It’s Here! Today is the First Day of eBay Live!

After all of our planning, today is the opening day of eBay Live. The Rock Stars will be getting their Swag Bags of Goodies this morning at the Food Court in McCormick Place. There are some surprises in store as each Rock Star has tons of prizes to hand out – I saw t-shirts, bandanas, tattoos and many other great items in my bag. Janelle Elms has outdone herself in putting this together. Of course, we will all be playing Spot the Rock Star, so if you find one of the 30+ Rock Stars at eBay Live, be sure to ask for a Spot Star Card to play for items such as a Flip Video Camera, CD’s from Janelle’s Success Learning Library and even a one year membership to OSI Rock Stars.

My daughter Regan is with me and we have our day mapped out. At 10 o’clock, she will be in the eBay Stores 101 class in room W-178a. This class is taught by my mentor Janelle Elms and is a MUST for anyone who sells on eBay. Learn how to have eBay pay you back 75% of your Final Value Fees plus many more “insider tips”.

Yesterday, I saw Jeffrey Gitomer at the Education Specialist training seminar. He has moved to the top of my list for today! Jeff is the author of many best selling books including the”Little Green Book of Getting Your Way – how to Speak, Write, Present, Persuade, Influence and Sell Your Point of View to Others”. His seminar will be held at 10 o’clock in Room W-375B, get there early, this is sure to be a standing room only class. He is the most dynamic speaker I have seen in quite a while. One of the men in our class yesterday said that he had attended many of Zig Ziglar’s classes and now Jeff Gitomer had moved ahead of Zig as his favorite speaker! Do yourself a favor and attend his highly motivational class on Creating Loyal Customers & Repeat Business.

Also, today, Squidoo Founder Seth Godin will be speaking on And Your Clicks for Free, Promoting Yourself Outside of eBay. Seth is one of the MUST SEE speakers at eBay Live! Your opportunity to see him will be today at 3 o,clock in room W-375b. Our own Giant Squid, Stephanie, will be there along with all of the other Rock Stars – be there or be square! Seth will be announcing the winner of the 10 Lenses in 10 Days eBay Challenge. This promises to be one of the most Fun and Rewarding classes at Live this year!

Estate Items just Listed in my Store, Georg Jensen Sterling and Antique Spode Flow Blue!

Just in from this current week’s ESTATE SALES are two of the nicest collections that I have had the pleasure to offer in quite a while. 

The first is a large assortment of Copeland Antique China in the Dark Flowing Blue of the pattern Spode’s Tower.  This is a beautiful pattern that has been offered by Copeland and Spode for over 100 years in different productions.  The dark Flow Blue is from the 1800s and is just a Fabulous addition to any Traditional or English Country Decor. 

I am offering several different sizes in plates, from the small 5 3/8″ Butter plates to the beautiful 9 3/8″ Luncheon Plates, both these sizes are hard to find, so take advantage of my Buy it Now, fixed price on these and many other pieces.  Here is what the Spode Web site has to say about the history of this pattern.

Tower Pattern was derived from the printed illustration in Merigot’s ‘Views of Rome and its Vicinity’ published in about 1796.  Tower depicts the Bridge of Salaro near Porta Salara, Rome.  The bridge which originally had a keep built on top of it survives today although it is now unfortunately underneath the main route leading out of Rome to the airport.  Tower pattern has been produced in a variety of colours over the years and is still made today in pink and blue.  The pattern was used to decorate a huge variety of objects besides tableware.

In the 1860s, Tower was produced in a darker, ‘flowing’ blue which became very popular and soon after this produced on Gadroon shape which was copied from Georgian silver and it is this shape which is still used today.

Important Estate Find!  George Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver

 Also at Janieruth’s Fabulous to Funky Finds this Week, you will find this Stunning Sterling Silver in the highly collectible pattern Acorn, by Danish Maker, Georg Jensen.  I did  a little research for you and here is what I learned:

The popular Acorn pattern was designed by Johan Rohde in 1915.  The Acorn pattern, with its unique combination of subtle lines and striking ornamentation, swiftly became world-renowned.  Rohde was probably the most influential of all the designers who worked at Georg Jensen and the Acorn pattern is the most popular of all of Jensen’s flatware designs, still in production today.   

You will find over 30 pieces of this pattern in the store this week.  While the price might seem high, be assured that this is authentic Georg Jensen Silver and it is unsurpassed in quality.  Again, combine wins and save on shipping – combined orders over $100.00 shipped Free in the Lower 48!

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More to come, so, Y’all come back!  janieruth