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  • Glass Etching Supplies
    By: Christian Ray Dinopol | - As long as you have all the supplies necessary, you'll be able to create beautiful works of art with glass. Imagine a finished piece of glass with whatever design you desire, that can be displayed in your home or work area.

    Basic glass etching supplies are: etching cream, a squeegee, a foam brush, the stencil of your choice and a pair of disposable gloves. Etching cream is pretty easy to come by. You can get it at a craft supply store or online; and, a squeegee can be purchased at m ...

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  • Hand Crafted Fairy
    By: Saaki | - Buy crystal animal figurines from the region where the solution of crystal and blowing glass first began. Czech and Slovak republics participated in the development of crystal figurines for more than 500 years. Small workshops in towns and villages in places where the first figure of the animal came from a crystal in the PPC and Dragon designs. Today the dolphin is also popular as a crystal animal figurine.

    Art Glass Blowing make figurines crystal has not changed significantly for ...

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  • Are You A Collector Collecting Collectibles?
    By: James Mizzell | - Anything that exists is fair game for collectors. It seems everyone collects something. For some of us that is debt. The best known items for collecting are stamps and coins. Both are interesting and readily available to all, but the really great stuff is too expensive for us worker bees.

    Collecting is at least as old as mankind and probably predates us. Among collectors there is a distinction between collecting the really old (antiques) and the not so old (collectibles). While it ...

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  • Wild Animal Glass Collectible Figurines
    By: Jamie Hanson | - If you want to explore nature and want to know more about the wild animals, their living and their extinction, then you need to read on, as this piece of information contains all that you are looking for. I have a few fascinating realities on wild animals and how you can begin a great figurine variety of wild animals. These animals were found during the time of dinosaurs that existed on this planet around 200 million years before. An amazing reality about wild animals is that anatomically thei ...
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  • Blown Glass Figurines - The Perfect Gift For Dog Lovers
    By: Jamie Hanson | - Are you a dog lover? Do dogs get you all energized and feeling kind hearted? Or maybe you prefer the bigger more macho dogs? No matter what your choice you are on the right page. I have a great idea for you so keep reading to find out more.

    These days the market places are flooded with lots of products a few outstanding, a few normal and quite a lot truly awful. I would like to share with you some exclusive product that I have lately discovered. Glass dog figurines are an excep ...

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  • A Classier House With Glass Figurines
    By: Jamie Hanson | - Most of the people have great expectations and ideas when they plan for to decorate their home. If you have constructed your new abode in the neo-minimalist way or the gothic way, you still need to decide a specific sculpture idea or deco for your interior. Now the problem with conventional deco is that it can be used only for one particular house style and the same deco can never be used again if the house is remodeled or redesigned. Currently what would you do if there was one set of art decor ...
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  • Ebay - 7 Tips For Selling Expensive Collectibles On Ebay
    By: Chip Morgan | - Recently, a friend asked me to help her brother sell his collection on Lladro glass figurines on eBay. These are expensive glass collectibles and I knew nothing about them - but I don't have to. The principles for selling expensive collectibles on eBay are the same, regardless of what is being sold.

    Obviously, like any eBay auction, the seller must have a powerful listing with great pictures. This is always true regardless of what the merchandise is. Expensive collectibles offer ...

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  • 5 Tips For Incorporating Movie Collectables Into Your Home Theater
    By: William FitzPatrick | - The decision to incorporate a home theater or media room into your home is a total blast. Before committing to the project, it is important to budget in costs, have a plan for the layout and the material required, and start researching for your favorite movie collectables to incorporate into your home theater experience. Media rooms are a great way to gather family or friends and bond with one another, and let's face it - they're just really cool.

    The Basics
    Obviously the ele ...

