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Most of the VHS tapes I own. This doesn't include some 50 VHSes of old game shows recorded by me or a friend.
"WASHED ASHORE COLLECTION!"
{ Get ready to be swept away in Little Ditzies upcoming collection this weekend! Cool soothing watery blues and ivories will put a gentle wind in your sails as I have been preparing a beautiful collection of three new colors to delight you! }
I've been trying for a couple weeks to figure out what I wanted to do for Easter cupcakes. I could never decided on one design, so I had fun doing several different styles.
All chocolate cupcakes with either vanilla or chocolate cream cheese frosting.
(To give credit where it's due, the ones with the gold bunnies are a Bakerella design)
Love the old Speedball brayer box and paint tubes. The graphics and type on this old packaging inspires me in my studio.
Bonhams Grand Palais Paris
1991 Ford GT40 coupé réplique par GT Developments
Châssis n° 100E321274
Moteur n° 321274
'Une GT40 authentique est hors de prix, mais il existe une alternative tout aussi charismatique, la GTD40. Les deux sont impossible à différencier à moins de cinq pas, encore moins à cinquante, tant la réplique GTD est fidèle, même aux yeux des plus avertis. Ce n'est pas une voiture en kit, mais un pur sang dans tous les sens du terme.' Autosport, 1989.
Dix ans après sa victoire au Mans, la GT40 était déjà considérée comme l'une des plus grandes classiques de tous les temps, générant une demande accrue pour les vraies voitures authentiques et donnant naissance à toute une industrie de répliques. Avec à peine 107 GT40 construites par Ford Advanced Vehicle à l'usine de Slough entre 1966 et 1972, il n'est pas surprenant qu'une industrie d'arrière-cour par de petits constructeurs indépendants ait prospérée pour satisfaire une demande croissante pour des répliques de la charismatique Ford victorieuse au Mans.
D'abord installé à Manchester puis à Poole dans le Dorset, GT Developments se révéla rapidement comme l'un des constructeurs majeurs de fidèles répliques de la GT40. GTD avait commencé au début des années 1980 en construisant des sous-ensembles pour les répliques de GT40 de KVA, la société de Kenneth Vincent Attwell, avant de fabriquer des voitures complètes. Ken Attwell avait été directeur de production à l'usine Ford de Swansea et avait pris des empreintes du moule de la voiture originale qu'il avait eu ensuite l'autorisation d'utiliser pour construire des répliques. Sous l'impulsion de Ray Christopher, un des directeurs de la société, GT Developments s'était plus tard lancé dans la construction de sa propre version. C'est ce lien avec la voiture originale, via KVA, qui rend la GTD supérieure à ses rivales, en plus du fait que Ray a passé un accord avec Bob Lutz, alors à la tête de Ford Europe, pour la fourniture de pièces originales.
Construite par les experts reconnus de GT Developments, cette fidèle réplique de la légendaire Ford victorieuse au Mans a été acquise au Royaume-Uni en février 2009 et immédiatement immatriculée par la FFVE. Basée sur le modèle Mk I, elle s'enorgueillit de caractéristiques améliorées qui la rendent aussi à l'aise sur route ou sur circuit. Parmi ses spécificités remarquables, une suspension ajustable à l'avant et à l'arrière, des amortisseurs réglables AVO (route/circuit), des étriers à 4 pistons HiSpec, des disques AP Racing ventilés aux quatre roues et des jantes alliage BRM (8 pouces à l'avant, 10 pouces à l'arrière) chaussées de pneus Avon. Les suspensions, freins, radiateur, pneus, échappement, etc ont coûté 16.700 â¬.
Monté en 2012, le moteur (17.850 â¬) est un Ford Boss 347 ci (5,7 litres) de compétition équipé d'une culasse en aluminium, de carburateurs compétition, d'un allumage électronique Mallory et d'un échappement céramique. Un vrai moteur de compétition avec un bloc à quatre goujons qui développe 430 ch mais peut grimper à 550 avec une préparation. Montée en même temps que le moteur, la boîte est une SADEV séquentielle à six rapports. La carrosserie a été repeinte il y a un an, tandis que les fenêtres latérales en Lexan ont été remplacées et l'intérieur regarni avec des matériaux conformes à l'origine. Tous ce travaux ont été effectués par des professionnels et toutes les factures sont fournies. Le coût total (y compris le prix d'achat) dépasse les 138.000 â¬.
La voiture est vendue avec son manuel indiquant la procédure de démarrage et les recommandations, un test au banc (enregistré en 2011) des essais de boîte sur les six rapports, la brochure de GT Developments, un rapport d'expert (indiquant une valeur de 120.000 â¬) et un dossier conséquent de restauration contenant des photos de la restauration.
