is a round wooden ball about 8 inches, and separates into 32 pieces/wedges bound in leather. So far no one has been able to help determine what it is. Can you? https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques/posts/10156082301813656

Another help request for identification: This piece is a long primitive box, sectioned off into shallow "bowls". Can anyone confirm some of the suggestions?
https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques/posts/10156123667598656

And one other plea for help identifying this metal object - a moonshine still perhaps?
https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques/posts/10156123622218656

Remember that you can check out our Facebook page for some interesting updates.
Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques

You don't need a Facebook account to visit our page. If you do have a Facebook account please "Like" us!

Also, everyday we post a "This Date In History" story on our Facebook page, along with an item for sale on http://www.tias.com that relates to the event. We're also highlighting one item each day that we find particularly interesting
- something that's very unusual! Check it out!

9. Newly listed items for your online shopping pleasure. Stop by and check out today's fresh inventory at: TIAS.com - http://www.tias.com/showcase CollectorOnline - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=7 AntiqueArts - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=3 Earthling - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=6
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10. Vintage Recipes

Be sure to check out our vintage recipe archive online at: http://bit.ly/1vDXn6h. Over 1200 wonderful vintage recipes are listed. Email recipes@tias.com if you would like to submit a recipe.

As with collectibles, people also have very strong feelings about foods from their past. Sometimes these special recipes get lost. This section is to help
people who are looking for lost recipes from their past. If you submit a request, please include the geographical region where you tasted the recipe. If you have a vintage recipe request send it to recipes@tias.com and we might just publish it here.

TIAS.com merchants have thousands of cookbooks for sale! You can
see them here: http://www.tias.com/books/cooking/

Be sure to check out our vintage kitchen collectibles section online at: http://www.tias.com/showcase/1/Kitchen_Collectibles/1.html

Marie sent this plea for help finding a family cookbook that's been lost:
"My large family is looking for several of our Great Aunt Myrtle Henricksen's "Cooks Corner, a Cookbook for Farm Women of Wisconsin" compiled by "The Home Department of the Wisconsin Agriculturist & Farmer" Racine, Wisconsin, 1955. Many of them should be in Wisconsin homes. It's a three ring binder book, 110 pages long. It does not stand out attractively in a recipe book collection, therefore all the originals have been lost in my family, during downsizing in California, unaware that it contains our Danish family recipes." "The book is rather unattractive looking and no one would specifically pick it out to advertise it. But asking might make readers go look in old junk or old recipe books for it."

Please email support@tias.com if you have this cookbook, and we'll forward your
email on to Marie.
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11. New Online Merchants

Be sure to check out all of the fresh inventory offered by these new merchants that just opened a store at TIAS.com. and please don't forget the rest of our merchants. Your support goes a long way in helping our merchants. You can see
them all here: http://www.tias.com/new-merchants

Uncommon Finds & Creations
http://www.tias.com/stores/uncommonfinds
Looking for an uncommon vintage item for yourself or as a gift? We travel across New England to find antique and vintage tools and hard to find memorabilia. Please take a look around - and reach out if you have any questions or requests. Thank you!

RM Collectibles
http://www.tias.com/stores/rmcollectibles
WELCOME to RM COLLECTIBLES! We were established in 1972 with
millions of satisfied patrons worldwide! We offer collector vinyl LPs / CDs / cassettes; magazines, video, collectibles in sports, books, film, vintage & more! Please check back regularly

Tricia's Treasure Trove
https://www.tias.com/stores/jusrluck/
Welcome to Tricia's Treasure Trove! I've been a dealer and collector for over 20 years. My tastes as a collector are numerous and you just never know what you may find in my treasure trove! Thank you for stopping by!

Elegance at a Glance
http://tias.com/stores/eaag/
Hi, we offer a wonderful selection of vintage costume jewelry to new costume jewelry, signed or unsigned, fine jewelry as well as collectibles. This is a great site with some great items worth checking out! Thank you for visiting, come back often.

Ye Olde Daze Shoppe
http://tias.com/stores/yeoldedazeshoppe/
Welcome to Ye Olde Daze Shoppe where we specialize in all things collectible! Inventory includes artwork, antiques, collectibles and so much more! PayPal is
accepted

Precious Pieces
http://tias.com/stores/preciouspieces/
Welcome to our Store! We stock a wide range of unique items ranging from high end to very affordable. Your favorite piece of antique or unique furniture is here, household curiosities, or simply your favorite book! Something precious for everyone!

At Memory Lane
http://tias.com/stores/atmemorylane/
At Memory Lane, everyone is entitled to a piece of the past. You will find antiques and vintage in my shop. I am a small seller, but have been selling online for about ten years. Currently, my stash includes old milk glass & collectible glass.

Brenda's Jewelry Box
http://tias.com/stores/bjewelbox/
Welcome to my jewelry store. I have been in business with my husband for over 20 years and we decided to separate our jewelry business from our other TIAS stores. We have many satisfied customers. My inventory includes costume and fine jewelry.

Allie's Vintage Alley
http://tias.com/stores/alliesvintage/
I have been buying, selling and trading antique and collectibles for 30 years.
I sell a variety of great finds. I guarantee your satisfaction with a 7-day money back guarantee, and I accept Visa and MasterCard (via PayPal), Checks and
Money Orders!
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12. Did you know . . . . this about TIAS.com?

You can shop by category! On the left side of any screen on TIAS.com (including
the individual stores), you'll find a list
of Categories.

TIAS.com has an "Advanced Search" feature to help narrow down
your search results. Just use the SEARCH box at the top of any TIAS.com page, you'll see a link to "Advanced search", or
bookmark this link for easy access: http://www.tias.com/search.php

TIAS.com has a page available so that you can send emailed
vintage postcard messages to friends and family. Take a look at our selection here: http://www.tias.com/cards/

TIAS.com provides a directory which lists over 2300 clubs
related to Antiques and Collectibles? You can search by name, website name, type or description, as well as alphabetically. Take a look here: http://bit.ly/1BN65Sl If you head up an antiques and collectibles club, feel free to register it today!


13. Helpful Resources:
a) Find an antiques or collectibles club. Nearly 2000 different clubs listed. Take a look at:
http://www.tias.com/cgi-bin/clubs.cgi
b) What's it worth? Try Kovels' online price guide to over 600,000 antiques and
collectibles. It can be found online at http://www.kovels.com
c) Sell Antiques & Collectibles online with us at: http://www.MakeAShop.com
d) Here's a link to the page where you can research backstamps/marks on the back of your item. http://www.kovels.com/marks/pottery-porcelain-marks.html

Thanks for reading. Feel free to forward this to a friend. To subscribe to this
newsletter go to: http://www.tias.com/subscribe Please note that stories and recipes from readers are not checked for accuracy. They may be edited prior to
publication. For questions or comments, you can reach us at support@TIAS.com (c)1995-2018 TIAS.com

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