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Andrew Pentol 25-Oct-2011

Whitehouse Travel Retail has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute mascots and toys of the 2012 Olympic Games in UK travel-retail. the Whitehouse Olympics range consists of 20cm Wenlock and Mandeville toys and the set of four 15cm Wenlock and Mandeville plush pieces, which Whitehouse expects to be the best overall seller. the collection includes a full range of mascots, plush and collectibles including items such as playing cards and key ring and pen sets. Prices will range from £5 (£8) for playing cards to £10 ($16) for collectible plush Olympic mascots and £15 ($24) for key ring pen/sets. Whitehouse Travel Retail managing partner Geoff Hutley said: “As travel retailers we are all going to benefit from the visitor numbers during the 2012 Olympics in London so we are incredibly proud that Whitehouse Travel Retail has been given the distribution of plush for the 2012 Olympics. We can do some incredible business in the UK when it comes to this key destination merchandise. “the toys are really different and standout against the norm when compared to other plush toys due to the shape, which is recognisably modern and in keeping with the look and feel of the 2012 games.” an estimated £1bn ($1.6bn) will be spent on retail sales during the Olympic Games, with a forecast of £50m ($80m) being spent on mascot sales alone. Mascot merchandise represented 45% of total retail sales during the previous Olympic games.

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Misplaced or lost bags at the airport are nothing new. for one woman, though, that cost her up to $800,000, and it cost an airline employee a trip to prison.

The Santa Fe woman had a Louis Vuitton bag that she lost sight of at the Sunport in 2005. Someone quickly rolled off with it.

It wasn’t the expensive bag the woman was worried about, though, but what was inside. there were about 25 pieces of unique handcrafted jewelry. They were made by world-renown designer Luna Felix from Santa Fe. those items along with a laptop computer and at least one Cartier watch in the suitcase were worth between $500,000 and $800,000.

The victim called the Sunport, but nobody had seen the expensive bag or the high-priced items inside. so just days after the theft, the woman hired private investigator Maurice Moya to track down the property.

“She said she had gathered up all her jewelry from Chicago and Florida, and she was bringing it to Santa Fe because she had just built a home and wanted to keep it safe there,” Moya said.

He blanketed gold and silver stores and pawn shops across the county with flyers. nearly a year after the theft, in January 2006, Albuquerque Aviation Police got a call from Sarasota, Fla.

“I get a call from a detective saying we have a bunch of your stolen jewelry,” Aviation Police Chief Marshall Katz said.

Moya said an appraiser saw the name on the back of the jewelry.

“We’re lucky we got a hit on one of them,” Moya said.

A woman sold two necklaces with matching earrings to a gold and silver exchange business for $2,500. They’re worth $30,000. Police were on to her when she also sold a $25,000 Cartier watch for $2,000.

Sarasota detectives along with aviation police, the FBI and the private investigator tracked Patricia Wood, now 63 years old, to Albuquerque and specifically to the Sunport. in fact, they knew the woman was in the baggage claim area the day of the theft because she was clocked in and working that day.

It turns out she worked as an American Airlines agent.

Nearly six years after the theft, due to legal wrangling and delays, Wood pleaded guilty to a charge of interstate transporting of stolen property. she turned herself in on Dec. 29 to start serving five months in federal prison.

She will also have to pay a $3,000 fine, and the court ordered her to pay the gold and silver shop in Florida $2,500.

But there’s only one thing the victim wants in this case, and it’s not prison time.

“She would like to have the lady give her back the rest of her jewelry,” Moya said.

There are still about two dozen pieces still missing.  

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Local antiques collectors and hoarders will have a chance to turn grandma’s silver tea set into cash at the Treasure Hunters Road show.

The event, which begins today and ends Saturday, will help antiques owners figure out how much their items are worth and link them with collectors and buyers.

“There’s so much cool stuff brought in, and there’s a story behind every item and where it came from,” said Matthew Enright, vice president of media for the company. “It’s almost like being in some sort of history museum, seeing all the different items.”

Residents can bring in any antique item for the company to analyze, from early 19th-century toys and comic books to coin collections and vintage jewelry or sports memorabilia and war guns.

About a dozen experts will be on hand at the Waco event to evaluate the items, consulting research databases to determine their retail value. the representatives then search through the client database to find a collector interested in purchasing the item.

“We’re pulling information and getting real numbers, comparing information for how the item is selling in auction houses like Heritage Auctions, Sotheby’s and Christie’s to see roughly what the item is worth and getting the sellers the most money from them,” Enright said.

