Birth Of Prince William Plate 1982 Bone China Crown Staffs

Birth Of Prince William Plate 1982 Bone China Crown Staffs
Just a short note as I was cruising my selling neighborhood friends and their stores, I came across this collector's plate, notice the blue sapphire ring on Diana's hand.  It is now on Kate's hand...I love this picture.

http://www.antiquesandteacups.com/Birth-Of-Prince-William-Plate-1982-Bone-China-Crown-Staffs_p_1420.html

Items are selling fast for the holidays in my store....all items are on discounts at various levels for quick sell and 1 day handling, overnight shipping is available, just email for details...enjoy shopping with an honest and creditable seller.  All items are hand picked, hand washed, singularly inspected before listing....
BWs Vintage Collectibles
-=brenda

stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles

What Chocolate Covered Cherries Look Like In Las Vegas

Well, it's that time of year again, somewhere between thinking of our loved ones to thinking of ourselves!  I had a plan.  I really did.  The plan sat on my credenza for at least 1 week. I can honestly say I gave it my best.  BUT after a few trips to the local box super store and walking away from the goodies placed to the center, to my left, and to my right....and my strategic planning to put "Good Eats" on my Pinterest instead of my mouth.....I broke down.  So, this is what chocolate covered cherries look like in my house today:

Suffice it to say, this Christmas gift has been replaced.  

and I hope my mother doesn't read this blog.

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Buy early, items are exiting the building as fast as I can put them in a listing, new today:  a Sirius Satellite Radio, new in box, neighbor moving sale

and a Router by Netgear:

Wireless N 300 WNR2000

The couple next door said they used this for about 6 months and is in perfect shape.  I guarantee 100% item for defects, so you cannot lose!

Here's the storefront to my virtual store:

http://stores.ebay.com/bws-vintage-collectibles

These two items will be listed in a few minutes....but for now, go ahead and browse the various departments for items all on 5% sale....except one item....

is on a 15% sale, can you find it?

Sunday evening starts a 10% sale...so, keep me on your favorites list!

Happy Holidays, wish me luck on the candy canes decorating the tree........

-=Brenda

BWs Vintage Collectibles

Don't forget this little secret for Cyber Monday or anyday...

It's always Cyber Monday for me, or it's always Cyber Tuesday, Cyber Wednesday, etc.  A day doesn't go by without me blogging or commenting, advertising or twittering and even buying....I am ready for the huge onslaught of gift buyers and collectors adding to their collections, I am always ready, being a Cyber Monday or a Tired Tuesday.....here's a little secret I  want you to know...MAKE OFFERS to the small business selling online...like myself.
Before the weekend started, I was receiving "offers".  Because I am in the business to support my hobby of collecting Vintage glass, I must flip other items to sell.  Plain and simple.  I am not making a million dollars and I don't have a large power seller status, but I do want to make a sale, I am likely to counteroffer and then we settle with one more offer. Personally, I counter only once. When I first started to sell online and share my Vintage finds, I would forget to add the "make offer" status to every listing.....the smart buyers take the time, even if it is not in my listing, to send me an email and make an offer.  I am very glad they do as I am most likely to make a sale because they have set the price.  When I list, I can only make my best guess at what it might sell for, if someone comes along who says, "I would like that item but will only pay......." I am most likely to calculate my price out and let the item go.  *******SO, buyers remember: if you see something in a virtual store, anywhere, but especially Ebay, if there is an item you like but is much too high or the shipping is inordinate go ahead and MAKE THAT OFFER- it just might work!!  Sometime's those shipping calculations are guesstimates...again, MAKE ON OFFER to the seller....ask them to recalculate the price for your personal shipment....a credible seller should be able to do this for you and give you a solid price.  Sellers like myself, refund any shipping overcharges beyond the handling...regularly.  So, don't be afraid to MAKE OFFERS for both items and shipping to sellers.  Folks like myself depend on folks like you, good, honest, hard working, old fashioned bargain hunters...just like me...if I pay it forward to help you...someone will do the same for me....so, the secret is::::::on CYBER MONDAY and beyond...TRY TO MAKE AN OFFER and remember to have fun along the way....-=brenda  BWs Vintage Collectibles

http://stores.ebay.com/bws-vintage-collectibles

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1964-Elvis-Presley-Roustabout-Stereo-Soundtrack-Sealed-LP-Record-Album-/170945404279?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27cd23dd77

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dale-Earnhardt-and-Jr-8-x-10-NEW-Print-w-Frame-Silhouettes-Baby-Harrison-Woods-/170944454444?pt=US_Racing_Fan_Shop&hash=item27cd155f2c

