"Laura Billard, a local designer who creates and sells her own line of rock’n’roll inspired hair accessories called Dollsville, NYC, planned to purchase a few albums depending on how many hair bows people bought. “There are some pretty amazing Wanda Jackson records I want,” she said. This was the first Collect-i-Bowl she attended. She usually sells her hair bows, decorated with pictures of Elvis Presley, skulls, or Pabst Blue Ribbon online and around the city."
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
japanese packaging Tokyo 朝日新聞社
#packaging #handcrafts #Tokyo
asahi.com(朝日新聞社):What's On: JAPAN CULTURE SCENE - English:
asahi.com(朝日新聞社):What's On: JAPAN CULTURE SCENE - English:
"At the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, the exhibition 'Tsutsumu--Traditional Japanese Packaging,' which runs through April 3, showcases about 400 packages collected by renowned graphic designer Hideyuki Oka (1905-1995)."
Courthouse #collecting
#motorcycle #spotting
Terry Dickson: It's an easy ride for a courthouse collector | jacksonville.com:
Terry Dickson: It's an easy ride for a courthouse collector | jacksonville.com:
"Fred Veator has been to more courthouses than Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen combined ... and all on a motorcycle. Veator has been to 1,405 county courthouses 'and one insane asylum,' he said."
Chinese ceramics
Art world awaits European trove of Chinese ceramics | Reuters: "one of the last great European collections of Chinese imperial ceramics"
Jewelry: rare Ethiopian #Caterpillar at #auction #jewellery w/video
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The Ethiopian Caterpillar from HODINKEE on Vimeo.
"One of only two automaton caterpillars known to exist, the Ethiopian caterpillar recently sold for $415,215 at Sotheby's Geneva. (www.sothebys.com / March 6, 2011)"
The Ethiopian Caterpillar from HODINKEE on Vimeo.
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