The Latest Things For Sale

World's Longest Yard Sale 2011 items up for sale now

2011-08-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, my wife & I made our annual trek to the World's Longest Yard Sale which traverses US Highway 127 from Michigan down into Georgia or Alabama (can't remember which). We usually start over in northern Kentucky at Mainstrasses in Covington and then head south. We generally only go about 40 to 50 miles and then call it a day, looking for things for us, the kids or for me to resell.

Without further ado, here's what I've found and have listed in my store.

Cookbooks

I found a number of interesting cookbooks this year, all vintage, anywhere from 1943 up to the early 60's.

Searchlight Recipe Book from Household Magazine, 1943
Pillsbury Baking 100 Prize Winning Recipes, 1950 (2nd Grand National)
Pillsbury Baking 100 Grand National Recipes , 1955 (6th Grand National)
Family Fare, Food Management & Recipes, 1960 USDA publication
Vernor's Recipes, circa 1960 pamphlet for Ginger Ale recipes

Fun & Games

I picked up a few nice game items too.

Amtrak Playing Cards, 2 packs, never used (one pack is still sealed, the other's packaging came undone after I bought them.
Charles Goren AutoBridge Play Yourself Bridge game, 1950
Hondy II, The Red Book of Social Recreation, 4th Edition, 1932 with various games & puzzles for parties, the high time of the 1930's.

Beer Mugs & Steins

I found a nice beer mug at one place and have just posted a couple of German ones last week.

Oldenberg Brewery beer mug, Ft. Mitchell, KY 1993 Commemorative Edition
Dinkelacker Biere Aus Stuttgart beer stein, pre-unification, West Germany, 1.5 l
Henninger Brau Frankfurt-Main beer stein, pre-unification, West Germany, 1.5 l
Zinzinnati Oktoberfest 1994 mug, Cincinnati's annual fest.

Finally, I picked up another song sheet, this one from 1950 of the classic Christmas tune, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" written by Jimmy Boyd, sung by Tommie Connor. Suitable for framing & would make a great Christmas decoration, I think.

Again, check out both of my stores for some great finds.

http://tsc-sales.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/

Parabola: Magazine of Myth & Tradition - Complete Set (1976-2009)

2010-11-08T12:53:00.000-08:00

A friend is divesting of some of her things and has asked me to list her complete set of the quarterly magazine Parabola, the Magazine of Myth & Tradition - every issue from 1976 through 2009, 136 issues in all over the 34 years. Here's a great chance to own the entire collection of this highly regarded magazine.

Check it out in our store!

Cincinnati Reds, National League Central Division 2010 Champions!

2010-09-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

The Cincinnati Reds clinched their first division championship last night with an exciting game ending home run from Jay Bruce. For those wanting to celebrate all things Reds, I have a number of items in my store, in the Baseball Emporium.

First off, we have six packs of this year's 2010 Cincinnati Reds baseball cards, handed out at a game earlier this season. They are new and unopened.

Harking back to earlier days, I have a couple of Ken Griffey items, the 8 X 10 photo the Reds gave out commemorating Griffey's 600th home run (3 of those left), as well as the smaller 5 X 7 photo showing Griffey hitting the 600th home run on June 9, 2008. in Miami (4 of those).

In honor of the late Joe Nuxhall, the beloved Reds broadcaster, I have two different items. The first is the replica statue of the one outside Great American Ball Park given out at a Reds game a few years ago. The other is two Reds magnets; one with the classic Mr. Redlegs over their Wishbone C and the other, a circular Nuxy magnet.

Finally, while he's also no longer with the club, I have an Austin Kearns bobblehead, as well as a Tom Browning "Mr. Perfect" bobblehead. Likewise I have three 8 X 10 matted photos of Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo.

More Elvis! Official Elvis Presley Ornament Collection 1992

2010-08-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

Last year I wrote a blog about an Elvis Presley sign I have for sale. Nice item and it's still available, but today driving back to my office, I noticed an estate sale here in the neighborhood. I stopped just to see what they had. I found a nice boxed set of Elvis Presley ornaments. The box states "The Official Elvis Presley 1992 Christmas Ornament Collection" and shows "E.P.E. c. 1992". Inside are three of the thin brass (bronze?) style oraments of "The King".

I haven't listed the set yet as I want to do some research on them first. Usually I'll do some searches on various sites and you find a number of the same thing and then I can set a price. Surprisingly, I'm not finding this set listed anywhere. The only one that comes up for 1992 Elvis ornaments is the Hallmark one and they seem to be a dime a dozen. I'll update this post when I list them for sale. In the meantime, if anyone has any interest, let me know.

World's Longest Yard Sale finds, Daniel Llords caricature

2010-08-07T17:45:00.000-07:00

I picked up an interesting item today at the World's Longest Yard Sale. It's a caricature of the late Daniel Llords, a renowned puppeteer who died in Hillsboro, Ohio last year. The caricature was done in 1948 and is signed by "Pamela" (with the quotes) and I can't decipher the last name. It's a wonderful piece. If anyone knows who the caricaturist is, let me know.

