get your bearclaw on


our cute little brit friend has launched her “fine objects”, the first of which are a bag of tricks that include a bear claw, skull, bone, and arrow head all made of recycled bronze. choose what you will but don’t hang em on your xmas tree. available at matter matters for $360. by xy

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master forgery: fake Bugatti Type 51 fetches £250,000

“this is a very skilfully executed replica of a 1931 bugatti which won the casablanca grand prix”. the copy of a bugatti type 51 had been lying unused in a garage in hartlebury, worcestershire for nine years. the car had been owned by car enthusiast alan riley, who believed it to be the original bugatti driven by count stanislas czaykowski in races in the 1930s, but the car was recently examined by david sewell, a bugatti expert, who decided it was a replica made using a mixture of genuine and reproduction parts, including some from the czaykowski vehicle. despite this, the car fetched £250,000 at an auction… an original would have been worth over £2,000,000. fortunately, admiring it is for free. by dd

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Mon petit ami: Bonnie and Clyde guns up for auction

bonnie and clyde’s guns are finally up for sale. for the life of me, i can’t find out how such personal property as bonnie’s make up bag has made it to an auction, and who is actually pocketing the funds off of the death of the notorious gangsters. that being said, parker’s colt detective special .38 revolver and clyde barrow’s 1911 army colt .45 pistol, are the two that will steal the show. both of which have estimated $150,000 to $300,000 (£93,000 to £185,000) price tags.

retired history professor ER milner says it is clear why the couple is still so intriguing. “americans and, i think, most people love a lover… and here were these young people in the midst of the worst depression in the history of the world striking a blow for what they thought was right – and loving one another. it was almost a shakespearean tragedy on a dusty road in louisiana.” well that is especially true today of bank robbers since we have lost all our sympathy for any poor old bank. the irony of it all is that the guns will probably be purchased by some banker after all. by dd

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