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That sounds pretty cool. I loved that series, it was really dark for a kids show, and really well made.
Well, the cels are available online on ebay and various galleries. However the one I have is unusual. They did one episode in a style atypical of their usual style, telling stories inspired by different artists/writers. One of the segments was based on Frank Millar's The Dark Knight Returns. This was the book that brought Batman back from the "biff, pow, whammo" campness of the 60's show to the general public. The comics, in general, were serious in tone at this time but this was the book that caught the mainstream attention.. Here is the cel
And a sample of my other stuff. These are two drawings from an animator and producer called Bruce Timm. He was one of the main people behind the Batman animated series and most of the subsequent Warner Bros superhero series of the 90's and 00's and was responsible for the look of most of the characters
The last sample is a drawing I have from an animated film called The Iron Giant (From Brad Bird who did The Incredbles and Ratatoullie). Originally there would be a hand drawing like this, then that would be transferred to plastic (cel) and hand painted. This then would be photographed. 24 of these for every second. Nowadays, even in hand animated films like Disney's The Princess and The Frog, the drawings are done by hand on a drawing tablet and digitally painted.
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TheIrishGrover wrote: »Well, the cels are available online on ebay and various galleries. However the one I have is unusual. They did one episode in a style atypical of their usual style, telling stories inspired by different artists/writers. One of the segments was based on Frank Millar's The Dark Knight Returns. This was the book that brought Batman back from the "biff, pow, whammo" campness of the 60's show to the general public. The comics, in general, were serious in tone at this time but this was the book that caught the mainstream attention.. Here is the cel
And a sample of my other stuff. These are two drawings from an animator and producer called Bruce Timm. He was one of the main people behind the Batman animated series and most of the subsequent Warner Bros superhero series of the 90's and 00's and was responsible for the look of most of the characters
The last sample is a drawing I have from an animated film called The Iron Giant (From Brad Bird who did The Incredbles and Ratatoullie). Originally there would be a hand drawing like this, then that would be transferred to plastic (cel) and hand painted. This then would be photographed. 24 of these for every second. Nowadays, even in hand animated films like Disney's The Princess and The Frog, the drawings are done by hand on a drawing tablet and digitally painted.
This is all cool stuff, especially the Batman cell, it's great that it's not one of those crappy cells where you can only see a hand or something in it. Are the drawings originals or prints? I'd imagine they're pretty rare to come by.0 -
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This is all cool stuff, especially the Batman cell, it's great that it's not one of those crappy cells where you can only see a hand or something in it. Are the drawings originals or prints? I'd imagine they're pretty rare to come by.
The batman one is one of my favourites. It seems simple enough but once you delve into the work involved and the history of the episode, you start to see the importance of the image. Much like Judgement's Day's post boxes. I would have thought "Wha? nutter" until I saw the photo I thanked and then I thought of the impact of those post boxes and the history behind them and I saw them in a new light: "P&T vans? I remember those". All of my stuff is original. One of them was made into a poster, one of them a T-shirt and another was a cover. I only have a few (7 drawings, one finished cel (Batman) and 3 initial animation drawings) And, yes, they are hard to come by alright. (And I've had to forfeit a holiday or two for some) I've been waiting for over 2 years a poison Ivy pic from Bruce Timm to come on sale and I got it last week.
But, I think, like all of you think, it's worth it. It's not their value. It's what prompted you to think "Yeah, I like that, I'll buy it". That's the real reason for collecting. I know a guy who collects a little bit of everything in the off chance that one of them is going to be worth a fortune some day. None of my stuff is going to be worth much more than what I paid for it but I like it, I like owning the original, and, hey, it's better than p1ssing it up against a wall each weekend.0 -
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TheIrishGrover wrote: »But, I think, like all of you think, it's worth it. It's not their value. It's what prompted you to think "Yeah, I like that, I'll buy it". That's the real reason for collecting. I know a guy who collects a little bit of everything in the off chance that one of them is going to be worth a fortune some day. None of my stuff is going to be worth much more than what I paid for it but I like it, I like owning the original, and, hey, it's better than p1ssing it up against a wall each weekend.
