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  • Movie Collectibles and Aunt Ida
    A lot of people get movie posters from their favorite childhood movies, for example, or from the art flicks they liked to watch in college. For these people, authenticity is not usually the biggest thing. A lot of them will get collectible movie memorabilia that is actually remade. It makes for much cheaper collectibles which are easier to get a hold of, and it serves the same decorative purpose for them.
  • The Most Celebrated Picasso Painting
    The artist went through many distinct styles and was not content to simply re-produce himself. It's possible to like one phase and dislike another and a Picasso painting means different things to different people. He liked to push the boundaries in relation to color and form and he was also a very accomplished sculptor. His enthusiasm for experimenting inspired following generations of artists.
  • Wizard of Oz Figures
    Her Wizard of Oz collectibles, by contrast, have a much different look to them. They were an early set of Wizard of Oz collectible dolls made soon after the movie, and they had an adorable, almost cherubic appearance. Even the flying witch and the monkeys looked absolutely adorable. They were very cute - not at all what I would expect her to possess.
  • Self Portraits in Art
    Artists have painted their own image for as long as art has existed. Self portrait art probably started when the first crude pictures of a man hunting appeared on the cave wall. There are many reasons for painting oneself. Sheer vanity may be one of them or it may be an opportunity for an artist to capture their emotional state at the time. It may simply be a matter of economics as a suffering painter may not be able to afford a model to draw.
  • The Banning of Books
    As such, the book Inherit the Wind about the Scopes monkey trial was banned from the school and municipal libraries. When he tried to do a book report on that play, he actually received a failing grade on his assignment. His teacher insisted that it was not appropriate for the class, and would not budge from that position.
  • Blown Glass Vases Amaze
    What is always surprising is how a small blob of colorless glass can be made into blown glass vases, and it does not take very long to do. It was less than twenty minutes when we were there. They started by super heating the glass and blowing out a very simple shape. They then used various tools to spin and shape the beginning of the vase. It was very interesting to watch, and you could tell that it does take years and years of practice to know just what you are doing and how to do it right each
  • Kinds of Civil War Antiques
    The mid-to-late 1800's are an era ripe with American history, full of real-life heroes and as many villains. And there are more Civil War antiques and collectibles available than I could have imagined. The thought of my son (and me, by default) owning a real piece of history is actually quite thrilling. There are dealers throughout the United States, but as one might expect, I found them to be concentrated on the east coast.
  • Christian Comic Books
    My son has been reading Marvel comics for the past year or two, and I didn't really see anything wrong with them after casually perusing them. The ones he was reading have a very clear view of good and evil, and seem to teach him that a superhero " someone with unusual strength and power " should use that power to help the weak.
  • Cartier and His Watches
    Cartier began his own jewelry making business in 1846 after apprenticing with Picard. He never would have known then what heights his sons would take his artful business. In the early 1900's they moved their business from Paris to London to seek out the English aristocracy. The English nobles soon became his business friends. The Prince of Wales called him the jeweler of royalty and the title has held on through the centuries.



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