I don't get it

Is the financial gain so significant it justifies the bastardisation of the esoteric?

Four from Oly:


swan oil painting



sunda ornament
cast resin ornament w/ metal base (sold individually)



saw bills
cast resin with black wood base



albert and fiona busts
resin busts with hand-appled green verdi-gris finish
albert (right), fiona (left)


Four from life:


Trumpeter Swan, plate 406 from Birds of America, 1827-1835
by John James Audubon



Early 19th Century whale's vertebra



Collection of mounted 19th Century sawfish blades



Bust of Dame Edith Sitwell
by Maurice Lambert


You decide.


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FYI

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall with Pope Benedict XVI


Prince Charles and Princess Diana with Pope John Paul II


The Duchess of Cornwall is not, as one tabloid suggested, emulating the late Diana, Princess of Wales. It is protocol for women to wear black and to cover their heads when meeting the Pope. The only exception being the privilège du blanc. A privilege afforded to female Catholic Monarchs, and to female Catholic Consorts of Monarchs, wherein they are allowed to wear white when in an audience with the Pope.

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