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Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by verybrad, Dec 31, 2023.

  1. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Northwest Coast 1st Nations artists don't always work within their tribal designs.
    It's well known how they made European images for the late 1800's tourist trade.
    But this , I think qualifies as an oddity in the modern era.

    One of my most favourite jewelry artists, Russel Smith , RIP...was commissioned by a wildly popular TV show , shot in & around Vancouver BC , to make a cast sterling pendant for the cast and crew.

    I'm thrilled that I actually found a photo of him wearing one.........:happy::woot:

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  2. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

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  4. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

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  5. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Santa Claus wing-walking on a WWI German biplane? Oh, he has an axe. He's chopping up his plane mid-flight?

    Guess he's counting on Dasher, Dancer et al to come rescue him mid-air. Not a good bet, Santa.
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I like it......it's fun outsider art !
     
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  8. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

    red baron plane I created ,it was a whirly bird and when the propeller spins it makes the guy chop ,It was just a guy on a stick and I found or made the rest of it .it has been out there for 15 years but the propeller busted off years ago
     
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  9. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

  10. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Chinese fake chicken egg
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  11. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Here's the Black Americana you can't sell on eBay anymore:
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  12. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Chromolithograph on linen c1910.
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  13. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    35 amp Switch c1920s:
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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    To me the switch doesn't look weird; my dad's train set had some of those!
     
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  15. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Hmm...oddities. How about a 19th century wax model of a chicken embryo -

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    Or a rookery mounted on a fossilized walrus (?) bone -

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    Or a pipe smoking nomoli -

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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    only thing odd about the rookery ........is the baby seal !! :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  17. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    I'm guessing Russel Smith did the alien pendant for 'X Files ' ?
     
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  18. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I have a similar rookery made of a fossil walrus tooth or similar, but the birds are penguins. Heaven knows where it went.
     
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  19. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

    Not sure why I bought this since spiders freak me out......

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  20. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    they do when their that big .....:eek:
     
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