The Irish Grover - I couldn't have put it better, collect what you like rather than what you think may increase in value, and perhaps it may in time, but who cares as long as it makes you happy. I have never consciously decided to take up collecting a particular type of item but have just gradually drifted in to it. In some cases I have shied away from branching into new areas of collecting as I know my limitations - banknotes/coins being an area which I have been trying to keep away from. I always have 40 or so banknotes/coins on my eBay 'watching' list but have, thus far, managed to restrict myself to the purchase of a solitary Queen Elizabeth II Nigerian three pence coin. I'm afraid of where it may lead if I once get started.
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Another of my serious interests is ceramics collecting - but, of course, nothing too easy! I collect crested hotelware and related items such as cutlery, menus etc. I restrict myself to Irish and Manx items and they have to be from long extinct concerns or else very unusal items. I have never met another hotelware collector so I really have no idea about values but that is not driving force behind my collecting. The delightful, handpainted side plate by Alfred Meakin Ltd., from the Broadway Soda Fountain Parlor in O'Connell Street was a Christmas present - I can't imagine that much else has survived from that concern. Another oddity is the Bord na Mona desert bowl by Arklow Pottery. I discovered a large hoard of this crockery in use at the Friends Meeting House in Enniscorthy during 2005 - donated. The final picture in this trio is a soup plate from a long gone Enniscorthy hotel, The Portsmouth Arms, which was burnt down years ago. Apparently there was loads of crockery lying about in the remains of the building but mine came from the Antique Tavern where it had been on display for some years. Much badgering eventually persuaded the present owners to exchange it for a Black & White Dogs figure.
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Anthony O Brien wrote: »i will put up some pictures of them soon, can i just copy and paste pictures on here or do i have to use some other method? never put up a picture here before:)
You are best to use one of the FREE picture hosting services such as Imageshack: http://imageshack.us/ which you upload your photos to - very straightforward once you get used to it. Just remember not to delete pictures on imageshack which you have posted on Boards.ie or they will also disappear here. Hope you understand my poor explanation. Will be checking out your eBay listings later. 0 -
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Come on - lets have some more of you come clean on your collecting habits! In the meantime another of my weaknesses is for kitchenalia and a few of my favourites are pictured below. The rolling pin was purchased on eBay a couple of years ago and cost me about £30.00 - despite its rarity due to its fine condition, I use it at least once a week - carefully! The Horlicks mixing measure was bought for very little at the Un-Yoke Market in Wexford and also sees regular use; the Tongue plate cost a small fortune in an Isle of Man antiques shop ten years ago and is used for display purposes only.
The two mechanical devices - the "Beatrice" mincer was bought on eBay for £25, and is in good working order, and identical to one that I grew up with at my Grannys' and that she used right into the 1980s. No built-in obsolescence there! The other machine is again identical to one that I grew up with and is used for making breadcrumbs, and I picked it up for €10 at the Blackrock Market a couple of years ago.
Finally, the Millers guide is a valuable addition and gives details of the age of many gadgets and, more importantly, their purpose which is not always obvious!
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Judgement Day wrote: »Come on - lets have some more of you come clean on your collecting habits! In the meantime another of my weaknesses is for kitchenalia and a few of my favourites are pictured below. The rolling pin was purchased on eBay a couple of years ago and cost me about £30.00 - despite its rarity due to its fine condition, I use it at least once a week - carefully! The Horlicks mixing measure was bought for very little at the Un-Yoke Market in Wexford and also sees regular use; the Tongue plate cost a small fortune in an Isle of Man antiques shop ten years ago and is used for display purposes only.
The two mechanical devices - the "Beatrice" mincer was bought on eBay for £25, and is in good working order, and identical to one that I grew up with at my Grannys' and that she used right into the 1980s. No built-in obsolescence there! The other machine is again identical to one that I grew up with and is used for making breadcrumbs, and I picked it up for €10 at the Blackrock Market a couple of years ago.
Finally, the Millers guide is a valuable addition and gives details of the age of many gadgets and, more importantly, their purpose which is not always obvious!
I didn't realise that those mincers were collectable.
I have 3 of them here. 2 of the brand "Spong" and 1 unmarked but looks a bit like the "Beatrice". Also have a Spong bean slicer and a French made "Mouli" parsley grinder.0 -
Wild_Dogger wrote: »A nice little find of mine , was in one job lot many years ago .
