posted on December 9, 2000 01:04:50 PM new
Any guesses as to how long it stays up posted most prominently? Tickets for the pool are available in the lobby from Ramona @$10 each No checks or CC's please, cash only!
posted on December 9, 2000 03:06:03 PM new
I forget. Do Scully and Mulder have different badges? That'd be the right one to use, I think, since IMHO the whole thing has been in the "surreal" category from the get-go.
posted on December 9, 2000 03:55:10 PM new
I'm kind of surprised to see that Old & Sold is still around. Gee, the fact that they have this painting listed as a feature aution does not exactly inspire much confidence in their ethics, does it?
Off topic for HCQ: no sewing machine for weeks? My sypmpathies! I am so attached to mine that I actually took it on a three week cruise once, thinking that I could not go for that long without quilting. Yeah, it was a dumb thing to cart along.
posted on December 9, 2000 04:04:07 PM newit was a dumb thing to cart along
That's why I have a Featherweight
I've still got the Featherweight to piece with, but machine quilting on it's a physical impossibility. My "new" 1930s brown crinkle-finish art Deco Kenmore, which looks like it came out of Metropolis, is apparently en route. Thanks for your sympathies during the interim
posted on December 9, 2000 05:01:01 PM newArgh: I've hand carried my machine(in the box) on planes when we move from point A to B. I make darned sure I can hit the ground sewing when we get to our new assignment.
I have a FW, too, but found out that the motor could be ruined because of the different electrical systems in Europe(it has to do with the difference between the 50/60 cycles). So my little FW remains in its carrycase for the day we return to the US.
posted on December 10, 2000 02:16:44 AM new
Wow!... I am up to page 23 of the archive material, and I am still finding it riveting. The expose, the legal threats.. but (sob!) I hate the deleted posts, so I am going to "email on" here, to make sure I don't miss the next exciting episode.
BTW, HCQ, I think that the reference owner made about cottage being a toilet was an attempt to be insulting (obviously). A cottage is not a toilet, but there is a term of "cottaging" in the male gay community, I believe, which is cruising public toilets for casual sexual encounters.
posted on December 10, 2000 04:29:31 AM new
I lived and worked in the UK (Devon, but also Westminster). My employers' manor house came with the requisite "cottages," which were rented out at obscene prices to Sloanie wanna-bes who didn't have the requisite cash to own one themselves. I was not offended by the "cottage" reference at all, particularly considering the other shrill hysterics of the source.
posted on December 10, 2000 07:10:26 AM new
My guess is that there won't be anything like the exchange that took place on the first thread. Those multi-ID apologists for the painting's authenticity probably didn't realize a couple of things... that the email feature existed to archive every word posted, and that the thread might be locked to preserve some of the posted exchanges (especially from suspended ID's that couldn't get back to edit their initial blathering and threats..). My prediction: none of them will appear here.
Of course, interested parties can email OAS from that "non-auction" info-URL on their site then report back here what the gig there is. Is it mostly a legitimatizing ad for the painting's owner to refer non-internet-savvy parties to? Is it trolling for a "first bid wins" situation with no perceived downside?
One might note that the OAS chat board shows maybe a dozen postings in the last month, almost all of them inquiries for info about odd antiques, and none receiving any responses. Obviously, there's little participation there, no community help given in response to questions. It's clearly up to the individual dealers to refer clients to the web pages, or for search engines to find their key words.... the overall site doesn't seem to have much patronage.
Oh, yeh, somebody mentioned the "movie" guy. I thought that whole stitck was clearly a "good cop" ID from one of the apologists, rather tranparently trying to get some of the critics to reveal their real emails and identities. Sort of playing on greed and ego by mentioning money from "movie rights."
Yes, the hysterics were hysterical. Between the cottage references and the lovely legal threats, I was glad I wasn't eating or drinking anything. Hilarious. I even got my partner hooked on it, and had to tear him away from the pc this morning.
pyth00n,
I thought the movie guy was funny too - I thought he was going away for only a few days, and he never came back with news of the deal. I am sorry that I missed some of the abusive posts, but I got the gist of the thread and can live without them.
Oh well, even if it doesn't win an Oscar, I still think the Priceless Van Gogh? thread/topic should be nominated for best of the year. The drama, the denouements, the threats and the laughs were enthralling. The whirlwind arrivals and disappearances of supporting evidence were mind-boggling. The walk-on (and off) parts of the sock puppets provided counter-points of amusement to the serious investigation undertaken. The investigations, solo and cooperative, were wonderful. The entire team should be proud of themselves. I love the way this tapestry of imagination and misinformation has been carefully picked apart. And bottom line, I am GLAD that some people are concerned enough about the morality of allowing misinformation to lie unchallenged.
And if the legal threats ever come to fruition - SLIBEL, was it? - I will be glad to assist in a collection for you.