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  • Glass Figurines, Hand Crafted And Imported Glass Animal Figurines - The Russian Store
    By: GlassFigurines | - TheRussianStore.com recently added Sheared Beaver and Mens Mink Hats in a variety of styles. Womens Fur hats in a large variety of styles. In today's fashion, women are looking for warmth and comfort just as much as style. We specialize in custom fur hats. Our Blue Fox and Silver Fox Furs have a long and full fur that will definitely make an impression.

    The Russian Store is your source for imported Russian Nesting Dolls, Amber Jewelry Orthodox icons, shawls, and fur hats. In ...

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  • Six Types Of Stunning And Beautiful Glass Display Cabinet
    By: Fanny Parker | - Glass display cabinet is the best container to store your collectibles. They are used to keep items like photo frames and souvenirs. Generally glass display cabinet is made from wood. Thus oak, cherry and pine are three types of common wood use to construct glass display cabinet.

    Classic Oak Glass Display Cabinet

    This cabinet is made from oak. Thus they are finished with hardwood and veneers. The cabinet is fixed with back glass mirror. These mirrors beautifully showcas ...

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  • Hand Blown Glass Figurines - The Perfect Gift
    By: Mahendra P Singh | - If you are like many people in the world, you likely have at least one person in your life that makes gift buying more than difficult. You know the type. The person who literally has everything. So, just what gift do you give to someone who already has everything? Hand blown glass figurines make a perfect choice.

    If you know someone who is hard to buy for, these beautiful little trinkets are the perfect gift. Being hand blown, you just know that they will be unique. And, they make w ...

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  • How To Take Care Of Glass Cabinets
    By: CG Cabinets | - These days, glass cabinets have become an ideal way to display ones precious items such as fine china items and other collectibles. Most of the display Cabinets and glass cabinets are made up of wooden frames and have glass shelves. These cabinets come in the form of a corner unit, a wall unit or a full sized storage unit. The type of cabinet chosen depends on a persons taste and the items that one wants to store. Irrespective of the type of cabinet that one has, its care has to be taken ...
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  • How To Buy The Right Reborn Doll
    By: Jay Villaverde | - Many well known artists make these dolls, and their products sell for high prices. However, they're also among the highest quality, making them the best choice for collectors who have the ability to pay.

    Of course, not everyone can afford to purchase a reborn doll from a well known name. The best choice then is to purchase a good quality doll made by someone who hasn't managed to establish a name yet. The work can be just as good as someone who's better known, and if so, that arti ...

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  • Choosing The Right Reborn Doll For You
    By: Jay Villaverde | - Thinking about buying a reborn doll for your own collection? These beautiful, lifelike dolls are truly amazing works of art. However, there are a few things you're going to need to be aware of before you buy. After all, the world is full of unscrupulous sellers who are just trying to make a buck, and have realized that reborn dolls go for high prices. There are also a number of artists out there who want to make high quality reborn dolls, but don't have the skills or knowledge to do it. To avoid ...
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  • The Beauty And Allure Of Glass
    By: Chris Robertson | - When I was a small child I was enthralled by the artistic glass items my mother collected and used to decorate our home. Some of it came from Murano, a Venetian island with a centuries-old tradition glassmaking. I never forget the time when I broke one of her most beautiful pieces by accident. Later, a friend of mine became enthralled with stained glass and he and his wife made it a career. There is something magic about glass, and it can be used in so many ways.

    Working with glas ...

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  • The Art Of Reborning Dolls
    By: Jay Villaverde | - Reborn dolls are highly realistic looking dolls made of vinyl that begin their life as ordinary dolls which are taken apart and reassembled. This is where the name (reborn) comes from. The artists put in a lot of time and effort to ensure that the dolls look and feel as real as possible. These dolls have become highly sought after by collectors and amateurs alike due to the realistic look of the doll.

    A lot of hard work and hours are put into making these reborn dolls, every minut ...

