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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…..

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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Burying the lead….pics of Suzie K????


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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. 

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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!

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