Fuente: filatelissimo
Este bloque de sellos de chocolate está realizado con gran realismo y sobre todo un detalle muy importante es que están impregnados con aroma de chocolate.
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Coleccionismo. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Coleccionismo. Mostrar todas las entradas
lunes, 19 de octubre de 2009
Sellos de chocolate
viernes, 18 de septiembre de 2009
jueves, 3 de septiembre de 2009
Miniaturas de Palacios y Casas de Muñecas
Fuente: darkroastedblend
Doll's House enthusiasts usually trace the origins of their fascination to European “baby houses” of the 1700s, though kids were kept far, far away from these elegant treasures; they were more a status symbol than a real plaything.
Vintage Dollhouse in Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Natalya Bushina
If you want to use a broader description, though, miniatures (more suited for children to play with) arguably have roots as far back as the ancient Egyptians, if not further... There is something magical in making things smaller; even your office tower may look like a doll house from a certain angle, without you realizing it:
(image credit: Aduna)
True doll houses, featuring elegant miniaturization and suitable for children to play with, really began to come into their own with the industrial age, around the turn of the 20th century. The finest makers of houses (and their mini-furniture), were usually German (before the first World War) and then the British and Americans. Dolls and their houses existed before machines took the place of skilled craftsmen, but only rich kids could afford them -- and then only played with them very, very carefully.
Dollhouse in the Frankfurt shop window, Germany. Photo by Tatiana
Some of the kids who enjoyed them grew up and transformed their childhood fun into a seriously wonderful hobby, if not magnificent art.
Colleen Moore's Fairy Dollhouse
One of the more celebrated doll houses lives in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Created by legendary silent picture actress Colleen Moore with the set designer Harold Grieve, the fairy castle is a magnificent work of art as well deliriously scaled precision.
Towering more than eight feet tall, the house features murals painted by someone you may have heard of (Walt Disney), chandeliers with real diamonds, the tiniest Bible ever written, tapestries featuring the smallest recorded stitches, a library of more than 100 hand-printed books, a pure silver bathtub (with running water), and still more amazing treasures and exquisite details.
You could say that bathrooms like this will never go out of style:
(images credit: Museum of Science and Industry)
Being a screen queen gave Colleen Moore an opportunity to create a magnificent fantasy castle, but if you want true opulence in small scale you have to … well, let’s just say it’s good to be the queen.
Queen's Miniature Windsor Castle
Created in 1924, Queen Mary’s Dolls' House has a pedigree worthy of any stately home in England; the queen’s cousin, Princess Marie Louise, commissioned the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to construct it. (more info)
(images credit: Victorian Station)
But the Queen’s dollhouse was more than a plaything. It was, and still is, a frozen moment in British history, a miniature collection of the pride of the empire with works and features showcasing the best the country had to offer. Like Colleen Moore’s castle, the library had an extensive collection of handwritten books, but because she was the queen, after all, the royal doll house’s library had unique works by Kipling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
(images credit: Victorian Station)
Moore’s house had running water, but the queen’s house not only had that but a flushable loo, too. And that’s not all: the floors were done in fine woods and marble, the kitchen sported a working coffee mill, and even the wine cellar featured bottles containing real wines (and not just the cheap stuff, either) -
(image via)
Accurate in every aspect: right down to tiny little wine bottles with real wine, tiny magazines and books, real carpets, plush furnishings, fireplaces, with real framed art hanging above them. Perhaps the most impressive of all is the five inch-long vintage motorcycle, which reportedly has a real, working motor.
True labour of love: The Miniature Hobbit™ House
There are simply far too many curiosities and small-scale wonders to talk about in one article – from immaculate working steam trains and gasoline-powered racing cars. But this incredible doll house might take a special place in your heart - once you see how lovingly it's made and how warm and cozy the detailing is. Livejournal user ObeliaMedusa built a perfect replica of Frodo™s Hobbit House, using a usual dollhouse scale, 1 inch: 1 foot - with all two rows of rooms together measuring about 25" by 36".
Here are a few more hobbit-eye views:
Look into the pantry...
... and here's cozy Bilbo's room, complete with books and a nice desk:
See more incredible detailing and interior shots here and in-progress page here. By now you must be really amazed at the sophistication of this project... but here's how it all started:
That tells you that even the most intimidating of projects are possible, if you start with a small wonder and add to it... one little step at a time.
(images credit: ObeliaMedusa)
Miniature food for dollhouses (that Borrowers would die for) -
Doll's House enthusiasts usually trace the origins of their fascination to European “baby houses” of the 1700s, though kids were kept far, far away from these elegant treasures; they were more a status symbol than a real plaything.