Cette voiture est éligible pour des démonstrations lors de manifestations historiques comme Spa Classics, les Dix mille tours du Castellet, Le Mans Historique, etc et peut réaliser des temps au tour comparables à ceux de la GT40 originale. Cette superbe réplique de GT 40 peut être acquise pour une fraction du prix de la vraie et est vendue avec une carte grise française de collection et son contrôle technique valable jusqu'en 2017.
Visit on June 9, 2014 to Jerry's collection in Canton, Michigan, a small city that lies in the northwest corner of Wayne County. Jerry has a terrific collection of classic cars, both original and nicely restored.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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One of the newer digital directory screens.
Somerset Collection is a massive luxury mall in Troy, Michigan. The mall is a sprawling 1,443,000 square feet and has two sections (north and south). About 90 percent of the tenants in the mall appear to be higher-end, but there are some middle-end stores like just about every other mall has. The mall is currently anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Crate & Barrel, Nordstrom, and Macy's.
The one anchor store that seems odd here is Macy's. It seems a little low-end for this mall; I wonder why they didn't put a Bloomingdale's here instead. I laughed when someone with a lot of money told me they though of Macy's as a discount store. I can see how Macy's would be considered "discount" after walking around this mall....
In 1967, Saks built a Saks Fifth Avenue store on the property. A single story enclosed luxury mall (Somerset Mall) was built attached to the store in 1969. Bonwit Teller was added as an anchor then. Both Bonwit Teller and Saks Fifth Avenue remodeled plus expanded over the years. In 1990, Bonwit Teller went bankrupt and shuttered all of their stores.
In 1992, the mall was reconstructed as a two-story mall and added Neiman Marcus as an anchor store. Neiman Marcus demolished and rebuilt on the site of Bonwit Teller. The new mall was called Somerset Collection. In 1996, a north side to the mall was built on the other side of Big Beaver Road. This other side of the mall is connected to the south side with a moving sidewalk over the road (skywalk). The three story north expansion brought Nordstom and Hudson's (later Marshall Field's, now Macy's) as anchor stores.
The south side of the mall has 524,700 square feet of space and the north side has 918,300 square feet of space. The mall appeared to have around a 100% occupency rate on my visit. The only stores I noticed not open were under construction to be turned into other stores. A couple retailers have more than one location in the mall, Aveda and Starbucks (full Starbucks locations, not kiosks) both have two locations inside the mall. Also, I noticed brands like Burberry, Gucci, Louis Vuitton had full stores in the mall as well as salespaces in other anchor stores (such as Saks Fifth Avenue).
Forbes Company owns this mall. Forbes also bought the former Kmart Headquarters building across the street to block another developer that wanted to build a new shopping center and swipe some stores from Somerset Collection. Nothing appears to be happing with the old Kmart Headquarters building...
Somerset Collection - Big Beaver Road and Coolidge Highway - Troy, Michigan
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There's a gap between the wall at the edge of our property & the fence on the hospital side: I periodically try to clear out the top layer of leaves so they don't blow end up blowing into the neighbor's driveway..but below that, the collection probably represents decades worth of mostly mango leaves. (The tree is over 50 years old; not sure about the fence.)
The top of the wall is basically at ground level on our side.
taken in early 2015 . I have added a few pairs to these since. I prefer the pairs with the white stitching details.
Not as massive as others. Maybe 3 months worth of collection. I'm not as obsessed with collecting as I was before.
Diamond Bus North West: 33695 (SN12 AGZ) an Alexander Dennis Enviro 400, painted in First Group corporate livery with Diamond fleet names. This vehicle is seen here in Bolton operating a journey on Service 36 to Manchester Piccadilly.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 11th August 2019.
Ref No: DSC_27589/PJ.
This is a picture of most of the film camera's I have accumulated over the year's. I thought it was about time I had a sort out to see how many I have got. Bought from charity shops, boot fairs and eBay. Most work some don't but I enjoy trying to fix them, a lot I have used and in time I intend to get round to giving them all a try.
