The Beautiful History of Pulchritude Pulchritude is a descendant of the Latin adjective pulcher, which means "beautiful." Pulcher hasn't exactly...
Here's a Goidwill painting I've had a long time. Signed "H. Peterson" which is, unfortunately, too common a name for me to find much. It's decent,...
Well, I ain't never heard that word before. Gonna have to drop it into a casual conversation some time and see what happens. ;);)
That's been my (admittedly limited) experience too.
Luckily, we all try to avoid suffering, oppression, and brutality, or else we might want something from a site named that.
I think you should give yourself more credit than that. You're interested and motivated. Day jobs can be boring. ;););)
Interesting! So Vietnam / SE Asia. Thank you @Roaring20s.
Ha. She said she still thinks I'm crazy. 'Because it's gross.' Maybe. But it's paying the rent at the antique mall! Let's go!
I got this guy years ago, with no context or ID, and now it's time to move him on to his next home. Does anyone have any idea where he's from?...
Follow up: I sold this prosthetic for 5x what I paid for it, in less than a week, at the antique mall. So now we know: people will buy these!
Welcome. There's lots of helpful and knowledgeable people here.
Super info AJ. Thank you for the help! I like him / them very much.
Nice-- thank you! It's weird that the link you found is from my own city...
Hi. This looks older to me, but maybe the patina is faked? I'm not sure who it is, either. (3 faces, 4 arms, maybe a left-hand missing finger,...
So I finally took these pieces, and three small .925 butter knives, to a local scrapper that another dealer at the antique mall recommended:...
I don't think you're crazy-- I like it, and think it shows some technical sophistication. I'm not sure what the brighter green immediately behind...
Looking a little more closely at the pictures on a desktop computer, it may even be that the weaving is made from cotton. That'd be a sure...
It's hard to tell from the pictures. It does look promising, but I can't see the corners and edges very clearly, which are important in...
And vice-versa!
Thanks all. I don't think it's very old, and probably not terribly valuable, but I really like the shape and color. There's an aesthetic of shape...
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