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Nostalgia At Its Best....

What is Nostalgia? Nostalgic = n.1. "A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past."

Searching, finding, and collecting old cool stuff is truly what we adore doing...it is our main hobby. It is not uncommon for us to hit 50-150 private and public sales through out Northern California weekly ....no joke. We have been trading wonderful items for close to 10 years. If it is cool to us, or brings on a sense of nostalgia, we have a need to find it the perfect home, which in many cases is our own. Passing on vintage collectibles, antiques, kitschy housewares, rare books, modern - mid century Eames era decor, ephemera, vintage advertising, retro furnishings, historic memorabilia, Atomic trinkets and forgotten fun stuff to tinkers, collectors, builders and widget lovers is truly our passion. ....


Our Current Trading Locations:

On the left of the blog -link below- are the links to all the places you can find us and our cool stuff.....

You can also join our newsletter at the same link location.

Our Other Hobbies:

I also grow 89 varieties of Morning Glories as well as other flowers, veggies, and more. I have many pictures up on flickr to share with the community. Call it a fetish....


Our Two New Groups:

I recently started a group for all things things from kitchens past. Not just retro, not just Pyrex, but all great things from the kitchens women all over the world used, from every era....we would love to have you join..

www.flickr.com/groups/thevintagekitchen/

Our other group is for International Harvester Travelalls. You have one? We would love to see photos!

www.flickr.com/groups/ihtravelallonly/



What Do The New eBay Changes Mean For Fellow eBayers?

The link below briefly caps the IMA interview with Steve Grossberg and Ben Mandall of the Internet Merchant Association who work directly with ebay live, events and changes.

When the most informed people on internet marketing say these changes are "disastrous" we better take note.

My britches aren't as big as theirs and my knowledge isn't anywhere as complete and informed as theirs..so frankly, I am not going to deceive myself into thinking I can outsmart people I have no control over.....who are...buyers and ebay. Or think these people know less than little ole me. To deny that interview is just a bad business move, IMO .

The seller boards have been abuzz for weeks and every new idea on how to beat the system is quickly shown to be in vain by many very smart and long time eBay sellers who have seen it all. The people who say this isn't a big deal, are the people who are in denial or who have not been around long enough to see a lot of eBay tricks in action or haven't read the facts.

The blog is a very small recap. The link at the top of the blog takes you to the 39 page interview..and if you are on eBay, it is a must read.

eBay Has Set People Up To Fail

Thank you!.......thenostalgicnugget