Here's some pictures of the piece and a close up of the signature and the comments written in the drawing. Likewise, what I bought included a photo, allegedly of Mr. Llords.

TSC Sales Now on Etsy.com

2010-03-17T06:18:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law recently told me that she is selling some of her vintage items on Etsy. I decided to check it out and will be adding items over the next few weeks. You can check it out at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/tscsales.

You Can Buy From Me!

2010-03-06T11:15:00.000-08:00

The company I purchase my domain names through is celebrating their 10th anniversary. As a bonus to their users they were making available free domain names to the first customers who got a code for them. I was able to secure one yesterday and decided to get a name that worked with the extension from Montenegro, .me. So for now, the domain http://youcanbuyfrom.me is mine and I have it pointing to my TSC Sales store, but may set up a web site with my other site too (http://silverscreenbooks.com/).

We'll see if that helps drive some sales, which have been anemic to say the least. So remember, youcanbuyfrom.me!

The Finest Muffins & Bagels in All the Land

2009-12-09T19:34:00.000-08:00

My daughter is an illustrator and she's recently set up shop at Cafepress for folks to get some of her beautiful illustrations on shirts, aprons, cards, magnets, etc. Check it out at:

http://www.cafepress.com/elizabethmetz

Hey, Cleveland Browns & Cleveland Indians Fans

2009-11-13T18:36:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd blog about three nice finds I have for Cleveland sports fans.

Last week I picked up a very nice signed, framed photo of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon.

I also have a 1947 book written by Cleveland's other Hall of Fame pitcher, Bob Feller: Bob Feller's Strikeout Story.

And finally, for the Cleveland Browns fans, I have a book about the NFL Football Hall of Fame, "NFL Hall of Fame, Their Deeds & Dogged Faith." Of special interest to Cleveland fans is that among the list of Hall of Famers are three autographs of Cleveland Browns players, Lou Groza, Paul Warfield and Dante "Gluefingers" Lavelli.

Check these great items out and snag some history! And remember, if the same person buys more than one item, I'll combine shipping.

Nice Snakeskin Shoes - Giorgio Brutini

2009-10-08T08:39:00.001-07:00

More clearance items, a nice pair of Size 13M Giorgio Brutini snakeskin shoes. Nice cream color with a pinkish hue, although the photo makes them look whiter than they actually are.

Elvis Presley Tin Sign

2009-10-07T12:55:00.000-07:00

I'm working on clearing out some of the items we've had around for a while. This is an item we put up on eBay back when we were still selling there and I just haven't put it up in the current store. Now it's up for sale, a great deal of this sign with a drawing of the early Elvis by Dennis Jackson. Check out the listing now to add to your Elvis collection.

More Cookbooks! Yum!!!

2009-10-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

As I said yesterday, we went to some church rummage sales and I picked up a number of Vintage Cookbooks. I now have them up in my store in the Cookbook section here. Those newly listed cookbooks date from 1936 up to 1970 and there's some delicious recipes in each of them.

My favorite is the 1955 cookbook titled Who Says We Can't Cook! issued by the Women's National Press Club with recipes from various members of the press. There's a whole section that has recipes from some of the top names in Washington: a Beef Stew Recipe for 60 from President Eisenhower as well as recipes from 1st Lady Mamie Eisenhower, former 1st Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Coolidge and Bess Truman and then future 1st Lady Pat Nixon. Recipes from Sam Rayburn and LBJ and Washington's "most eligible bacholor" J. Edgar Hoover.

Also interesting is a 1948 cookbook titled What's Cookin' from the Ladies Auxiliary for J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huningdon, Pennsylvania. Interesting recipe? Wine Jelly!

Are you into hunting and cooking your game? Here's the 1970 cookbook How To Cook His Goose (& Other Wild Game). Lots of great tips and recipes in this one.

And another favorite: What You Can Do with Jell-o, a 1936 booklet. Other cookbooks now in stock are about Chinese Cooking, cooking Leftovers, other International Cooking by the woman who ran Menus By Mail and a 1948 volume on cooking things right.

Again, be sure to check out all of our cookbooks at TSC-Sales.com.

Bon Appetit!

U.S. Playing Card Bicycle Cards with Tax Stamps

2009-10-05T06:09:00.000-07:00

I bought a boxed playing card set this weekend, a Bicycle Play Cards Canasta box. Bicycle is a brand of the U.S. Playing Card Co. here in the Cincinnati area. I saw the cards were still in their cellophane wrappers. When I got home and examined them closer, I saw they still had the IRS tax stamps still on the cards. They read "Play Cardds" at the top, "1 Pack" in the center and "U.S. Int. Rev." below. Likewise, each pack has a round purple U.S. Playing Card sticker showing their famed Spade symbol with the woman in the middle (Lady Liberty?). As I said earlier, both packs are still covered in cellophane, although one has a loose end. The box itself is in worn condition, a blue top showing the King riding a bike, the bottom is gold and has two of the cards glued to it. The cards are from around 1950 since the rules booklet states it is "incorporating the latest changes made for 1950."

