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THE COOKIE JAR SPOT: Just in case you've not been to The Cookie Jar Spot on About.com, it's the place to check out.
Past articles, resources, fun stuff, dealer listings and lots of polls. In fact, I'd appreciate it
if you took the time to vote in the polls.
The Cookie Jar Spot
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THE REAL MCCOY: Is it authentic or is it a fake? McCoy and Cookie Jars go
together and because they do, many unscrupulous sellers try to take advantage of collectors.
This is especially prevalent through Internet sales
when buyers think they are bidding or purchasing an authentic jar from the real McCoy company.
When should the bells go off?
The Real McCoy
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February 26 -- Indianapolis
Terry, of McCoy Pottery , sent along the following note:
Auction with 100 cookie jars and reference books on jars Tuesday in Greenfield, Indiana.
Bobs Auction. This is located just southeast of Indianapolis. He said the
auction on the jars starts a 6 PM. Terry has a list of the jars.
March 9 -- Cape Girardeau, MO
Kasting Auction & Appraisals is holding an auction consisting of 250 cookie jars, plus planters, creamers, wall pockets, banks, Disney Pottery.
A complete list is on the web site.
Kasting Auction
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TRADEMARK COLLECTION: Their prices can be higher than other places, but they always have at least one or two jars I've not seen anywhere else.
The new print catalog has a few goodies and when checking the web site -- they were all online.
AND for those of you who missed getting the Dairy Queen Sundae jar shown above, Trademark has it!
Put the words cookie jar in the search box and 47 jars should pop up.
Trademark Collection
BUFFALO SOLDIER: From Kaye's Keations, a limited edition jar of a Black Cavalry Buffalo Soldier.
Kaye's Kreations
BABY'S FIRST JAR: What better way to start off a new collector? Give a baby this cute Sassy Toy,
a soft cookie jar.
Toy Cookie Jar
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Several ACJA members will be venturing off to Portland to the big show next weekend. We'd love to meet
new cookie jar collectors, so if you'll be around, let me know. We'll be setting up a definite time for
a get-together and will send the info to you.
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NEW JARS?: Apparently not too many people bought new jars is 2001, only 26 people have voted!
Take a moment and vote here please.
The Cookie Jar Spot
TOP TEN: Meanwhile you have been busy voting in the Top Ten Polls, another three jars were eliminated this
week -- including one that is on my Want list. Looks like there is a little campaigning going on in the comment
section.
The Top Ten
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ONLINE AUCTION RANTS
suspended seller. . . I received several emails on Friday that one particular seller was finally suspended from eBay.
There have been several people sending letters and filing complaints about "passions4u" for
months now. It's hard to figure out what took them (eBay) so long to finally act.
But apparently we haven't heard the last from this seller -- a new seller popped up this past week
and, what a coincidence, the text in the description is almost identical.
And, yes, this new seller has similar merchandise. Unfortunately, the new name is very similar to a
a well known cookie jar dealer. So BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!
more. . .
There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about another seller, Stewart Richardson, on eBay that really makes
me wonder -- who can you trust? Apparently this seller had over 6000 feedbacks with 58 negatives.
He had been doing business for years, when all of a sudden with over 200,000 worth of sales in January --
he collected the money and disappeared!
From the Wall Street Journal: "He scheduled bidding on the collectible auctions to end Jan. 4
and instructed successful bidders to send their payment to him promptly.
"This is a large estate auction!" read the description on the eBay site for one of the figurines,
a mint-condition 1978 Chief Nip-a-Way from Wee Forest Folk, a mouse dressed up as an American Indian. "It is very important that we receive your payment within seven days of auction end," the posting declared.
The winning bid on Chief Nip-a-Way: $1,035. The buyer says the figurine was never delivered."
alternatives?. . .
What are the alternatives? Any suggestions or thoughts? Many times I have people emailing me
about jars they want to sell. It's getting harder to give them an answer about the best way to do it.
At one time I had a very successful list of classifieds running here, but it took too much time to keep up with it.
Should I start it up again?
until next time,
bc
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CHAT
Thursday 9 PM CST
Sundays 8 PM CST
http://collectibles.about.com/mpchat.htm
WANTED: There have already been about ten posts (just since last week) on jars wanted, take a few minutes
to check it out and see if you can help out a fellow collector.
http://thecookiejar.net
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