Thursday, May 17, 2012
Watch Out For Altered Rubies
Monday, January 23, 2012
55 of the Rudest Things Rude New Yorkers Do
55. Use a plus sign instead of spelling out the "and" in the title of your famous New York-based travel magazine that declares entire cities of people rude.
54. Take someone else's umbrella from the umbrella bucket WHEN IT'S RAINING. Leaving that broken-ass one that you bought off the street does not absolve you of this sin.
53. Fail to have your Metrocard/cash or credit card at the ready in the 10-person line of people waiting to swipe their Metrocards/buy something.
52. Insist on ordering your bagels with the bagel-part scooped out. Go buy a fucking cracker.
51. Break up with someone on a Post-It note using writing that resembles that of a psychopath. Neatness counts!
50. Kill squirrels and pigeons.
49. Feed squirrels and pigeons.
48. Tell everyone you don't own a television and instead just watch "important things" on Hulu all day. Be smug about this.
47. Have loud sex in your apartment so as to be overheard by your neighbors.
46. Move furniture in your apartment late at night so as to be overheard by your neighbors.
45. Create more rude New Yorkers.
44. Make people who have kids feel bad. Cuz they might CRY.
43. Make gender normative statements about a child's hat.
42. Never call, text, IM, BBM, gchat, Skype, Facebook, or DM again after the first date.
41. Call, et al, after the first date, repeatedly, until the recipient of your madness must a) confront you directly or b) take out a restraining order. Then Facebook friend 'em!
40. Give someone bed bugs.
39. Smoke really fragrant weed without offering the neighbors any.
38. Push your way into the subway car without letting others out first.
37. Cling to the subway pole with your buttocks, back, entire body, or peanut-butter-and-jelly- or influenza-sticky hands.
36. Let your dog defecate on the streets (and fail to pick it up).
35. Pee outside.This is particularly rude near churches, doorsteps, and humans, unless requested explicitly.
34. Tip poorly.
33. Publicly shame your noob out-of-town relatives for tipping poorly and for anything else said noobs get up to. They can't help it.
32. Fail to wash your hands after using the bathroom. Be really into shaking people's hands.
31. Accept rounds purchased by others but never offer to pay for one yourself.
30. Shout loud things that nobody wants to hear and are not even remotely helpful or pleasant in public and/or private places while also taking your pants off.
29. Allow your cell phone to ring at the Philharmonic. Chosen ringtone: Marimba.
28. Walk around with your clothing falling off, revealing certain fleshy parts that no one is interested in viewing.
27. Sing in public, badly. Also, listen to your terribly curated music so loudly that everyone else can hear it, even though you have terrible taste in music and you're not all that great at curating, either.
26. Walk improperly. This includes oblivious, overt texting while walking as well as spitting.Don't spit. Don't "store" your used gum on the ground either. That karma will find you when you least expect it.
25. Be a cabbie; refuse to go to Brooklyn.
24. Be a cab passenger; vomit in cabs.
23. Sneak into a second movie after you've only paid for the first. Actually, nevermind. This is not rude, this is good business sense.
22. Forget to say thank you in whichever written or verbal format is deemed necessary by the generosity received. Forget to say thank you back. Forget to say thank you to the thank you's thank you. Die and go to a hell that is full of stationary and pens that are forever running out of ink.
21. Close talk.
20. Take up more than your allotted space in this world.
19. Claim to have to work when you actually don't.
18. Hold obnoxiously themed baby showers and bachelorette parties that you insist your friends not only attend, at their expense, but also bring gifts to.
17. Be snarky about other people's important life events.
16. Claim that you are poor when you make $700,000 a year
15. Up-stream.
14. Drink the milk directly out of the container.
13. Steal someone's gross lunch from the gross office fridge. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
12. Act like elderly people don't have a right to exist in this city.
11. Cheat.
10. Lie. Unless it makes someone feel better
9. Cut the wallet out of drunk people's pockets when they pass out while riding the subway.
8. Pass out on the subway and rely on the kindness of strangers, whom you may or may not have drooled on, to protect you from the lush workers.
