Rembrandt CSI

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This print is hard to find and easy to sell to a smart collector.

Well, I did want to post another round of funny and interesting ESCAPE! videos, but this rather important thing came up, about original 17th century Rembrandt etchings.

Look, Rembrandt etchings are traded like stamps, coins, sports cards and memorabilia — it’s all about Scarcity, Desirability and Condition, the “Big 3” of collectible trading.

I have a number of interested possible buyers for the few Rembrandts I have posted in my tiny collection in my virtual gallery, but it’s tricky — I can’t and won’t sell to an amateur. I’ve had that flavor of sale, and eschew it rabidly.

I don’t actually OWN a bunch of Rembrandt etchings — I don’t have to, because I sell them first, and THEN I FIND and buy them and ship them, see? That way, there’s no money up front, no risk of loss of the originals, and no storage issues or insurance problems, and I can have hundreds of Rembrandts up for sale without owning a single one of them.

The trick is, you have to know that you can get hold of what you sell, and you know who has it and at what price. Continue reading →

JazzArt Sunday Special

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God, is it time to do the video thing already??? Okay, here goes the mix for Sunday, the 30th of October, 2022, just a few days before the Great Depression, which I will eventually come out of, but I thought today that I would post these videos of famous people playing jazz in front of my stage decorations/paintings/drops, which are coming up for sale at one of the most prestigious galleries on the planet — hold on to your hats for further details!

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ESCAPE! Videos #9

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While you’re waiting for some asshole to attack you with a hammer in the middle of the night, you might as well play a video game or a couple of fun videos, so here’s your “Middle of the Night Awaiting Hammer Blows to the Head” video collection for the day.

I hope that the immanent destruction of your planet won’t inconvenience you terribly, but we must have bypasses, and this solar system is definitely in the way of progress. Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing. Exactly which thing it is that you won’t be feeling remains to be determined by chance.

Look at it this way — if the Republicans lose, they deny it, and march against the Dems. If the Republicans win, the Dems will curl up and die, because that’s what they always do. Dems are too damned civilized, and they don’t realize there’s a war going on in their own backyard.

So while you’re waiting for The End — which is, indeed, nigh — let’s have some fun and at the same time, let’s learn something. Continue reading →

ESCAPE! Videos #5

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https://youtu.be/uFyJwyeNkFU

Wow, here it is — it’s only ESCAPE! Videos #5, and we’re already starting to sag at the seams, eh? You know, it’s not that easy finding videos that hold together for most of the time — there are always those last-minute commercials and appeals to subscribe, but by and large, you’re left to your own devices, with the exception of the fact that youtube insists on feeding you things that are similar to what you’ve already found.

It’s doubly hard to get out from under that anticipation that I’m going to want the same exact thing over and over again, which is not at all my plan.

My plan is to find videos that you would never have found on your own, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is, who has the time?

Well, I’ll tell you who has the time. An 81 year old with a penchant for technological fun, that’s who. Or is it “whom”?’ Continue reading →

ESCAPE! Videos #4

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https://youtu.be/3V1PX6oFN9s

This video was posted by Yanesh — I’d never seen it either. I hope you enjoy it. I’m NOT a drummer by any stretch of the imagination. Actually, I’ve only ever played kit drums a few dozen times, always just for fun, like this little practice session you see here.

But what about all that stuff that’s happening right now? All those horrible things happening to people all over the world including here, what about all that stuff? Well, it’s time to stop watching the news like a bird watches a snake, and get out of your body for a while.

Your Out of Body Experience awaits you! Prepare yourself for a journey beyond space, time and the 10-second commercial, into the faraway realm of ESCAPE! Videos. Lose yourself in laughter and general merriment, and experience things you would never ordinarily discover, but you will discover them NOW! (snaps fingers). Continue reading →