Paying it Forward, Las Vegas Style...lol

This weekend, while winding my way through the streets in Henderson, getting lost time and again as the estate sale signs were wind blown and were mixed up with LAST WEEKEND's signs.....I noticed something vaguely familiar in my rear view mirror...a Cadillac...a black one....hhhhmmmm I wondered, it was following me!!! It did look familiar....As I turned a 3 pt turnabout, the fellow in the car behind me did it too!!!  Well, "...at least there was someone in this world dumber than me..."at least I wasn't the one FOLLOWING....I was leading, and somehow that put me above this guy who was intently following me.  As I finally found the sale, I parked far off because I felt I needed exercise...(later changing my mind)....I swooped up my toy poodle Peaches (big mistake taking her with me, she's so fat I almost killed myself trying to hold her for my leisurely walk-about) and proceeded to walk over to the sale.  I had forgotten about the Cadillac for the time being....but as I was trying to look strong and confident holding Peaches (she was gaining weight as I held her) ....THAT GUY walked in behind me...and stayed there.  THAT GUY...he was THAT SAME GUY that ripped the Hot Wheels out from under me about 2 months ago.....he was following me around another estate sale and when I came upon the Hot Wheels, he actually ripped them out from under me.....HE WAS THAT GUY...THAT GUY....where'd he come from ? I wondered....so, even though Peaches was like 50 lbs by then and squirming....I conducted my walk-about SLOWER.  THAT GUY just stayed right by me....so, I did what any red blooded middle-aged baby boomer woman born in Alaska would do.....I started to comment on every little thing as if I was going to buy....lol....what a dummy....he picked up stuff that was pure junk, nothing Vintage....and then....I walked about all that same stuff twice......yep.....even though Peaches was squirming and I was trying to be calm and cool...... THAT GUY was trying to one up me and trying to be patient...but he was trying to swipe stuff cause my hands were full of poodle.....lol....dummy.   (By that time both Peaches and I were really not liking each other)....so, eventually I walked back to the car....and then I noticed IT.....the Caddy following me....IT BELONGED TO THAT GUY......oh brother.....I laughed and got a good kick out of it....and boy, did I score with that estate sale...didn't buy anything but I sure had fun.  

stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles

At auction this week, Thanksgiving Week....

starts under $10

Never been opened.

Car Key Problems in Las Vegas...what not to do

It happened last Saturday (before this one).  I was running late to an estate sale.  I decided to stop by the bank and get some more cash...you know...I had a feeling I was going to need it for the sale....and I was so organized, I pulled up to the curve....walked over (no this bank does not have a drive-thru)...and got my cash.  I should say I finally got my cash...I was standing in line for a little while...with cash in hand, I scurried over to my car.  Hit the key fab to let myself in~~

nuthin.  nuthin happened.  I hit it again.  Still nuthin.  I physically tried to open the back door...nuthin but locked....I hit the key fab again.   I could hear the unlocking...and the beeping....but darn, the door just stayed locked.  I tried the doors again and again.  Locking unlocking locking unlocking....you can only imagine me standing there trying to figure out why (if the battery went dead) would the sounds of the locking and unlocking and beeping happen?  With cash in one hand (I was going to get to my car and stash it in my secret hiding place) my purse started to slip down my arm in hopelessness.....darn.  (actually, that's not what I really muttered) My mind started to race about where my auto insurance card was placed these days....I tried to unlock my car again and again...for seemed like an eternity.

What really bothered me was the beeping was coming from the other side of my car....that was so weird.  I started to try to unlock the door with my car key....final resort.  It just wasn't working at all.....I was totally frustrated.......then I had the idea that if the horn worked the trunk oughta work, so I tried to open the trunk.....my idea was to go through the trunk and crawl through the seats.....but to my despair, it didn't open...................I was about ready to cry and I was so embarrassed --I decided I really hated my car, only hating it mildly before this fiasco.....

I stupidly went back to listening to the horn.......and I walked around the car to the place where the horn was honking.........

lo and behold....it was the car next to my car!!!!!!

and it had the trunk wide open, all the lights were on, the horn was honking, the whole thing was blinking.....and then I flashed that I must have taken someone else's keys somehow.......look what I was doing to their car!!!!  Where are my keys?  I checked the ones in my hand...they seemed to be my keys......?

and then it occurred to me.......OMG.  I was trying to get into someone else's car the whole time....the car next to mine was actually MY CAR.......

Can you imagine someone in the bank watching this??????????

I mean, I stood there for like 10 minutes...before I figured it out.  No wonder the key fab didn't work, no wonder the trunk wouldn't open, no wonder the key wouldn't unlock it.....IT WASN"T MY CAR.  

The really stupid part?  I didn't notice it wasn't my car for like 10 minutes or an eternity, whichever was longer....

I am never going back to that bank or pet store again.  And you can be darn sure NEXT time the key fab doesn't work, I'll be checking to see if I actually am at the right car......

geeeeesh..........and this was one of my good days.