7. Throw pornographic pictures down at the people having the party on the patio below because they are being too loud and having too much fun and it's SO RUDE they didn't invite you.
6. Have a loud party on your patio and fail to invite the neighbors. When pornographic pictures rain down from above, shout "Fuck you!" and give every window you see the finger. Make it the unmanicured one.
5. Chuckle, even inaudibly, when the subway door slams in the face of that loser.
4. Fail to hold the door for the person directly behind you, especially if he/she is disabled, weak, ill, old, holding a large object, a child, or pregnant. If he or she is texting and not paying attention while walking into the door, do whatever the heck you want.
3. Make incessant fun of Thought Catalog.
2. Think you are better than other people because you are a New Yorker.
1. Claim that New Yorkers are rude.
from The Village Voice
54. Take someone else's umbrella from the umbrella bucket WHEN IT'S RAINING. Leaving that broken-ass one that you bought off the street does not absolve you of this sin.
53. Fail to have your Metrocard/cash or credit card at the ready in the 10-person line of people waiting to swipe their Metrocards/buy something.
52. Insist on ordering your bagels with the bagel-part scooped out. Go buy a fucking cracker.
51. Break up with someone on a Post-It note using writing that resembles that of a psychopath. Neatness counts!
50. Kill squirrels and pigeons.
49. Feed squirrels and pigeons.
48. Tell everyone you don't own a television and instead just watch "important things" on Hulu all day. Be smug about this.
47. Have loud sex in your apartment so as to be overheard by your neighbors.
46. Move furniture in your apartment late at night so as to be overheard by your neighbors.
45. Create more rude New Yorkers.
44. Make people who have kids feel bad. Cuz they might CRY.
43. Make gender normative statements about a child's hat.
42. Never call, text, IM, BBM, gchat, Skype, Facebook, or DM again after the first date.
41. Call, et al, after the first date, repeatedly, until the recipient of your madness must a) confront you directly or b) take out a restraining order. Then Facebook friend 'em!
40. Give someone bed bugs.
39. Smoke really fragrant weed without offering the neighbors any.
38. Push your way into the subway car without letting others out first.
37. Cling to the subway pole with your buttocks, back, entire body, or peanut-butter-and-jelly- or influenza-sticky hands.
36. Let your dog defecate on the streets (and fail to pick it up).
35. Pee outside.This is particularly rude near churches, doorsteps, and humans, unless requested explicitly.
34. Tip poorly.
33. Publicly shame your noob out-of-town relatives for tipping poorly and for anything else said noobs get up to. They can't help it.
32. Fail to wash your hands after using the bathroom. Be really into shaking people's hands.
31. Accept rounds purchased by others but never offer to pay for one yourself.
30. Shout loud things that nobody wants to hear and are not even remotely helpful or pleasant in public and/or private places while also taking your pants off.
29. Allow your cell phone to ring at the Philharmonic. Chosen ringtone: Marimba.
28. Walk around with your clothing falling off, revealing certain fleshy parts that no one is interested in viewing.
27. Sing in public, badly. Also, listen to your terribly curated music so loudly that everyone else can hear it, even though you have terrible taste in music and you're not all that great at curating, either.
26. Walk improperly. This includes oblivious, overt texting while walking as well as spitting.Don't spit. Don't "store" your used gum on the ground either. That karma will find you when you least expect it.
25. Be a cabbie; refuse to go to Brooklyn.
24. Be a cab passenger; vomit in cabs.
23. Sneak into a second movie after you've only paid for the first. Actually, nevermind. This is not rude, this is good business sense.
22. Forget to say thank you in whichever written or verbal format is deemed necessary by the generosity received. Forget to say thank you back. Forget to say thank you to the thank you's thank you. Die and go to a hell that is full of stationary and pens that are forever running out of ink.
21. Close talk.
20. Take up more than your allotted space in this world.
19. Claim to have to work when you actually don't.
18. Hold obnoxiously themed baby showers and bachelorette parties that you insist your friends not only attend, at their expense, but also bring gifts to.
