tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:27:06 +0000antiquesbusinessphotographyebayThe NonDaily Piclancaster countyartginnyauctionslcaaAuctionhealthnewsvideodonahueantique mechanical bankcollectingexhibitshealthcareiranelectionpaypalbloggingchristmasdoctorsfacebookinsurancesquidootehrantwitteragingbaseballbeckettbirdscurrent eventsdementiaeddie plankhyperthyroidismhypothyroidisminterestinglewy bodymickey mantleopinionpoliticsscamssports card auctiont205t206 baseball cardstelevisiontipstobacco cardstopps cardstwitpicwebsitesKodak Zi6T-206autographed cdvsbaseball cardsbowmanbpcarte de visitecdvcivil warcomputerdancing with the starsfarm townfoodgamesgovernmentgrave's diseaseguidelinesgum cardshumornovelty cutleryoilowlspalinparrotphotographpsa gradedrestaurantsskating with the starssports cardsthyroidtoysunion generalsviddleryoutubeA blog primarily for writing about photography, the antiques biz and the semi-feral cats that I feed.http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)Blogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-461879441030510722Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:39:00 +00002024-06-12T16:39:17.678-04:00Lord, it was November when I wrote last on here. I tend to forget about this blog. Facebook, Instagram, life ----- I wonder if many others who have been on Blogger a long time also forget about their blogs? I'll bet they do. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I have so many good intentions. So I am on my way there apparently! The handsome black cat that visited us beginning http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2024/06/good-intentions-on-road-to-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-1797377373978344419Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:22:00 +00002023-11-27T00:22:58.138-05:00BTW that photo at the top is of Queen Bean. Also known as the Queen of Beans. She is a semi-feral cat. Meaning that she has never lived inside a house but she considers our yard and our neighbor's yard as her home. She eats here twice a day. She loves to be patted. But resists being picked up and does not allow me to hold her. Yet she is not aggressive. She is the mom cat to two now adult http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2023/11/queen-bean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-6290525233799758237Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:13:00 +00002023-11-26T17:13:58.561-05:00I think I received an email warning me that my blog would be deleted in the near future due to inactivity! Yikes! I can't find the email now. It has been a long time! A really long time! The thing is that so many other ways have turned up in the years since my last post here and some of these other ways as well as the demands of life have taken up so much of my attention and time that I have let http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2023/11/lord-time-flies-how-is-it-possible.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-5295172998715740008Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:17:00 +00002014-02-24T19:17:27.946-05:00antiquesbaseballcollecting We recently acquired this silver baseball trophy about which we knew very little. After some time spent researching it on the internet, I discovered quite a bit about it. Often there was only one document that provided a piece of information but after finding several articles from early twentieth century publications, I put together, piece by piece, quite a bit of history of the trophy. http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2014/02/boston-wool-trade-association-silver.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-7215235109539639226Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:59:00 +00002014-02-18T14:59:49.876-05:00businessfacebookscamstwitter Having run ads on Facebook for a nonprofit in years past, this was a revelation to me. http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-fake-likes-negatively-impact.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-4028897912459253589Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:42:00 +00002013-11-16T13:45:28.534-05:00antique mechanical bankAuctionauctionsbusinesscollectingebaypaypalI've been saving jpg pictures of items that sold on ebay and that we did not buy but were sold at auction for thousands of dollars. The images that I saved are of the kinds of items that interest us such as exceptional antique mechanical banks, antique toys, animated cap guns. In most cases we had bid on the items so we remember them well. Initially I saved the images because they were great http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/11/zero-feedback-con-artists-looking-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-7770908405393753177Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:59:00 +00002013-10-19T18:46:25.554-04:00Auctionbaseball cardslancaster countytobacco cardsSaturday, October 19, 2013, 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sells at Conestoga Auction for $28,320 (including buyer's premium). http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/1952-topps-mantle-card-sells-for-29500.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-8160586636419636794Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:51:00 +00002013-10-19T11:51:12.899-04:00Auctionbaseballlancaster countysports cardsT-206tobacco cardshttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/eddie-plank-t-206-card-sells-for-59000.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-1494342976009603847Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:38:00 +00002013-11-02T15:20:27.133-04:00agingdementiadoctorshealthhealthcarelewy body In 2008 my father-in-law died of Lewy Body Dementia. While it is not a rare form of dementia, many people have never heard of it. It is often misdiagnosed as something else such as Alzheimer's. If certain prescription medications commonly given for other similar diseases are given to patients who have Lewy Body Dementia, they can be harmed, not helped at all. The medications can make the http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/lewy-body-dementia-october-is-lbd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-4123302629576690303Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:13:00 +00002013-10-03T15:13:48.594-04:00antiquesAuctionauctionsbecketteddie plankmickey mantlesports card auctiont205t206 baseball cardstopps cardsConestoga Auction's Oct. 19 Single Owner Collection of the Schatz Collection of Baseball Cards Link to Sports Collectors Digest online article about the sale. Ginny http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/conestoga-auctions-oct.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-44845034303154471Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:44:00 +00002013-09-26T15:47:19.310-04:00beckettbowmaneddie plankgum cardsmickey mantlenovelty cutlerypsa gradedsports card auctiont205t206 baseball cardstopps cards This unreserved auction on October 19, 2013 will showcase the 82 year collection of James Schatz. His collection focused primarily on antique tobacco cards up to 1960’s gum cards. Included are hundreds of lots of T-205 and T-206 tobacco cards, (including a rare Eddie Plank), 24 lots of rare Novelty Cutlery Co. postcards, various assortments of 1930’s cards, examples of all players from 1952http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2013/09/october-19-conestoga-auction-of-james.