The 'What the fuck!' thread - Page 439

footfootfoot · 02-02-2009, 11:06 AM

Email Sotheby's and they will usually be very happy to let you know more about it and its value.

LabRat · 02-02-2009, 11:32 AM

You could try Antiques Road Show too...

It's odd, but kinda cool. I can't wait to hear if it actually is something interesting!!

glatt · 02-02-2009, 11:56 AM

Just looking at it, I'd believe the story that it's Haitian.

It looks like folk art done by slaves or descendants of slaves.

wolf · 02-02-2009, 01:41 PM

I'm sure someone's going to be horrified that you're keeping it in the backyard ...

Amazing piece, I agree that it has the look of slave-art about it.

glatt · 02-02-2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I'm sure someone's going to be horrified that you're keeping it in the backyard ...

But termite holes add to the patina.

Pooka · 02-02-2009, 03:31 PM

You are probably right. Supposedly it was kept outside at the parents house. We had it hanging in our stair well before we moved here, but now we have no wallspace large enough to accomidate it. It was in our garage until recently when we moved it to the back covered patio... but it was really too heavy for the hanger it was on...now it is sitting right out side the garage again... simply because Flint moved it there verses actually back in the garage. In any case... it is in the same condition it was in when we got it.

I would love to unload it... it is pretty terrifying... while there is a certain interesting quality to it it seems sort of like us having a Mammy Cookie jar or a lawn jocky... and well its just scary... my mother in law was convinced it brought bad spirits. I just really have no room for it.

TheMercenary · 02-02-2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pooka

WTF is this?

You might be able find it in here:

http://www.designtoscano.com/ancillary/sitemap.do

Flint · 02-02-2009, 04:14 PM

Hey, I was going to post this thing on The Cellar.

Wouldn't it be cool to be that person on Antiques Roadshow who finds out the piece of crap in their back yard is worth $175,000 or summat?

Pooka · 02-02-2009, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Hey, I was going to post this thing on The Cellar.

Wouldn't it be cool to be that person on Antiques Roadshow who finds out the piece of crap in their back yard is worth $175,000 or summat?

It would be so awesome that I'd give you a BJ in front of Gawd and the whole world. ;-)

Guess we need to take some better pics... front and back

Hey remember how horrified we were when he presented it to us... lol

HungLikeJesus · 02-02-2009, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pooka

It would be so awesome that I'd give you a BJ in front of Gawd and the whole world. ;-)

Guess we need to take some better pics... front and back

Hey remember how horrified we were when he presented it to us... lol

I hope you mean pictures of the carving.

Pooka · 02-02-2009, 05:28 PM

Lol... yes... picture of the other would be a whole different thread

capnhowdy · 02-02-2009, 10:06 PM

There used to be a doodads thread..

I like carvings. That is a really nice piece.

::scratches head, trys to decide whether to pour another scotch or try to find the doodads thread::

capnhowdy · 02-02-2009, 10:10 PM

++++I'd like to know what type of wood it is. It has held up nicely.

Aliantha · 02-02-2009, 10:11 PM

I vote, have a couple more scotches and then try and find it. lol

You could be looking a long time...

Big Sarge · 02-03-2009, 12:17 AM

Pooka,

That is definitely a Haitian fetish associated with Hoodoo (not VooDoo). Typically it would be placed on or near an altar. I am unable to date the piece without examining for tool marks, etc. If this is a late 20th century piece, it would be worth $200-$300. If it was a 19th century carving, it could easily go for more than $10,000

02-02-2009, 11:06 AM	#6571
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Email Sotheby's and they will usually be very happy to let you know more about it and its value. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-02-2009, 11:32 AM	#6572
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02-02-2009, 01:41 PM	#6574
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm sure someone's going to be horrified that you're keeping it in the backyard ... Amazing piece, I agree that it has the look of slave-art about it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-02-2009, 04:14 PM	#6578
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Hey, I was going to post this thing on The Cellar. Wouldn't it be cool to be that person on Antiques Roadshow who finds out the piece of crap in their back yard is worth $175,000 or summat? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-02-2009, 10:06 PM	#6582
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	There used to be a doodads thread.. I like carvings. That is a really nice piece. ::scratches head, trys to decide whether to pour another scotch or try to find the doodads thread:: __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-02-2009, 11:56 AM	#6573
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Just looking at it, I'd believe the story that it's Haitian. It looks like folk art done by slaves or descendants of slaves.

02-02-2009, 03:31 PM	#6576
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	You are probably right. Supposedly it was kept outside at the parents house. We had it hanging in our stair well before we moved here, but now we have no wallspace large enough to accomidate it. It was in our garage until recently when we moved it to the back covered patio... but it was really too heavy for the hanger it was on...now it is sitting right out side the garage again... simply because Flint moved it there verses actually back in the garage. In any case... it is in the same condition it was in when we got it. I would love to unload it... it is pretty terrifying... while there is a certain interesting quality to it it seems sort of like us having a Mammy Cookie jar or a lawn jocky... and well its just scary... my mother in law was convinced it brought bad spirits. I just really have no room for it.

02-02-2009, 05:28 PM	#6581
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Lol... yes... picture of the other would be a whole different thread

02-02-2009, 10:10 PM	#6583
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	++++I'd like to know what type of wood it is. It has held up nicely. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-02-2009, 10:11 PM	#6584
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I vote, have a couple more scotches and then try and find it. lol You could be looking a long time... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-03-2009, 12:17 AM	#6585
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Pooka, That is definitely a Haitian fetish associated with Hoodoo (not VooDoo). Typically it would be placed on or near an altar. I am unable to date the piece without examining for tool marks, etc. If this is a late 20th century piece, it would be worth $200-$300. If it was a 19th century carving, it could easily go for more than $10,000 __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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