Vintage Dollhouse in Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Natalya Bushina
If you want to use a broader description, though, miniatures (more suited for children to play with) arguably have roots as far back as the ancient Egyptians, if not further... There is something magical in making things smaller; even your office tower may look like a doll house from a certain angle, without you realizing it:
(image credit: Aduna)
True doll houses, featuring elegant miniaturization and suitable for children to play with, really began to come into their own with the industrial age, around the turn of the 20th century. The finest makers of houses (and their mini-furniture), were usually German (before the first World War) and then the British and Americans. Dolls and their houses existed before machines took the place of skilled craftsmen, but only rich kids could afford them -- and then only played with them very, very carefully.
Dollhouse in the Frankfurt shop window, Germany. Photo by Tatiana
Some of the kids who enjoyed them grew up and transformed their childhood fun into a seriously wonderful hobby, if not magnificent art.
Colleen Moore's Fairy Dollhouse
One of the more celebrated doll houses lives in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Created by legendary silent picture actress Colleen Moore with the set designer Harold Grieve, the fairy castle is a magnificent work of art as well deliriously scaled precision.
Towering more than eight feet tall, the house features murals painted by someone you may have heard of (Walt Disney), chandeliers with real diamonds, the tiniest Bible ever written, tapestries featuring the smallest recorded stitches, a library of more than 100 hand-printed books, a pure silver bathtub (with running water), and still more amazing treasures and exquisite details.
You could say that bathrooms like this will never go out of style:
(images credit: Museum of Science and Industry)
Being a screen queen gave Colleen Moore an opportunity to create a magnificent fantasy castle, but if you want true opulence in small scale you have to … well, let’s just say it’s good to be the queen.
Queen's Miniature Windsor Castle
Created in 1924, Queen Mary’s Dolls' House has a pedigree worthy of any stately home in England; the queen’s cousin, Princess Marie Louise, commissioned the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to construct it. (more info)
(images credit: Victorian Station)
But the Queen’s dollhouse was more than a plaything. It was, and still is, a frozen moment in British history, a miniature collection of the pride of the empire with works and features showcasing the best the country had to offer. Like Colleen Moore’s castle, the library had an extensive collection of handwritten books, but because she was the queen, after all, the royal doll house’s library had unique works by Kipling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
(images credit: Victorian Station)
Moore’s house had running water, but the queen’s house not only had that but a flushable loo, too. And that’s not all: the floors were done in fine woods and marble, the kitchen sported a working coffee mill, and even the wine cellar featured bottles containing real wines (and not just the cheap stuff, either) -
(image via)
Accurate in every aspect: right down to tiny little wine bottles with real wine, tiny magazines and books, real carpets, plush furnishings, fireplaces, with real framed art hanging above them. Perhaps the most impressive of all is the five inch-long vintage motorcycle, which reportedly has a real, working motor.
True labour of love: The Miniature Hobbit™ House
There are simply far too many curiosities and small-scale wonders to talk about in one article – from immaculate working steam trains and gasoline-powered racing cars. But this incredible doll house might take a special place in your heart - once you see how lovingly it's made and how warm and cozy the detailing is. Livejournal user ObeliaMedusa built a perfect replica of Frodo™s Hobbit House, using a usual dollhouse scale, 1 inch: 1 foot - with all two rows of rooms together measuring about 25" by 36".
Here are a few more hobbit-eye views:
Look into the pantry...
... and here's cozy Bilbo's room, complete with books and a nice desk:
See more incredible detailing and interior shots here and in-progress page here. By now you must be really amazed at the sophistication of this project... but here's how it all started:
That tells you that even the most intimidating of projects are possible, if you start with a small wonder and add to it... one little step at a time.
(images credit: ObeliaMedusa)
Miniature food for dollhouses (that Borrowers would die for) -
sábado, 16 de mayo de 2009
Cerillas del mundo
Fuente: mira y calla
Maravillosa colección de cajas de cerillas de Europa del Este. Si quires ver más, aquí tienes otras de la India.
No menos espectacular es esta otra colección del escritor Belcampo.
Maravillosa colección de cajas de cerillas de Europa del Este. Si quires ver más, aquí tienes otras de la India.
No menos espectacular es esta otra colección del escritor Belcampo.
lunes, 27 de abril de 2009
Buscador de patentes
Fuente: sopa de ciencias
En Google Patent Search presumen de almacenar más de siete millones de patentes que cualquier internauta puede consultar libremente. El archivo incluye desde la patente del popular aeroplano de los hermanos Wright y el teléfono de Graham Bell hasta este primitivo ordenador portátil de Epson, o el microscopio de 1890 que funciona al echar una moneda. Navegando en profundidad se encuentran también otros inventos curiosos como un cepillo de dientes plegable de 1920 o una raqueta de tenis de 1915.
miércoles, 1 de abril de 2009
domingo, 22 de febrero de 2009
Líneas Aéreas del ayer
Fuente: mira y calla
Airline Timetable Images. Desbordante colección de folletos de horarios de aerolíneas de todo el mundo y de todas las épocas.