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  • Unique Wizard Of Oz Collectibles
    By: Charlie Reese | - When I first found my grandmother's Wizard of Oz collectibles while going through the attic, I was surprised. Wizard of Oz dolls did not seem like her style. She has always been an extremely practical woman, you see, and collectible figurines do not fit in with that image of her. Her house doesn't look like a typical old lady's house. There are no collectible porcelain figurines, no blown glass, no sentimental pictures of her grandchildren when they were small. Everything is pretty plain. She ha ...
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  • Collecting Hazel Atlas Glass For Profit
    By: Jon Stein | - A wide variety of reasons exist as to why people collect things, some collect because they like a certain style, some collect for charm and elegance, and still others collect because a particular object helps them recall a certain memory. Nevertheless, the ultimate reasoning behind many collections is value and possible future profit.

    Modern glass collecting dates back for more than a hundred years, and has made quite a few people, handsome returns on their investment. During the ...

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  • Glass Display Cabinet - An Elegant Way To Display Your Collectibles
    By: Designman | - With a wide range of glass display cabinets in the UK, they are an elegant way to let everyone see your collectibles. You can display them with pride and without worrying that they are going to be bothered. Glass offers a very nice finish to the overall design as well. Many people love that glass display cabinets also prevent dust and debris from settling around their collectibles. This means you aren't spending as much time dusting in order to keep it looking magnificent.

    Glass c ...

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  • Sea Witch Antiques And Jacksonville Nc Furniture Online Now!!!
    By: Jacksonville NC Furniture | - Jacksonville, North Carolina - January 30, 2009 -- Sea Witch Antiques, the premier antiques and collectibles retailer along the eastern North Carolina seaboard, announced the unveiling of their two new websites http://seawitchantiques.com and http://jacksonvillencfurniture.com. Using the new Magento ecommerce application (http://www.magentocommerce.com), the remodeled Sea Witch Antiques and the new Jacksonville NC Furniture (a div. of Sea Witch Antiques) are now live online for public use. These ...
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  • Celebrate Any Occasion With Special Gifts Just For Her
    By: Chris Robertson | - Special gifts can brighten any occasion for a dear wife, mother, sister, daughter, grandmother or friend. But sometimes buying gifts for that wonderful lady in your life can be difficult. Even shopping online opens a world of findings, making it hard to pick just the right one. With these creative gift ideas for her, it will be easier to find a gift she'll adore.

    Home Decor Gift Ideas

    Most women love to decorate their home and yard. For the home, candles always make ...

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  • Hand Blown Art Glass Steeped In Swedish Tradition
    By: Stephen Watson | - Hand blown art glass has become more and more popular in recent years. Especially that coming from some of the glass works of Sweden. Today, as you enter many popular department stores in the United States such as Macys, or Nordstroms just to name a couple -- you will see spectacular examples of art glass, much of which is hand blown. Some of the most beautiful decorative glass in existence today is the Orrefors Crystal and the most distinctive Kosta Boda line. Both these lines of hand b ...
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  • Seven Selling Expensive Tips Collectable Items On Ebay
    By: Ravii Kumarr | - Recently, a friend asked me to help her brother sell his collection on Lladro glass figurines on eBay. These are expensive glass collectibles and I knew nothing about them - but I don't have to. The principles for selling expensive collectibles on eBay are the same, regardless of what is being sold.

    Obviously, like any eBay auction, the seller must have a powerful listing with great pictures. This is always true regardless of what the merchandise is. Expensive collectibles offer ...

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  • 7 Selling Expensive Tips Collectables On Ebay
    By: Ajaay Kumar | - Recently, a friend asked me to help her brother sell his collection on Lladro glass figurines on eBay. These are expensive glass collectibles and I knew nothing about them - but I don't have to. The principles for selling expensive collectibles on eBay are the same, regardless of what is being sold.

    Obviously, like any eBay auction, the seller must have a powerful listing with great pictures. This is always true regardless of what the merchandise is. Expensive collectibles offer ...

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  • What Are The Most Expensive Collectibles On Ebay
    By: Sudesh Kumar | - Recently, a friend asked me to help her brother sell his collection on Lladro glass figurines on eBay. These are expensive glass collectibles and I knew nothing about them - but I don't have to. The principles for selling expensive collectibles on eBay are the same, regardless of what is being sold.