About 86 percent of the attendees walk away with a check for their antiques, Enright said. the company does not charge admission into the shows but earns a 10 percent commission off each item that is sold.

Enright said the Waco event is one of 70 roadshows the company is holding in three different countries this week.

Enright said some people have earned major bucks through the roadshow, such as an Akron, Ohio, resident who sold his mint-condition copy of the first Batman and Robin comic book for $30,000, or a man who earned $1.9 million last year for his 1894 S. Barber silver dime.

Making a match

Enright said sometimes visitors to the roadshow are aware that they have something rare and valuable, but just need an estimate for what it’s worth or to find a buyer who will pay its full worth. Earlier this year, for example, a South Dakota man sold his 1961 Gibson Les Paul guitar to Metallica frontman James Hetfield through the roadshow after unsuccessfully searching for a buyer in his town for several months.

“We’ve also seen the other end of the spectrum, where people think they have the most rare thing in the world and it turns out that it’s something we see every week,” Enright said.

While residents can get their items appraised at the roadshow for free, with no commitment to selling the items, sometimes shopping around can yield better sale prices.

Milton Talbert, owner of show and tell antique shop in Waco, said the popularity of a particular item or brand can also add to its value, such as a 1920s Tiffany lamp. Some items also may garner higher prices in different cities or states.

“Newcomb pottery is a very expensive type of pottery,” Talbert said, referring to early-20th-century pottery produced by students at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in new Orleans. “It may be really popular in certain parts of the country and not so popular in other parts of the country.”

Show and tell does appraisals for individual antique items and estate liquidations, and also takes items on consignment for individuals looking for buyers for their antiques.

Talbert said the store charges $150 for the first hour of appraisal services and $75 for each additional hour. the time it takes to do an appraisal depends on how many items are being appraised and how much information is available about an item.

“the Internet has proven to be a very useful tool, but that still doesn’t cover other resources and publications that are available,” Talbert said. “We also may run into a situation where we would have to engage the services of some other appraiser who may have a specialty in a certain type of item. We’ve been in business more than 40 years, but you can’t expect to know everything about everything.”

If it’s readily apparent that a cherished possession won’t bring major bucks, Talbert will let the sellers know upfront and save them the appraisal fees. Often, it’s the condition of a particular item that dictates how much money it can bring in.

Seller beware

Talbert said sellers should also be aware they may not get the full value of an item by selling to an antiques dealer or at a roadshow, because the buyer’s ultimate goal is to resell the item for a profit.

“Just because something is worth $500 doesn’t mean me as a dealer would be willing to pay $500. That’s naturally the business,” Talbert said, adding that it doesn’t hurt to shop around for the best rates. “If I were buying something from a customer, I would want to buy it at a wholesale price, and it’s up to the customer whether they want to sell it at that price.”

Judy Warren, owner of Judy Warren Estate Sales in Waco, said antiques owners should do their own research and visit roadshows and antique stores to gain more knowledge about their items and negotiate the best sale prices.

Economic issues

But Warren, who inherited her mother’s antiques collection and got her start in antiques trading, said antiques owners looking to sell some of their items should hold on to them until the economy improves.

“Hang onto it till we get out of this recession, because you’re not going to the money you want right now,” Warren said. “Even at the antique auction houses and roadshows, (antiques) don’t have the same value that they had five years ago. It’s like a good stock on the stock market, hang onto it.”

Talbert said he advises customers who want to put their items on consignment with his store that their antiques may go unsold for months or years until the right buyer comes along to pay the full value of the items.

Show and tell charges a 40 percent commission on consignments.

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There are a lot of people out there who simply cannot understand why women want to Cheap NBA Jerseys and purses. the women who buy these types of bags do not look at them as snooty handbags and purses. Instead there is a value that they see. the purchase price is justified by the brand name, the quality of materials, and the personal satisfaction that comes with having something nice.

When looking at the prices of the handbags and purses with the designer labels, someone not into this fashion could feel sick. the price for a low-end designer purse is somewhere between one hundred dollars and a thousand dollars. Even though this may seem like a lot of money for a purse, there are purses out there that can cost several hundred thousand.

Who are the women who buy snooty handbags and purses? to tell the reality, all kinds of lady buy these bags. some can afford them and some cannot. they all want them enough to spend the money though. while it is okay for someone to splurge on themselves once in a while, it is important to make sure that there is a line drawn. someone that lives off of an average income should be careful not to purchase thousands of dollars on purses with the help of their credit cards.

