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You have quite the gothic thing going on there Ted
They keep the raccoons away from the cat door.You have quite the gothic thing going on there Ted
TOPO GIGIO!!!!!! I forgot all about him. OMG this brings me back to when I was about 5 and watched the Ed Sullivan show.... and Sherry and Lambchop!Topo Gigio
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Topo Gigio was a puppet star of Spanish & Italian TV in the early 1960s and occasionally appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on North American TV, which is where I first saw him. The small figurine above is from a keychain I bought, probably in the late 60s, and has sat for countless years in a small drawer where a few other small things languish as they become history.
The background pattern is on my iPad. Using the tele lens on iPhone 7 Plus and a closeup lens to get things in focus.
Wha...... tf????
What? Who? Why? This must be some sort of art installation, surely. I feel really sorry for that chameleon. He has a look on his face which says “Help!”.
Topo Gigio
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Topo Gigio was a puppet star of Spanish & Italian TV in the early 1960s and occasionally appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on North American TV, which is where I first saw him. The small figurine above is from a keychain I bought, probably in the late 60s, and has sat for countless years in a small drawer where a few other small things languish as they become history.
The background pattern is on my iPad. Using the tele lens on iPhone 7 Plus and a closeup lens to get things in focus.
TOPO GIGIO!!!!!! I forgot all about him. OMG this brings me back to when I was about 5 and watched the Ed Sullivan show.... and Sherry and Lambchop!
These take me back in time too. Dead things trapped in resin. You’d think we’d have had more nightmares when we were young. Great image.A couple of vintage resin scenes 50s or 60s.
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Funny, I was thinking to Google her name because I wasn’t sure of the spelling, then didn’t feel like it.And Catherine, any Lamb Chop fan would know that it was SHARI Lewis (and Lamb Chop is two words). *tut*.
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and Noddy is in the cabinet and he actually looks like he may nod!Told my mate about this week's theme and she pulled these beauties out for me.
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The small animal figurines at the left remind me of the ones that used to come free in boxes of Red Rose tea many years ago. People began to get serious about collecting them to have every one in the series. Some people would advertise looking to trade or buy the ones missing from their collections.Told my mate about this week's theme and she pulled these beauties out for me.
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It's interesting to see vintage tchotchke become valuable collectables too. A vintage monkey vase. No edit.The small animal figurines at the left remind me of the ones that used to come free in boxes of Red Rose tea many years ago. People began to get serious about collecting them to have every one in the series. Some people would advertise looking to trade or buy the ones missing from their collections.
I’m wondering what the difference is between modern tchotchke souvenirs and the once prized collectibles. At what point does valuable collectible become tchotchke?
To me, they're all tchotchke from the start. I think the term *valuable* is subjective. How are any of these items really valuable? They're made of simple, inexpensive materials (clay, fabric, wood, metal, etc). Re the Red Rose tea collectibles, it was a good marketing ploy to get people to buy the tea, but the actual "prizes" were not valuable other than to the person collecting them - I'm quite sure Red Rose got them super cheap, otherwise they wouldn't be giving them away for free. So it was in the buyer's mind that they were valuable, and that they must have all of them.I’m wondering what the difference is between modern tchotchke souvenirs and the once prized collectibles. At what point does valuable collectible become tchotchke?
It's interesting to see vintage tchotchke become valuable collectables too. A vintage monkey vase. No edit.
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Not so big. All items have been carefully selected.Do you have a big house, Ted?