-=brenda 

stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles

Mandalay Bay Las Vegas Shoppes at the Palazzo

The fall season is here in the Las Vegas Valley.  The usual autumn trees are almost non-existent; however, what dots our desert in non-typical autumn colors are flowering Lantana, Bottle Brush bushes, various Cactus Prickly Pears, and yes, the devious yellow Ragweed....all tell locals fall is here.  Our days are still warm to most visitors; however, to the locals, it is cooling down, which means we get to spend time outdoors without melting.  We get to start moving around, visiting our casinos, museums, and shops.  To move from the house into a 135 degree car to drive 15 minutes to a shopping mall on the strip just doesn't have appeal until the fall.  I, for one, am very glad it is finally here.  One of the things I love to do in the fall is visit The Strip.  As a local, I can take my time, visit any day I choose, move in and out of shops, of parking garages, without sweating my makeup off.  Naturally, to get me in the mood, I pick up the newspaper.  Well, actually, I go to my computer and look up the recent articles.  What peaked my interest was an article about a cute shop called Bauman Rare Books located in the Shoppes at the Palazzo in the Mandalay Bay.  Apparently, they have created a small sectional display inside the store commemorating past U.S. Presidents! Of course, me being a Vintage and Antique enthusiast, I must attend to see for myself.  I will offer pictures if allowed, after my visit.  I would love to share with you US President's items and to share a little Antiquarian enlightenment.   Here's is the website I found if you would like to know more, perhaps would like to pick up a rare book or two........ maybe you will visit before I do and drop me a line!  I'll check back with ya'll later.......-=brenda    BWs Vintage Collectibles (and more!)

http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/

While I was checking out Bauman's, I linked The Shoppes at the Palazzo too, just in case you were wanting to line up a great shopping venue, either for locals or visitors!  The Shoppes at the Palazzo......when there you feel very important!!  very rich too.....love that place.

http://www.theshoppesatthepalazzo.com/

I have one other blog, I am in a Vintage Village Community, if you are ever hanging out and want to see how the rest of the world lives in Vintage land, come visit!!!

http://thevintagevillage.com/profile/Brenda

Here's a little authentic vintage cuff bracelet by Tommy Lowe, Navajo, New Mexico, I found at an estate sale...and wow is it good quality, Signed. Kingman Mine turqouise.  Sterling Silver. 6"

http://stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles/_i.html?_nkw=turquoise+bracelet&submit=Search&_sid=179616923

Toy Shack Opens in Las Vegas!! Fremont Street Experience....

HEY!!!  another great find!!!

Here's the latest for the Fremont Street Experience:   The Toy Shack has just opened its doors:  

http://lasvegastoyshack.com/?p=63

I'll keep ya posted after I visit next week.....a big shout out to the Thrifting Boys:    thriftingboys.@thriftingboys.com         Thank you for your twitter feed tonight.........-=brenda, Henderson (best of Las Vegas)

stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles

It's SO HOT in Las Vegas. WHEW.

Whew and Wow, it's hot in the Las Vegas valley this week. Pretty normal though.  While at the post office yesterday mailing a Priority package to a buyer, I met a very nice lady and we talked for quite a while....in the shade.....we were comparing heat indexes.  My idea of hot in the car was when my fingertips burned when I put my hands on the steering wheel of my car....her idea of hot was when people stopped moving around.  I showed her my fingertips...she offered hand lotion to me, being as the little bottle was almost empty, I declined.  It's a perfect time of year to open a store in Ebay, BWs Vintage Collectibles.  My newest venue for Vintage and Mid-century estate collectibles.  Here's the new link!

stores.ebay.com/bwsvintagecollectibles

  I attribute the opening of the new Ebay store to my dear Kansas friend, Bonnie, whom I met while purchasing on Ebay, but more importantly, she lives within 70 miles of my ancestry roots.  She is like family to me, I met her this May, and she is a great lady, working at an auction estate company, she is so knowledgeable of many things...but she is also a great mom.....!  She is definitely a 100% seller for many years and you should see what she is selling!

stores.ebay.com/bjskitchenplus

I will eventually get all of my Vintage and Mid-Century inventory listed on stores.ebay.com/bwsvintagecollectibles  even if I am sweating to do it, pardon the pun.....but right now, I am in over my ears with changing venues and heat indexes over the top....a nice resort style swimming pool might be the ticket today.....my vintage style body probably won't fit in a swim suit though.....maybe I"ll go when it gets dark..........  with a glass of wine.  I always fit better into a swimsuit after I've had some wine...I'll fill ya in on the details...or not.....-=brenda

http://stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles/_i.html?_nkw=bears&submit=Search&_sid=179616923

Las Vegas is hot, but so is this Vegan purse!

Las Vegas was hot today.  Not just seasonally hot, like in July and August.  Hot as in "not ready" hot.  SOOO  hot the heels on my sandals melted into the road way, not much, but a little!!  They are now forever black where they used to be neutral color. So much for the pretty little white sandals...now they are broken in.  Vegas style.  Did I mention the hottest item on the block right now is the Vegan purse?  Yes, I said Vegan purse~
100% organic.  Doesn't have any odor, I mean, it doesn't smell like a salad~

Gold is the color to show off, you can bring this brand new purse to any event this summer and don't forget to bring it out in the evening....what a great gift for the early Christmas thinkers....Christmas in June?  why not, I buy for Christmas and New Years all year.

The brand new Vegan gold clutch, called, Michelle, is out for bidding this weekend, in Ebay.  Better hurry if you are interested, the purse auction will close tomorrow night and it is the last one available.  Details are in the advertisement:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170851532883?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_944wt_1080

Good evening to all, gotta run......be sure to check out my Facebook and virtual collectibles store

https://www.facebook.com/BWsRecollections

http://www.webstore.com/~bwsrecollections