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Marthe48

(20,437 posts)
38. Oh my!
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 05:21 PM
Feb 2024

I don't actually collect letter openers, but I have many. I'm putting one in my booth. I took a couple pictures, just for you and put them on Imgur: https://imgur.com/a/KgYIlEP

I have at least 6, plus the one I use. The one in the picture is special. It is green plastic and advertises The Greenwich Savings Bank of New York. The end of the handle is a flasher on the front side, which says The Greenwich Savings Bank Roosevelt Field/ Save for Security, with a pile of coins. I love flashers and have several. 3D lentographs.

I had my Mom's Tom Mix Good Luck spinner, passed it along my nephew. I think our parents and grandparents had a lot of fun!

I basically kept what I like, but I'm downsizing, and only keeping heirlooms, gifts, keepsakes.

Please let me know if you like the flasher opener.

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I did have a collection from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, but sold it in 2020. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #1
Cool! I love the World's Fairs. CrispyQ Feb 2023 #2
Nice! Would love to read it. emulatorloo Feb 2023 #8
When I first started buying and selling antiques and collectibles, I got a 1933 World's Fair Teapot Vinca Feb 2023 #26
I know I'm not TlalocW Feb 2023 #3
I am guilty. Chainfire Feb 2023 #4
Vintage Nurse Romance Novels from the early 60's emulatorloo Feb 2023 #5
Fun! LakeArenal Feb 2023 #10
My mom collects those. I remember one title I've always smiled at KATE OF OUTPATIENTS ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #14
Your mom sounds very accomplished and a lot of fun! emulatorloo Feb 2023 #20
emu, I never would have guessed that blm Feb 2023 #22
It is pretty weird, huh? Haven't done it for years, but there was a time where I scoured thrift emulatorloo Feb 2023 #25
I hear ya. But, my, I love a cool letter-opener. blm Feb 2023 #6
I have a sword letter opener that I got on a job cleaning out a seniors home. kimbutgar Feb 2023 #7
I had a sword letter opener that said Toledo. multigraincracker Feb 2023 #18
I collect Disney Pluto figurines. I thought I was the only one. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #9
nice ZonkerHarris Feb 2024 #37
50's Chalkware Keepthesoulalive Feb 2023 #11
I have chalk figures of the 7 dwarfs northoftheborder Feb 2023 #13
Thank you for the offer Keepthesoulalive Feb 2023 #17
California Raisins figurines northoftheborder Feb 2023 #12
Kenner SSP Racers from the '70s Grokenstein Feb 2023 #15
Cool. blm Feb 2023 #23
Sanity. Eko Feb 2023 #16
Vintage match books leighbythesea2 Feb 2023 #19
I love old matchbooks, too. blm Feb 2023 #24
I had a collection of those that I inherited from my parents. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #28
Nice leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 #29
Yes, and I'm old enough Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #30
Cool leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 #31
I'm trying to think of something Marthe48 Feb 2023 #21
I collect Martini glasses. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #27
My husband leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 #32
They are fun and cheap to collect. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #33
I bet leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 #34
I actually started with a few sets that I found in thrift stores. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #35
Great idea leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 #36
Oh my! Marthe48 Feb 2024 #38
I sort of collect labels and fabric samples from clothing that wears out bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #39
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