The Collectors Newsletter #1112 -- December 15, 2017

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1. Christmas Coundown: the clock is ticking for ordering holiday
gifts online! Check USPS shippping deadlines here
2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers 3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad! 4. Supporting small independent merchants 5. Do you know what day it is?
6. Pinterest: Visit the huge variety of boards we have posted! 7. Follow TIAS on Twitter and Instagram! 8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free
gift
9. Identification assistance and Facebook updates 10. Newly listed items
11. Vintage Recipes
12. New On line Merchants
13. Did you know?
14. Helpful Resources For Collectors
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1. Christmas Coundown

The clock is ticking for ordering holiday gifts online! Our dealers are loading up their stores with goodies for the holidays but shipping deadlines for Christmas arrival are closing soon! Here are the USPS deadlines - check other deadlines on the various shipper websites.

USPS deadlines
December 14 USPS retail ground
December 19 First Class Mail
December 20 Priority Mail
December 22 Priority Mail Express

2. Special Offers from TIAS.com sellers

Every day we publish "press releases" from our sellers who are offering special
sales, discounts on shipping, promoting special items, etc. Visit http://www.tias.com/special-offers to see the latest. Hovering over the image displays the message from that particular store. Come see what you can find!

Here are a few of the most recent press releases:

Victorian Grace Art-Antiques-Collectible Jewelry ttp://www.tias.com/stores/hfisherbab
Coupon: HOLIDAY: 10% off orders of $100. New: Vintage 14k Gold and Sterling Silver Gemstone Jewelry; Rare religious Medals, prayer box lockets; OOAK Rhinestone Cameo's, ornaments; Antique Prints, Vintage Magazines!

More Than McCoy
http://www.tias.com/stores/morethanmccoy
Holiday Sales & New Inventory includes: Milk & Carnival Glass; Cookie Jars; Art
Pottery; Kitchen Collectibles; Limoges; Art; Teacups; Vanity Accessories; Doorstops; Bookends; Primitives; Graniteware; Linens, etc.

Grandma's Basement
http://www.tias.com/stores/grandmasbasement
Newly added Precious Moments, Hudson Hallmark Betsey Clark. We also offer Hudson villagers, Hudson Noah's Ark, Corning Coffee pots, Boyd Perry figurines,
Keren Kopal Boxes, Much more. Come Visit.

Dinnerware Replacements
http://www.tias.com/stores/dwr
Dansk Bayberry Blue. So many beautiful pieces available in this pattern. Stop in!

przmtz, Cam & Pete's Treasures
http://www.tias.com/stores/praz
avajo 5 Strands Kingman Turquoise and Sterling Silver Necklace for Sale in our Store
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3. Open your own online store or place a Classified Ad!

Start today - it's easy to open your very own online antique shop with TIAS.com! There are no setup or listing fees, and we'll even help you with a custom logo and banner at no charge! For more information, take a look at http://www.MakeAShop.com and you can start building your store at TIAS.com today. If you have questions, email us at support@tias.com.

If you don't have enough inventory for a store, and have only one or two items,
or a set of something to sell, you can take out a Classified Ad. Please visit:
https://www.tias.com/classifieds. Click on the Sell Now button at the top of the page to get started. If you have any questions, email support@tias.com.

4. Supporting small independent merchants

Remember, when you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who sincerely appreciate your business. Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee.

Visit http://www.tias.com and use our search to shop, or shop by categories, listed on the far left of the page.

To view the most recently added items by all TIAS Merchants, please visit: http://www.tias.com/newly-listed-antiques

5. Do you know what day it is?

Just to show you how versatile the inventory presented by our hundreds of sellers can be, we've been researching little-known national and world-wide "holidays" that most people aren't familiar with and matching them up with items for sale on TIAS.com.

Today is International Tea Day
Antique Tea Caddy
http://www.tias.com/antique-tea-caddy-282505.html

Visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques to read about some of the interesting and sometimes amusing "holidays"! You don't need to have a Facebook account to view that page!
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6. Be sure to visit our boards on Pinterest! https://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/

We have quite a few holiday related boards. This one is especially popular: https://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/vintage-christmas-
ornaments/ [wraps]

Visit our board for December Birthstones: Tanzanite, Turquoise and Zircon Tanzanite, Turquoise and Zircon are the birthstones for people born during the month of December. Tanzanite exhibits a rich violet-blue color and is found in
Tanzania. https://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/december-birthstone- tanzanite-turquoise-and-zircon/ [wraps]

Feel free to stop by and check out all of our boards and while you're there, please "follow" us! We update these boards daily.

7. TIAS.com is on Twitter!

Click here and be sure to follow us! https://twitter.com/TIASdotCOM

We've also started an Instagram page, so please be sure to follow us there too!
http://instagram.com/tiasdotcom We recently added quite a number of really unique items there!We now have a Instagram button at the top of the page at http://www.tias.com, along with the Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest buttons.

8. Share your story about collecting and be eligible for a free
gift

Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here. If we use your story, we'll send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/videos/?ref=page_internal

Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address. (Valid for US addresses only)

9. Idenfitication assistance and Facebook updates

Remember that you can check out our Facebook page for some interesting updates.
Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques If you have photos of items you would like to share you can post them there as well. You don't need a
Facebook account to visit our page. If you do have a Facebook account please "Like" us!

Also, everyday we post a "This Date In History" story on our Facebook page, along with an item for sale on http://www.tias.com that relates to the event. We're also highlighting one item each day that we find particularly interesting
- something that's very unusual! Check it out!

10. Newly listed items for your online shopping pleasure. Stop by and check out
today's fresh inventory at: TIAS.com - http://www.tias.com/showcase CollectorOnline - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=7 AntiqueArts - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=3 Earthling - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=6
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11. Vintage Recipes

Be sure to check out our vintage recipe archive online at: http://bit.ly/1vDXn6h. Over 1200 wonderful vintage recipes are listed. Email recipes@tias.com if you would like to submit a recipe.

As with collectibles, people also have very strong feelings about foods from their past. Sometimes these special recipes get lost. This section is to help
people who are looking for lost recipes from their past. If you submit a request, please include the geographical region where you tasted the recipe. If you have a vintage recipe request send it to recipes@tias.com and we might just publish it here.

TIAS.com merchants have thousands of cookbooks for sale! You can
see them here: http://www.tias.com/books/cooking/

Be sure to check out our vintage kitchen collectibles section online at: http://www.tias.com/showcase/1/Kitchen_Collectibles/1.html

Here is a request from Jeanne for a "Nameless Cake": I am searching for a recipe for Nameless Cake. My mother made it in the 40's I think. Coffee was used in it if I remember correct or maybe in the frosting. And nuts. Not sure
about chocolate tho I believe it was a dark batter

Does anyone have such a recipe?

Here's a recipe from Carol T:

Snowball Cookies

Yield: 30

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecans, chopped
Powdered sugar

Directions:

Blend softened butter with powdered sugar. Add vanilla.

Mix in salt, flour and chopped pecans.

Form dough into 1 inch balls or flattened cookies and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake in a 325 degree oven for 20 minutes.

While hot roll in powdered sugar. Let cool and roll again in powdered sugar.

Carol T--Cullman,AL
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