So my question is, do I have a nice find here? Is there more worth to these with the tax stamps on them. I assume since the cards are still sealed, that's better than not.

Now on Twitter - TSCinti

2009-09-14T08:26:00.001-07:00

I'm now highlighting items from my store on Twitter under the ID TSCSales. It's increasing hits, but hasn't translated to sales yet, but we'll see if this medium can increase sales. In the meantime, check out my stores at tsc-sales.com and silverscreenbooks.com.

[update 9/23/09: Changed sales ID to TSCSales - set it up to follow our stores on Twitter to see highlights of our items]

Ashtrays

2009-06-03T10:51:00.000-07:00

I was looking through some items here on the shelves and found a couple of items that I'd bought but never listed (even though I had the pictures taken already). They were a couple of ashtrays and since I already had a few listed, I added a category in my store just for ashtrays.

The two items I hadn't listed were

A pale blue Jasper Wedgewood ashtray; very fancy looking and a commemorative ashtray from the 1949 Zoological Convention in Detroit. The ashtray is a metal casting featuring the Detroit Zoo logo back then that has a Wolverine on it.

The others that we have are a Nebraska Cornhuskers ashtray, an old Sheraton Hotel ashtray and finally one for Sanka Coffee (for your morning smoke).

I will combine shipping if you buy multiple ashtrays.

Cookbooks - Yum!

2009-04-23T13:13:00.000-07:00

My wife, daughter and I hit some church rummage sales last weekend and I picked up about a dozen books. One of particular interest is a 1st printing of The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book; printed in 1954 (the year I was born!). I've added to the Cookbook section of my TSC Sales store. It's not a huge collection, but there are a number of vintage editions.

Besides the Furness cookbook, I have

1953 El Molino Best Cookbook including allergy recipes!

Vintage Cocktails, Authentic Recipes from 1920 to 1960 - 96 pages of great drinks!

Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes Revised - signed by the late Congressman John Jennings Jr. of Tennessee.

Good Housekeeping's Cake Book - 1958 edition, they made cakes great back then!

Favorite Recipes of America - a five volume boxed set, 1966 edition.

Lots of great food to be made from the vintage books.

Getting the Auction Bug Again

2009-01-25T14:30:00.000-08:00

It's been nearly a year since I've listed anything on eBay following the change in their rules for Sellers. I've continued to list items in my two eCrater stores (TSCSales and Silverscreenbooks.com), plus on Amazon. Sales have been up and down over the last year.

I've been hankering for some Auction sales and decided to make my way back to Overstock.com. I've now listed a couple of items there: a nice collection of James Bond paperback books, vintage from the 1960's and a book about the Football Hall of Fame signed by three Cleveland Browns Hall of Famers (Lou Groza, "Gluefingers" Lavelli and Paul Warfield).

Check out these great items!

Christmas is coming, baseball fans!

2008-12-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

With the annual Winter Meetings closing yesterday, baseball is on the minds of fans during the cold winter months. With Christmas just around the corner, fans can peruse our Baseball Emporium to find great books, along with various Cincinnati Reds items. I still have some Ken Griffey Jr. items in the store, some commemorating his 600th home run last season. I also still have a couple of the Joe Nuxhall replica bronze statuettes.

As always, we ship quickly. Remember on the books, the shipping costs reflects U.S. Media Mail, so if you need 1st class or Priority Mail, contact me directly.

Chagall's Fiddler Screenprint Reproduction

2008-08-12T12:36:00.000-07:00

I haven't put this up for sale, but I thought I'd solicit some help from our readers. I picked up a screenprint of Marc Chagall's Fiddler this weekend at The World's Longest Yard Sale. I've tried researching who may have produce a screenprint version of the famed painting, but haven't foudn anything. There are no identifying markings on the front or back of the piece.

Any clues?

Ken Griffey Jr. Moves on - now with the White Sox

2008-08-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

It wasn't unexpected, but the anticipated move of Ken Griffey Jr. from the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox took place on the last day of July. For Reds fans, it was a thrill to have one of the greatest baseball players of all time on our team, even if it never turned out as expected. Griffey did hit more than 200 home runs with his hometown team. Included were home runs #400, #500 and #600 just this season.

We have quite a number of Griffey items in our store:

KEN GRIFFEY JR 600 HOME RUN PHOTO CINCINNATI REDS W/TICKET

KEN GRIFFEY JR 600 HOME RUN PHOTO CINCINNATI REDS

KEN GRIFFEY JR 600 HOME RUN CARD CINCINNATI REDS

Ken Griffey Jr. Cleo Valentines - 32 count box

Junior: Griffey on Griffey 1st Edition

Indiana University IU Basketball Championships Blanket

2008-07-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

SOLD OUT - Thanks!