17. Be snarky about other people's important life events.
16. Claim that you are poor when you make $700,000 a year
15. Up-stream.
14. Drink the milk directly out of the container.
13. Steal someone's gross lunch from the gross office fridge. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
12. Act like elderly people don't have a right to exist in this city.
11. Cheat.
10. Lie. Unless it makes someone feel better
9. Cut the wallet out of drunk people's pockets when they pass out while riding the subway.
8. Pass out on the subway and rely on the kindness of strangers, whom you may or may not have drooled on, to protect you from the lush workers.
7. Throw pornographic pictures down at the people having the party on the patio below because they are being too loud and having too much fun and it's SO RUDE they didn't invite you.
6. Have a loud party on your patio and fail to invite the neighbors. When pornographic pictures rain down from above, shout "Fuck you!" and give every window you see the finger. Make it the unmanicured one.
5. Chuckle, even inaudibly, when the subway door slams in the face of that loser.
4. Fail to hold the door for the person directly behind you, especially if he/she is disabled, weak, ill, old, holding a large object, a child, or pregnant. If he or she is texting and not paying attention while walking into the door, do whatever the heck you want.
3. Make incessant fun of Thought Catalog.
2. Think you are better than other people because you are a New Yorker.
1. Claim that New Yorkers are rude.
from The Village Voice
Thursday, January 19, 2012
If you plan to sell some gold, it helps to know what "meltdown value" is.
If you plan to sell some gold, it helps to know what "meltdown value" is. It has a value determined by its weight and purity. The lowest price you should take for items made of gold is the actual value when it is melted and formed into bars of 24 karat gold.
The gold price listed in newspapers or online is given in troy ounces. Grocery and postal scales measure in avoirdupois ounces. Troy ounces are about 10% heavier. Your jewelry will probably be marked 14K or with another indicator of the purity of the metal. Our calculator ( http://www.kovels.com/Gold-Calculator/gold-value-estimator.html )does the arithmetic to measure the value changes necessary to go from 10K, 12K, 14K, or 18K gold to 24K, the gold that is made into bars. The only thing the buyer is paying for is the gold. Any mounted stones or other metals do not count and an adjustment is made for them.
Buyers pay a little less than full value because they sell the gold to be melted and, of course, they want to make a profit. Just fill in the blanks and click to learn the value of your items.
Note:
The design, maker, and valuable gems that might be in your jewelry could add value, so a piece may be worth more to someone buying and selling antiques. So ask any local dealer or auction house what they would pay before you consider meltdown value.
This was all proved by The Kovels
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Unpaid Winning Bids Change Terms of Auctions
The most expensive Chinese work of art, sold in November, 2010, in London for $83 million, had not yet been paid for according to a Bloomberg News article. It is one of many unpaid for purchases by the Chinese bidders.
Some auction houses now ask for deposits before the auction for very expensive items. This delayed or non-payment habit reaches into lower than the million dollar range and auction houses tell us that they are having trouble collecting for some items selling at $100,000 or less.
Some auction houses now ask for deposits before the auction for very expensive items. This delayed or non-payment habit reaches into lower than the million dollar range and auction houses tell us that they are having trouble collecting for some items selling at $100,000 or less.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
If Pepsi-Cola is your favorite, how about bidding for a 2 1/8-inch brooch shaped like a Pepsi bottle. It's a gold, ruby, emerald, and diamond piece of jewelry that belonged to Joan Crawford. Some of her belongings are being auctioned Dec. 7 by Doyle New York. Topped by an accented ruby bottle cap and set throughout with emeralds and diamonds, this tiny Pepsi bottle brooch owned by Joan Crawford would make a great lapel pin, according to Louis LeB. Webre of auction house Doyle New York.
