Model Train Journal

The perfect gift for that woman in your life.
Except for the price, of course.

A story on tonight’s news talked about couples trying to get pregnant. Doctors concluded couples should fall asleep together in order to have they best chance of conception. No sheet. When I stopped falling asleep before my wife she got pregnant

I though PT Barnum was dead?

Looks to me like a lump of melted chocolate.

Beat this one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Old-Berin ... 0009.m1982

It is truly amazing what some folks are willing (eager?) to pay for "art", too. A couple days ago, I saw on the News that an artwork shredded itself, halfway, still in its frame, in mid-auction, as it was being removed from the wall for the buyer to take possession. Everybody seemed puzzled about what to do next. And the prospective buyer, thrown into doubt, wasn't sure whattheheck to do.

(I think I got that all right and didn't imagine the whole story.)

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:It is truly amazing what some folks are willing (eager?) to pay for "art", too. A couple days ago, I saw on the News that an artwork shredded itself, halfway, still in its frame, in mid-auction, as it was being removed from the wall for the buyer to take possession. Everybody seemed puzzled about what to do next. And the prospective buyer, thrown into doubt, wasn't sure whattheheck to do.

(I think I got that all right and didn't imagine the whole story.)

Banksy painting self-destructs after $1.4 million sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQVrbQUI4w

The British street artist Banksy has stunned the art world with a daring act of self-destruction. A painting by mysterious British artist Banksy shred itself into pieces at the moment it was sold for more than one million British pounds ($1.4m) at a London auction.
The auction house, Sotheby's, said they are in contact with the buyer and are in discussions about the next steps.

Thanks very much for including that link in your reply, HONDO.
Also, I've been watching the other videos (the freed humpback whale, for ex.) available thru that link for an hour now, including various odd "Judge Judy" episodes. Fun.
Thanks again!
daMurph

Maybe we could get one of these threads to shred itself.

E7 wrote:Maybe we could get one of these threads to shred itself.

On whose signal?

HONDO74 wrote:

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:It is truly amazing what some folks are willing (eager?) to pay for "art", too. A couple days ago, I saw on the News that an artwork shredded itself, halfway, still in its frame, in mid-auction, as it was being removed from the wall for the buyer to take possession. Everybody seemed puzzled about what to do next. And the prospective buyer, thrown into doubt, wasn't sure whattheheck to do.

(I think I got that all right and didn't imagine the whole story.)

Banksy painting self-destructs after $1.4 million sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQVrbQUI4w

The British street artist Banksy has stunned the art world with a daring act of self-destruction. A painting by mysterious British artist Banksy shred itself into pieces at the moment it was sold for more than one million British pounds ($1.4m) at a London auction.
The auction house, Sotheby's, said they are in contact with the buyer and are in discussions about the next steps.

Hilarious.

If you think that is hilarious, "they" are saying it is even more valuable in the shredded form.

E7 wrote:If you think that is hilarious, "they" are saying it is even more valuable in the shredded form.

PS: After that auction BANKsy, is an appropriate moniker.

I know Banksy was doing Dismaland a few years ago, that we were talking about here.