Yes, that can be really sad, but even sadder for me is the "museum-ification" of objects meant to be used and enjoyed eg I have some lovely Bhutanese handmade silks, from the royal silkmake… (View Post)

True story. In doing up my flat I’ve bought lots of emotionally charged objects to add to my own collection of weird noomy things Just last week I bought a “first edition” of Mao’s Little Red Book, c… (View Post)

This ignore several factors. One, I want to put hot drinks on these things, or teapots etc. I don't believe a fragile 17th century patina would endure that. The lacquer protects it, but as it is… (View Post)

It really really isn't, you twit. It's been analysed and proven multiple times See here: https://manhattan.institute/article/is-wikipedia-politically-biased Also here: "Is Wikipedia Po… (View Post)

It’s a half billion years ago old organism, emerging from the primordial slime. A massive great Trilobite And right behind it is a vulgar gold copper pot, made in Nazi Germany in about 1941. And the … (View Post)