    Obviously, like any eBay auction, the seller must have a powerful listing with great pictures. This is always true regardless of what the merchandise is. Expensive collectibles offer ...

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  • 7 Tips For Selling Expensive Collectibles On Ebay
    By: Mayank verma | - Recently, a friend asked me to help her brother sell his collection on Lladro glass figurines on eBay. These are expensive glass collectibles and I knew nothing about them - but I don't have to. The principles for selling expensive collectibles on eBay are the same, regardless of what is being sold.

    Obviously, like any eBay auction, the seller must have a powerful listing with great pictures. This is always true regardless of what the merchandise is. Expensive collectibles offer ...

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  • Guide To Antique Collectibles
    By: Masni Rizal Mansor | - There are many reasons people collect old items, and for some searching for antique collectibles is almost an obsession. Cruising garage sales, flea markets and auctions are more than a pastime for real collectors.

    Collectors amass some impressive items in their search for antique collectibles and it's not limited to one area of merchandise. Furniture, for example, has some ardent collectors, but due to the items' individual size, it leaves the collectors somewhat lim ...

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  • Understanding A Collectible Auction's Do's And Don'ts
    By: Ann Marier | - Getting the most out of an auction is something that perplexes a lot of people. The reason for this is that people generally find something along the nature of a collectible auction as something that is foreign to them. Most of the images of a collectible auction is the very stereotypical image that they have become accustomed to seeing on TV or in the movies. In these mediums, auctions, auctioneers, and the auction emcee are usually portrayed as aloof. This makes people a little unsure of enter ...
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  • Valuable Collectible Antique Glass Comes In All Shapes,sizes And Colors
    By: Ann Marier | - Occasionally you hear stories about a person who bought a small glass jar at a garage sale for a nickel, took it home, cleaned it up and found someone to buy it for hundreds of dollars. While that is not an everyday occurrence, it does happen when you stumble onto a piece of collectible antique glass.

    To know collectible antique glass you must understand how glass was made in the days from which your collectors clamor. Blown glass was made by molten glass placed on the end of a gl ...

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  • What To Look For When Buying Collectibles
    By: Evelyn Whitaker | - I will start right off by telling you that the most important factor in valuing your collectible is the condition of the item.

    Items that are in mint or near mint condition will always yield a much higher profit. Chips, cracks and crazing, etc., will always bring down the value of the item and are worth just a fraction of what an item in mint condition would be.

    If you are looking for collectibles, here are a few pointers to watch for:

    On items such ...

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  • A Wedding Gift To Remember: Name Brand Painted Glass Toasting Flutes
    By: Chris Robertson | - Spring and summer are just around the corner, and that means weddings - and wedding gifts! Finding the perfect wedding gift isn't always easy, but there are some fabulous name brand items you can give that will be treasured throughout the couple's entire lives. One unique gift idea is to give a matching pair of painted glass toasting flutes that are painted with a wedding theme.

    What is Name Brand Painted Glass?

    Name brand painted glass is beautiful hand-painted gla ...

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  • Name Brand Gift Ideas For The Handy Man
    By: Chris Robertson | - There are many great name brand gifts you can give the handy man for any occasion - holidays, birthdays, or as tokens of appreciation. You might be wondering where to shop or how to find unique items that he doesn't already own. Luckily, you can shop at an online shopping mall that carries name brand outdoor items, electronics, or sporting goods, and find enough gift ideas to last for years! Here are some helpful tips to get your wheels turning.

    Name Brand Outdoor Products at Chea ...

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  • As Seen On Tv Name Brand Products You Can't Live Without
    By: Chris Robertson | - As Seen on TV name brand products have been around for years, and are almost as much a part of America's heritage as the automobile! As these products grew in popularity, and people became more comfortable shopping from home, new innovative and useful products were released almost every single week until there were hundreds of items to choose from.