I have been buying on a hunch if something is unusual or quirky.......
I found this amongst a pile of old eastern pots etc at an auction .
Wow, looks like you found something very unusual there alright - did you ever have an expert throw their eye over it? I must say job lots at auction are my favourites but really good ones are a rarity now. I bought an old suitcase half full of mud at an auction in the Isle of Man about ten years ago - if it cost a tenner that was the height of it - and I'm still selling items from it. It was so manky nobody else bothered rooting through it and I made sure to virtually sit on top of it during the auction. Rare Shipping Line crockery, ships flags and much more besides - there's a lot to be said for dirty, dimly lit auction rooms.
The well worn Isle of Man Steam Packet Company jug was one of the worst items in the suitcase and even it fetched 31 pounds for me on eBay recently!0 -
Fuzzy Clam wrote: »I didn't realise that those mincers were collectable.
I have 3 of them here. 2 of the brand "Spong" and 1 unmarked but looks a bit like the "Beatrice". Also have a Spong bean slicer and a French made "Mouli" parsley grinder.
Collecting kitchenalia is big in Britain, and to a lesser extent here, but finding quality items here is very difficult. I find the car boot sale the best bet but be prepared to sift through mountains of rubbish if your looking for treasure. 0 -
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The only thing i could say i collect would be football memorabilia,or more precisely memorabilia from Arsenal's former ground Highbury. I've a few things i bought when the Stadium closed along with stuff i collected over the years. My favourite item is one of the blinds from the box office window with the old 1930's Art Deco crest on it. I also have a couple of small signs from inside the stadium as well as an executive leather seat from the west stand with the cannon embossed in it. Here's a few pics from the landing in my house,they're from a phone camera so quality isn't great but you'll get the idea.:)
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Another of my passions which I have recently returned to after a thirty year gap is birdwatching and consequently I have been rebuilding my library. Apart from restocking with some of the more useful titles that I had when an active birdwatcher, I have set out to build up a set of all the standard works on Irish birds; this is proving quite difficult and expensive!
The first standard work on Irish birds was written by William Thompson and published as far back as 1849 (!) and it's a magnificent 4 volume set (the fourth volume being published posthumously in 1853), and I have so far managed to buy Vols.1&2 for £400.00. A Dublin dealer is currently offering the full set for €1,000 ! Next up is the The Natural History of the Birds of Ireland by John Watters - a single volume published in 1852 and using much material sourced from Thompson's work - my copy was picked up on eBay for £50. To complete the 19th century trilogy the little known Our Irish Songbirds by the Rev.C.W.Benson is a must. My copy is a 1901 2nd edition, the original having been published in 1886, and was purchased from Oxfam UK for about £50. In my pic I have included a copy of a Kessinger Publishing (USA) 2008 POD reprint - purchased for £20 purely to see just how bad a job had been done and the message is don't buy this or any other Kessinger publication - truly dreadful on every count. Incidentally, Kessinger is a byword for thinly veiled copyright theft.
Moving to the 20th century the most famous work is the Ussher and Warren Birds of Ireland (1900) and now very difficult to find - my copy is from a school library - say no more. Packed with fascinating information it is a must have for any serious Irish ornithologist. An interesting and extremely rare booklet is Birds of Ireland Month by Month (1928) by Rev.P.G.Kennedy - I purchased my copy from a US dealer and have never seen another copy. The next standard work is the highly acclaimed The Birds of Ireland (1954) by Kennedy, Ruttledge & Scroope and it is rarely found in such good condition as my one which has an almost perfect dustwrapper - £75 from a UK dealer. Another rare title published the previous year is An Irish Sanctuary: birds of the North Bull (1953) by P.G.Kennedy and is virtually unobtainable - especially with a dustwrapper. Ireland's Birds: their Distributions & Migrations (1966) by R.F.Ruttledge is the last major work standard work on Irish birds and is another must for serious birdwatchers. A Guide to Irish Birds (1967) by Christopher Moriarty (not illustrated) is a modest paperback along the same lines as Ruttledge's 1966 work. Needless to say I didn't even know of most of the earlier titles despite being a serious birdwatcher for ten years or so. Sorry to have rambled on for so long but anybody wanting further links, info etc can PM me.
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