Zenith Flash-Matic Remote Control

(Source: www.tweek.com)

I love this item!  It is an early television remote control designed by Eugene Polley in 1955,
but it looks like a ray gun Flash Gordon might use!

Typical selling price on eBay is $300-$400.

eBay and Pitney Bowes Partner to Offer International Shipping

eBay has recently announced a new Global Shipping Program that it will use Pitney Bowes to provide an international shipping service.  If you sell to an international buyer, you will only have to ship the item to a U.S. location and Pitney Bowes will do the rest, including the processing of customs forms.

Read the details here:  eBay Global Shipping Program

Now on eBay: Vintage IBM "THINK" Desk Sign

This was a great thrift store find!  A small blue vintage IBM "THINK" desktop sign, probably from the 1960s.  Has a hard rubber feel to it.  Still in pretty good condition - just a few scuffs and scratches. Click on image above to view auction. Bidding starts at just $9.99! (This item has SOLD.)

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Photobucket Not Working With Microsoft IE10

I recently upgraded to the Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 browser.  Around the same time, Photobucket released the latest version of their website.  I still enjoy using Photobucket for photo hosting.  But recently, any attempt to upload images to Photobucket using IE10 results in the upload process hanging.  I tried the upload using Mozilla Firefox (18.0.2) and it worked fine.  Not sure what the problem is with IE10.

Now on eBay: Fifty Shades of Grey

 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E.L. James

"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever. This book is intended for mature audiences." 

(NOTE:  This items has SOLD)

Vintage Edison Record Cylinder Table Lamp

This is a creative use for an old Edison Cylinder. 

A $10 cylinder is transformed into a $75 lamp!

Click on the link above to see the Etsy posting an additional photographs.

Photo credit: OddbirdsBoutique on Etsy

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

Listen to MP3 at cylinders.library.ucsb.edu

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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