Wednesday, December 3, 2008 --San Francisco-- As retailers impatiently wait to see how the economy will affect their holiday sales, savvy online retail mall Rubylane.com, who began to implement several proactive strategies in early 2008, is watching the rewards of their efforts materialize.

Cyber Monday (December 1, 2008) recorded the highest traffic day in the 10-year history of Ruby Lane. Sunday, November 30th saw the second highest online traffic for the site.

According to revised online retail statistics, online sales will peak somewhere between December 12-22nd.

To help with holiday sales and to bring our 10-year anniversary celebration to a successful close, we are pleased to offer Ruby Lane shops a free listing day in December.

Free Listing Day is December 9, 2008.

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Beginning at 12:01am PST on Tuesday, December 9th, add as many items to your shop as you would like. That’s right, listing is free on December 9th up until 11:59pm PST.

The first red flag is a booth in which objects are not priced. I have no desire to be “sized up” based on what a dealer thinks is my potential to pay. A marked or listed price is the dealer’s offer to sell. I have no respect for dealers who hide behind a “verbal” price. If the price is not on a sticker or tag, I walk away.

Hi,

My name Pete & I saw your website through the Arts & Crafts Society Newsletter & was hoping you may provide me with some info of the cabinet we have.

The Christmas Tree is one of the most widely used symbols of the Holiday Season. Along with our version of Santa Claus, it only began to see widespread use in the 19th century.

There are two primary types of Porcelain, with a third distinguished by nomenclature when a specific additive to a basic formula is included:

Hard Paste Porcelain

By: Ellen Bell

Decorated evergreen trees are a beloved symbol of the Christian holiday of Christmas. However, history tells us that conifer trees were worshipped by various societies long before Christians caught on to the idea.

In November 1987, I began buying toys and putting them away in a closet. My plan is simple: repeat the buying process for thirty years. It was not as daunting a task in 1987. It is twenty-two years later. In the thirty-first year, I will take the first year’s toys out of the closet and compare their initial cost with their current value in the collectibles market, repeating the process for twenty-nine years until the project concludes in 2046, at which point, assuming I am alive, I will be one hundred and five years old.

Hi Jewels,
I was just musing about something tonight. I had a really sweet (very young) couple that purchased a lovely white gold pearl and diamond ring recently:

14K White Gold Pearl Diamond Ring

The first question I ask when considering a purchase is do I want it—do I really, really want it. My tastes are eclectic. I love it everything, so technically all I see is fair game. Need is not a consideration. Collecting is not about need. It is about want.

A new purchase has to supplement one of my collections—strengthen an existing collection or build a new one. The older I get, the more selective I am. There are so many things and so little money. Further, I no longer have five and ten dollar tastes.