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Secret Chamber in the National Library of India
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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They've discovered a secret chamber (~1000 sq ft) in the National Library of India. No word as to what it contains, but speculation ranges from a treasure room to a torture chamber. The history of the building allows for both. Read more here.
16th Century Reliquary Found in Essex Field
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By a four year old metal detecting, no less (with a little help from his father, but that's not nearly as interesting a headline...).
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Damned objects of sentiment
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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And there's the first swap. The cigar god is gone, the person calls, wants to tell me what they have to swap but I cut them short, that's not the purpose.
That's not the porpoise...
Ironic, foreshadowing.
And he comes, I see him through the window, he opens and inspects his new acquisition, leaves his offering in place, and I watch my window, waiting for him to go and then waiting a little longer because I don't want to seem to eager.
It makes these -20 degree nights a little more exciting.
When I've waited a while, long enough that I don't entirely look like a nerd, I go and get my offering.
It's a statue, carved wood as well, about 8 inches tall, 4 by 2 inches at the base, of a dolphin leaping from the water. Or porpoise.
It's not "small", or as small as I was hoping, but I could live with this. Well, no, I couldn't, but it's a crap shoot out there and I appreciate that this is the chance you take...
But he's attached a little note, that his grandfather has carved this, and how would my karma be if I tried to trade this on? And now I'm stuck with it. Damned objects of sentiment.
Antique Painting of Choo-Choo Train
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- Category: For Sale
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"So you really think it's by Michelangelo?" I said.
I know a thing or two about art, it didn't look like a Michelangelo to me but I could tell by the nails in the back that it was old and it would look pretty good across from the picture I have of the crying circus clown by Picasso and the little girl praying at the side of her bed with the back of her pajamas fallen down by Da Vinci.
"If not by the master himself, certainly it's in the school of. It's hard to say, back then they'd get the apprentices to paint the pictures and just go around and sign them at the end" he said.
"Like Andy Warhol" I observed, because as I said I know a thing or two about art.
"Exactly".
So I'm selling this fine, Antique, Old Masters Style (possibly even Michelangelo) painting of a choo-choo train. $25.00. It's old. I can't make out the signature and so I've not verified it to be a Michelangelo, but what does it matter? Great art speaks to the soul, and why should it's value change because of the brand of artist?
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