5. Be sure to visit our boards on Pinterest! https://www.pintere   
   t.com/TIASAntiques/   
      
   The birthstone for August is Peridot Peridot, the birthstone for those born in   
   the month of August, is said to host magical powers and healing properties to   
   protect against nightmares and to bring the wearer power, influence, and a   
   wonderful year.   
      
   Here is a link to the Pinterest Peridot page: https://www.pinter   
   st.com/TIASAntiques/august-birthstone-peridot/   
      
   Feel free to stop by and check out all of our boards and while you're there,   
   please "follow" us!  We update these boards daily.   
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   6. TIAS.com is on Twitter! Click here and be sure to follow us!    
   ttps://twitter.com/TIASdotCOM   
      
   We've also started an Instagram page, so please be sure to follow us there   
   too!  http://instagram.com/tiasdotcom We recently added quite a number of   
   really unique items there.   
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   7. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help We try to post stories and   
   comments from our readers each week. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com.    
   With everyone enjoying the outdoors and vacations, we're a little short on new   
   stories. For now, we'll republish some interesting stories from past issues,   
   but we sure would love to hear new stories!   
      
   Here is another interesting reprint from 2003:   
      
   When my grandmother was young her family was very poor. Her father ran off and   
   left her mom with four young children.  They had no money for toys.  One day   
   though the town was having a raffle.  The prize was a doll.  Tickets were one   
   cent each.  Too much said my Great-grandmother.  Well the guy told her he had   
   two tickets left and would give her both tickets for the penny. She bought   
   them and won the doll for my grandmother.  Being it was the only toy she had   
   she treasured it.  Now it is my most prized possession as she has passed it   
   down to me.  It is what has inspired me to start a doll collection for my   
   daughter. Debbie S.   
      
   What inspired your collection? Drop us a note at newsletter@tias.com.   
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