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Showing results 1 - 10 of 12 for the tag: Argentina.
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Matchbook Collectibles (Buenos Aires) (8/26/08)
(In Spanish)
If you collect matchbooks, this is the shop for you. It’s in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Here you can find matchboxes from every decade – from the ‘40s up until the 1970s. According to the store owner, the Europeans tend to look for what’s South American. He also carries European matchbooks for the South Americans.
Producer Eve Hyman
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Pussam Antiguedades (4/24/08)
 As San Telmo’s go-to shop for antique cameras and timepieces, Pussam Antiguedades contains the collection of Samuel Pustelnik, who has also assembled an interesting variety of scientific apparatuses and bronze objects, and a nice collection of hanging, table, and floor lamps.
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Emaus Asociación Civil in Argentina (4/24/08)
 The Emaus Asociación Civil functions the Argentine equivalent of the Salvation Army or Goodwill. It accepts donations for sale and uses the proceeds to profit various national social programs. The Emaus store location in Buenos Aires is conveniently located in the antiques district of San Telmo.
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Gil Antiguedades (4/12/08)
Gil Antiguedades is a unique antique shop specializing in vintage clothing, textiles, and old-fashioned design and home accessories. A standout among other such shops in the main antiques district of Buenos Aires, Gil has been supplying loyal locals and interested foreigners with the finest vintage items from the 17th to the 20th centuries for nearly 40 years.
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Plazoleta Santa Fe Feria de Libros (4/11/08)
 The Plazoleta Santa Fe Feria de Libros is an open-air, block-long used book fair that runs year-round, rain or shine, where the bookish bargain hunter can spend hours browsing through an interesting mix of titles.
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Museo Histórico Nacional (3/28/08)
 The Argentine Museo Histórico Nacional (National Museum of History) is committed to documenting and preserving artifacts from major events in the history of the country, from the arrival of the Europeans to Argentina’s independence from Spain to the formation of the first national governing body.
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Masters of Food and Wine South America (3/24/08)
 This past month I attended the Masters of Food and Wine opening party held at the Palacio Duhau in Buenos Aires. Masters of Food and Wine is an annual conference put on by the Park Hyatt; it had been held in Carmel for close to twenty years. In 2007, it debuted in Mendoza, Argentina. This year’s Masters of Food and Wine made a huge splash in Argentine wine country.
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Walrus Books (3/21/08)
 Walrus Books is the only English-language used bookstore in Buenos Aires, and stocks an impressive collection of classic English literature, travel guides, and vintage magazines, making it a target for both used-book collectors and those just looking to buy a good English read.
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