Sold!

Taken by an anonymous American photographer in the 1850's, and titled "Poodle With Bow, On Table," this daguerreotype was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $8,125.

This might possibly be one of the first "Pet Photos" ever taken.

Sick stuffed animals

More at
UNSTUFFED | PLAYLAND
by Jack Griffin

Photography by David Stewart

See many more at the photographer's web collection.

blown up lights

Glass blown, floor standing lights combining the skills of the glassworker and the playfulness of clowns and children’s entertainers. If only glass were as pliable as balloons!

Supplied on a silver finished steel stand in frosted and clear glass.

Available at Thelermont Hupton

(via Cool Hunting)

Winged kittens

Available at Custom Creature Taxidermy Arts ($750 and up)

Photo credit: Custom Creatures

Art by Agapov Vladimir

Whimsical, and joyful - I'd love to have any one of this artist's works, or ALL of them!







See many more of Agapov Vladimir's paintings at Art Russia

Art by Jon Bertelli

2 great posters by Jon Bertelli

Curiosity

Patience

Both available at All Posters

A stolen rat?

Late French designer Yves Saint Laurent's two bronze sculptures went up for auction at Christie's last week. The highest bidder has been revealed: Cai Mingchao.

But Cai, who bid nearly $40 million by phone last week, has no intention of paying.

Cai is a member of China's Lost Cultural Relics Foundation, a group trying to stop the auction and reclaim the two relics, which were once housed in Beijing's Old Summer Palace.

The Chinese say the bronze rat and rabbit heads were stolen during the second Opium War in 1860 when British and French troops looted and then burned down the imperial palace.

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Great bear sleeping bag

Designed by artist Eiko Ishizawa

I don't think it's for sale, you'll have to make your own.

(via Blame it on the voices)