Every now and then, I come across an item which is just unique. I've had such an item for a while now and now have it listed in my store. It's a nice knit throw blanket celebrating Indiana University's five National Championships - 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987. It is 100% acrylic and made by Logo Knits. You can see the blanket here.

Silver Screen Books shelves are filling up!

2008-07-20T17:51:00.000-07:00

The store still isn't huge, but we're gradually filling the shelves and open for business - opened this summer, Silverscreenbooks.com has many volumes of books which have been made into movies. A number of them are vintage copies - a great opportunity to read the works that inspired some of the best movies made with some of the greatest actors on screen.

<----- a handful of James Bond books by Ian Fleming!

Travels with Charley - Steinbeck on Antiques

2008-07-06T18:08:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading John Steinbeck's travelogue Travels with Charley, In Search of America. Towards the beginning a bit jumped out at me as a seller of items found here and about. It made me think of the selling online that many of us do, finding treasures here and selling them to others all over the world.

He wrote:

I can never get used to the thousands of antique shops along the roads, all
bulging with authentic and attested trash from an earlier time. I believe
the population of the thirteen colonies was less than four million souls, and
every one of them must have been frantically turning out tables, chairs, china,
glass, candle molds, and oddly shaped bits of iron, copper, and brass for future
sale to twentieth-century tourists. There are enough antiques for sale
along the roads of New England alone to furnish the houses of a population of
fifty million. If I were a good businessman, and cared a tittle for my
unborn great grandchildren, which I do not, I would gather all the junk and the
wrecked automobiles, comb the city dumps, and pile these gleanings in mountains
and spray the whole thing with that stuff the Navy uses to mothball ships.
At the end of a hundred years by descendants would be permitted to open this
treasure trove and would be the antique kings of the world. If the
battered, cracked, and broken stuff our ancestors tried to get rid of now brings
this much money, think what a 1954 Oldsmobile, or a 1960 toastmaster will bring
- and a vintage Waring Mixor - Lord the possibilities are endless! Things
we have to pay to have hauled away would bring fortunes.

Andersen's Fairy Tales - Beautiful Edition

2008-06-20T14:43:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you find a book that just catches your eye. Some time ago, I picked up a very nice 1945 edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales with illustrations by Arthur Szyk.

<------ Here's a photo of the inside front cover (and the identical illustration is on the back inside too).

There are similar one page illustrations throughout the book, along with some black pen drawings.

Check out my books at http://silverscreenbooks.com/

Cincinnati Reds Honor Ken Griffey Jr. at 6/17/08 Game

2008-06-18T02:40:00.000-07:00

Last night the Cincinnati Reds comemmorated the 600th Home Run hit by Ken Griffey Jr. with three giveaways at the game. I've got those items listed in my store available to his fans - a poster, an oversized card and a photo (including one listing with the ticket stub). Check them out here. Fast Shipping!

I also still have the Joe Nuxhall replica statue.

Joe Nuxhall Remembered At Cincinnati Reds Game Last Night

2008-06-11T05:08:00.000-07:00

On the 64th anniversary of Joe Nuxhall's debut in the Major Leagues at the age of 15, the Cincinnati Reds and the City of Cincinnati renamed the 100 block of Main Street in downtown Joe Nuxhall Way. In commemoration, the Reds gave away replica bronze statues of Nuxhall; the same statue that stands in front of Great American Ball Park. I have four statues up for sale in my store's Baseball Emporium.

I also still have copies of both Cincinnati newspapers remembering Nuxie after he passed away - both the Cincinnati Enquirer and the now defunct Cincinnati Post's editions.

Ken Griffey Jr. Joins the 600 Home Run Club

2008-06-10T03:08:00.001-07:00

Cincinnati Reds outfielder, Ken Griffey Jr. hit home run #600 last night in Miami. He is now one of just six players in history to hit 600 or more home runs.

We've got a great book in our store titled Junior: Griffey on Griffey - a 1st edition copy.

I've also listed some packages of Ken Griffey Jr. Valetines - another great find.

Happy 100th Birthday, Ian Fleming!

2008-05-28T11:03:00.000-07:00

Today is the 100th anniversary of the British writer, Ian Fleming. Famed for the James Bond series of books, as well as the classic children's story "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Our story has a set of three classic Fleming James Bond's books - Casino Royale, Thunderball & You Only Live Twice. These are three very nice paperback editions from the 1960's.

Shaken, Not Stirred....

While you're at it, go all the way and enjoy a martini made from one of the recipes in the volume Vintage Cocktails for sale in my TSCSales store!

Silver Screen Books is now open!

2008-05-05T11:27:00.000-07:00

Introducing Silverscreenbooks.com

I have added another store on eCrater.com, one specializing in books which are made into films. As my daughter asked, how many times have you commented after seeing a movie, something like "the book was better."? The books in this store have had films made from them.

I also have biographies of actors and as well as books written by performers in two other sections of the store.

But the bulk of our stock will be Books to Film. Check out Silver Screen Books now!

