B&B Sweepings

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:54 pm

Step right up folks and get your genuine Borden house BRICK DUST!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 72155&rd=1

Geez, what next?

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:02 pm

I bid a penny just to be naughty. I will probably get stuck with the stuff and have to cough up the postage!

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:22 pm

better postage than brick dust, Auds

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:39 pm

It doesn't say it has been authenticated

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:47 pm

Now if it was barn dust, the kind that doesn't leave footprints, I'd bid on it.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:02 am

Harry.

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:11 am

I am sure it is fake... I don't care. Everyone has to buy a beanstalk once in a while...

Poor Thayne was just mentioning the other day how the checkbook has been gathering dust since I got my job..... I guess I'll show him.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:28 am

Well, yes that's true Auds, but...I would think there be a better market for beans (or the stalks thereof) than brick dust

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:05 am

I guess you could say one person's brick dust is another person's beanstalk...the value is in the eye of the beholder.

Tracy...

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:24 am

There was a man selling Hurricane wind from the Panhandle of Florida on E-bay. He included a photo with himself outside holding an open bottle toward the wind and rain while the palm trees were bent over. I think it sold for about $18. He probably had several.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:39 am

Maybe I should try to be at 92 second street the next time they cut grass or trim weeds. I could sell the clippings

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Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:58 am

Well... Thayne's retirement fund is safe. I was outbid and did make another bid--but only to $2 which was the highest I would go!

I did see that the seller at one time sold a Lizzie "Hatchet" keychain to the same person who outbid me!

I wouldn't mind having that keychain!

Miller · Post by **Miller** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:59 pm

The Seller, I believe, is Lisa Hoffman, who does the LB B&B website. Maybe she is test marketing items they might sell in the gift shop. :)

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:23 pm

Miller @ Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:59 pm wrote:The Seller, I believe, is Lisa Hoffman, who does the LB B&B website. Maybe she is test marketing items they might sell in the gift shop. :)

Wow.. Now I am tempted to get it. I did enter some more bids but they were always outbid immediately by the other bidder.

If it is the same Lis Hoffman -- surely it is legit?

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:39 pm

I have a hatchet keychain from one of my trips to the house. They have them for sale at the B&B website for $10. Click on gift shop...then novelties.

http://www.lizzie-borden.com/

Tracy...

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:29 pm

Yes I hear the person selling the brick dust is legit.
I think they should advertise that it is the B&B and they would get a better response.
You can write them directly, Audrey, and ask.

Lee-ann · Post by **Lee-ann** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:05 pm

Yes, the brick dust is ours. We thought we'd put it up on ebay to see how it would do before I started selling it in the giftshop....we've got to pay for that new barn somehow.

Miller · Post by **Miller** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:28 pm

Good idea, Lee-ann. Exactly what I figured when I saw it and recognized the seller. A picture portfolio of the Leary Press demolition would be a good collector item too! (I'm an architect).

Lee-ann · Post by **Lee-ann** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:42 pm

Our 'ghost dust' made the front page of the Fall River Herald today.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:46 pm

Lee-ann @ Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:42 pm wrote:Our 'ghost dust' made the front page of the Fall River Herald today.

Lee-ann, here's the URL for the article:

http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm ... 9784&rfi=6

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:01 pm

The Front Page! Wow!
That Debra Allard-Bernardi should be invited to tea!
She has kept us informed of Fall River Borden sites for a couple of years- maybe 10 articles so far?

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:20 pm

Thanks, Harry. Hmmm....."Also planned is the painting of the Borden home to its original mustard color." I hope thats a fancy term for the color Drab.

Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:34 am

Wouldnt mind a vial myself although I imagine shipping across the globe may be a problem... guess I'll have to wait til I can afford a holiday over to collect it myself

By the way, what is Leary Press?

Wordweaver · Post by **Wordweaver** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:15 am

Lee-ann @ Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:05 pm wrote:Yes, the brick dust is ours. We thought we'd put it up on ebay to see how it would do before I started selling it in the giftshop....we've got to pay for that new barn somehow.

Random factoid:
Brick dust is used in Voodoo to ward off evil spells. Scrubbing or sprinkling your front and back porch wih brick dust protects the house and its inhabitants.

