AvatarByDaseinflipped into Art & DaseinAvatarAvatar1 day agoArtist Captures the Soul of Quaint Urban Architecture With Expressive Marker Sketchesverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Regina SienraWhen we think of architectural illustrations, we may think of iconic buildings in a city rendered with structural details. But in many places, the true character lies not in its skycrapers and landmarks, but in the homes and businesses where locals spend their days. Artist Albert Kiefer (aka …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into Non SequiturFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoHere are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.lithub.com - Literary HubToday, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award that began during the first year of the pandemic to honor and support the best writing about New York …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into Non SequiturThe 2024 International Booker Prize Shortlistbookriot.com - CommunityThe 2024 International Booker Prize Shortlist was announced yesterday. The award is granted annually to “the best novels and short story collections …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into The Art & Hobby of CollectingAvatarAvatarCollector pays over $90k for rare Castlevania copy after 23-year searchReadWrite - Sophie AtkinsonA rare sealed hangtag copy of a 1st production Castlevania has been sold for $90,100, making this one of the highest-priced auctions for a raw boxed video game. There were 130 bids in total and the item started at $37,000 on eBay from a seller located in Frisco, Texas. The 1987 release was described …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into Art & DaseinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRemarkable Tessellated Forms Emerge in Intricate Origami by Goran Konjevod — Colossalthisiscolossal.com - Kate MothesIn Goran Konjevod’s meticulously crafted origami pieces, countless creases, ridges, and folds transform into stunning forms (previously). Ranging …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into The Art & Hobby of CollectingFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDo You Own This Queen Elizabeth II Coin? It Could Be Worth up to $23 Milliongobankingrates.com - Vance CariagaThe 2022 death of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after 70-plus years on the throne kicked off a memorabilia frenzy that saw prices skyrocket for …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into Non SequiturAvatarAvatarL.A. author Kathryn Scanlan wins $175,000 literary prize: ‘Baffling and wonderful’verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Eva HartmanKathryn Scanlan’s knowledge that she would be a writer arose in the haze of childhood, like the appreciation for animals that grounds so many of the L.A. author’s stories. Her most recent success in literature, though, seems to have taken even her by surprise: Scanlan has been awarded the …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into The Art & Hobby of CollectingAvatarAvatarMOST WANTED I bought a vintage photo for $13 – I realized its ‘true worth was $2m’ after I saw it featured an iconic American outlawThe US Sun - Emma Crabtree, Freelance US reporterA SHOPPER made a shocking discovery about the true value of a $13 photograph. The value of the item from eBay shot up by millions after Justin Whiting …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into 52nd Street JazzFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins - 3 Quarks Daily3quarksdaily.com - Morgan MeisDwight Garner at the New York Times: It is possible to imagine the jazz musician Sonny Rollins’s life as a novel, pitched between realism and …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into The Art & Hobby of CollectingFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAn Apple Business Card Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for a Whopping Sumartnet.com - by Richard WhiddingtonThe auction also included old Apple computers, a first-generation iPhone, and a ticket stub signed by Jobs. The U.S. government may have filed a …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into DIY camerasFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoYou can mount Nikon lenses to this new Yashica Micro camera (the smallest mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses)nikonrumors.com - [NR] adminThe previously reported Yashica Micro mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses (co-developed with I’m Back) is now listed for funding on …
AvatarByDaseinflipped into Street Photographers and Photojournalists.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDanny Lyon's new memoir: An ode to photojournalism in 60 key American yearsdigitalcameraworld.com - By Kalum CarterDanny Lyon is cemented as one of the most prolific photojournalists of the last century, documenting subcultures from within with a sense of humanity …