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CLUTCH POINTS – Game of Thrones is E! ONLINE – Set in the
one of the greatest shows ever, and few mid-1950s and 1960s,
fandoms enjoy scooping up neat GOT The Queen’s Gambit
collectibles as those who happen to love brings on the nostalgia.
both sports and the HBO program. From the lavish fashion to
Enter GOT Sports Merchandise. These the colorful décor, it’s no
limited supply collectibles combine wonder the seven-part
mascots with your favorite GOT super- series had everyone glued
natural character, such as a baseball to their television. And
mascot riding Drogon, a White Walker now, fans can feel like
on horseback carrying a Dodgers bag and they’re actually part of
featuring a Dodgers’ pennant, or the the show. The 21c
Phillies Dire Wolf Bobblehead. Prices Museum Hotel in Lexington, KY—which is the place where Beth
range from $25-$50 with a variety of grows up—designed one of its rooms to look like it was plucked out
teams and characters represented. See of The Queen’s Gambit. The room boasts vibrant wallpaper, bedsheets
them all at foco.com and more in a Key Lime Pie color. Plus, the room is decorated with
midcentury antiques, a stocked bar cart and, of course, a vintage
chess set. According to Architectural Digest, guests will find rare books,
CNN – A 12-year-old in Virginia was killed by along with an itinerary of places to visit in the city that were featured in
an exploding grenade investigators believe was the show.
bought from an antique mall in North Carolina,
and now authorities are warning others may
have been sold and could be live. The grenades ARKANSASONLINE – Since Remington was sold and its assets
were thought to be chemically inactive Mk 2 divided among new owners, every Remington is now a limited edition.
grenades, a style used during World War II, Remington’s plant in Ilion, NY, closed, so there will be no new
according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, guns bearing the Ilion, NY stamp. All Ilion-stamped guns are now
Firearms and Explosives (ATF).When the collectible. Remington shotgun
grenade was sold, the agency said the vendor prices are unaffected, with prices
and buyer didn't believe the “grenades to be holding steady and maybe even
functioning or hazardous.” To ensure your militaria collectibles are slightly declining. Model 1100 12-
inert, contact the ATF at atf.gov Another live grenade was then found and 20-gauge shotguns in good
at an Antique Mall in South Carolina. condition still run about $500.
Exceptions are those in new condi-
tion, with box and paperwork.
CAR AND DRIVER – A pristine 1990 stick-shift Subaru Legacy Their prices have soared and are
was posted for sale on Craigslist in San Francisco and shared now around $1,300-$1,500.
on a page called the Rad Report. Despite the 215,000 miles on the
odometer, the car was in excellent condition, attracting the
attention of the Subaru headquarters. The result? The Legacy has BLOOMBERG – Poshmark Inc., the online marketplace for
made its way to become second-hand goods, raised $277 million in a U.S. initial public
part of Subaru’s vintage offering, pricing the shares above a marketed
collection in New range. The company sold 6.6 million
Jersey, where it will live shares for $42 each on January 13,
out the rest of its days according to a statement confirming an
in a climate-controlled earlier report by Bloomberg News. Poshmark
garage. The car will be had marketed the shares for $35 to
trotted out for various $39. Redwood City, California-based
car shows and events, so if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll spot the Poshmark is valued at about $3.5 billion
legendary Legacy at a future instance of the 1980s and 90s–themed on a fully diluted basis, including options
Radwood car show. and restricted stock units.
NEW JERSEY 101.5 – A Haddon Township High School student says PSN – With a unanimous
his science project—Geiger counter with a vintage dinnerplate —led vote, the Pasadena City
to the school’s evacuation. He had brought a piece of a Fiestaware Council approved sweeping
dinner plate he found at an antique store that had been coated with changes to the city’s Historic
uranium oxide. The piece was roughly the size of a quarter. The EPA Preservation Ordinance.
warns about radioactivity Before, if a homeowner
in antiques and specifically wanted to demolish their
mentions brightly colored undesignated historic prop-
Fiestaware made before 1973 erty or make significant renovations to it, they could be forced to wait
that used depleted uranium to an extra 180 days for a permit if city officials weren’t pleased with the
create the color of the glaze. plans. After the 180 days, the city was required to produce the permit
Depleted uranium occurs and the homeowner could do whatever they were planning to do, even
naturally and emits alpha particle if meant disregarding the city’s wishes and demolishing the historic home.
radiation. Exposure to the outside Under the updated ordinance, city officials will be able to withhold
of the body is not considered a serious hazard but if it is ingested or permits for those eligible but undesignated historic homes if the home-
inhaled, it is a serious health hazard. owner planned to demolish their property or make major changes.
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