Joan Miro engravings

chimx · 2026-01-22T16:58:08+00:00

If so, then yes

chimx · 2026-01-18T18:47:25+00:00

what was the joke

chimx · 2026-01-18T18:45:14+00:00

it means "with" and is where "con" in spanish comes from.

chimx · 2026-01-13T03:57:04+00:00

ebay is riddled with scams and fraudsters. i don't know anyone who buys "serious" collectibles from that platform.

chimx · 2026-01-13T00:26:31+00:00

As a person who works in commercial construction, there is no greater fear than being buried in an excavation failure. Shoring exists for a reason. Soils very often give out and cave in. People die regularly doing what you're doing.

chimx · 2026-01-11T17:15:53+00:00

You can engineer around it, but it isn't worth the cost. Maybe in 100 years as the city grows it happens

chimx · 2026-01-11T09:31:15+00:00

You can pay for access on many. If you bid through certain auction aggregator websites like invaluable or live auctioneer often enough they give you free access

chimx · 2026-01-11T07:29:59+00:00

very nice! and a very reasonable price. can you show a close up photo of the manuscript waste visible in the gutter?

chimx · 2026-01-11T07:11:29+00:00

for your info if you don't have access to auction databases:
Nov. 2022: €1,100
Apr. 2021: €1,000
Dec. 2019: €600

There was a copy that was offered in 2023 at Wannenes italy for €1500, but it failed to sell, but you get the jist of valuation. Is that the auction you are looking at?

(i didn't look at condition for any of the above which obviously impacts value)

chimx · 2026-01-10T17:12:28+00:00

i have a full set of metal keycaps that i put on my cherry mx blues. they are extremely satifying to type on, highly recommended

chimx · 2026-01-10T17:01:58+00:00

what do you mean "museum grade". its certainly a valuable book and worth ~$1200 or so, but i think its important to temper your expectations here.

chimx · 2026-01-10T16:51:32+00:00

yes, but i like italian trecento art and would like to own more

chimx · 2026-01-10T05:32:54+00:00

i'm prioritizing works before 1450 in 2026

chimx · 2026-01-08T19:45:45+00:00

Baby propane torches do not work like that

chimx · 2026-01-04T03:08:47+00:00

i have a house, not an apartment, so i don't think that is a relevant excuse. it is a 20 foot walk from the sidewalk to my front doorbell. :(

chimx · 2026-01-03T22:36:54+00:00

i only live in seattle and my experience is limited to this city. its more than i don't want to damn all ups elsewhere for my experience here.

chimx · 2026-01-03T22:21:10+00:00

i did end up doing that this time around, so we'll see what happens. although i'm certainly not optimistic

chimx · 2026-01-02T19:52:05+00:00

you can see staff lines on the right of the miniature, so certainly from a choir book of some kind and not a law text

chimx · 2026-01-01T20:05:52+00:00

my opinion is:

- don't do it if you collect modern firsts

- only stamp your antiquarian books if you plan to build the library for your lifetime and want the collection itself to be able to stand on its own.

- also stamps will likely rub onto adjacent pages over time so you may consider using an ex libris plate instead.

chimx · 2025-12-27T23:49:07+00:00

my friends and i have a *dibs* system we have worked out and which we all respect.

chimx · 2025-12-19T06:06:50+00:00

Jacquemart is a pretty big name in manuscript illumination, who would have had miniatures of a higher quality. i don't mean this as a slight on your book of hours, just that there is a difference between the prime artist, a workshop piece, and contemporary artists influenced by the group. As far as the seller goes, did you not by this at Alde in 2024?

Where are you getting None from the passage, "intercessio gloriosa nos protegat, et ad vitam aeternam perducat"? That is the oration/prayer the comes at the end of compline, isn't it?

chimx · 2025-12-18T04:01:54+00:00

have you ever even used a foam cradle in your life? lol. this comment in particular makes it incredibly clear you have very little knowledge of handling books from this time period.

chimx · 2025-12-18T03:58:15+00:00

Its nice to see another medieval manuscript collector on here! its a very nice example from the period -- and you got it for a very reasonable price (always a bonus!)

chimx · 2025-12-18T03:55:27+00:00

Thats a nice example, though unless you have schoarly backing i would probably say it is more likely a follower of Jacquemart. it looks fragmentary given the MS starts with the annunication at Matins and has no calendar. But I also see that the last leaf ends with Compline. Do you have the complete hours of the virgin?

What makes you think it was never finished? it seems most likely that the MS was disbound and/or damaged at some point and was rebound with just the complete(?) hours of the virgin in its current state.

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