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surfing a dangerous spectator sport at half moon bay


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A pristine toy train station made in 1905 shines in an exhibition of 3,500 antique locomotives and railroad buildings at Sotheby’s in New York.

The group is part of the Jerni Collection, which includes more than 27,000 toys made between 1850 and 1940.

The auction house is offering the entire collection as a single lot in a private sale estimated to bring more than $10 million. Other experts put the value much higher.

“I think $40 million to $50 million is a very comfortable number for that collection,” said Noel Barrett, an appraiser on PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” and president of Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions.
more images (the bridges!!!!) and merklin (tm) collectors discussion
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mid-century architecture / woodstock hand made houses

via things mag


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jackson bros. drag racing videos


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40th aniv barrett jackson auto auction speed network


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"Reacting to the tradition of neo-classicism as early as the 1830's, English architects and decorators took a renewed interest in the art of Gothic cathedrals. This movement, called Gothic Revival, shaped the whole Victorian era and was on a scale that had no equivalent in other European countries. In the midst of the industrial boom, the enthusiasm for the Gothic period, seen as an exemplary society in which the arts blossomed in a mystical and fraternal spirit, was set against the effects, considered degrading, of mechanisation.

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Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton

via greg org on his quest for the missing johns flag painting
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tesla 4 door S model


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MLK streets project


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Bernard Ratzer “Plan of the City of New York” in its 1770 state


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knights tour

man ray, knights tour '44-46

chessboard had been a key image in Man Ray's work since as far back as 1911., when he had made the Tapestry, as well as other compositions based upon grids of squares. The famous Lips had begun as a similar grip upon a photograph of Kiki's mouth, "It helps you understand the structure, to master a sense of order," he wrote at the time. "When the ancient masters composed a painting, they used to divide the surface into regular squares."
the imagery of chess
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wild grapevine and how to get rid of it

6 step
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pre-pop


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the hops trellis

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liquidating dennis hoppers art collection


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fda recalls 'nuclear sludge' candy bars for unsafe lead levels


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notes: on the berlin home/studio of conceptual artists karin sander recently published in the nyt.

the two floor rooftop addition (actually its a parabuilding) is ugly on the outside and opulently minimal inside. it looks very, very expensive. why do artists want to live like their affluent collectors? how about keeping more of a safe distance from the man.


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11 small eco homes


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Bohumil Stepan's cover illustration for Gulliverovy Cesty (Gulliver's Travels), Prague 1968

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license plate maps of usa


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pair of painted modern windsor chairs at rago discovery

via adman
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ny stories, a list

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AK container complex


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modern shell on former cannon foundry house near vilnius


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