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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 265312, member: 136&quot;]I just found this - a June 28, 1990 article from the archives of the <i>L.A. Times</i>!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><i>Bubbling Over : A Sterling-Silver Bubble Blower Has Burst Onto the Scene as Celebrities&#039; Trinket of Choice</i></b></font></p><p><i><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990/jun/28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990/jun/28" rel="nofollow">June 28, 1990</a>|PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN | TIMES STAFF WRITER</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Part bauble, part toy, the Bubbler hangs around some of the best-known necks in town.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Madonna has one and gave them as Christmas gifts.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Singer Tina Turner got hers when she turned 50.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Ron Howard, Darryl Hannah, Pierce Brosnan, Debra Winger, Gary Busey, Emilio Estevez, Stevie Nicks, Dick Van Dyke and Olivia Newton John all have them.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>TV&#039;s Maria Shriver, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, was given two when daughter Katherine was born in December.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Supermodel Christie Brinkley was spotted playing with one in an Aspen, Colo., disco.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;Everybody&#039;s got them, from Whoopi Goldberg to Larry Hagman,&quot; said Robert Walker, actor and co-owner of Tops Malibu, the functional art shop where the sterling-silver bubble blower is the No. 1 bestseller. That despite--or perhaps because of--its $65 price tag. &quot;It was the hit of Christmas,&quot; said Walker, who reports that Tops sold almost 1,000 over the holidays, including a goodly number of gold Bubblers at $350 each.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>So popular is the pricey little plaything that Walker and wife Judy have entered into an agreement with its creator, New Mexico jewelry maker Ted Cutter, and wife Mary Quitzau to market it throughout the United States and abroad. Their new company is called Tops Malibu Wholesale to distinguish it from the Malibu retail store.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-28/news/we-755_1_bubble-blower" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-28/news/we-755_1_bubble-blower" rel="nofollow">http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-28/news/we-755_1_bubble-blower</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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