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   margueritem said, 3 months ago

   And getting a good price for them, too!
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   Linguist said, 3 months ago

   She never forgot the little people !
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   Radish said, 3 months ago

   Worshiped by sock puppets.
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   Pacopuddy said, 3 months ago

   They look like forerunners of Chucky to me.
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   orinoco womble said, 3 months ago

   I can’t stop staring at the peeping Tobias on the left.
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   pcolli said, 3 months ago

   Yes, the baby’s for sale, too.
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   Dogsniff said, 3 months ago

   They’re in immaculate condition.
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   lisapaloma13 said, 3 months ago

   @Dogsniff

   Good one!
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   D-squared said, 3 months ago

   @Dogsniff

   They’re from an immaculate collection.
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    masterskrain said, 3 months ago

    “Buy two, and I’ll throw in Barbie’s Dream Stable, as well!”
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    J. Short said, 3 months ago

    It’s where Frau Van Hoogstaten shops for puppet supplies.
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    finale said, 3 months ago

    WTH?…….I need to see Mabrndt’s expert dish on this one!….Is it the first “It’s a small World”?
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    Grildobkin said, 3 months ago

    I’m trying to figure out what the helicopter/prayingmantis/spy drone thing is back there.
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    mabrndt said, 3 months ago

    Click-to-enlarge image can be found here or here. Smaller enlargement can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.
    
    This is the center panel of the Paumgartner Altarpiece (link shows painting’s Wikipedia page, Google translated family German Wikipedia page) triptych, shown, with a different coloration image, and described, by its current-location page.
    
    A short description of the triptych can be found at the top of this, with pointers to the full triptych description, and center panel (Nativity) description (with its different coloration, click-to-enlarge image, and 2 click-to-enlarge detail images: this, described here, and this, described here).
    
    Another different coloration, click-to-enlarge image can be found here, but many different coloration and detail images of the triptych are available online.
    
    In addition to the artist‘s Catholic Encyclopedia bio, Wikipedia page and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level), an extensive biographical tree of works and descriptions starts here, and a serial version starts here (goes on for over 50 pages, multiple works per page), with considerable overlap between the two versions.
    
    Third, of the 6 works (for some reason this is missing from the list today, perhaps others will be in the future), by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
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    mabrndt said, 3 months ago

    @Grildobkin

    This (found here) shows it closer.
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