Purchasing snooty handbags and purses can and will generally get out of control extremely fast. along with the purse there is the matching wallet, eyeglass case, and coin purse. there are even cute little makeup bags to match the snooty handbags and purses. Even designers even off to the extent of designing a matching lipstick case, as if this is really something that is a necessity. but then again, if there are going to be people who will spend the money on it then why not make it?

Often time's women will buy snooty handbags and purses to pretend that they are something that they are not. It’s one obsession is someone who earns a hundred thousand a year needs to use 400USD on a purse. it is something completely different for someone who only makes sixteen thousand dollars a year. And since there is such a market for people of lower incomes that want the designer look, fake designer purses are born.

there is a problem with the fake designer purses though. someone can buy snooty handbags and purses that are fakes. they will spend about a hundred dollars for something that may look to be worth several hundred dollars, at least from a distance. the problem is that the quality of these purses are generally much worse then what you would purchase for ten dollars at your local department store.

In the end there really is not a right answer. it is not wrong or right to Cheap NBA Jerseys and purses. every female on a person basis should make the choice on whether or not they should buy the bags.

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I've been a Disney / Disney animation fan since I was a small kid. the one thing that I love beyond the characters is the music, and I know like me, there are many of you fans out there that also have a favorite song or two. So, when I got the "By Request" collectible cd with a compilation of songs on it I was excited! This particular cd titled "By Request" is made by Walt Disney Records and states on the cover that it includes "Timeless favorites selected by the Disney Store Guest". There were only 35,000 made and I have number 28,564. the inside also features the Disney Store 10th anniversary celebration seal as well. the cover / case, is bound like a hardcover book and has gold lettering.the inner part of the case has a attached booklet that features the words to each of the songs on the cd, along with pictures from the movie it's from. the cd itself is beautiful too, in gold with 7 images of old vintage Mickey Mouse in different poses in silver. There are 12 songs total on this cd and they all from different animated features. they include:* When you wish Upon a Star* Beauty and the Beast* Winnie the Pooh* Circle of Life* It's a Small World* Kiss the Girl* Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah* the Wonderful Thing about Tiggers* Hanuka Matata* under the Sea* A whole New World* A Dream is a wish Your Heart MakesAll amazing songs, and all make it well worth getting, even if it wasn't a limited edition. Mine is numbered rather high, making it low on the "collectible" list in value, but it still ranks high to me. So if you are a fan too and happen across one of these, grab it up for your collection. It's well worth having!

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over 1,000 items up for auction

HAMPTON — An unusual collection of photos, figurines, stuffed animals and more — all showcasing bulldogs — is being auctioned off after a Massachusetts collector’s death.

For more than 30 years, Sam Seidman, who lived in the Gov. Samuel Walker McCall Mansion in Waltham, Mass., collected all things bulldog. Upon his death two years ago, friends contacted Hampton auctioneer Harvey Webber, of H.G. Webber Antiques & Auctions, to liquidate Seidman’s estate.

It took Webber two years to create a catalogue of the more than 1,000 items and prepare them for auction. The auction, held at the Galley Hatch Conference Center on Route 1, began Saturday and will continue all day Sunday starting around 9 a.m. Items range in value from just a few dollars to thousands, Webber said, and include lapel pins, diamonds and table place settings.

“As far as collections, this guy went all the way. The thing I’m finding unique here is that there’s not one bulldog that’s the same,” said Richard Morris, a former Seabrook state representative and long-time friend of Harvey’s who is assisting with the auction. “You won’t see another bulldog collection like this again. I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Auctioneer Stephen Cyr of Andover, Mass., agreed. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. this was a passion for this man representing more than 30 years of collecting,” he said. “I think he would be pleased that there has been so much interest and that his items are going to people who have a love of bulldogs.”

According to an article in The Winchester Star in December 1996, Seidman began collecting bulldog memorabilia after obtaining a roommate’s bulldog who he had become attached to. The collection started when people would give Seidman bulldog figurines and items because he had one. he never aggressively pursued a collection for 20 years, the article states.

Ron Landry, of Uxbridge, Mass., understands Seidmvan’s fondness for bulldogs. “We love bulldogs,” said Landry, who drove from Massachusetts with his son and wife to attend the auction and ended up buying pottery items, pictures, cups and more. “We’ve got another whole day to come back.”

The family had three bulldogs, two of which, Maggie and Daisy, passed away at the ages of 12 and 8. now, the family has a 6-month-old puppy, Emma, and Landry said they love bulldogs for their compassion.

“You don’t see it like this, unique to bulldogs,” he said of the auction. “It’s the way they look, the way they react to you. They are compassionate and caring.”

