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And while not exactly treasure, this is interesting; a girl feeds crows, the crows, in return, bring her the treasures they find in the neighborhood.
Intriguing.
Link: http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-31604026
The concept of reciprocity with wild animals. We all know this with cats (the dead mouse, bird, on the doorstep, in the bed), but all in all I prefer the tastes of crows....
UPDATE: And this, related: http://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm038-do-crows-mourn-their-dead
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Man walks into Phoenix thrift shop looking for golf clubs, finds instead a LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm for $5.99 and sells it for $35,000 on E-bay. As well he finds an original Omega Chronograph, which it sounds like he's keeping...
read the original article here: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/found-vintage-lecoultre-deep-sea-alarm-worth-over-35000-for-599-at-phoenix-goodwill
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The curious story of self-published folk artist and musician "Mingering Mike", whose unannounced fame and talent deserve far greater circulation and regard ...
Link: http://www.mingeringmike.com/
Listen: http://www.mingeringmike.com/mingerplayer/index.html
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A couple of interesting articles on a couple of recently recovered paintings by Gauguin and Bonnard. Following an art theft in '70, they were acquired for $30 in 1975, the paintings are currently predicted to sell for over $50 Million dollars at auction now.
Note the language used by the media to describe the "discovery" of the artwork - "Extraordinary discovery of 'Fruits on a Table' painting which hung on a factory worker's wall for decades before being found by Italy's art police" ... there are worlds to be read into "factory worker's wall" - as if it were some miracle that a factory worker should recognize or value art, esp. art of this caliber. The class hierarchy at it's worst, a far better leading line might be "Canny Factory Worker acquires Gauguin and Bonnard for $30..." or other such, but we regard the appreciation of "fine art" as a provenance exclusive to the "educated and rich".
Links: The Telegraph && CNN (the byline at the end is of interest...) && BBC. Note the fact that CNN doesn't lead with "factory worker"....a rare chance to applaud them for reporting the "relevant" news that doesn't reinforce negative class stereotypes. I would suggest shaming the BBC and The Telegraph, but it's Britain, and they are so far into 1984 that it doesn't matter.
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I found it on the web, so it must be true:
Allowing for all the hyperbole and exaggeration the internet is prone to, even at a million dollars that's a pretty worthwhile pet. Especially quotable: "Her fame spread rapidly especially once she was taken up by Ben Lashes – an “Internet cat “ agent."
One can't help but wonder if Mr. Lashes has business cards.