God only knows what Lizzie's brick dust would do.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:46 am

Susan @ Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:20 pm wrote:Thanks, Harry. Hmmm....."Also planned is the painting of the Borden home to its original mustard color." I hope thats a fancy term for the color Drab.

I have done some research on the color drab, and it's historical use. I have found out that the color drab usually refered to a dull brown. Much as the B&B is painted now. I even found some instructions for how to mix drab paint, and a picture of a room in which "the decorative scheme features the “delicate neutral tints” — fawn, drab, stone, and gray "

The following hints for mixing shades for outside painting, may be of
service to persons in the country who have to depend on their own wits.
The colors are supposed to be first finely ground in oil, and then
mixed in small quantities with white-lead and boiled linseed oil. A
few trials will enable the novice to mix agreeable neutral shades -
especially if he will be content to add a very little of the darker
shades at at time, and try the effect with the brush. After the
proper shade is obtained, enough should be mixed at once to go over
the whole surface.

Fawn color. White, yellow ochre, and Spanish brown.

Drab. White, Venetian red, burnt umber, with a little black.

Gray stone. White, lampblack, and a little Venetian red.

Brownstone. Spanish brown, chrome yellow, with a little white and lampblack.

French gray. White, ivory black, with a little Indian red and Chinese blue.

Slate color. White, lampblack, and a little Indian red.

Sage color. White, raw umber, Prussian blue, and Venetian red.

Straw color. White, yellow ochre, and orange chrome.

Chocolate. Spanish brown and black - or, for a lighter shade, Venetian red and black.

http://www.epreservation.net/Resources/ ... Article/19

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Here's the link that goes with the picture

http://www.mainehistory.org/house_restoration.shtml
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http://www.realpaints.com/colours.htm

http://www.ss-diy.com/colours/colourcard.php?man=3

Hmm maybe the "paint" in the dress could've been the same color as dried blood after all?

Lee-ann · Post by **Lee-ann** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:40 pm

I have now sold 24 bottles of dust at $5 each....only 99,976 more bottles and the renovations are paid for!

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:43 pm

Are there any other items such as the brick dust which might be purchased? Now that I know the source, and I know it's really from the chimney, I'm thinking twice about wanting to buy some myself. I'm thinking I might like to own a piece of Lizzie Borden's house, even if it comes in powder form

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Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:58 pm

Now Melissa... Do not be tempted to snort it....

You are a law enforcer not a law breaker!

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:29 am

Here's the list of wares from "THE house":

http://www.lizzie-borden.com/html/gifts.html

Tracy...

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:23 am

Congrats, Lee-ann!
I think you should charge more!

Pippi · Post by **Pippi** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:01 pm

99,976 bottles of brick dust on the wall, 99,976 bottles brick dust, take one down, ebay it around, 99, 975 bottles of dust on the wall....this is going to get tiring... best of luck Lee-Ann!!

Pippi · Post by **Pippi** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:12 pm

extra extra read all about it, Pippi can't find the brick dust on ebay! 99,976 bottles of brick dust to sell and I can't find it on ebay

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:57 pm

Try contacting the B&B....I am sure they can hook you up !

http://www.lizzie-borden.com/html/contact.html

Tracy...

Pippi · Post by **Pippi** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:51 am

it's not on the website either...maybe my chanting got people exited and they bought all the bottles up!

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:52 pm

But, I'll bet if you call or email Lee-ann...she'd help you with an order.

Tracy...

Pippi · Post by **Pippi** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:53 pm

It's not that I'd like brick dust personally, I just figured if they are trying to sell it it's not very visible. I might email the B&B if Lee-Ann doesn't see this here first. I'd like to see them raise the money for renovations ASAP

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:38 am

This morning (April 9) in the mail at the Fairhaven Visitors Center, I got the latest issue of "The Compass," which is the quarterly newsletter of the Bristol County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

On page two there's a short article about Lee-Ann selling "ghost dust" from the B&B. It seems to be a condensed version of the Fall River Herald News story. It's a shorter story but most of it is word-for-word the same.