The auction can be accessed online at H.G. Webber’s Web site at hgwebber.com.

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Imagine enough lamp shades for any size party: One is a magnificent macrame version that obviously has been carefully handcrafted, others are still in the protective plastic.

Stuff — lots and lots of it — has been collected from garages, tossed out of attics, brought up from basements, cleaned out of closets and pitched from patios.

It all has been stacked up and sorted through since January in a cavernous warehouse at the Port of Stockton.

Now, the volunteers with the Junior League of San Joaquin County will roll up their sleeves and don their aprons to set up the group’s 55th annual rummage sale.

Twice Is Nice is the theme of this year’s event, which has been altered a bit from past years.

“This year is our first rummage sale as Junior League,” said Diana Cloos, co-chairwoman of the sale, explaining that the volunteer organization was formerly known as Junior Aid before becoming affiliated with the international organization.

“There had been talk about not having one at all,” she said, “But we decided to do it as a one-day event and without the presale.”

A presale party in previous years gave the group’s members a chance at first dibs on items they had spotted. Now, the best items will be up for grabs when the doors open at 8 a.m. Saturday at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

A peek inside the warehouse as organizers were discussing efforts to move the sale out to the fairgrounds revealed a mind-boggling amount

of toss-offs.

“There is just so much,” Daisy Plovnick said as she surveyed the scene. “We have a whole bunch of headgear that Bobbie Wallinger donated from Stockton Civic Theatre. There are tutus, costumes. One day we were out here sorting, and we were feeling kind of crazy, so we tried them all on and took our picture.”

The result? Some great inspiration for Halloween.

“Oh, if you need costumes, this is the place to come,” she said. “We also have a lot of holiday decor.”

Some of the items include a slightly worn Santa suit, a kitschy ceramic pitcher festooned with Easter-themed characters and a wooden shamrock.

While someone else’s junk can be your treasure, some items are in tiptop shape.

“We have a lot of very nice office furniture,” Cloos said as she pointed to what appeared to have been taken straight from a laid-off executive’s office. “There are some really good pieces.”

Businesses also have donated some used items that never made it off the clearance rack.

While much of the loot is boxed and bagged for the moment, it will be set up and displayed for shopping Saturday.

Pat Delucchi explained that the items will be organized by department, just like in a store.

“We have a collectibles department. My mother-in-law donated all these vintage gloves from the ’40s and ’50s. So they will be in the collectibles department,” she said, also pointing to an antique doctor’s scale that has potential.

“New this year is a live plants section, thanks to donations from nurseries. We have a children’s department that is popular. All kinds of departments to shop.”

Other departments include fashion accessories, sporting goods, kitchen, housewares, toys, linens, gardening, books and several clothing sections.

Getting it all organized takes some effort, and Cloos said the volunteers have been working hard, especially Claudia Young, who has worked tirelessly to solicit donations of items throughout the year.

Young said all the effort is for a good cause, and she has spied a couple of whimsical items during her shifts, including a paper doll book that features President John Kennedy and his family.

Other members with special talents are also on hand to pitch in.

“We are so lucky to have some members who are decorators,” Cloos said. “They really dress it all up.”

Proceeds from the event will be used by the Junior League to fund grants to nonprofits and pay for the group’s literacy program.

If shoppers do not clean out the 21,000 square feet of items during the event’s opening hours, what remains will be marked down 50 percent for the afternoon.

The leftovers will be donated to charities, including St. Mary’s Interfaith Community Services in Stockton and the Unity Project of Lodi — nonprofits that help the homeless.

“Everything from this helps the community,” Cloos said. “Even the leftovers.”

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Cicely Mary

Please Help! Really Important! (to do with cross stitching)?

I have to start my junior cert project on Monday, but my the shop where I get my cross stitch patterns were out of the correct size (5×7). I really want to do one of the Flower Faries cross stitchs, based on the drawings of Cicely Mary Barker. If anyone knew where I could find a pattern online, for free, than I could buy the correct thread tomorrow . . . Any answers would be much appreciated, Thanks!

Cicely Mary Barker probably has a site on the computer. Check it out and you may be able to have them e-mail you a copy of the pattern.

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WINCHESTER — The One Book One Community events begin Sept. 22 with a panel discussion on Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

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SOURCE: The Christopher Radko Company

Meet the Artists That Design Your Most Treasured Christopher Radko Holiday Ornaments

TARRYTOWN, NY–(Marketwire – September 13, 2010) – The Christopher Radko Company, the producer of fine holiday collectibles and decor, today announced a series of special holiday ornament signing events being held this Fall beginning in September. Open to the public, the events will be hosted by talented Christopher Radko artists including Joseph Walden, Mario Taré, and Jameson Matunas, as well as product manager Lucas Madden. They all look forward to meeting new and longtime collectors, discussing favorite pieces and showcasing the current line.

