Currency Collage / Mark Wagner
The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of […]
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Amazing Spider-Man #49 Cover Original Art (Marvel 1967) to fetch six figures
The 1967 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man #49 drawn by legendary comic artist John
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Billionaire Burkle buys Ennis House
Billionaire Ron Burkle has snapped up Frank Lloyd Wright’s landmark Ennis House for the bargain price of $4.5 million. (Dailymail UK has the story)
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Billy the Kid portrait sells for $2.3 million
DENVER (AP) — What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million. The tintype on Saturday evening went to private collector William Koch at Brian Lebel’s 22nd Annual Old West Show & Auction, where auction spokeswoman Melissa […]
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American Iconomics: James Charles
The Shooting Gallery, in San Francisco, just wrapped up a dual exhibition featuring works from artists, Akira Beard and James Charles, titled, American Iconomics. The curatorial theme dealt with American icons of our contemporary culture. Here is an excerpt on James Charles’ clever popular culture monetary mash-ups from the Shooting Gallery press release: As of […]
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