Airline Timetable Images. Desbordante colección de folletos de horarios de aerolíneas de todo el mundo y de todas las épocas.
sábado, 13 de diciembre de 2008
La espada láser de Luke Skywalker, subastada por 180.000 euros
Fuente: 20minutos.es
La casa de subastas de Hollywood Profiles in History organizó ayer la puja, que finalmente ganó un fan del universo ficticio creado por George Lucas.
Concretamente, se trata de la espada láser que utilizó el actor Mark Hamill en las dos primeras entregas de la saga, La guerra de las galaxias y El Imperio contraataca.
El arma pertenecía hasta ahora a Gary Kurtz, uno de los productores de las dos primeras películas, y va acompañada de una carta de autenticidad firmada por el productor.
Los seguidores de Star Wars también pujaron por un fragmento de la mítica estación espacial Estrella de la muerte, así como por el casco y las manos utilizadas por el actor Anthony Daniels para encarnar al despistado robot C-3PO.
Las reliquias cinematográficas son una de las especialidades de esta casa de subastas que también ha puesto a la venta el látigo de Indiana Jones y el vestuario usado por Marlon Brando en Superman.
- Un fan ha adquirido la espada que usó Mark Hamill en las dos primeras entregas de la saga.
- También se han subastado un fragmento de la Estrella de la Muerte y piezas de C3-PO.
- El látigo de Indiana Jones se encontraba en la subasta.
La casa de subastas de Hollywood Profiles in History organizó ayer la puja, que finalmente ganó un fan del universo ficticio creado por George Lucas.Concretamente, se trata de la espada láser que utilizó el actor Mark Hamill en las dos primeras entregas de la saga, La guerra de las galaxias y El Imperio contraataca.
El arma pertenecía hasta ahora a Gary Kurtz, uno de los productores de las dos primeras películas, y va acompañada de una carta de autenticidad firmada por el productor.
Los seguidores de Star Wars también pujaron por un fragmento de la mítica estación espacial Estrella de la muerte, así como por el casco y las manos utilizadas por el actor Anthony Daniels para encarnar al despistado robot C-3PO.
Las reliquias cinematográficas son una de las especialidades de esta casa de subastas que también ha puesto a la venta el látigo de Indiana Jones y el vestuario usado por Marlon Brando en Superman.
jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2008
Arte y Coleccionismo
Fuente: mira y calla
No te pierdas el soberbio trabajo del artista Brendan Jamison. Es capaz de crear verdadero arte a partir de las materias más variopintas, como terrones de azúcar, cera o lana.
Genial recopilación con estas impresionantes y algo deprimentes 7 colecciones geek. Entre ellas, los 8000 pikachus o este enfermizo coleccionista de dados.
No te pierdas el soberbio trabajo del artista Brendan Jamison. Es capaz de crear verdadero arte a partir de las materias más variopintas, como terrones de azúcar, cera o lana.
Genial recopilación con estas impresionantes y algo deprimentes 7 colecciones geek. Entre ellas, los 8000 pikachus o este enfermizo coleccionista de dados.miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2008
El maletín del cazavampiros
Fuente: darkroastedblend
Una antigüedad del año 1800 por la módica cantidad de 14,850 dólares. Puedes comprarlo aquí
Una antigüedad del año 1800 por la módica cantidad de 14,850 dólares. Puedes comprarlo aquí
martes, 18 de noviembre de 2008
Gisele Bundchen y Angelina Jolie subastadas en Christie's
Fuente: luxist
On Nov. 19, Christie's in London will auction off a stunning collection of photographs including some provocative shots of the world's most beautiful women. From a purely aesthetic standpoint the highlight of these is this 2000 portrait of Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen by Mark Seliger, estimated at $9,000 to $12,000 - a relative bargain compared to Martin Schoeller's 2003 Angelina Jolie with Blood, est. at $23,000 - $39,000.
Also included in the sale: Albert Watson's 1993 nude Kate Moss, Marrakech, est. at $23,000 - $31,000; David LaChapelle's 1999 Britney Spears, Baby, est. $23,000 - $31,000; Michel Comte's 1996 James King, New York City, est. $6,000 - $9,000; and Gavin Bond's 2007 snap of Victoria's Secret stunner Adriana Lima, est. $5,000 - $8,000.
On Nov. 19, Christie's in London will auction off a stunning collection of photographs including some provocative shots of the world's most beautiful women. From a purely aesthetic standpoint the highlight of these is this 2000 portrait of Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen by Mark Seliger, estimated at $9,000 to $12,000 - a relative bargain compared to Martin Schoeller's 2003 Angelina Jolie with Blood, est. at $23,000 - $39,000.
Also included in the sale: Albert Watson's 1993 nude Kate Moss, Marrakech, est. at $23,000 - $31,000; David LaChapelle's 1999 Britney Spears, Baby, est. $23,000 - $31,000; Michel Comte's 1996 James King, New York City, est. $6,000 - $9,000; and Gavin Bond's 2007 snap of Victoria's Secret stunner Adriana Lima, est. $5,000 - $8,000.
sábado, 7 de junio de 2008
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