Looking back 2011 and looking forward to 2012

2011

All of maxwellvintage VIP (Very important Person) Customers have made 2011 a great Year.   

Thank you  from the bottom of my heart.

These are the changes maxwellvintage made in 2011

Moneybookers was added to maxwellvintage payment options.  

 

Hopefully more of maxwellvintage customers will take advantage of this very secure way to pay. If you don’t like PayPal, Moneybookers is the way to go. Of course maxwellvintage still has the PayPal payment option available.

New categories, Style and Themes in maxwellvintage eBay store for easier browsing and shopping.

A Weekly Free giveaway   on maxwellvintage FB page (only valid in USA)  go to maxwellvintage on facebook

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Email  Campaign  No more than once a month or less maxwellvintage will send VIP Customers a quick email with special offers. You have an option to opt out of this, however I do hope you stay and enjoy the ability to be first to be in the know of special prices.

Once you receive your first email you may opt out of the email list and never receive any updates from maxwellvintage again. 

  Payment required within 4 days to help defray costs of unpaid items and ability to re list quicker, so that others have a chance to purchase the item. 

2012 continues with 

• Wonderful customer service  
• Quick shipping
• Unique items with Buy Now or Make Offer option
• Great Prices
• And more good things to come for us all

Happy New Year

2012

2nd Advent A Season to be Jolly

Wishing everyone a happy 2nd Advent.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

A THANKSGIVING FABLE
by Oliver Herford

It was a hungry pussy cat,
upon Thanksgiving morn,
And she watched a thankful little mouse,
that ate an ear of corn.
"If I ate that thankful little mouse,
how thankful he should be,
When he had made a meal himself,
to make a meal for me!
Then with his Thanks for having fed,
and thanks for feeding me.
With all his thankfulness inside,
how thankful I shall be!"
Thus mused the hungry pussy cat,
upon Thanksgiving Day.
But the little mouse had overheard
and declined (with thanks) to stay.

 

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Octobering

Every year about this time
you start octobering.
You’ve long tired of
juning and julying
and it’s too early
to go decembering.

It’s as if the world
has turned brown, yellow,
red, and mostly orange.
Everywhere pumpkins pop up,
in the field next door,
on the window sill,
in the reflections
in your autumnish eyes.

You were made for fall,
or was it designed for you?
The tart crispness of nights,
the tart ripeness of late harvest
fruit, the tart taste of things
dying, yes, dying but
not yet dead.

As for me, I’ll go marching,
marching forward toward May,
the month of warmth and
expectation, the season of blues and greens,
in which, of course,
lie the saps and syrups
of darker colors.

Sonny Rainshine

Expectations

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What do you expect when you purchase a vintage ornate wall clock, the pre-owned bracelet, or the wonderful glass bowl that was Great Grandma’s pride and joy? 

If you are fascinated by older things or even the occasional antique you expect beauty with some imperfections that time inevitably has left.  After all this piece has a story to tell, like a face wrinkled with a lifetime of emotions. 

I hope you can understand it, maybe even be in awe of it, or feel warm with memories.

A few scratches and loss of color or gold is to be expected and does not diminish the beauty or the functionality of an older piece that has delighted many generations.


Good condition is an item with obvious signs of age and previous usage but still shines.


Maxwellvintage grades all used and previously owned items as in good condition. If there are concerns such as scratches, chips, repairs, crazing etc., it will be mentioned separately in the description.  Please make sure you read the entire listing and know what you buy. 

Unless you can see beauty in the signs of age you will not understand these gorgeous items that were left to us as heritage from a previous generation.  Let us treat each one with respect and with Love.

In the Eye of the Beholder For What Its Worth

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You may have messaged maxwellvintage to ask what is the worth of the gorgeous item found in an aunt's attic or maybe you wanted to know how maxwellvintage determines the prices for the many fabulous items, such as Carnival Glass, Rosenthal, Kaiser and other European Porcelain Manufactures, Jewelry, Art, and over 800 items  sold in the maxwellvintage store on eBay.


Unfortunately most of the time I have to disappoint and tell you that I am not an appraiser nor am I an authority on antiques, vintage or collectibles other than I recognize beauty and rarity.

The more unusual it is the more I will cherish it. But that is just me.  As we all know Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A much better source for prices and history of porcelain and everything else antique is

The Kovels a go to for prices and news

I remember seeing the Kovel TV Show many times years ago and how fascinated I was by the down to earth Ralph and Terry Kovel.  I don't think there is anyone who has not heard of these two wonderful professionals.

Hope you enjoy your hunt for that one special treasure. Remember maxwellvintage has over 800 wonderful items with a buy it now or make offer option. My opinion, for what its worth is, get your maxwellvintage item now, then let us all know what you found.

Maxi

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