Posted on 09/09/2012 7:16:58 AM PDT by Daffynition
(Newser) – The flea market box lot was less than $50, and the buyer picked it up mostly for the Paul Bunyan doll it contained. But it turns out the box lot also contained an original painting by Renoir that could fetch up to $100,000 in an auction at the end of the month, reports the New York Times. The 5.5-inch-by-9-inch painting of the Seine riverside is believed to be Renoir's Paysage Bords de Seine. It was bought from a French gallery in 1925 and later sold to a Maryland collector, but art historians aren't sure when or how it disappeared.
Ref post #14.
It looks like he was cleaning off his brush.
Hee Hee.
But, remember, it’s a total basket case. No electronics at all.
Reminds me of that old Rush Limbaugh Spatula City 60-second sale spot, “Warm nickel-plated plutonium pits! Only $2 each, three for $5!”
looks like a 60s acid trip gone bad .
It has all the wonderful-tasting recipes used by our moms and grandmas.....like meat loaf and pot roast and cucumbers in sour cream and all those time-consuming, old-fashioned recipes that actually taste (gasp!) delicious.
Of interest in the cook book, however, is a chapter called "Wartime Supplement". This section contains recipes that employ substitutes for butter and sugar. Our moms and grannys had to have coupons from ration books to buy these scarce staples. So it's fun to read the recipes for sugarless this and butterless that.
The cook book is on my shelf right next to another prized possession, the Freeper "Clinton Legacy Cookbook", chock full of recipes sent to freeper chef, "Carlo" who put it together and had it published.
I still have a couple of dad's gasoline ration books with glued-in stamps in my memorabilia drawer. Hard to imagine they're almost 70 years old now.
The collectors' market pays about 5 bucks each for war ration books. My 50-cent vintage wartime cook book is priceless.
Leni
Can you see the dog or sheep’s head in the upper right hand corner facing to the right?
Do you see the shepherd at the bottom just left of center?
Do you see the ugly open-mouthed woman at lower left wearing an earring covered by blond/blue hair and staring to the left?
How about the rib cage at the upper left?
Got to be a story there somewhere. (Just funning)
>> “I know from experience that people who are REALLY REALLY stupid and think they know everything are sometimes put in charge of liquidating an estate.” <<
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Or spoiled rotten ‘kids’ of wealthy parents who had zero respect for their parents lives and treasures...
Marvin Gaye on vinyl.
Sigh.. The Clinton Legacy Cookbook, is still selling.. I just returned from a cruise where I sold 263 copies after my show.. You are indeed, My favorite fan.. Ha! .. :)
They bought her a new case for it but I warned them not to get rid of the old original case....best thing I ever got at a garage sale...
Sounds like a wonderful find.
I must admit, my one regret, when I was *down-sizing*, I was too hasty in putting out my huge cookbook collection. Wish I had been more careful and pulled out my favorite classics.
It’s one of the incentives for me to rummage sale, in hopes I can someday replace a few of them. :)
I love how our forewomen could *make do* with ingredients and still produce delicious meals.
My main “AX” is a Gibson Les Paul. It is a magnificent Instrument.
Gibson Mandolins are rare and beautiful! You did well! :-)
If you haven’t seen it in personm it is worth a trip.
Just did a double take an saw the addition. LOL
Do you know in what town in CT Robert Gentile lives? The article doesn’t say... thanks.
I saw Georges Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" at The Art Institute of Chicago in July. Absolutely stunning! And HUGE... much bigger than I expected.
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