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For Sale: 19th Century Handcolored Fashion Lithos

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:30:39 +0000

As you may recall, I recently scored a pretty sweet haul at Goodwill. Part of that haul was a set of four 19th-century handcolored fashion lithos from La Moda Elegante Ilustrada, a Spanish fashion magazine. It was basically Spain’s answer to Godey’s Lady’s Book (or perhaps Godey’s Lady’s Book was America’s answer to La [...]

Bustlepunk haul from Goodwill

M.K. Hobson — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:46:21 +0000

You know, even though they’ve become hideously overpriced in recent years, Goodwill does sometimes shake down with a few nice items. To wit, remember how I’ve been agonizing about whether or not to make a new costume for World Fantasy, and how I was going to be on the lookout for cheap fabric? Well, [...]

… And yea, the Goodwill Gods blessed her bountifully

M.K. Hobson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:13:21 +0000

I had an epic Goodwill spree last evening that resulted in three excellent (well, excellent to ME) scores:

1) Little Wooden Box. I collect little old wooden boxes to keep things in around my office, and needed another one to hold all my eCig paraphernalia. And I scored the cutest little old cedar wooden [...]