Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]years ago a Picasso "the weeping woman" was stolen from the Victorian Gallery: boy did she have a hooter, which should have been at least painted out. The painting was returned undamaged several days later: I suspect the thief got tired of looking at a distored crying "masterpiece". Collecting comes down to money and "taste", but you do need plenty of the former ;-) Dan C writes: > Recall the movie "The Magic Christian"? There was a scene where Peter > Sellers buys a valuable Rembrandt from gallery owner John Cleese, and then > proceeds to cut the nose out of the portrait in the painting, much to > Cleese's chagrin. > > Buying a 24x34 Nikon rangefinder and using it is like cutting the nose out > of a Rembrandt. > > -dan c. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com