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Sunday, August 12th, 2007 2:34PM EDT Category: CollectablesPosted by: Air Commander StarscreamDiscuss This Topic! Back in July we reported on a 20th Anniversary style Optimus Prime Ornament from American Greetings. The ornament is now available to roder online at the sale price of $11.25

The best Christmas present you ever received – a sleek, new-in-the-box Optimus Prime that made you the coolest kid in school (for a week). Bring that feeling back to Christmas this year, every time you look at this ornament.

You can order the ornamanet here.

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You are viewing this very attractive Long Case clock  fully cleaned serviced and in full working order. The 33 cm painted arched dial is inscribed A Launt Chesterfield . There are Roman numerals painted to the arch with haymakers courting in the field with flowers painted to the spandrels. The fully serviced 30 hour movement strikes the hour on a bell , the hood with swan neck pediment with brass roundels is flanked by brass capped Doric columns. The door is arched rectangular to waist with  kite shaped escutcheon outlined with box wood stringing . Overall hieght 219 cm. Please view my feed back and see below for you options.

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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]

BREEZE is a single player game written for the Xbox 360 and islight entertainment for persons of any age. Take control of a fanas you strive to gently blow a flower to the goal. Control theflower by proxy across the 60 levels using only the power of wind.Take the flower through all four seasons to reach the goal catchingthe sunny collectables as you go. Breeze comes with a chilled,lilting soundtrack and an emphasis on the smooth.

Breeze features 60 unique levels of flowery twitch play for youto enjoy. This game will have you itching to try and beat thelevels which vary in difficulty from the very easy to theinfuriatingly hard. There’s plenty of content to explore withunique and interesting traps and game mechanics. Breeze has beendesigned to offer high replay value with each level having a recordtime set by the developer. Those who take on the challenge ofbeating these times will find Breeze a difficult and rewarding gameto master.

Breeze is currently available on Xbox Live Indie GamesMarketplace, priced at 240 MSP.

To see it in action simply visit youtube.com/watch?v=xmPsomzZ8ek toview a trailer or click the following link to view Breeze’s XboxLive Marketplace home page:

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If you require further information or wish to review the game,please contact us at the details below.

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If you would like further materials such as logos andscreenshots, the press release kit can be downloaded from here:

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Null City Software is a one-man independent software developerworking on new and unique titles for XBox Live and PC platforms.Breeze is the first game to be released by Rob Hutchinson and usesthe custom built Kitae game engine, due for release separately thisyear.

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Midi Restaurant, 600 E. Superior St., 1-218-727-4880, midirestaurant.net

Mount Royal Fine Foods, 1600 Woodland Av., 1-218-728-3665, mountroyalfinefoods.com

New Scenic Cafe, 5461 North Shore Scenic Dr., 1-218-525-6274, newsceniccafe.com

Nokomis Restaurant, 5593 North Shore Scenic Dr., 1-218-525-2286, nokomisonthelake.com

Northern Waters Smokehaus, 394 Lake Av. S., 1-218-724-7307, nwsmokehaus.com

Pickwick, 508 E. Superior St., 1-218-727-8901, pickwickrestaurant.com

PortLand Malt Shoppe, 716 E. Superior St., portlandmaltshoppe.com

Red Mug Coffeehouse, 916 Hammond Av., Superior, Wis., 1-715-392-2662, redmugcoffee.com

Restaurant 301 by Bob Bennett, 301 E. Superior St., 1-218-336-2705, restaurant301.com

Sustenance Artisan Breads, 1323 N. Broadway St., Superior, Wis., 1-715-392-7004, sustenanceartisanbreads.com

Takk for Maten and Kippis, 11 E. Superior St., 1-218-464-1260

Thirsty Pagan Brewing, 1623 Broadway St., Superior, Wis., 1-715-394-2500, thirstypaganbrewing.com

Va Bene Berarducci’s Caffe, 734 E. Superior St., 1-218-722-1518, vabenecaffe.com

Whole Foods Co-op, 610 E. 4th St., 1-218-728-0884, wholefoods.coop

Zeitgeist Art Cafe & Cinema, 222 E. Superior St., 1-218-336-1360, zeitgeistarts.com

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As we are entering into the second full month of sales of the Collectible Minifigures Series 1