Monthly Archives: April 2009

Vintage gumball charms – wear your inner child

April 30, 2009 – 1:51 pm

Not all vintage charms are gold or silver – there are myriad others such as copper, brass, catalin, celluloid, plastic, wood, stones, gems, etc. Especially popular to collect right now are the charms sold in gumball machines ( 5-25 cents when I bought them) from the 30’s to the 80’s. They make colorful [...]

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Let’s talk Fums Up – the Lucky Luce

April 29, 2009 – 4:03 pm

This British only version of a fums up from WWI through the 40’s has a glass head and paste eyes on sterling body, many fewer of these were made and they are called Lucky Luce – usually have LUCE on the front. Do any of you have these? – I am wondering if they [...]

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Puffy Hearts – the eternal search

April 24, 2009 – 6:26 pm

I thought I had managed to avoid the puffy heart mania for years – the whole trick is never to fall in love with the first one, saves a fortune! Then a dear friend gave me a whole bracelet of 1940’s ones and – poof! I was hooked. It didn’t hurt that they were [...]

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The only thing better than vintage charms – a SALE!

April 6, 2009 – 1:00 am

yes one of our favorite sellers has marked things down (we won’t ask what she bought to bring this on but REALLY want to see) so click here to go to her store or go to the left to the seller list for yogiw, and take advantage while you can. Get some of [...]

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A Charmer Charm

April 3, 2009 – 4:05 pm

This is one of the most wonderful charms I’ve seen – it’s a moving snake charmer 9K gold and enamel charm! Where is my lotto win when I need it? It looks 1920’s to me, does anyone out there have one like it?
click here to see the auction page for the snake charmer [...]

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