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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
That's really cool, Michael. Congratulations to your wife.
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Groucho
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Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Posts: 12096 Location: Stroudsburg, PA
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Thanks! She's still in a bit of shock, because usually when she takes her art to a gallery, they go "Dryer lint? No thanks" so it's great that a huge organization like Niche (which runs an art magazine carried by galleries all over the US and Canada) take it seriously and give her their highest award.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Very nice! Awesome piece.
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BJ
Killing With Kindness
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:57 pm Posts: 25020 Location: Anchorage,Alaska
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm Posts: 11013 Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Congrats to your wife
Also, do you know what happened to Tony himself? He hasn't posted here in years it seems.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Two months ago: TonyMontana wrote: Back from the dead! Got an Xbox One which reminded me of the olden days, and I've got apparently 15 hours while the piece of shit updates and installs NBA 2K14 so thought I'd say hey. Hey. But that was only a single post. His last was in November 2012.
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm Posts: 11013 Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Good to know he is still alive and kicking, saddened to hear he is still in the Microsoft camp. But then he wouldn't really be Tony if he wasn't
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batnanna
Da Bears
Joined: Thu May 04, 2006 2:15 am Posts: 2802 Location: Springfield, Missouri
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Wow. Glad to know nothing bad happened to Tony. I was definitely worried since he hadn't posted in so long.
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batnanna
Da Bears
Joined: Thu May 04, 2006 2:15 am Posts: 2802 Location: Springfield, Missouri
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Congrats to your wife Groucho. How long does it take her to make a picture like that? It's got to be time consuming.
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Jiffy
Forum General
Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:27 pm Posts: 6145 Location: New York
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Yes, I'm happy to know Tony wasn't shot.
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Groucho
Extraordinary
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Posts: 12096 Location: Stroudsburg, PA
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Batnanna wrote: Congrats to your wife Groucho. How long does it take her to make a picture like that? It's got to be time consuming. Because she's a cancer survivor who lost her upper arm and back muscles, she can only work a few hours a day before she has to relax and possibly get into her lymphedema machine so yeah, they take quite a long time to make. In the past, the galleries sold her smaller pieces for around $300 or so, which is based partly on the fact that it's dryer lint. While that's what makes it cool, some people don't want to spend a lot of money on art made from recycled materials (which is silly because come on, how much does a bit of paint cost, yet people will pay lots of money for a painting). Anyway, now she's making these big ones (this one is 2 feet by 3 feet) and it's taking even longer. Because of the bigger sizes and this win, the galleries will be able to up their prices. Tony should have bought the one she did of his dog while he had the chance.
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Groucho
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Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Posts: 12096 Location: Stroudsburg, PA
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Bragging about my wife again. Here's her piece "Dali in Dryer Lint" which was nominated for the Niche Award this year (but lost). Anyway, it was just purchased by Ripley's Believe it or Not, so you'll see it in one of their museums soon. http://www.HeidiHooper.com
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
That's really fantastic.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Magnus wrote: thats incredible. hope she gets some kind of compensation for it. Usually, when something is "purchased", as stated above, compensation is involved.
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Groucho
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Dr. Lecter wrote: Magnus wrote: thats incredible. hope she gets some kind of compensation for it. Usually, when something is "purchased", as stated above, compensation is involved. Yes and this one sold in the thousands of dollars. Yes, that's plural.
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Jiffy
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Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:27 pm Posts: 6145 Location: New York
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
That's awesome.
Did we ever confirm if Tony is still alive?
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Groucho
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Re: Tony's Dog in Ripley's Believe it or Not Book
Here's a cool picture of David Tennant signing a dryer lint portrait of David Tennant. He apparently was very impressed with my wife's work.
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Rev
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:06 am Posts: 32115 Location: the last free city
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
Nice!
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Chippy
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
Who?
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Groucho
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
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Chippy
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
I hope you got the joke :/
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Groucho
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
Chippy wrote: I hope you got the joke :/
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
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Groucho
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: Groucho's wife makes art out of dryer lint
Impressive.
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