Spreading the Chili Gospel

2008-04-18T02:22:00.000-07:00

Our weekly free city newspaper, City Beat, had a great column about Cincinnati's famous Skyline Chili and its hold on its afficianados. I've shipped hundreds of packs of this local delicacy all around the country.

Here's the column:

Living Out Loud
Spreading the Chili Gospel
By Sara Bedinghaus
If there's one thing people from Cincinnati love, it's chili. We love eating it, and we love talking about it.

Those of us who have moved away from the area have cans of chili and spice packets mailed to us. When we return home, it's often the first thing we eat, and then we continue to eat it on a daily basis to hold us over 'til next time.
Another thing we love is making people who aren't from Cincinnati eat it.
Last summer, I made a decision that many Cincinnatians in their twenties make: to leave town and live somewhere else. Since moving across the country, I've forced canned chili upon many of my new friends, only to find that most of them think Cincinnati chili -- specifically Skyline -- isn't that big of a deal.
Since most people I know from home seem to have a substance abuse issue when it comes to Skyline, I'm still caught off-guard when someone isn't elated upon tasting this wildly delicious and comforting dish for the first time.
I recently made Skyline three-ways for my two roommates, one who went to college in Cincinnati and one from Minneapolis. The Minneapolis roommate sat silently while we chiliphiles reminisced about chili days past.
"Did you ever see Alan and Stevo go to the chili eating contests? They used to eat, like, three three-ways and four cheese coneys. It was so awesome!"
"When I worked at Skyline, the old people would bitch about the price of coneys. 'I remember when cheese coneys were a nickel!' "
"Oh, this brings back memories. I wish I were drunk right now."
My chili-appreciating friend and I did try to change the subject in order to be inclusive to the Minnesotan, but the conversation kept going back to all the fun times we had stuffing our faces with cheese-covered chili spaghetti and hot dog dishes in the middle of the night. We've now begun trying to recreate the experience for those who never had the pleasure of injesting these 1,000-calorie bombs at 3 a.m.
Those of us who prepare the homemade version outside Cincinnati just love watching people eat it for the first time. We get no greater joy than when the chili virgin enjoys the meal, and we enthusiastically embrace their naive questions about the cuisine.
"What is 'Skyline'?"
Skyline is to chili as Kleenex is to tissue.
"Wait, you put the chili on the noodles?"
Yes! See how exciting this is?
"Where are the beans?"
No, silly, beans are only on four-ways and five-ways. Baby steps.
"That's a lot of cheese."
Yes, it's obscene. That's how you have to do it!
"Do you ever actually feel good after you eat Skyline?"
No, but it doesn't matter, because it feels so good when you're chewing it.
"Is there a healthy version of this?"
Of course, they offer the low-carb bowl: two hot dogs in a bowl of chili. Duh!
"Hey, I'm switching planes in Cincinnati on my way to New York."
Eat some chili! They have Gold Star at the airport, and that's close enough for these purposes. Your unsophisticated chili palette won't know the difference.
When the chili newbie enjoys our concoction, we feel as though we've helped someone reach a heightened level of food enjoyment. To think they've come this far without ever passing such beefy gold through their digestive system. A travesty, really.
The same phenomenon of chili gospel applies to out-of-town visitors.
My friend once brought her boyfriend from Colorado to Cincinnati to meet her friends and family. We all converged at Northside Tavern, and immediately after introductions we pounded the poor guy with chili questions.
"Did Rachel take you to Skyline? What did you order? Did you like it? Did you like it?"
He thought the chili was OK. He thought we were truly insane. We haven't seen him since, and I wonder if the chili interrogation has anything to do with that.
Some people get it, though. I once treated a friend from Washington, D.C. to late night Skyline at the Clifton location.
"Oh, oh my gosh," he mumbled through a mouthful of steaming hot spaghetti. "This is the best drunk food I've ever had in my life."
I will never forget that victory, but I'm also aware that many who have witnessed a Cincinnatian's eyes light up with enthusiasm for teaching people about chili might think we're nuts. After all, do any other cities have such a loyal food following?
I've never heard of anyone from Baltimore or Seattle or Atlanta or Philadelphia having canned local food shipped to them "for an emergency or special occasion." With so many losing sports teams, depressing election results and a national reputation for weirdness (Jerry Springer, Marge Schott, Larry Flint, Maplethorpe censorship, race riots), this is the one thing we hold onto with pride.
Please know that those of us who have left Cincinnati probably miss the chili more than anything else. We're littered among many American cities, wielding cans of chili and an enthusiasm for preparing foreign fare.
Outsiders don't have to like it, but we demand to be humored. It's the only thing we have that might possibly impress them.

Journeys Through Bookland

2008-04-12T16:23:00.001-07:00

What a great title for a eleven volume set of books for children's classic literature. Published in 1909, ten volumes are the literature itself and the eleventh is a Guide book, introducing the wealth of the material presented.

These volumes are in tremendous condition for a series which will be 100 years old next year. I'll have a photo to put up tomorrow, but here is the listing in my store - Journeys Through Bookland

The New York times announced the publication of the final eight volumes in 1910, an interesting read (it opens as a PDF file).