Photo Courtesy of Doyle New York
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Record Set for a Folk Art Painting
A 1786 folk art painting of Abigail Rose sold at a Skinner auction in Boston for a record $1,271,000. It broke the previous record for an American folk art painting, $1,248,000, set at Christie's in 2007.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The 10 Stupidest American Holidays
Columbus Day
The problem with Columbus Day isn't just Columbus himself (though celebrating him is dicey), or the Italian-Americans who enjoy celebrating one of their cultural heroes. The problem is that not everyone gets today off. You know just what I'm talking about, as you sit in your cubicle reading this because half of the people you need to talk to to get your job done have today off. Schools are out, the government is closed, but your office is open. That means you have to find a place to put the kids all day and listen to people talk about their long weekend plans while you have to work and hope it rains and ruins everyone's free day off. That's quite a legacy to leave, Columbus.
Flag Day
Do we really need a whole day to celebrate our flag? It's great that we have a symbol for our country, but why go out of our way to recognize it in some way? Every other country has a damn flag, it's not like having a flag makes us special. And just look at our flag. It's kind of a design nightmare. It's got all these bars and stripes and different colors and strange angles. As far as flags go, ours is a little cluttered. Maybe every year on Flag Day we should have a design competition to come up with something new? I'd support that.
Father's Day
This is such pandering. It's like Gillette and the American Tie Federation saw how much success Hallmark and 1-800-FLOWERS had with Mother's Day and decided to horn in on the action. Most dads could care less about getting presents or attention or brunch or anything. They probably appreciate that you call them, that's nice. Either that or your father was an asshole who treated you badly and divorced your mother for some new bitch with kids of her own and he doesn't even really talk to you that much anymore. What an asshole! Who needs to be reminded of that?
Groundhog Day
Who the hell even came up with this holiday, and what does it even mean? On February 2, there's this critter in Pennsylvania who comes out of his hole and either sees his shadow and get scared and something happens or he doesn't see his shadow and then nothing happens. No one understands it. Not even the news stations that cover it every year. There are more rules to this than Ultimate Frisbee. It's supposed to make spring come more quickly or something. It doesn't. It's February! We still have two more months of cold. How about giving us "Take a Trip to Florida" day? That's all I really want in February.
Patriot's Day
This is a day that is only celebrated in Massachusetts, our second Least worst state, but it doesn't mean they need a whole day off just to themselves. The Patriots, they're good and all, but they're not all that. They haven't won a Super Bowl in six years! Look at Tom Brady these days. He's making more headlines for his hair and loving Uggs and being a prolific babydaddy than he is for making passes and touchdowns. Stop being so cocky, Boston, your team isn't that important.
Arbor Day
A day for the planting and caring of trees? Really? What, have we been hijacked by Greenpeace? Do you have to hug the trees after you plant them? And what good are trees if they won't take care of themselves? You want trees to sit in your yard or on the street or wherever and just grow and be strong and not have to be tended to like some blooming invalid, right? What happens when the GOP finds out about this and tries to shut it down because it's some pro-environmental action? Won't they try to do the same thing to Arbor Day that they did to ACORN? Too many questions!
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Yes, mateys, this is stupid. And if you keep trying to make it happen, you're going to have to walk the plank.
Confederate Memorial Day
Ostensibly this is a day to commemorate all the lives lost by the Confederacy during the Civil War. While people dying in war is always sad, these people were defending, you know, slavery. So, um. Yeah. Remember that.
Casimir Pulaski Day
This is a holiday in March that is celebrated in the Chicago area, mostly by the large Polish population. That's fine, but Pulaski—a Revolutionary War hero—also has a federal holiday in October. I don't want to discount the great things this gentleman did to win our freedom, but does he really need two holidays? I mean, the only other person who gets two holidays is Jesus. Oprah doesn't even have one. Do something about that, Chicago.
Mardi Gras
Alright, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is fine. If you want to go and wade through streets paved in vomit and bad decisions and show off your body parts, be my guest. Actually, be New Orleans' guest. If you want to do it anywhere else, then you're just a drunk who is looking for an excuse to get shitfaced on a Tuesday. How about going to celebrate your first day of sobriety at a meeting instead? Then you'll have a nice, easy to remember anniversary to celebrate every year. If drinking a hurricane on Fat Tuesday means that much to you, then take your tourism dollars down to New Orleans. They'd be happy to take them.
thanks to GAWKER
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