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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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