Opening Day - A Holiday in Cincinnati

2008-03-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

Well tomorrow is what I call the "high holy day" - Opening Day in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Reds are the 1st professional team in baseball (established 1869) and every season, we're the only team which begins its season at home.

Prior to the game, we'll have the annual Findlay Market parade, beginning at the market in the historic Over The Rhine section of Cincinnati. The whole town celebrates and we hope the Reds bring home a winner!

With the start of the season, check out our Baseball Emporium for lots of baseball books, Cincinnati Reds items and even copies of both the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post's tribute to the late, great Joe Nuxhall.

El Molino Best Recipes - 1953 Cookbook

2008-03-20T13:37:00.000-07:00

I've added yet another listing to our cookbook section - a vintage 1953 El Molino Best Recipes cookbook. This volume is in a 13 ring binder, but the cover has become detached. Great looking recipes in there, including a whole section devoted to Allergy recipes for wheat, egg and milk allergies.

There are now six listings in our Cookbook section, so check them out. Yum!!!!

What's Cooking? New Cookbook Section to our Bookstore

2008-03-18T11:16:00.001-07:00

I've added another section to our bookstore - cookbooks! I'm listing some today including a 1958 Good Housekeeping Cake Book, chock full of delicious cake recipes from years ago. Another is a five volume set of Favorite Recipes of America, a 1966 set of hardback cookbooks. I'll be adding some of my other cookbooks, so keep checking my bookstore for new editions.

Later today I'll be adding a fun titled - Vintage Cocktails, Authentic Recipes & Illustrations from 1920 to 1960 and Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes Revised, signed by the late Tennessee Congressman, John Jennings Jr.

eCrater.com growing - reaches the One Million mark for listings!

2008-03-17T04:36:00.000-07:00

I've been listing items on eCrater since last summer - but the site has been growing considerably since the boycott of eBay began in February. Following is a press release about eCrater.com reaching the 1,000,000 items listed mark.

Check out all the items I have listed on eCrater - and this blog entry for a breakdown of the store's sections.

http://tscsales.ecrater.com/ - our featured item is Cincinnati's famous Skyline Chili

eCRATER.com passed the 1,000,000 item count on Monday 3/10/08 !!!

Love to buy and sell online? Try www.ecrater.com for jewelry, books, fashion, antiques, electronics,etc.

eCrater is more than just a marketplace of fixed-price listings. It's a free web-hosting site where sellers manage their own stores (like eBay Stores but better organized).

On eCrater, shoppers can access an individual seller's site directly or may search for products from the main eCrater.com website (http://www.ecrater.com).

The beauty of eCrater is that it is so simple. Sellers can point their websites to their eCrater page using URL masking, so buyers will only see the seller's website address (not eCrater's). This makes it seem more professional, and more like your own website rather than a page on someone else's site (as you get with eBay Stores).

eCrater has a feedback feature just like eBay, and some of the better features of Feedback 2.0 were integrated, well before eBay launched them. eCrater allows sellers to accept PayPal and Google Checkout and has plans to add Amazon Payments.

Premium Listings

eCrater is completely free, but the site does offer premium positions. A position on the home page, which merchants can use to rotate their products, costs $100/month. (The position is booked through the end of March 2008.) A position on the top of all listings in a category costs $25/month per item and guarantees a premium top spot in the category.

New Features

eCrater also added a "mods" system. The idea is similar to the Wikipedia content control. Moderators make sure that all the listings belong in the correct category and are compliant with eCrater's policies. As a certified Google Checkout partner eCrater will make sure that all listings are compliant with Google Checkout's and Google Base's policies too.

Moderators receive a small icon next to their store name as a bonus for their efforts, making their stores stand out from the others.

See what I'm selling on iOffer.com

2008-03-16T15:41:00.000-07:00

Now up & running on iOffer.com

2008-03-06T16:40:00.000-08:00

I've added a store at iOffer.com so check out my items there too. I've got the chili listed there, plus I put up the NASCAR P&G Tide Racing jacket - make me an offer on the jacket. That's why they call it iOffer!

We Can't Seem to Shake the Winter - Some Skyline Chili Would Be Just Right

2008-02-28T06:15:00.000-08:00

Here in Cincinnati, winter has come late and we can't seem to shake it. While we're not being buried in snow, the last couple of weeks have been a weather roller coaster; warming up a bit, bitterly cold next and snow, ice, rain and then more snow. A little bit of sunshine has been mixed in and we no spring is just on the horizen because the Reds are on the radio now (a good time to see our Baseball Emporium).

But the Reds are not the purpose of this blog entry. Rather it's to let you still in the throes of winter that we've got plenty of Skyline Chili in stock ready to ship to you. Nothing can stave off the winter blues than some of our famed chili! I ship to anywhere in the United States - sorry no international orders. And for those snowbirds who've migrated to warmer climates - it still hits the spot!

