Featured discussion: your fantasy acquisition

the holidays always makes me revisit my wish list - thought it would be fun if we all posted about what our ultimate acquisition would be....

long long ago I saw 3 Martin Brothers Pottery Grotesque Birds at the prestigious Baltimore show - I have never seen any since - the dealer wanted $30,000 each SAY WHAT? and unfortunately that would be a bargain price even in today's weak market... the birds are most often humidors - and while I would be ecstatic to have one - and blown away to have a triple - my coveted object is the Martin Brothers Birdman

here's some piccies - look forward to seeing all of your wishlist

 

Almost anything by Preston Singletary. I love what this one does with light:

 

Great Holiday Subject R -An original oil by J.M.W. Turner or pastel by Odilon Redon
PS-'Stocking Stuffers'- Martin Bros or George Ohr. Love the Camel Man.

 

P. Singletary is wonderful.

 

Maybe a nice snuffbox or two. They haven't all been acquired by permanent collections, and nice ones do come on the market.

 

For me... Other than a complete MS remission and peace and reconstruction in Ukraine and cheap electricity? Cleopatra's jewels would do. Or a good rummage in the Tower collection and the Cheapside Hoard. The old Sisti mansion to store it all in. It's a pile of a disaster of a house, but it's big. Fiddy bought it only to unload it cheap because it was such a white elephant. It would make a good place to run an eBay business out of too.

 

I'm in the Martin Brothers camp for sure. And also, a Doulton Pushkin cat.

Cheapside Hoard, oh yes, on my list. A Fatimid rock crystal ewer is there.

I'll settle for this, though, please.

 

Yeah. Let's not get greedy here. An old piece of tat like that would be fine.

 

I'd be okay with a McKee Dragon cake stand

 

these are at the top of my list.......

worlds largest gold coin

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no steel, like Japanese steel...

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that Tommy gun in Churchill's hands....

 

but if I'm not to be too greedy....

the original Batman outfit worn by Keaton

 

I'd like this sapphire. It would look good pinned to my turban

 

Well since we are fantasizing I'll take a few of these .

 

OMG!! Me too! I didn't know such a thing even existed. What a beauty.

And I wouldn't mind a few of Queen Elizabeth's famous brooches. Both of these would do plus any others they were willing to part with.



I always blanched when I saw her wearing pink lipstick with autumn colors, like orange. But then, I imagined her having cases and cases of that shade since she wore it with everything.

 

Pepsico has 3 nice totem poles I wouldn't mind getting my paws on...

 

Wow so interesting to see these items you all desire. I didn't know some existed.

I would have to think more on this subjec.

Like Ruth, I would love to get rid of my ailments once and for all and see the violence and hate come to an end. A gal can dream.

 

our ultimate acquisition.........

more of a what we wish to acquire .....than wish to get rid of..!

 

I'd like to spend my honeymoon over again..
or the birth of my daughter
or one of the days I shot an eagle..... ( golfing term..)

but I don't think that's what we're going for here....

 

The best thing is the thing you've never imagined, but will see tomorrow for the first time.

 

ohhhhhhh, cryptic !!!!