6. Newly listed items for your online shopping pleasure for Sunday April 21th   
   2013.   
      
   Stop by and check out today's fresh inventory at: TIAS.com -   
      
   http://www.tias.com/showcase CollectorOnline - http://cgi.tias.c   
   m/showcase/?groupKey=7 AntiqueArts - http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=3   
   Earthling http://cgi.tias.com/showcase/?groupKey=6   
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   7. Funny Old Stuff   
   This is our humor section. These are humorous family stories and comments that   
   are sent in by readers.  If you have a submission you would like to share,   
   please send it to phil@bignews.biz and we may run it in an upcoming issue.   
      
   "My husband recently passed away. My great-granddaughter always came to visit   
   us.  She is 5 years old.  She saw his old worn out shoes in the trash and   
   asked why I threw them out.  I told her that he was in heaven and didn't need   
   them anymore.  She thought for a second and said that I could use them.  When   
   I told her they were too big for me, she immediately said 'But Ma, you could   
   grow into them!" (I am 72 years old).  Thanks for letting me share this.    
   gerry h"   
      
   Do you have a funny family story you would like to share? Make someone feel   
   good by sharing it with us.  Send it to phil@bignews.biz and we may publish it   
   here.   
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   8. Wanted ads. Can you help?   
      
   Here are the latest wanted ads from the TIAS Exchange. Can you help someone   
   out?   
      
   WANTED: Woman's Home Companion - December 1914   
   http://pages.tiasexchange.com/1618605/PictPage/3924068557.html   
      
   WANTED: "As a child in the 1950's living in small town and rural   
   areas, many of our Christmas gifts were ordered from catalogs -- JC Penneys,   
   Montgomery Wards, and Sears & Roebuck.  My sister and I got a new doll, with a   
   wardrobe, every year.  Eventually we learned the dolls came from catalogs with   
   nothing but underwear.  The wonderful wardrobes were made by our mother -- I   
   still can't imagine how she found the time to make all those clothes in   
   addition to all her duties as the mother of 5 children.  About 10 to 12 years   
   ago I was at a small bookstore (now gone) and found books with "reprints" of   
   some of those catalogs in the "antiques & collectibles" section.  There were   
   pictures of dolls and toys I recognized.  The books were large format,   
   approx.  8" x 10", softcover books, too expensive for me.  A year or two later   
   I was in the store and asked about the books.  They had no idea what I was   
   talking about.  Recently I've tried to find the books online, searching under   
   anything I can think of, and including sources of "out of print" books. There   
   are reproduced catalogs on other subjects, but not toys from the 1950's or   
   early 1960's.  If you have any idea how I could find these books, or find   
   someone who has them and is willing to copy a few pages for me, just for my   
   own use, that would be great.  While I'm at it, I'd also love to find the   
   patterns for some of the doll clothes Mom made for 8" Ginny dolls, 12" "Little   
   Miss Revlon" (who came with a bra & girdle and much more realistic proportions   
   than Barbie dolls a few years later), 8" baby "Ginnette", and some larger   
   dolls.  I've got a few patterns, but there are some specific patterns still   
   missing.  I used to get several doll collector's magazines, still get one, but   
   haven't found the old patterns, just new ones.  Thank you for any help you are   
   able to give me.  Jacque ("Jackie")"   
      
   (editor's note: we sent Jacque some links to TIAS dealers who sell doll   
   patterns but if any of you have any ideas of how to help her find the books or   
   patterns that she is looking for, drop us an email and we will forward them to   
   Jacque)   
      
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