NCAA Great John Wooden - SIGNED copy of They Call Me Coach

2008-02-27T08:39:00.000-08:00

You never know what you're going to find and this morning I came across a 1973 1st paperback printing of NCAA Hall of Fame player and coach John Wooden's book They Call Me Coach. The book is SIGNED by Wooden, inscribed: May you enjoy this story about a coach -John Wooden.

Wooden is now 97 years old and led the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA Championships. He is the first and one of only three people in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach.

Take a look at the listing at my eCrater store.

Richard Petty NASCAR cars from General Mills Cereals

2008-02-20T11:11:00.001-08:00

A few years ago, I had some success selling little Hot Wheels or Matchbox type cars that General Mills put in their cereal boxes as a premium. They're back and I have a couple listed on my eCrater Store site. The pictures are a little blurry as my camera seems to have something wrong with it, but the cars in new, in their original packages.

Joe Nuxhall Remembered

2008-02-19T18:52:00.001-08:00

Here in Cincinnati, we were all disappointed to hear that the late Joe Nuxhall was not selected as this year's recipient of the Ford Frick Award from the baseball Hall of Fame.

For those who are one of Joe's many fans, I still have copies of the tributes from both the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post. I will combine shipping if you buy a multiple copies of the papers.

Maybe next year we can celebrate Nuxie getting into the Hall of Fame!

Restructuring the Old Storefront - the Baseball Wing

2008-01-10T17:00:00.000-08:00

I've been spending tonight updating my eCrater store, in particular listing more items, plus I've added a new Category: The Baseball Emporium - and moved the baseball books into that category, still known as Take Me Out To The Ballgame. Come take a look and let me know what you think of the updated sections.

And remember, Pitchers & Catchers report on Valentine's Day this year. How's that for Love?

Cincinnati Post Final Edition 12/31/2007

2008-01-02T16:05:00.000-08:00

Sadly, my beloved hometown, Cincinnati, became a one newspaper town after December 31, 2007. The Cincinnati Post, founded in 1881 closed its doors. I have an auction up right now for the final edition of the Post from New Year's Eve on eBay. It already has some bids, so get it while you can.

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest Bag & DVD available now!

2007-12-18T12:59:00.001-08:00

My son and I went down to Redsfest this month and the Reds were giving away a tote bag and a DVD at the festival. I've got a couple listed on eBay for sale. The listing ends on Friday so I can get them mailed before Christmas. Very nice item.

The Book Store is Expanding

2007-12-14T13:12:00.000-08:00

I've updated the Book Store section in the TSC Sales store - added more categories that I think folks will find of interest.

The bookstore is divided as follows:

More sections will be added as I have time and I haven't had a chance to stock the shelves, if you will, but will add more books as time allows. I've got a great number of good science fiction books.

One of the great finds I've put in the store is one lot of three James Bond novels: Thunderball, Casino Royale, and You Only Live Twice. The books are vintage Signet paperbacks from the mid 1960's. I even have an affordable overnight delivery option with in the contiguous 48 states.

Don't forget to check my inventory at Amazon too - everything here is also there. Just click on the link to the right.

Sparkie & Big Jon

2007-12-11T13:05:00.000-08:00

The same day I found the Bennett Cerf book, I picked up a vintage magazine called TV Radio Mirror; the May, 1956 issue. The issue told of that year's awards for viewers or listeners' favorite shows (hence the name TV Radio Mirror). Fascinating find and had so many great oldtime shows.

The real surprise personally was the bit about the show named the favorite children's program on radio, Sparkie & Big Jon, a radio show that began here in Cincinnati, broadcasting daily. By 1956, it was a weekly show, on Saturday mornings, I believe. The reason it jumped out at me is that a friend's dad was the writer for this show during its run on radio. I made copies of the article for my friend and she was going to give some to her family (their dad passed away earlier this year), so they're enjoying reading about the show and its popularity.

Have a look at the listing here.

Laughing with Bennett Cerf

2007-12-11T12:59:00.000-08:00

Last year, I picked up a copy of Bennett Cerf's Vest Pocket Book of Jokes, a faux leather volume that fits, where else, but in your shirt pocket. This particular copy had a number of news clipping jokes inserted inside too. Then last week, I came across a new book, Bennett Cerf Laugh Day - a paperwork book of jokes.

Cerf was one of the founders of the publisher Random House and became known for his collections of humor. Both books are listed in my eCrater store - a great gift idea for that humorist in your life!

You can read more about Cerf on Wikipedia.

Joe Nuxhall - Cincinnati Newspapers Commemorating Nuxie are Available

2007-11-18T12:01:00.001-08:00

Reds legend, Joe Nuxhall, passed away Thursday night. Both Cincinnati papers had great front page and Sports page stories on The Old Lefthander. I grabbed some extra copies for folks out of town who might like one. I've got them listed on eBay - the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post.

Stocking Stuffers for the Democrat in your life

2007-11-14T04:37:00.000-08:00

I have a couple of items that I regularly sell on eCrater that I always have in stock. One is the bumper sticker from the Clinton Museum in Little Rock, AR that reads "I Miss Bill" and the other is the shirt with the same message, with the portrait done by Pop artist Peter Max.

