Now on eBay: Toy Soldier Review Magazines

Toy Soldier Review Magazine, Issue 39

I have recently added a set of eBay listings for back issues of Toy Soldier Review and Toy Soldier Parade (UK) magazines, mostly from the 1990s. These magazines feature great photos of vintage Britains figures plus many great articles for the collector.  Please have a look!

(Note: This item has SOLD!)

Edison Cylinder #9998

Listen to MP3 at cylinders.library.ucsb.edu

Rare Edison Phonograph Cylinder #9998

REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC TREATMENT OF TRUSTS 

BY W.H. TAFT

Release date: 1908

This Taft speech was given during the campaign prior to the 1908 Presidential Election when William Howard Taft was running against William Jennings Bryan. (SOLD)

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Edison Cylinder #10007

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Rare Edison Phonograph Cylinder #10007

"RIGHTS AND PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO" BY W.H. TAFT

Release date: 1908

This Taft speech was given during the campaign prior to the 1908 Presidential Election when William Howard Taft was running against William Jennings Bryan.

Antique Wilkinson Royal Staffordshire Wash Bowl

Click on the photo above to see the eBay auction!
(Note: This item has been SOLD.)

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Print Document to File Using Microsoft XPS

I continue to do eBay listings even while traveling.  But here is the problem:  Sometimes I have access to WiFi but not a printer or I have access to a printer and not WiFi.  Right now I am sitting in Starbucks using free WiFi.  I made a sale and I need to print a packing slip from PayPal.  My printer is back in the hotel room but I don't have WiFi there.  What do I do?  The obvious solution is to print the packing slip to a file and then print the file later.  How do I do that?  Use Microsoft XPS!  I am using Microsoft Windows 7.  In my printer menu I can select Microsoft XPS Document Writer (instead of my normal printer) and print to an XPS file on my desktop.  When I have access to my printer again, I open the XPS document and print it like I would print any other file.  Hotels sometimes charge a ridiculous fee for printing services.  Carrying my own printer with me and using this trick saves a few bucks!

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Antique Slag Glass Lamp Auction

(Note:  This item has SOLD)

Auction Sneak Preview: Anitque Slag Glass Panel Lamp

This beautiful lamp has a green slag glass panel shade.  I used amber bulbs in this photo.

In natural light the glass is  more green with cream streaks.

Now on eBay: "Come, Take a Trip in My Air-Ship" Edison Cylinder

I just listed another vintage Edison Phonograph cylinder.

This one is  8874 SONG - COME, TAKE A TRIP IN MY AIR-SHIP, sung by Billy Murray and released in 1905.  Cylinder is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.  Click on the image below to see this item and the rest of my eBay listings.

I found the video above on Youtube (where else?)  This is not my cylinder but that of another collector.  But if you watch it you will hear what the song sounds like. COME, TAKE A TRIP ON MY AIRSHIP I love a sailor,
The sailor loves me,
And sails every night to my home.
He's not a sailor that sails on the sea,
Or over the wild briny foam.
For he owns an airship and sails upon high.
He's just like a bird on the wings.
And when the shadows of evening grow nigh,
He'll sail to my window and sing,

Come take a trip in my airship.
Come take a sail 'mong the stars.
Come have a ride around Venus.
Come have a spin around Mars.
No one to watch while we're kissing.
No one to see while we spoon.
Come take a trip in my airship,
And we'll visit the man in the moon.

One night while sailing away from the crowd,
We passed through the milky white way.
Just idly sailing and watching the clouds,
He asked me if I'd name the day.
And right near the dipper,
I gave him my heart.
The sun shines on our honey moon.
We swore from each other we never would part,
And teach all the babies this tune.

Come take a trip in my airship.
Come take a sail 'mong the stars.
Come have a ride around Venus.
Come have a spin around Mars.
No one to watch while we're kissing.
No one to see while we spoon.
Come take a trip in my airship,
And we'll visit the man in the moon.

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My Old Toy

Lots of fun stuff on this website! Have a peek (click on image above).

EBay Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

Class action lawsuit claims eBay has a monoply when it prohibits any form of payment except Paypal (which eBay owns). Also questions the fairness of the new "Final Value Fees on Shipping" imposed by eBay even though eBay is not involved in the shipping of any item.

Read the full article here on Courthouse News Servce:  Judge Advances EBay Antitrust Class Action

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