Last Airbender Avatar 6 Action Figures

These are 6 Last Airbender Avatar action figures I spotted at the thrift shop. Two are 9-11 inches tall, four are 6-7 inches tall. The tall figures are Air Bending Aang and Prince Zuko. The short figures are Avatar Ruko (blue), King Bumi, Admiral Zhao,War Paint Sokka. Unfortunately, the items these action figures hold are NOT included. Regardless, these are exceptional figures by Mattel 2005, 2006.

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Halloween Children Books Encourage Reading

This is a quick show and tell of three Halloween related books. I have many books I want to review, especially children's books. The bottom line in any review for kids is that more books are better. Theme books that are timely and match interests that children have are even better.

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Postcards Quest Review Vintage Collectible

These are a small set of postcards I picked up at a tag sale on Friday. They are a simple example of the types of postcards I look for to resell. None of these are in pristine condition, but they are collectible for the genre. Trade cards can be hard to come by; which are advertising cards for different products. I like Valentines and cards depicting native peoples. Photograph postcards can be a big draw based on their content. These are very early 20th century postcards.

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NASA Astronauts Shuttle Chroma Key How To

This is a photo of NASA astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton I bought at a tag sale recently. It is from shuttle orbital test 3. Also, this video is my first attempt at understanding chroma key. It was pretty simple to select out the green in the video overlay track. The biggest lesson is that more light and fewer edge shadows makes the process easier. I did notice that the chroma key filter does make the video more grainy.

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Libra Zodiac Astrology Vintage Wall Plaque

Libra is one of the signs of the zodiac in astrology. This small wall plague shows the weighing scales which represents the sign of Libra. The plaque is made of wood, with a painted antique surface. I am guessing that this plaque is from the 1950s or 1960s. It was manufactured by E.A Riba Co, Inc. in Brooklyn N.Y. The style of the frame is number 344. This plaque is 4 inches square.

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Taurus Zodiac Astrology Vintage Wall Plaque

Taurus is one of the signs of the zodiac in astrology. This small wall plague shows the bull which represents the sign of Taurus. The plaque is made of wood, with a painted antique surface. I am guessing that this plaque is from the 1950s or 1960s. It was manufactured by E.A Riba Co, Inc. in Brooklyn N.Y. The style of the frame is number 344. This plaque is 4 inches square.

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Tag Sale Foundry Update 02

Updating my progress in creating my channel for tag sale finds and other cool stuff. I have my blog up, my channel up, and a number of videos up. I have plenty of ideas and items to share. As I proceed, I hope to work out lighting and camera placement, along with better equipment to do close up photography. For larger items I will need another studio corner.

I appreciate everyone who is here at the start of my endeavor. This is a long term project for me and I look forward to feedback and inquiries.

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Scarab Ring Egyptian Faience Sterling

This is an exceptional scarab pinky ring. It is very large and showy. The scarab is white ceramic faience and the metal is silver, marked sterling on the inside of the band. The jeweler who made this ring put a lot of effort into cutting and crafting the bezel and band. The scarab is 1.25 inches long.

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Scarab Tin Egyptian British Museum

This is a steel can from the British Museum in the shape of a scarab. There is an image of a scarab on the interior too. The can is dated 1997 and is a pleasant work of art in its own right. This tin is about 4 inches long.

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Scarab Selection Egyptian Faience Slate Ceramic

These are three exceptional scarabs. They can be used to create rings or pendant jewelry. For me they are simply exceptional works of art. The blue faience scarab is a full 1.25 inches long, which is large for this type scarab. The white ceramic scarab is even larger at slightly more than 1.5 inches long. It has a deep ultramarine lapis blue glaze. The dark grey scarab appears to be made of slate (or some similar dark stone) and has its markings cut into the stone; it is about 1.25 inches long.

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Scarab Pendant Egyptian Gold Contemporary

This is a scarab pendant. It is a contemporary faience piece, in my opinion, as it has a stylized bit of engraving on the bottom. There is a gold paint blush on the scarab and the wire is gold plate or low grade gold, it seems. The chain appears to be gold plate as there is some blue tarnish on a section of links. I found this pendant at a tag sale and it is a piece of handmade costume jewelry in my estimation. It is very pretty and stylish. The scarab is a bit more than 1 inch long.

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Scarab Paperweight Egyptian Ceramic Resin

This is a large scarab paperweight. I prefer to see it as a work of art. It appears to be a fired ceramic and has a slight ring to it when tapped. I am not entirely sure how it was made. It may have been partially cast and partially carved. At some point the scarab was broken. This may have happened during manufacturing. All of the pieces are nicely super-glued back together. Under close examination one can see the seams, otherwise the piece is quite attractive. It took a lot of work to create this piece. I think it is a contemporary, colored to have an antique patina. About 3 inches long. If this paperweight is made of a resin material, it is quite hard and crisp.

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Winged Scarab Pendant Egyptian Gold Silver

This is an elaborate scarab pendant. The silver work is sterling, stamped 925, and the sun is gold, stamped 14k gold. The scarab is faience. The small stone on the bottom is tiger-eye. This is a hand wrought piece of signed jewelry. On the back an electric hand engraver was used to sign the piece, S Can or S Cain. A small © mark is stamped into the silver. This is an exciting piece of jewelry. About 2.5 inches across.

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Hopkinsville Christennial Plate and Coin 1974 part 2

I decided I would do a part 2 for the Hopkinsville bronze commemorative coin and lead proof. This video shows the two a bit clearer. I have yet to master this webcam and close shots. In future videos I might use my regular camera for close-ups.

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Hopkinsville Christennial Plate and Coin 1974

This grouping includes the Hopkinsville, Kentucky commemorative plate from 1974, and its matching commemorative bronze coin. Especially amazing is that I also found the lead proof of one side of that coin in a shed at a local tag sale. The proof was in a dilapidated case along with 3 other nice coins.

The Hopkinsville (founded in 1799) 175th anniversary was celebrated over the 4th of July weekend in 1974. The celebration was called the Christennial and included an honoring of local towns, buildings and major historical events.

It is astounding how serendipitous finding each of these items has been. I found the lead proof in an old rundown shed at a tag sale, the coin in a different local estate sale, and I found the plate today in a thrift store.

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Police Report and Hopkinsville Commemorative Plate 1974

Friday report of channel progress, rainy weather, found wallet on highway, and the find of a Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky commemorative plate from 1974; great condition. See my next video which includes the plate, the commemorative coin from 1974 and the lead proof for that coin.

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