Check out my other items for the Democrat in your life on eCrater.

A Hole In One - Jack Nicklaus Autographed Book, 1991 PGA Senior Tour

2007-11-08T11:55:00.001-08:00

In the "you never know what you may find" department, I stopped by the thrift store today to drop off some clothes and decided to check out the books as I'm apt to do. One caught my attention right away - it had a signature right on the front!

It was a book for the 1991 Kroger Senior PGA Tour Classic at Kings Island just north of Cincinnati. I couldn't make whose signature it was, but it looked like "Jim" with a letter "S" last name, but I wasn't sure. The list of players in the book didn't give me any clues, but I thought I'd give it a try, bought it and came back to research who it was.

After a couple of views on Google, I came up with it. Found some things to compare the signature with and dropped my jaw - Jack Nicklaus.

So now I've got it listed on eCrater at this link.

My daughter suggests that I should link to another photo that shows the autograph elsewhere, so check this one out
While you're at it, check out my signed books in my eCrater store (including a book about the Football Hall of Fame that has three Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame players signatures by their names!

Vintage Glass Vases

2007-11-02T13:28:00.000-07:00

Here's an interesting item I found - I have no idea where it was made or when, but it's very interesting and beautiful.

http://tscsales.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1627971

Red Sox Are World Champions

2007-10-31T05:20:00.001-07:00

Sometimes it works out to delay listing some items. I've had a couple of t-shirts that I've just never gotten around to putting up on eBay and now that the Boston Red Sox are once again World Champions, it was time to get the shirts up.

This one is a youth XL Boston Red Sox shirt that will be perfect an young Bosox fan.

The other shirt I also finally put up was a 2004 St. Louis Cardinals National League Champions T-shirt, this one an adult XL. It is in extremely good condition.

Hopefully next year, the Reds will be in the thick of it and I'll have lots of Reds items to sell.

Hey Coca Cola Collectors!

2007-10-29T04:53:00.001-07:00

Over the last year or so, I've accumulated a number of Coca Cola items. So I decided to combine them all - some nice additions to any Coke afficianado's decor.

So we have here a nice Coca Cola pillow sham (looks to be a standard bed pillow size), 30 Christmas Coke coasters, and finally, four 6 X 7 1/2 metal trays.

Again, we can ship in time for Christmas.

Remember - Have a Coke and a Smile! http://tscsales.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1490816

Norman Rockwell Collector Plates - Christmas Series

2007-10-28T05:31:00.000-07:00

With the holidays fast approaching (less than two months away now), I thought I'd highlight the great collection of Christmas plates I have from the Edwin M. Knowles China Co. in their Norman Rockwell Series.

I have seven Christmas plates from these years:

Update: I've added the titles below

1976 Golden Christmas
1978 Christmas Dream
1979 Somebody's Up There

1984 Santa in his Workshop
1987 Santa's Golden Gift
1991 Santa's Helper
1994 Christmas Marvel

Check them out at this link: http://tscsales.ecrater.com/category.php?cid=284426

Remember, if you buy more than one plate, the cost for each additional plate will just be an extra $2.00 per plate. Great gift idea for the year a person was born (we gave some to each of our kids for their birth year) or the year a couple was married.

That item you find thinking it will sell and then it languishes...

2007-10-27T04:29:00.000-07:00

Do you ever find that thing to sell that seems like a can't miss, but then it languishes?

I've got a number of those (some of which I'll list next week), but I've picked up some ashtrays lately and they're just not moving. Maybe it's that folks are smoking less and mostly outdoors, so ashtrays are a bit outdated.

I figured this Nebraska Cornhuskers ashtray would move easily, but alas it hasn't. So this gives me and opportunity to try out adding a picture to the blog and linking its listing.

http://tscsales.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1501033

So there's my first experiment at adding a photo and the link to the item.

I also have a Sheraton Hotel and a Sanka ashtray (found at rummage sales, not hijacked from establishments!). Just click on my eCrater link to the right to see them and all of my other items for sale.

It's a Start!

2007-10-26T10:52:00.001-07:00

Well, I've decided to start up a blog for my internet sales. I'm always looking for great items to sell and on most everything, I'll ship worldwide!

My regular sales items are two items: Cincinnati's famous Skyline chili (sorry, no international orders) and an I Miss Bill bumper sticker from the Clinton Center in Little Rock. I sell both items on eCrater and eBay.

From time to time, I'll highlight new items I've found and also some of the backlog of inventory I have. For instance, I've got quite a few Norman Rockwell commemorative plates listed on my eCrater site (see link on the right).

I also have quite a few books which have been autographed by the authors - not to mention a book about the Football Hall of Fame autographed by three Cleveland Browns who are members of the Hall of Fame in Canton.

I'm checking on how to add a link for all of the books I have on sales on Amazon. I will add some to the eCrater site as I go along.

Check us out!