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-74073802502910974Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:00:00 +00002012-10-16T14:00:14.462-04:00antiquesAuctionauctionsautographed cdvscarte de visitecdvcivil warebayphotographyunion generalsCivil War CDVs from the Crosman AlbumClosing Dates on eBay: October 29 & 30, 2012   We are listing 100 items on ebay that are all from an album formed by Civil War General George Hampden Crosman and his wife. The Crosman album held ninety-eight cdv photos including a number of scarce and illusive cdvs of Union Generals, a number of cdvs of Union Generals with original autographs, and ahttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/10/civil-war-cdvs-from-crosman-album.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-5751195071272332440Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:44:00 +00002012-08-25T19:45:50.022-04:00antique mechanical bankantiquescollectingOccasionally people send emails with questions about antique mechanical banks that probably occur to many people who don't collect or deal in antique mechanical banks. When Jim's  answer seems like one that might be of interest to many people, I will include it on the Banks page on our website and occasionally here on my blog as well. This first answered question relates to factors to http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/08/factors-in-determining-value-of-antique.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-4859301396080136276Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:37:00 +00002012-08-10T20:37:46.386-04:00And for dessert I'll have a piece of the Peanut Butt! http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/08/peanut-butt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-8849937931718533656Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:45:00 +00002012-08-05T21:45:30.804-04:00Auctionphotographhttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/08/drama-queen-at-friday-night-auction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-2785850980045274345Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:55:00 +00002012-07-14T20:55:26.934-04:00 Antique Ideal Teddy Bear I've dealt in antique teddy bears for a long time. Recently I bought three nice old teddys: a white Knickerbocker from the forties, an early gold Ideal bear pictured here, and a fine black teddy bear whose maker is a mystery. Our ebay auction for the Ideal bear will be closing on July 22. Ginnyhttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/07/antique-ideal-teddy-bear-closing-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-4757673621234005589Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +00002012-02-26T12:02:48.591-05:00Jane Thompson AKA Gordon, a photo by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on Flickr.The best vintage mug shots I've ever seen. This is one. There are more in the Flickr photostream of the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The criminal faces of North Shields, England.Via Flickr:Name: Jane Thompson AKA GordonArrested for: ThiefArrested at: North Shields Police StationArrested on: 13th July 1904Tynehttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-mug-shots-jane-thompson-aka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-1211608584634527447Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:40:00 +00002011-12-22T20:40:45.200-05:00Living room jungle, a photo by Ginny Qtip on Flickr.I am playing with Instagrams. This is my 2nd one.http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/12/living-room-jungle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-6223497025008810263Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:41:00 +00002011-10-20T11:45:55.276-04:00birdshumorparrotvideo Ginnyhttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/10/conception-of-homo-kakapo-hybrid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-449043466038892043Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:09:00 +00002011-08-15T11:09:44.879-04:00current eventsnewsopinionpolitics Ginnyhttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/08/bill-maher-on-what-needs-to-be-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-3724080447046101818Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:12:00 +00002011-07-15T18:12:40.556-04:00interestingvideo Found this today on Andrew Sullivan's blog on the DailyBeast. Struck a chord with me.Ginnyhttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/07/video-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-2155900023243530412Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:07:00 +00002011-06-19T14:07:43.502-04:00artphotographyI agreed to talk on Monday, June 20, at the Lancaster Independent Photographers' Group about creating a Sofobomo book in 2011. This was a fun project to do last year. I plan to do it again this year. Today the first thing that I am doing is refreshing my memory on the process of making the pdf book and what it is that I can say about it that will take more than a few minutes. Not that it's that http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/06/talking-about-sofobomo-photography-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-7863662724682901602Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:40:00 +00002011-06-18T14:40:19.257-04:00antiquesauctionsbusinessWe spent most of the last week previewing and attending auctions. Far more than usual items that we're interested in buying were up for sale. One auction had over 2,000 lots, many of which were large lots. We were there for all three days. We acquired a number of things that we wanted and got the one we most wanted for a cheap price. It was a good week! Yea! We made some observations though on http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/06/antiques-biz-price-of-drop-leaf-tables.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-4574754068084671479Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:10:00 +00002011-06-10T12:10:16.121-04:00bloggingtipsI found two blogs this morning that had posts that made me smile and made me want to come back to read more. So much so that I want to share the links to them. The first one linked led me to the second one. Penelope Trunk The Pioneer Woman I will be spending more time reading these blogs. My acquaintanceship with them is still new. I've only read a few posts so far. One of the posts I read was&http://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/06/links-to-couple-of-blogs-post-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428698969991932202.post-6742609382152256803Sun, 08 May 2011 02:13:00 +00002011-05-07T22:13:06.446-04:00Today I went to Feathered Sanctuary, a parrot rescue organization in Willow St., PA, to see and hear a talk given by Tracey on understanding the body language and behavior of cockatoos. I don't own a cockatoo or plan on getting a 'too but I thought that learning more about any species of parrot might help me understand my own parrots better. Tracey gave an excellent demonstration and spent a lothttp://ginnycaputo.blogspot.com/2011/05/photo-and-link-to-more-photos-cockatoos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ginny Caputo)