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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More tales from the road

Well, after twelve years it is time to move on. Lipka's Arcade (the largest on Portobello Road) is going the way of Antiquarius on Kings Road - making way for the generic retail chain. Antiquarius is going to be London's new Anthropologie store. I suspect one of the Lipka buildings will probably end up a Baby Gap. Given the number of crunchy new men on a Saturday pushing those three wheeled things (replete with yoga mat, bags of organic shopping , and screaming child) I am sure they will do a roaring trade.

We'll see if indeed when one door closes another door opens.

One thing is for certain, this is the first and last time anyone will ever see Antropologie and, or, Baby Gap mentioned here.

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