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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Saw this with the boy. Amusing, but no "Being John Malkovich". And Nicholas Cage has done a much better job of being himself in other movies - like "Mandy". Better than expected, but - not much.
The Art of A. Moder
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Reviews
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Dozens of boxes, quite literally hundreds of paintings. Done largely with a palette knife, oils on board - they'd been in storage for years, boxes filled with rat-droppings, dead spiders and cobwebs.
Victor Lustig
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: People
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A genius far ahead of his time. Pity he wasn't born today, think of all the fun he would have had with real-estate, crypto and NFT's.
And, if you'd prefer to read about it all (I would have, although the video was entertaining...) try these links:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lustig
The Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12809/smooth-operator-how-victor-lustig-sold-eiffel-tower
A Vintage Box of Kleenex
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Treasure
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I mean, not really a "Treasure" per-se, but in one box of donations found an intact, original box of Kleenex. With Kleenex still in it. It's like the guy bought it and developed some sort of lifetime immunity to runny noses...
On a side note, while the vast majority of donations are boring, china, cups, plates, etc, they not infrequently come wrapped in vintage newspapers from the day - 30's, 40's, and onward. Which keeps things interesting...
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