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  1. All items shown are available from #militaria and #collectables trader, Owl51.com, at this Sunday's #Antiques & #Vintage Fair at the #RoyalMarineHotel #DunLaoghaire, 11am-5:30pm

    Admission is €3.50 per person (or €2.50 with the discount on our Mastodon page). Under-16s enter free and very welcome, but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Dublin #SouthDublin

  2. #Gorey #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair!
    This Sunday 12th Oct, Amber Springs Hotel, noon-5:30pm.

    🎟️ Admission €3.50 - or just €2.50 when you show this flyer. Under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Wexford #Enniscorthy #Arklow #Bunclody #Carnew #Ferns #Courtown #Kilmuckridge

  3. #Gorey #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair!
    This Sunday 12th Oct, Amber Springs Hotel, noon-5:30pm.

    🎟️ Admission €3.50 - or just €2.50 when you show this flyer. Under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Wexford #Enniscorthy #Arklow #Bunclody #Carnew #Ferns #Courtown #Kilmuckridge

  4. #Gorey #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair!
    This Sunday 12th Oct, Amber Springs Hotel, noon-5:30pm.

    🎟️ Admission €3.50 - or just €2.50 when you show this flyer. Under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Wexford #Enniscorthy #Arklow #Bunclody #Carnew #Ferns #Courtown #Kilmuckridge

  5. #Gorey #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair!
    This Sunday 12th Oct, Amber Springs Hotel, noon-5:30pm.

    🎟️ Admission €3.50 - or just €2.50 when you show this flyer. Under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Wexford #Enniscorthy #Arklow #Bunclody #Carnew #Ferns #Courtown #Kilmuckridge

  6. #Westmeath #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair!

    This Sunday 5th Oct, Castle Varagh Hotel, #Castlepollard, noon-5:30pm.

    🎟️ Admission €3.50 - or just €2.50 when you show this flyer. Under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #Mullingar #Delvin #Oldcastle #Ballinagh #Edgeworthstown

  7. #Naas #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair - this Sunday, 12pm-5:30pm, Osprey Hotel!

    Admission €2.50 with this discount flyer (normal admission €3.50). Under-16s enter free but must be supervised.

    🏷️ #Kildare #AntiquesIreland #IrishAntiques #AntiqueIreland #VintageIreland

  8. #classicToys #classicWho #classicDrWho #drWho #oldtoys #collectables my brother in law runs a small but focussed vintage toy store in Leek, Staffordshire (UK). He isn’t on mastodon (I don’t think he even knows about it tbh) but it’s a veritable treasure trove for hard to come by Collectables, gifts and so forth. Feel free to flow the link! classic-collectables.co.uk/

  9. The mythical world of Safari Ltd cryptids

    Listen, I am not a toy collector, I don’t buy toys. But these Jersey Devil and Mothman cryptid models from Safari, Ltd, Mythical Realms creatures line are wicked and delightful. Let me show you.

    Firstly, and importantly for my Pop Cryptid framework, the Mythical Realms line has four of the world’s most popular cryptids (Bigfoot, Yeti, Mothman, and the Jersey Devil) in a collection with unicorns/pegasus, armored dinosaurs, gnomes, mermaids and even a “Halfling”. It is perfectly and culturally acceptable to lump these entities together as “mythical”.

    I’m not going to talk about the Bigfoot model because it’s straight-up dull. Bigfoot’s aim is to blend into the woods. And so does the monster model. If you drop it in the dirt, you will not find it again. The Yeti is better because it looks like a video game Yeti, all blue-white and ripped. But I’m not much of a fan of this look because it is so entirely off the mark from the origin stories, which, in my view, tell of a rare bear.

    The Mothman, however, was born wildly scary. Eyewitness accounts don’t include reliable specific details. The original accounts, however, aren’t actually moth-like, but the idea of a “mothman” is what really counts. It’s not thought of as a zoological creature (though it could have been a case of mistaken ID, as with most cryptids). It carries significant fantastical baggage thanks to John Keel. Therefore, extreme versions of Mothman are fair game. Safari has a black version and a bizarre but fascinating glow-in-the dark version. I like them both. Safari’s take on Mothman includes book-like abs, which make no biological sense, the characteristic red eyes, and moth-y antennae (used for catching scents in the air). Two-toed feet and three-fingered “hands” plus the fantasy-based ribbed wings (dragon- or demon-like, with no analog in nature as they are not formed from phalanges, flaps, or feathers) give it a totally “mythical” quality.

