Largest art donation in Australia 200 works by contemporary artists|smh.com.au

Lifetime of collecting yields a 'life-changing' gift:

Peanut Butter Cup, 1962

"more than 200 works by contemporary greats such as Robert Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt, Frank Stella, Gilbert & George, Nam June Paik, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Koons, Ugo Rondinone and Christo and Jeanne-Claude, whom Kaldor brought to Australia in 1969 for his first public art project, Wrapped Coast - One Million Square Feet, which entailed the wrapping, literally, of Sydney's Little Bay. Victorian artists including Ricky Swallow, Aleks Danko and Daniel Crooks are also represented."

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Pokémon pokedoll collection: Slakoth and Breloom | pkmncollectors

pkmncollectors: Re-Intro, Collection Update & Grail Gets!: "trying to collect every pokedoll didn't help either. After cleaning what I did and didn't need I started again but in time my collecting became contained and I chose only a selected few to collect.

I love collecting members of my poke-team! Which I give names/genders and personalities to, yes I know I'm sad. Shush. They include Raichu, Lugia and Absol. And lines for Crobat, Luxray, Floatzel, Weavile, Sentret. But who I hardcore collect most and what I'm probably best known here for collecting are....the Slakoth and Breloom lines!"

 

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Worthopedia: Ultimate antiques and collectibles price database | sfgate.com

WorthPoint -- The On-line Antiques and Collectibles Resource -- Acquires eBay Transaction Data:

"transaction data on antiques and collectibles bought and sold globally through eBay. The eBay data provided by Advanced will be incorporated into WorthPoint's 'Worthopedia' database of antiques and collectibles transactions and will immediately add historical and ongoing information on price, description and images from approximately 150 million transactions to the existing market data from GoAntiques.com, TIAS, and many of the world's leading auction houses already available at WorthPoint."

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Collector's house of wonder Guiness memorabilia at auction next month (From Swindon Advertiser)

Collector Chris' house of wonder (From Swindon Advertiser):

"“I bought the first one from a tea shop in Stratford-upon-Avon. It’s a man in a dentist’s chair, a design by Roy Simpson. It just appealed to me, it’s so very clever. “I had no inkling it was the start of a collection. “I like things that are visually good fun, things that make people laugh and say, ‘wow. That’s great.’”"

[Part of the collection includes:] a deckchair from the Titanic, a saddle and a couple of shoes once worn by Seabiscuit, the thoroughbred Depression-era racehorse who is as iconic in America as Red Rum is here.
Or a fabulously rare 1946 Wurlitzer jukebox packed with a stack of 78rpm records from the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll, plus some highly collectable Beatles 78s of a type pressed only in India way back when.

Or perhaps the most impressive collection of Guinness memorabilia in private hands – although he plans to auction these items in Devizes next month.

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