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Showing posts with label clowns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clowns. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Thrift Shoppin' With Mistress MJ
Mistress MJ recently discovered the worst thrift shop in the world. (And I’ve been in a lot of thrift shops.)
Filthy, damp, run by geriatrics in bathrobes and slippers and stuffed haphazardly to the rafters with crap. (Think Collyer Brothers.)
I was just about to flounce out when I found this gem…
(click to enlarge)
At $10 it was a steal compared to its retail value of $50 but I wasn’t about to buy it even for the sake of blogging or auctioning it off to one of you bitches.
As it was behind lock and key in a cabinet (who would steal it?), I didn’t take a photo of the plate … rather, I hoped there would be a good photograph on the Internet.
Unfortunately, I could find only one photo (above) and it does not do justice to the absurdity of the image.
Here then, is a description from this source…
"There Ought To Be Clowns collector plate. The 1st Plate in the Annual Telephone Pioneers Collector Series. This is Plate # 770 in an edition strictly limited to 5000 plates. Telephone Pioneer clown troops are active everywhere and this holiday visit to a home brings a great deal of pleasure to the residents. Terry Ward has captured beautifully this bittersweet but richly rewarding visit. Plate in MINT CONDITION complete with Certificate of Authenticity and original box. Approximately 8 1/2" diameter."
I’ve vowed never to return to this grubby grotto of geegaws yet don’t you think the clown plate would go well with my clown painting?
Filthy, damp, run by geriatrics in bathrobes and slippers and stuffed haphazardly to the rafters with crap. (Think Collyer Brothers.)
I was just about to flounce out when I found this gem…
At $10 it was a steal compared to its retail value of $50 but I wasn’t about to buy it even for the sake of blogging or auctioning it off to one of you bitches.
As it was behind lock and key in a cabinet (who would steal it?), I didn’t take a photo of the plate … rather, I hoped there would be a good photograph on the Internet.
Unfortunately, I could find only one photo (above) and it does not do justice to the absurdity of the image.
Here then, is a description from this source…
"There Ought To Be Clowns collector plate. The 1st Plate in the Annual Telephone Pioneers Collector Series. This is Plate # 770 in an edition strictly limited to 5000 plates. Telephone Pioneer clown troops are active everywhere and this holiday visit to a home brings a great deal of pleasure to the residents. Terry Ward has captured beautifully this bittersweet but richly rewarding visit. Plate in MINT CONDITION complete with Certificate of Authenticity and original box. Approximately 8 1/2" diameter."
I’ve vowed never to return to this grubby grotto of geegaws yet don’t you think the clown plate would go well with my clown painting?
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Thursday, April 01, 2010
The Clown Painting
No, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke.
Mistress MJ’s clown painting
The monstrosity pictured above really does belong to Mistress MJ and what’s worse, it actually hangs on the wall for all to see.
Now that I’ve confessed to a lapse in good taste, feel free to submit your décor disasters to our How Not To Decorate Competition.
Thanks to everyone who's sent photos in already!
DEADLINE: Friday!
Mistress MJ’s clown painting
The monstrosity pictured above really does belong to Mistress MJ and what’s worse, it actually hangs on the wall for all to see.
Now that I’ve confessed to a lapse in good taste, feel free to submit your décor disasters to our How Not To Decorate Competition.
Thanks to everyone who's sent photos in already!
DEADLINE: Friday!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
How Not to Decorate
Welcome to a new series on Infomaniac entitled, “How Not to Decorate.”
I’ve been known to travel hours through the night to attend design exhibitions in New York City, Montreal and San Francisco. Yet despite my great love of design, I have a lot of useless, stupid shite in my home.
This series is your window of opportunity to view some of my ghastly home decor. Normally, I would charge admission but for you bitches it’s free.
I realize that I’m in danger of Colin and Justin performing a Home Heist on me for what I am about to display but it’s a risk I’m willing to take.
Behold…
THE CLOWN PAINTING
Do you have an item in your house that can top my clown oil painting for its crap design appeal?
Email a photo of it to me and I’ll collect enough pics to do a posting of Infomaniac readers’ shite.
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