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   leftwingpatriot said, 9 months ago

   It’s a fake!
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   Sandy Shore said, 8 months ago

   Perfect caption. :D
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   Rickapolis said, 8 months ago

   Is that Harpo Marx in drag on the left
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   pcolli said, 8 months ago

   The Villers family shopping channel.
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   mabrndt said, 8 months ago

   Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (with a short description), or at the only work by this artist, so far, to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
   
   Portrait of the Villers Family is described by its current-location page (Google translated), which speculates it may involve the family of Marc-Etienne de Villiers du Terrage.
   
   The sons may have been 16 and 10 in 1790, so maybe that’s one in the background. The daughter may have been 8, so she isn’t in this. In addition to pointing to the painting itself, this points to 4 interactive detail images, and a description of what’s in the oval grisaille. The artist’s Wikipedia page and tiny collection.
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   BuckyKatt999 said, 8 months ago

   Isn’t it more like “New Things Roadshow”?
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   finale said, 8 months ago

   “Dear, doesn’t it appear to be a tad large for a brooch?”
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   mabrndt said, 8 months ago

   @finale

   No, the size of everything else just makes it look big. Maybe we should buy the whole dollhouse, including the contents shown here.
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   r0sc0e said, 8 months ago

   And the Award for the fanciest hat goes to Miss Elvira Cummnings of Dorchestor.
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    Perkycat said, 8 months ago

    @mabrndt

    Thank you – I now know what a grisaille is – interesting.

    Great caption for this painting.
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    pcolli said, 8 months ago

    @Perkycat

    Gris (grey) …..now I understand that bit but what does the rest of the word (saille, aille) mean?
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    INGSOC said, 8 months ago

    Hoping to score a 1/2 ounce of weed….
    
    
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    pcolli said, 8 months ago

    @INGSOC

    You know, weed never had any effect on me…..so many others giggling and munching and me thinking “what?”
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    Jerry Carlson said, 8 months ago

    @BuckyKatt999

    I figured out years ago that the most cost effective way to get antiques is to inherit them from whoever bought them new.
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    vwdualnomand said, 8 months ago

    wasn’t a couple of years ago, one of their appraisers was not really appraiser. he undervalued some items by a lot, and overvalued others by a lot.
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