    Let’s be clear: when people still say they see “mothman” anywhere from West Virginia to Chicago, they aren’t seeing a creature as depicted here. This Mothman is concocted to be ultimately and sensationally spooky.

    The Safari, Ltd. object that really caught me and reeled me in, however, was the Jersey Devil. Everything I said about Mothman doubly applies to this creature. It’s depicted with a hairy but ripped human torso, and similar dragon wings unconnected to human arms with three clawed fingers and an opposable clawed thumb. The ridiculously implausible legs begin with a human thigh, knee, and calf, that then develop into horse ankles, extra long pastern bones, and ends in cloven hooves. The back is ridged, extending into a scaly tail, ending in a tuft of fur. Crazy! The head is the best part, however – extra thick and horse-like with ribbed curved goat horns, and horse nose/lips, but straight blunt, perfectly occluded teeth revealed by a masterful snarl (my favorite detail). It’s an entirely unnatural devilish mashup of, like, four different animals plus our idea of a stylized dragon. It’s glorious. Someone buy this for my birthday!

    The Jersey Devil is probably my favorite cryptid. I’m not sure why, but I think the monstrous and incredible mixture of features along with its sheer unreality have much to do with it. The JD is so fun; the traditional origin story of the monstrous birth and subsequent forest haunting lacks grounding in reality. Without any restrictions on biology, the tall tale aspect allowed creativity to run wild. Perhaps that’s why I love this toy’s depiction so much, too – it’s absurd. And who would argue!? There is no question that this not a real animal; it’s a supernatural story. There is no zoology involved. The “mystery” will remain forever. We shall never see one IRL, so it gleefully lives on in our imagination.

    Thanks to the Monster Toy Blog who reviewed the JD model. Check it out here.

    #collectables #cryptid #JerseyDevil #Mothman #popCryptid #toys #Yeti

    sharonahill.com/?p=9852

  10. Tip 5/6 in this series: Take it all in 🤩

    Fairs can contain literally thousands of items, and it's not possible to take them all in at once. You'll be surprised at the treasures that leap out at you on the second lap.

    Thanks to the fair goer who suggested this tip from past experience 😁

    #️⃣
    #Ireland #AntiquesFair #AntiquesFairs #VintageFair #CoinFair #MilitariaFair #Militaria #Coin #CoinCollecting #MedalCollector #Collectables #Vinyl #VintageVinyl

  11. I have this bunch of Ikea Allen keys.
    They're all the same except for just this rare one on the right.

    Might be worth something?

    #eh #Collectables #Ikea #OddOneOut #TheSpecialOne

  12. I have this bunch of Ikea Allen keys.
    They're all the same except for just this rare one on the right.

    Might be worth something?

    #eh #Collectables #Ikea #OddOneOut #TheSpecialOne

  13. Quick clip from today's #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair at the Amber Springs Hotel, #Gorey, open until 5:30pm

    I would alt text, but everything flies by so quickly as the video pans over just two stands, it may be more effective to let you know the fair contains sterling silver, antique jewellery, some vintage fashion accessories, vintage toys which some collect, homewares from tea seats to lamps to small furniture and more, plus collectables like coins, stamps, medals, books, and more.

  14. This is a #silver £5 coin which we framed in front of a piece of #mirror so both sides could be seen.

    We used anti-reflective glass so the coin looks like it's floating in mid air.

    The
    #frame is a narrow ash with a dovetail stain.

    #PictureFraming #Collectables #CoinCollecting #SilverCoin

  15. This is a #silver £5 coin which we framed in front of a piece of #mirror so both sides could be seen.

    We used anti-reflective glass so the coin looks like it's floating in mid air.

    The
    #frame is a narrow ash with a dovetail stain.

    #PictureFraming #Collectables #CoinCollecting #SilverCoin

  16. This is a #silver £5 coin which we framed in front of a piece of #mirror so both sides could be seen.

    We used anti-reflective glass so the coin looks like it's floating in mid air.

    The
    #frame is a narrow ash with a dovetail stain.

    #PictureFraming #Collectables #CoinCollecting #SilverCoin

  17. Tomorrow, tomorrow... 🎶
    Sunday, 7th May, #Waterford #Antiques, #Vintage & #Collectables Fair, noon until 5:30pm at the Tower Hotel.

    Admission is €2.50 with the flyer attached.
    Full-price admission is €3.50, although under-16s enter free but must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

    #AntiquesIreland #IrishAntiques #VintageIreland #AntiquesFairsIreland #VintageFairsIreland #Collectibles