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Saturday, August 04, 2012

 
RANDOM PRETTY SPRING

 
RANDOM OCT UP NORT TRIP

 
RANDOM MAY TRIP W/ THE DANES

this was the dental corner. i think this is an old xray. dentists must have glowed in the dark.

 
RANDOM LURE

 
RANDOM LANDS & PEOPLES

 
RANDOM FALL DRIVE

 
RANDOM 341 OBJECT

TESSA CLEGG art glass SCULPTURE 1988-$811


 Tessa Clegg is a glassmaker in the UK whose works I first encountered in New York back in the 1980s. Even back then it was apparent to me she had a very special talent and a very bright future in the world of “art glass.” For once, I was correct. She is now recognized worldwide for her kiln cast works of art, many shaped from molds she creates using the lost wax method. 





 
RANDOM ARNE IN USA


 
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

FRANCE......the heir was francis of augoulleme grandson of louis of orleans, who had been assassinated during wars between burgubdy + armagnacs in 1404, + great-great-grandson of charles V of france. he was still young, very eager to be king, full of far reaching schemes. few kings in history are more  striking than the sudden change at this moment, from the rule of middle-aged men or (as men of 50 were then often called)old men, to the rule of youths, from sagacious, worldly, prudent kings, to impulsive boys, from Henry VII to Henry VIII, from LXII to francis I, from ferdinand to charles. on the whole, FI the worst. he was brilliant, "the king of culture", apt scholar in renaissance art + immorality; brave also + chivalrous, so long as chivalry involved no self-denial, for he was also  thoroughly selfish (georgee), + his personal whims + ideals were mean(mitt). his reign was to be a fraction of LXII. FI should set the monarchy upright , + secure its autocratic development. he reversed his predecessors home policy,  + was hailed  w/ wild delight by the young nobles, who had found LXII to sparing og gifts. gifts they wanted now, not power; + preferred a prince who gave while he crushed them to one who prudently forbore to give while he allowed them to retain power. the reputation of FI, is infinitely beyond his desserts.; his reign wasa real misfortune for france, + led to the terrible waste + mismanagement w/ marks france's history thru the century. for FI was a shallow person. he could not read the character of his antagonist charles V, nor the meaning of the vast movement which was beginning to develop itself, + to take the place of the renaissance. he wanted all of France's energies on bootless foreign wars(rumsfeld); never  has any land been so scarred against as France(WORST KING EVER!) her vast resources, her intelligent + thrifty people, her commanding central position, were all as nothing to her rulers in comparison to the wasteful suares, a spirited foreign policy.

 
SATURDAY INQUISITION BLOGGING

1911 spain, executing 9 anarchists.

 
RANDOM ARNE

trans siberia

 
RANDOM ARNE IN USA

 
RANDOM PIMPED CAR

1951 studebaker lark

 
RANDOM EBAY OBJECT




 
RANDOM ESTATE SALE TOURS

upgrades suck. love the greens tho.

 
RANDOM FALL DRIVE


 
RANDOM KITTY PRON

 
RANDOM LANDS & PEOPLES



 
RANDOM MAY TRIP W/ THE DANES

 
RANDOM OCT UP NORT TRIP

 
RANDOM SQUIRL


 

SATURN'S DAY BUTTER MOLD BLOGGING


Friday, August 03, 2012

 
RANDOM HOARD

sometimes i cannot believe what is left at estate sales.

 
RANDOM OCT UP NORT TRIP

 
RANDOM MAY TRIP W/ THE DANES

 
RANDOM LURE

 
RANDOM LANDS & PEOPLES



 
RANDOM FALL DRIVE

 
RANDOM 341 OBJECT

VINTAGE 1941 STERLING MOBIL OIL CIGARETTE CASE W/ PEGASUS + DIAMOND-$202

t seemed like a stupid idea at the time, but it worked. In 1931, with automobiles already cluttering the roads, Mobilgas decided to officially adopt a logo. With this in mind, someone in the boardroom must have said, “I’ve got an idea. How about a horse?!” 

 

The word “rare” most certainly applies to this sterling silver case because it is not only a stunning Socony-Vacuum advertising piece with enameling and a diamond, it is also, according to the engraving on the lid, an “award” to the “Mobiloil Prize Winner” in 1941. His name was Clarence Haueseman.



 
And it just keeps getting better. The gold washed interior shows no sign that it was ever actually used. I’ll bet it wasn’t. What do we call that spring-loaded arm? A snapper? A flipper? I just don’t know, but . . .

 


Maybe I should have buffed it up, but I didn’t. I’ll let you have the fun of making it glow with a deep, rich, honestly earned patina.
Some fiscally trying and personally sad times were ahead for Socony Oil in 1941. The following year, Nazi Germany took over their facilities in Poland and used forced labor from Auschwitz to operate them.

 

PS ~ I realize my poor old soup can is faded and beginning to rust through. No need to tell me. I’ve been saving up for a new one for a couple months already.
(Most days, it’s really hard being me, but try not to worry.)

 
RANDOM ARNE IN USA

2 days past. arne got a sick from plane air. and because he is danish + PAYS TAXES AND HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, not only was his care here in the hospital paid for BY THE GOVT, he got money for the phone AND the vacation time he lost IN THE HOSPITAL. you know. SOCIALISM.

 
FRIDAY ART BLOGGING

 
RANDOM ARNE

trans siberia

 
RANDOM ARNE IN USA

i like this view. looks like turn of the century, BUT, arne said not rooms, more like open bed cubicles. noisy.



 
RANDOM PIMPED CAR

1951 desoto

 
RANDOM EBAY OBJECT




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