http://ablurk.com Our Virtual Garage Sale Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:25:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vintage 1969 Men’s Seiko World Time Automatic Wristwatch Description This sale is for a Pre-Owned Collectible Watch that we bought at an estate sale. This fine watch represents the end of an era, by 1969 Seiko had perfected the automatic winding watch mechanism in the 61xx calibre movement. 1969 is also the year that Seiko [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/12/now-i-want-to-collect-watches/ 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! Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Facebook [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/11/let-the-shopping-commence/ How did it get here so fast?? We have been talking for weeks about what kind of sales we would do in the stores and now its here and we have been working so hard on getting things listed that we haven’t gotten ready to put things on sale! ooooPS! The plan at this point [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/11/black-friday-deals/ Up for auction is a used Water Pitcher that we bought at an estate sale. This metal pitcher has only one marking that we can find. On the side was engraved what appears to be a crest from a ‘ Hotel Oakland ‘ The engraving as well as the detail on the handle is extremely [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/11/calvin-amelias-ewer/ 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 [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/spirit-rider-native-american-style-collectible-motorcycle/ 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 [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/boris-vallejo-fantasy-artwork/ 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, [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/stump-table/ 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 [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/freebies/ 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 [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/hint-how-to-keep-your-rubber-stamps-clean/ 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 [...]]]> http://ablurk.com/2010/10/halloween-dishes-and-mugs-broken-to-pieces/