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If y'all are thinking of getting me something for my birthday ...

AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
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... which comes in a few weeks, I've decided that this what I want for a gift:

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It's a rare ivory statue by the famous Belgian sculptor and medalist, Godefroid Devreese. It just hammered for €32,400 at auction in Brussels today.

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Askari



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  • GarneteyeGarneteye Posts: 1,168
    Don't hold you breathimage

    Dan
    The glass is half full!
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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Let me see if I can convince the winning bidder to give it up for you on your birthday! image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Is she a blonde? C. Keifer image

    How about a soapstone copy?
  • DarkhorseDarkhorse Posts: 1,377
    Post that as BOTD in the Open Forum, she blows any other skank posted with that title away any day.
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that's a beautiful sculpture, Askari!!! At least you have a picture of it!

    Happy Birthday, young man!!!

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
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    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Hey Cosmic, that is one superb copper in your sig line (on your business card). image Wow, how cool!!! Another Boulton piece no doubt, but what is it?

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    Fabulous piece!!!! Now that's the way a women should be built. Not some underweight bone bag.
    Omnicoin
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Happy Birthday!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Happy future birthday.

    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Thanks for the birthday wishes, but I won't be celebrating until March 11th ... unless this shows up on my doorstep before then! image Of course, my next birthday is "the big one", so if this is short notice, y'all might want to start saving up your pounds, shekels, marks, drachmai, rubles, francs, lira, and, yes, euros for that one. image
    Askari



    Come on over ... to The Dark Side! image
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    What a gorgeous statue, Askari!! image
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Thanks, Susan! Hey... any truth to the rumor that you were the model for this in your younger years? image
    Askari



    Come on over ... to The Dark Side! image
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭


    << <i>Thanks, Susan! Hey... any truth to the rumor that you were the model for this in your younger years? image >>



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    Model for it my younger years? I could model for it right now!! In my younger years I was stunning; now I'm just drop-dead gorgeous. My beauty is only
    exceeded by my modesty. image
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