Picked up a piece of art for my birthday.

[BizCT]

@left field - what are your thoughts on NFT's? I just can buy into it when a screenshot is the same thing lol

[left field]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania#:~:text=Tulip mania (Dutch%3A tulpenmanie),dramatically collapsing in February 1637.

I'm way too old to understand what the hell an NFT is. That said, I can make this post available to you for a decent price. 

[Nomad]

 

I inspected a shop here where they sold African “ art “ the basement had piles of it laying on the floor . The guy showed us pieces he bought for  $15 bucks over there and sold for like a grand !  
 

rumor has it Moog funded his new home via his painting of a few years back…..

[Daveboone]

He is folk art. I love Grandma Moses and similar works, which he falls into. 

Several years ago we were at an auction, and a hand painted silk end table cover came up. It was wonderfully hand painted by Al Capp ( a friend of the family holding the auction) with all the characters from the comic strip "Lil Abner" (for those of you who remember such things), cavorting in a circular pattern . It was wonderful. I desperately would have loved it, but we absolutely had no place to put it.

[left field]

Another of my Sudduths:

This is kind of cool. A carved German shop sign about 300 years old.

[diplomat019]

15 minutes ago, left field said:

Another of my Sudduths:

This is kind of cool. A carved German shop sign about 300 years old.

The carved sign is awesome?   Where do you find these?  Auctions? Vintage shops?

[left field]

The pics really don't do it justice. It's great in real life. My wife found it at an antique store in Paris.

These are 2500-year-old horse heads from China. They would have sat in wooden bodies. Picked these up in Hong Kong. Along with a girl named Suzie Kwan.

[Jeremy K]

5 hours ago, Nomad said:

 

I inspected a shop here where they sold African “ art “ the basement had piles of it laying on the floor . The guy showed us pieces he bought for  $15 bucks over there and sold for like a grand !  
 

rumor has it Moog funded his new home via his painting of a few years back…..

well played sir , well played.

[Versatile_Hunter]

1 hour ago, left field said:

The pics really don't do it justice. It's great in real life. My wife found it at an antique store in Paris.

These are 2500-year-old horse heads from China. They would have sat in wooden bodies. Picked these up in Hong Kong. Along with a girl named Suzie Kwan.

 

[crappyice]

The pics really don't do it justice. It's great in real life. My wife found it at an antique store in Paris.
These are 2500-year-old horse heads from China. They would have sat in wooden bodies. Picked these up in Hong Kong. Along with a girl named Suzie Kwan.

Burying the lead….pics of Suzie K????


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[left field]

8 hours ago, crappyice said:

Burying the lead….pics of Suzie K????

Her pet name for me was "Imperialistic Swine." 

It was hot.

[crappyice]

Speaking of art…

https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/madonna-nft-porn-is-latest-filthy-attention-grab/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

The last paragraph about the pope’s reply to Madonna’s email is the best!


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[Arcade Hunter]

16 hours ago, Jeremy K said:

well played sir , well played.

This is my favorite piece in the collection !

[moog5050]

17 hours ago, Jeremy K said:

well played sir , well played.

It was a very profitable venture.   Have had artist block since however.  Hard to repeat perfection.

[airedale]

One of my favorites hung in the barbershop where I got my hair cut as a young kid, Budweiser's "Custer's Last Fight". I would stare at it the whole time I was in the barber chair. About 20 years ago I found one in mint condition at a price I could afford and picked it up. 

Al

[wolc123]

This is my favorite piece.  I am very thankful that my in-laws, who had it in their collection for many years, let us have it when they relocated. 

[Water Rat]

I treated myself to this painting from the infamous Henry Hill. The "Goodfellas" movie is my favorite mobster flick.

[BizCT]

@left field thoughts on Banksky? My friend buys shares or portions of the art?

@left field

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[left field]

Not a fan and don't really get the appeal. Seems to be a good business though.

I just arrived at a friend's country manor in Sweden that chock full of art so I'll post a few things in the next couple of days.

[BizCT]

3 minutes ago, left field said:

Not a fan and don't really get the appeal. Seems to be a good business though.

I just arrived at a friend's country manor in Sweden that chock full of art so I'll post a few things in the next couple of days.

Cool, sounds good!