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TOP 5 WARNING LABELS: (Honest to God They're True)

  1. In a Microwave Manual: Do Not Use for Drying Pets
  2. On a Propane Blowtorch: Never Use While Sleeping
  3. On a toner cartridge: Do Not Eat Toner
  4. On a Toilet Bowl Cleaning Brush: Do Not Use Orally
  5. On a Batman Costume: Warning: Cape Does Not Enable User to Fly

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TOP 10 COLLECTIBLES FOR 2007

(List Provided By Country Home Magazine)

(point to the list item for Brian and Leon's reaction)

  1. Aesthetic Movement Transferware
  2. Six Board Chests
  3. Enid Collins Purses
  4. Garden Ornaments
  5. Pattern Glass Compotes
  6. Coin Silver Spoons
  7. Homespun
  8. Flourishings or Calligraphy
  9. World War I and II Posters
  10. Folk Art Dogs

BRIAN & LEON'S TOP 10 PICKS FOR 2007

(Until We Decide Otherwise)

  1. Anything Really Good. (If it was good 100 years ago it will be good today.)
  2. Autographs of the Rich and Famous (Better Famous Than Rich)
  3. Photography (A good shot is worth many words and many dollars.)
  4. Space Items (Not big items but items from the outer frontier.)
  5. California Artists (Not Recent But Before California Became a Happening Place.)
  6. Technology (Anything that your kids don't remember...record players, typewriters, etc.)
  7. Civil War (The war of northern aggression is still hot on both side of the Mason Dixon.)
  8. Garden Ornaments (OK, we agree with Country Home.)
  9. Costume Jewlery (No, we don't wear any but we hear it's still strong...but weakening.)
  10. Old Trash or Treasures with Brian and Leon Shows. (You just can't find them...who'd want to?)



Value This Top Ten Fads
1. Weimo the Clown
   (You Had to be Listening)
2. Pet Rocks
3. Mood Rings
4. Furbies
5. Trolls
6. Smurfs
7. Hula Hoops
8. Beanie Babies
9. Cabbage Patch Dolls
10. Brian and Leon Bumper Stickers


Value This Top 7 Invention Collectibles
1. Phonograph
2. Fender Guitar
3. Automobile
4. Typewriters
5. Telephone
6. Sewing Machine
7. Video/Computer Games

These lists are comprised by our on air callers...so don't blame us!


Where Do Collectors Like to Meet?

Stamp Collectors
At the Post Office

Coin Collectors
At the bank

Clock Collectors
At a Train Station (they collect "tickets")

Christmas Collectors
At the North Pole or The Land of Make Believe (Hope, NJ)

Book Collectors
At a library

Decoy Collectors
In the Woods or on a lake

Limoges Collectors
In France

Staffordshire Collectors
In England

Moriage Collectors
In Japan

Picture Frame Collectors
In Prison

Spoon Collectors
In an Ice Cream Shop, Soup Kitchen, Tea House, etc.

Print Collectors
At the same place every time

China Menders
A glue factory

Lamp Collectors
In the Dark

Lincoln Collectors
Anywhere but a theater

Got any of your own? Send them to us and we'll post them with your name.


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