I got over a dozen emails from those of you who found our Stickley-on-Craigslist aggregator (a page that lists all the Stickley items for sale in 15 major American cities’ Craigslists, filtered for those that include photographs), so I not only wanted to remind those of you who may be shopping for a major holiday gift for your Craftsman furniture loving spouse, but also to introduce something new…
I’ve made variants of the same pipe for a few other search terms. Remember to bookmark this page, as these aggregators will always show the most recent entries for these terms, whether you check them today or next year:
- "Limbert" on Craigslist (don’t expect to see as much on this one)
- "mission oak" on Craigslist
- "antique Arts & Crafts" items on Craigslist
- "Craftsman style" items on Craigslist
And remember, if you use Firefox or Safari (now available for Windows, too!) or another browser that lets you use live bookmarks, you can simply drag the rss feed right into your menu bar – or add it to your favorite newsreader or start page.
Also, while I was playing around with Yahoo Pipes, I created a news aggregator – similar to Google News, but this one not only pulls in news stories, it also illustrates them with new and hopefully related photographs from Flickr:
Unfortunately, opportunists abound on Ebay, Craiglist, etc. You wouldn’t believe some of the worthless crap labeled “Arts and Crafts” “Craftsman” and “Mission.”
I know. There’s an enormous amount of junk called “Stickley-esque” or “Craftsman era” – both old stuff that bears no relation to A&C at all, and certainly isn’t Stickley! – and plenty of mass-produced-in-China trash as well.
Too bad. When I post ebay auctions I try to screen that crap out, but it’s just impossible on Craigslist. Ugh.
Ruskinrules, real Stickley on St. Louis craigslist. It is an L&J.G. manufactured item and not Gustav. I agree with you how people try to misuse the terms trying to lure people in and possibly even fool the unknowledgeable.
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/2141365805.html
More Stickley (allegedly) on St. Louis craigslist (rocker). http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/2159305263.html