Woman’s home is a collector’s paradise Dec 30, 2008
In the kitchen, teapots are everywhere and she has 200 ashtrays made by Royal China. I had to remodel my kitchen three years ago, she said with a laugh. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Ralph Kovel; wrote antique price guides Sep 7, 2008
But the couple needed things for their home in Cleveland, so they started buying more old things such as lamps and ashtrays at house sales. They were intrigued by the factory marks under their pottery, but they could not find a good source of identifying them. (Boston Globe)
N.C. buys spittoons from Conn. collector Jul 28, 2008
Hotels, banks, restaurants, and trains - any place people gathered - provided them for customers in much the way bars provide ashtrays. The bowls often had a flared opening and an hourglass shape, so the spit could be easily dumped and the bowl rinsed out. (Boston Globe)
Mad Mens cast and crew ground show in reality Jul 27, 2008
Cigarette stubs fill the ashtrays at the offices of Sterling Cooper. A letter from Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) on company letterhead awaits his signature in the secretarial pool. (Boston Herald)
Fans can spend cash as fast as drivers go 'round the track Jul 7, 2007
But that only matters if you're partial to such officially licensed NASCAR products like ashtrays ($2) or cutting boards ($3). For the rest of you, here's a rundown on how much your day could cost. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Ta-tar to pub & club smoking Jul 2, 2007
ashtrays have become a thingof the past in England's offices, pubs and clubs ... And pub landlords dumped piles of ashtrays or moved them from bars and into their car parks and gardens ... NON-smoker Nick Stapleton, 57, reckons the ban means he is sitting on a goldmine in Guildford, Surrey, with his collection of 300 pub ashtrays set to be in demand in future as antiques. (The Sun)
* Julie Delpy: Up in smoke Jun 14, 2007
She smokes so much she should consider wearing ashtrays as trinkets. We are in a faux-rustic restaurant in Berlins Potsdamer Platz, where she is promoting the sharp and funny 2 Days in Paris, a romcom with bite, which she wrote, directed, produced, edited, scored, starred in and presumably smoked all the way through making. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Callers report 4,251 smoking violations May 26, 2007
Smoking in prohibited areas is the most common grievance, though callers also have complained that some establishments are leaving ashtrays on the tables, some aren't posting the required ``No Smoking'' signs and some are allowing smoke from outside to waft inside. The vast majority of complaints have targeted bars -- Akron's Cliffside Club is leading the way locally with 10 complaints -- but they also have included such spots as the Varsity Teen Center in Barberton, the Hartville Flea Market... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Political campaignMan's passion is collecting election history May 26, 2007
Displays in a bookcase and on the shelves reveal that political campaigns exhausted all avenues of creativity to woo voters - wristwatches, wall clocks, lighters, ashtrays, carved pipes (depicting the likenesses of Kennedy and FDR), games such as the dartboard "Stick Dick" for those dissatisfied with Nixon, bottle stoppers with presidential images such as Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Brightly painted nesting dolls depicting presidents from Jimmy Carter to George Bush stand sentry on... (Greenwich Time)
Mart seeks to sell Station North Apr 8, 2007
They bought glass ashtrays, dusty vinyl records, flip-flops and hot dogs. And shoppers and vendors alike crowed about the changing neighborhood and their dreams for this artist-packed sliver of the city. (SunSpot.net)
The finest Easter eggs of all Apr 1, 2007
objects of old were cigarette cases and ashtrays, now made of gunmetal or copper to comply with wartime economies. The only detailing; the Russian eagle and the inscription "1914 War.". (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Museum celebrates tourism industry in the Hillls Feb 4, 2007
Mount Rushmore ashtrays, motel matchbooks, silk pillow covers and fuzzy felt pennants. And old picture postcards portraying idyllic scenes bathed in pastel colors that made even an old cow pasture look as if it s just a quarter-mile this side of heaven. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Nostalgic patrons find treasures at Metro auction Jan 23, 2007
Boxes of vases sold for $5; salad bowls were on bid at $30 and even a box of ashtrays were sold for $10. Tom Smith, of New Castle, bid on and bought multiple items auctioned off because he was a frequent customer, but also because he is a "auction junkie.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