My Dunny collection :)
The top row (L to R):
- Amy Ruppel - Series 2009
- Lady Aiko - Fatale Series
- Tizieu - Series 2010
- Tara McPherson - Fatale Series
The second row from top (L to R):
- DJ Lance Rock (Yo Gabba Gabba)
- Superdeux - French Series
- Amanda Visell - Series 5
- Tado - Ye Olde English Series
- Amanda Visell - 2010 Series
The third row from top (L to R):
- Mocre - Azteca Series 1
- Amanda Visell - Fatale Series
- Interstellar Appeal by Ardabus Rubber (1/1 custom)
The final row from top (L to R):
- Sneaky Raccoon - 2010 Series
- Mist - Series 4
- Tristan Eaton - Series 3
- Thomas Han - Series 4
- Aaron Meshon - 2Tone Series
And yes: good individual pics will come in the future! :)
Metroline Manchester: WDS276 (MF74 NPV) a Wright Streetdeck Ultroliner, painted in Bee Network yellow livery and allocated to Hyde Road Garage. It is captured here on Kings Road in Whalley Range whilst operating on Service 15 to Manchester Piccadilly.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 17th January 2025.
Ref No: 0045534/CL.
A row of vintage British saloon cars just off the highway. Evidently the owner was either proud of them or hoped to sell them.
Near Marshal, Saskatchewan
July 2015
Received the Two Martian Manhunters in a trade last week!
The 2 Vulture Droids, AT-ST, V-19 and White Boba came in the mail today! Happy to finally have two White Boba Fetts :D
So I can finally cross all off of my list of what sets I need 2 of!
There are ALL of them ;).
Not for trade
Q&A
Did you ever buy Prototypes online?
Nope
Will you ever buy Prototypes online?
Does it look like I need to? :P
Why did Will give you so much and me so little?
Me and Will have known each other for a while. We always talk and share ideas etc.
Do you like to brag about your prototypes?
Why brag, just post a pic to flickr and watch the people come ;)
I'd like to thank Will once more for his amazing generosity. 99.9% of these are from him.
The Rijksmuseum (Dutch pronunciation: [ËrÉi̯ksmyËzeËjÊm]; English: State Museum) is a Netherlands national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.
The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened its doors in 1885. On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost ⬠375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of 2.2 million and 2.45 million visitors.
The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200â2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The museum also has a small Asian collection which is on display in the Asian pavilion.
Building
The building of the Rijksmuseum was designed by Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1885. It consists of two squares with an atrium in each centre. In the central axis is a tunnel with the entrances at ground level and the Gallery of Honour at the first floor. The building also contains a library. The fragment building, branded Philips wing, contains building fragments that show the history of architecture in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum is a rijksmonument (national heritage site) since 1970 and was listed in the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites in 1990. The Asian pavilion was designed by Cruz y Ortiz and opened in 2013.
History
21st century
The atrium after the renovation in 2013
In December 2003, the main building of the museum closed for a major renovation. During this renovation, about 400 objects from the collection were on display in the 'fragment building', including Rembrandt's The Night Watch and other 17th-century masterpieces.
The restoration and renovation of the Rijksmuseum are based on a design by Spanish architects Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz. Many of the old interior decorations were restored and the floors in the courtyards were removed. The renovation would have initially taken five years, but was delayed and eventually took almost ten years to complete. The renovation cost ⬠375 million.
The reconstruction of the building was completed on 16 July 2012. In March 2013 the museum's main pieces of art were moved back from the 'fragment building' (Philips Wing) to the main building. The Night Watch returned to the Night Watch Room, at the end of the Hall of Fame. On 13 April 2013, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. On 1 November 2014 the Philips Wing reopened with the exhibition Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century.
According to Muriel Huisman, Project Architect for the Rijksmuseum's renovation, "Cruz y Ortiz always like to look for a synergy between old and new, and we try not to explain things with our architecture.â With the Rijks, âthereâs no cut between old and new; weâve tried to merge it. We did this by looking for materials that were true to the original building, resulting in a kind of silent architecture."
Collection
See also: 120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum and List of painters in the collection of the Rijksmuseum
The collection of the Rijksmuseum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum.
The collection contains more than 2,000 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age by notable painters such as Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen, Rembrandt, and Rembrandt's pupils.
The museum also has a small Asian collection which is on display in the Asian pavilion.
It also displays the stern of HMS Royal Charles which was captured in the Raid on the Medway, and the Hartog plate.
In 2012 the museum took the unusual step of making some 125,000 high-resolution images available for download via its Rijksstudio webplatform, with plans to add another 40,000 images per year until the entire collection of one million works is available, according to Taco Dibbits, director of collections.
*Note* These shoes are not for sale.
This is merely an inventory shot to show the full extent of my YoSD shoe hoarding obsession.
A couple months ago my Dad gave me his entire collection of Playboy magazines.
I added it to mine and wound up with a complete collection of over 25 years and many duplicates :)
Including the May 1983 issue which has an interview with Ansel Adams.
PictionID:52728553 - Catalog:14_030083 - Title:GD/Astronautics Art Details: Satellite - Filename:14_030083.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum