Good to see all areas of the economy are not struggling. This Burger King coffee mug just sold on eBay for $79.00. Produced by Anchor Hocking / Fire King (I believe the in the 70′s), these restaurant advertising mugs are much sought after in the collectible world. Burger King seems to be one of the most rare. Others are from A&W Root Beer, Burger Queen, Ponderosa Steak House, and of course the most common: McDonalds. A little research on Terapeak shows the Burger King mugs currently (past 90 days) selling in the range of $75 – 122.50. McDonalds mugs are currently selling in the range of $2 – 18, with some rare variations selling for as much as $217.50.
Locally the Blue Circle (unknown maker) mug is by far the most sought after. One is coming up for auction on January 10′th, I expect it to bring $60 – 100.
If you haven’t already, be sure to bookmark this new high resolution web cam from Black Bear Falls Log Home Community in Gatlinburg. Here is a screen grab from this morning:
New UT mens basketball player Renaldo Woolridge as skilled behind mic as on court. Nice article from Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com. Be sure to check out Renaldo’s latest rap: Baller Vol (very professional). Basketball season can’t get here fast enough!
As anyone who knows me very well already knows, I do not follow politics very close. However, I am a regular reader of the mostly political instapundit blog written by fellow Knoxvillian and UT Law Professor: Glenn Reynolds. Today I stumbled upon this entry (be sure to follow the links and definitely watch the video). I just can’t see Barack Obama being elected president. Tooooo many skeletons in his closet.
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