    When the Web came about, As Seen on TV name brand products became available at many online shopping malls and specialty Web stores, an ...

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  • Decorative Collectibles At Art Auctions
    By: John Ugoshowa | - I have found many decorative collectibles at art auctions over the years. I have a display cabinet filled with all of my finds. My favorite of all of the decorative collectibles are Pendelfin rabbits.

    Pendelfin rabbits captivated my interest when I was a young girl. My dad was stationed in England and my mother bought me my first of many decorative collectibles at an art auction. The bookends that she bought for me are extremely rare and I recently had them appraised at more t ...

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  • How To Start Your Own Unique Figurine Collection
    By: Monique Hawkins | - Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins

    Many people love to collect all kinds of interesting things. This is a passions enjoyed by many from all over the world. As a matter of fact, these days this hobby has grown to become a valuable enterprise. One collectible item people enjoy is collectible figurines. Figurines have a way of reflecting of who we are and what we love. Not only do collectible figurines increase in monetary value through time, but also they have an intrinsic value that i ...

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  • 6 Quick Steps To Stamp Collecting
    By: Lee Dobbins | - You get your mail, riffle through, then suddenly you spot that colorful postage stamp and you think, "I should be collecting them."

    Or, you're probably awed over that huge collection of stamps featured at the nearby museum. You look at it and say, "That looks like an interesting hobby."

    Well then, welcome to the world of postage stamp collecting.

    First things first. To start any activity, you have to have your materials and tools. In stamp collectin ...

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  • Collection Of Collectibles
    By: John Crement | - Copyright 2006 John Crement

    CollectiblesToday.com (http://www.collectiblestoday.com) is one of the top collectibles websites that offer collectible items for serious and non serious collectors. A huge inventory includes angels, dolls, jewelry, wildlife collections and music boxes. Some top brands like, Ardleigh Elliott, Ashton-Drake, Bradford Editions, Bradford Exchange, Hamilton Authenticated, Hamilton Collection, Hawthorne Village have also showcased their items with collectib ...

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  • Four Tips To Start A Valuable Music Box Collection, Part Ii
    By: Monique Hawkins | - Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins

    Many music box and antique collectors enjoy collecting inlaid music boxes, wooden keepsake boxes, musical jewelry boxes, and other mechanical music and musical gifts. In part two of this two article series, we will take a look at additional tips to consider when seeking to develop a valuable music box collection.

    1. While music box collecting can be expensive, its important to remember to make sure the item that is being purchased does ...

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  • Making Your House A Home! Part 1
    By: Melissa Galt | - Copyright 2006 Melissa Galt

    Now that youve got your decorating project well underway by placing rugs, ordering upholstery and selecting a color scheme, it is time to add the finish and polish. Here well touch on ideas and sources for some wonderful window treatments, awesome accessories and charming collectibles, and delightful artwork to add personality and character to your interior.

    Window treatments are made to dress the windows, simply framing the view o ...

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  • Cut Crystal And Hand Blown Glass Of European Quality Insures A Cherished Gift
    By: James Zeller | - Quality cut crystal from Europe can be a treasure trove for the discerning buyer. Exquisite hand blown glass and cut crystal manufactured by master craftsmen in the Slovak and the Czech Republic is now becoming more available to the western market. Today, cut crystal of anniversary gift and heirloom quality is just one of the many glass products to choose from.

    Although the Czechs and Slovaks are not the only skilled glass producers in Central Europe, few rival them in artistic ra ...

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  • Safeguarding Your Collectibles
    By: Charles Kassotis | - Are you one of those people who have a valuable gun, china, or doll collection? You know the type: You visit a home and find an amazing selection of items laying around the house or stored in a display area for accessible viewing. It may be the collection began innocently enough, perhaps with a long-ago birthday gift or holiday present. That item became particularly special to its owner, who relished it so much that he decided to start collecting similar pieces to multiply the joy coming from ow ...
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