Vintage Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop Framed Print

Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two stories that appeared as a series in a weekly periodical that Dickens published between 1840 and 1841. It is a Victorian story that is apparently still enjoyed today though I must admit I have not read it.

The main character, Nell, lives in a gloomy old curiosity shop with her elderly grandfather. When they cannot pay their bills to a nasty money lender, the shop is taken from them and they find themselves in a dark world with no safe place to go.

The story was a bestseller instantly despite being criticized as too sentimental. Queen Victoria read it and found it "very interesting and cleverly written." Indeed, it is said to have been so popular that fans in New York swarmed the wharf when the last installment of the story arrived.

Have you read The Old Curiosity Shop? Are you a Dickens fan? A traveler who loves England perhaps?

Shown here is the framed print by Cecil Forbes, which you can find in my eBay shop by clicking right here. 

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Brenda

Travel Calendar 2015

I stumbled across this travel-themed calendar from the Rifle Paper Company today on Pinterest and decided it is going on my Christmas wish list. I have not written a lot about our travels on this blog but we do love to travel.

Included within the covers are a few places that we have visited like Paris and London but many that we have yet to visit like the Amalfi Coast, Kyoto and Havana.

To be honest, my husband's work took him to many of the other places shared in this calendar but thank goodness he is happy to revisit them with me.

I love the images, which are from hand-painted, vintage-style illustrations of some of the world's most interesting destinations and, at 11 by 17 inches, the pictures are all generously sized making this a nice piece of artwork for your wall for the year 2015.

I think this Travel the World calendar would make a great gift idea for anyone who loves to travel or even simply someone who simply dreams of travelling.  Will you be putting it on your wish list?

Brenda
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Elizabeth Taylor's First Wedding Dress Sold At Auction

Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress, the one that she wore when she married Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton Jr, sold on June 26, 2013 at Christie’s auction house in London for twice the expected amount, £120,000 or $184,362.

The dress was a gift to Miss Taylor from MGM in 1950 when she appeared in MGM’s Father of the Bride movie. 

Reportedly, the dress took 15 people more than three months to create. The intricate gown was created by Helen Rose and featured 25  yards of shell-white satin decorated with seed pearls, bugle beads and a fifteen yard satin train.

The buyer was a mysterious telephone bidder but it is hoped that the dress was purchased by an institution so that it will one day be on display and available for viewing by the public.

How's that for interesting auction action? Pretty interesting, I'd say.

You never know what treasures I might have in store for you! 

Brenda

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