Ablurk's Needful Things

Let the Shopping Commence!

Well, Black Friday and the whole weekend is over and done. Some of you got some great deals!

Be sure to check us out for more great sales as we get closer to Christmas!

Thanks for shopping with us!

Spirit Rider Native American Style Collectible Motorcycle

We just got this Native American-style motorcycle figurine, it is fully dimensional, superbly crafted, and hand-painted for thrilling detail and realism – check out the die-cast engine assembly, saddle-stitch style seat with studs, the sculpted feathers, and the drilled-out front disk brakes. You can find it at our ebay and Bonanza stores.

A little more than a mo-ped but I could get used to riding across the country on this! But for now I’ll just have to keep dreaming!

Boris Vallejo Fantasy Artwork

Vallejo works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model. His work is almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have graced the covers of dozens of science fiction paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling glossy calendars. Subjects of his paintings are typically gods, monsters, and well-muscled male and female barbarians engaged in battle. Some of his male figures were modeled by Vallejo himself, and many of his later female characters were modeled by his wife.

We have more of these Calendars for sale at Bonanza and eBay…so far we’ve only got 6 of them up, but we are working to get the rest up, so keep checking back for them!

His latest works still retain heavy fantasy elements, but lean more towards the erotic rather than pure fantasy themes. Vallejo has been named as the artist guest of honor at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention.

Stump Table

Well it took us awhile and some patience on our part, but we finally found the perfect home for the ‘Stump Table’ with smoked glass top.

The new owner drove out from L.A. She said that she had been searching and searching to find a stump that had not been finished with acrylic or lacquer, but had been left in it’s natural condition and one that was all one piece. It sure was a beautiful work of art and I’m sure it will be the center of attention in her decor!

Freebies

We finally had someone ask for a “freebie”!

So far the only thing we have marked as Freebie are books. The books were already listed here and at eBay, but when eBay re-structured their fee pricing a few months back, we took most of the books down. Then we thought we would let the customer choose one “freebie” item for every one item bought. You just pay for the extra shipping.

Of course we combine the shipping and the first Freebie we sent out, the customer ended up getting some of the shipping cost back!

We’re adding items everyday, so keep checking back for new “Freebie” items to be added too!

Hint: How to Keep Your Rubber Stamps Clean

My Auntie Em was way into rubber stamping! I got into it a little and now I combine different methods of making cards.

For easy rubber stamp clean up, get yourself a package of baby wipes. After you use a stamp on your project, lay it on a baby wipe sheet. You can then continue with your project without stopping to clean off each rubber stamp. When you’re done, now you have an easy task of cleaning all your stamps, because most of the ink has transferred off onto the wipe! Happy Stamping!

Pictured is the “Christmas Greetings” stamp by Stamps Happen. I am selling this stamp and many other Christmas stamps…take a look!

Halloween Dishes and Mugs – Broken to Pieces!

This is just too sad, this cute little set was headed to a happy home in Vermont…but on the way they were smashed to pieces!

We used tons of bubble wrap and taped it around each piece and then used more bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts. But somehow they shifted and a plate broke, another one got chipped and a handle on one of the cups broke. Our customer suggested using newspaper between the bubble wrapped pieces. She said, “sometimes that helps”. Adding paper will add to the weight, which adds to the cost and shipping is so outrageous as it is. We always insure for anything over $25…guess we’ll be lower that, we ended up eating the cost of the plates and shipping on this one. Hopefully this will be our only one!

Does any body have any suggestions on how to ship multi-pieces of glassware?

The Who Silver Anniversary Tour 1989

Sold another Rock & Roll poster, designed by Gary Grimshaw!

This “Who” poster was from an estate auction that included this and many other posters and memorabilia items of Dick Clark Productions, Inc. and belonged to a personal friend of Dick Clark. We still have some posters left, not to mention, trading cards, tins, patches, etc. So be sure to go and take a look at the stores we have, you can click on ‘Shop Ablurk’s’ or ‘Current eBay’ on the tabs above or on the right click on the ‘Bonanza’ or ‘Craigslist’ links.

“Check it Out…Check it Out!”

That is what one of the vendors at the Saugus Swapmeet hollers out every few minutes! He cracks me up, I think he is selling cell phones and such. I’m too impressionable to go up and see what he’s got. I know that if he started talking directly to me, I’d be sold, and I’m not shopping at the swapmeet, I’m supposed to be selling!

I do buy my fruits and veggies there at the swapmeet now though…they’re fresher than Costco, let alone the supermarket.  I found a great “swapmeet” up in Big Bear, CA. They have quite a few organic fruits and vegetables vendors there, and you can’t beat the prices. But sadly their swapmeet is only from April through October…the snow, don’tcha know!

Anyhow, I just want you all to keep checking back, we just got a huge estate sale, so we’ll see what new goodies there are to have!!

Granduer Noel Nativity Set 2002

We are so glad that we don’t have to ship this huge “village”. The family that bought it lives here in So. Cal, so we are meeting them at a midway location, Ontario Mills Mall, to deliver it!

They save the $25 shipping…and we don’t have to sweat the week that it takes for it to go through the post, hoping it gets there un-broken!