Hello All, Jamie Graser (JamesGraser67) 

I am back , my stepdad (Richard "Rick" Russell) was an avid Pepsi-Cola Collector going back as FAR as I can remember, (Early 1970's) he would take my younger sister and I to swap meets and flea markets each Saturday and Sunday, when we lived in Los Angeles. I remember all the Pepsi stuff we obtain week-after-week as that was our main focus. BUT but, but... I TOTALLY forgot about the "other stuff!" You see Rick started to get sick as you do when you are 70+ years old, he was a tough guy and I hated to see him get sick, but just as Rick would have wanted, he went out his way, no doctors, no hospitals, just my Mom taking care of him until he passed. It was hard on my Mom, but it was Rick wanted. He passed about 8 years ago and my mom stayed rather status quo, but then she called me and said, "Come and get this Pepsi Collection or I am going to throw it all in dumpster somewhere!" I was literally driving up the next day to start to curate and move "Stuff" from Detroit to Atlanta, where I reside. 

I will be honest, it was not easy to empty a house of decades of collecting. I spent the last three years or so, going back and forth, back and forth. I did not like it much then, but truth be told, I loved going through ALL the Pepsi Collectibles,taking photographs, collating, curating and then stopping (from time-to-time to remember when and where we got ____.  Rick used to pay my sister and I a "Finders Fee" for anything Pepsi Cola branded with a double-dot (as that meant it was from 1940 or earlier!) What paid us the most was ANYTHING that featured "Pepsi & Pete," which were two cartoon Keystone Cops that Pepsi Cola used in their Advertising starting in the 1930s. These unique items brought us a triple-the-normal Finders Fee! So we sought out double-dot Pepsi Cola and Pepsi and Pet wherever we could.  What I forgot about and was not expecting as I emptied their house, was ALL the literal treasure-trove of other antique & vintage collectibles, my father (he was my step-father really, so calling him dad or my father is weird as I just called him "Rick") well, "Rick" collected things that he thought(In his own words) were "Trick!" He loved old stuff, from the1920s-1950's, I uncovered he had a lot of Automobile 'stuff,' (Emblems, Radiator Caps,Badges, lights, hood ornaments) and more "Vintage Stuff," so I packed it all up and I kept it all! Examples: Ty Beanie Baby’s from 1992-2003, WWII recruitment posters, old comic books, baseball cards, vintage magazines; Life, Collier’s, Saturday Evening Post, Vintage Ashtrays, vintage marbles, jars, matchbooks, advertising ephemera, metal signs and trays, coins, US & Foreign Currencies and, and, and…  So I now have a bunch of “Non-Pepsi Cola Items, but still really Cool” and those items (as I unpack box-after-box) is currently growing to nearly the size of the entire Pepsi Collection.

It took me nearly two years to curate and photograph 90% of the Pepsi Collection,I have now moved on to the other "Trick Stuff," so be patient with me as I am a novice Seller on eBay and this is NOT my actual job or profession.This just means that it takes me awhile to get all this stuff posted and as my wife likes to tell me (near daily) I am too verbose. But whatever as Popeye said, "I am what I am... Agg Agg Agg!" 

So that is my back-story, up for grabs today is a fantastically persevered: 

(2) Should my listed price be too high, just take a second and let me know, feel free to make me an offer. I used to do a lot of Auctions via eBay, but those just seemed to drag on and on and on. NOW, well I learned about "Buy it Now" and that seemed a much better and faster way for me to get items to people who want them without having to wait XX days etc. Again, I obviously want to make a few dollars selling all this cool stuff, but it is truly not my biggest objective. It seems very strange to say that in a post where I am selling something, but it's true. I want these items to find a home similar to where I grew up, we had so many rooms filled with antiques and advertising, it was just common place for me, but when friends came over for the first time, they were floored with the Pepsi Parlor (I will include a photo or two so you understand). 

(2.5) Late Add: I forgot to express my abject hatred of other eBay sellers who attempt to make up their cheap listing price, by gouging on shipping. THIS is why I almost always offer Free Shipping. This way you can calculate and see exactly the REAL COST of what you are buying, I think it is the fair and reasonable way to conduct business. As an example, I many times list things as such; Blah-Blah item for $18.75 with Free Shipping to Continental USA, and sometimes I will also pay the stupid 'Sales Tax' that is now charged upfront on every item, but if do not, I ensure nothing is left as a surprise! So for that Blah-Blah item, I listed it at $18.75, knowing and telling you, you will pay $1.31 in tax, so in the Description, I will net-net it for you and say, "This item will only cost you a TOTAL of $20.00 to buy and receive the Blah-Blah item." I try to make it as easy as possible for you and others to do business with me!  

3) Know this: I WILL review any offer that is made regarding any item I am selling. Tell me YOUR Story! Tell me why you want ____ and let's get you the item or items you want/need!  Life is just too short and if I can make your day by getting you an item for a price that is a bit better for you, well, I just may do that! I do it quite often, and many people tell me that they enjoy buying from me. There is NO "Caveat Emptor" here (Latin/English - Let the Buyer Beware) - and yes, I learned that from watching the Brady Bunch! I wish there was a way that you all could talk to those that have purchased from me, but until eBay creates that you'll just have to look at the feedback I receive. 

The fact is, I am not going to get rich selling on these items on eBay, (I could go on about how eBay has changed in the last 5 years to now charge a shit-ton of fees; Insertion Fee, Selling fee, Listing Fee, Listing Upgrade Percentage (fee),  Store Subscription Fee and Final Valuation Fee, but that would be like explaining to you the difference between the USA having high inflation or if we are in a deep recession, it just doesn't matter. "It is, What it Is" AND this is truly just my side-hustle, I enjoy it, it's fun and makes a little extra "spending money," so please in encourage you to also enjoy looking and make me an offer, you never know what mood I am in and what I will accept - So take a chance, make me an offer!  

Thank you for looking  JamesGraser67  (Jamie Graser)