@Shangas is our whiz kid when it come to writing implements.He's posted mostly pens, but may also deal in pencils ?
I'm gonna make-up a bumper sticker that says- 'I'd Rather be picking in London!'.
Michael Blackman's one of the first places were going to visit after we win the Powerball !
The wonderful Michael Blackman Ltd. has (had) a few on his site. https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/javanese-indonesian-brass-kendi/
You would've thought it was the same thing we would've thought it was when we picked it up in 1968 for 50 cents at Good Will.Naturally we would've...
Welcome to the club Hazi !
Between Monterey,Carmel,Pacific Grove,Big Sur the incredible influx of artists and writers make it a truly blessed place (except for the NA's...
As a longtime architectural antique freak, I probably would've ended up in the ER if I'd unwrapped these !
Those doorknobs would look good on a Masonic Temple.
Great find Roaring. Hmmm- is Serbia currently hard up for US Dollars ?
The biting technique's amazing-guess just about every part pf our anatomy can express itself artistically ? The illuminated ones are a wonder.
Love Industrial,good stuff's sculptural.
Egyptiana surfaced when Napoleon conquered Egypt in 1798 and brought ancient spoils back to Europe,then returned w/ the discovery of Tut's tomb.
Love it Mikey-God,it takes me back to California road trip vacations of the 60's.First trip to Carmel was in '64-the tourist shops had Beatle Wigs...
Wrap em up for me please-Art Deco Egyptomania. Leave it to Bohemian or Parisian Deco/Nouveau to totally blow our minds ! I'd say...
Absolutely wonderful eccentric piece ! Love the slightly wacky stuff.
Strong vision,execution seems a tad shaky. It looks like the artist painted the signature twice -in charcoal and then maybe paint (acrylic ?).
Mine too-certain of his passages are sublime,knock me sideways-close to or equaling the punch of a Shakespeare (sorry for the heresy !).
@wlwhittier it's solid as a rock & fits in my right hand perfectly (single handed scraper). @2manybooks the Lunellum/hide scraper theory makes...
Tis is a priceless thing having a Bibliophile here ! I've got a copy too (3rd Ed). If our copies had a DJ like the one below, it'd be a very good...
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