I would D I E for that little pig evening bag! What could you even carry in it? Who cares.
I can't believe the low estimate on it- it gave me a moment of utter joy. That always happens though - I remember, way back in the Toast days, you featured a gorgeous pair of aquarium earrings and the auction estimate was shockingly low, maybe even under $1,000. It lulled me into bidding and then I was crushed when they ultimately sold for $15,000. I still think longingly about them. They would have gone so nicely with my piggy evening bag!
.....And no money for any of it. *sigh* I've never seen anything remotely like those aquarium earrings again; I hope whoever won them appreciates how special they are.
Oh Monica! Your submissions on The Hairpin were some of my favorites. I would always save them for my lunch break so I could really hunker down and enjoy them. I love your combination of passion for interesting pieces and your ability to tell the history of them in such an engrossing way. I only just found you here and I am so grateful to see that your style is a lovely as it ever was. Please, please, feel free to ramble on. Just know we are gobbling up every bit.
Mandy!!! Thank you and HI! I'm so glad we're all finding our way back to each other. Do you know Edith has a newsletter, too? It's brilliant: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/. Anyway, thanks so, so much for your kind words and indulgence of my rambling. The style might be the same, but the tangents are WAY WORSE lol
I would D I E for that little pig evening bag! What could you even carry in it? Who cares.
I can't believe the low estimate on it- it gave me a moment of utter joy. That always happens though - I remember, way back in the Toast days, you featured a gorgeous pair of aquarium earrings and the auction estimate was shockingly low, maybe even under $1,000. It lulled me into bidding and then I was crushed when they ultimately sold for $15,000. I still think longingly about them. They would have gone so nicely with my piggy evening bag!
Oh, I remember the aquarium earrings... They were in a Skinner auction, I think. God DAMN, they were amazing!!
They really were. Some of the most beautiful and delightful earrings I have ever come across. You have an amazing eye for the good stuff Monica.
.....And no money for any of it. *sigh* I've never seen anything remotely like those aquarium earrings again; I hope whoever won them appreciates how special they are.
Oh Monica! Your submissions on The Hairpin were some of my favorites. I would always save them for my lunch break so I could really hunker down and enjoy them. I love your combination of passion for interesting pieces and your ability to tell the history of them in such an engrossing way. I only just found you here and I am so grateful to see that your style is a lovely as it ever was. Please, please, feel free to ramble on. Just know we are gobbling up every bit.
Mandy!!! Thank you and HI! I'm so glad we're all finding our way back to each other. Do you know Edith has a newsletter, too? It's brilliant: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/. Anyway, thanks so, so much for your kind words and indulgence of my rambling. The style might be the same, but the tangents are WAY WORSE lol
"Hello, do you have Prince Albert in a watch?" (Since this is a family newsletter, I will keep the Prince Albert jokes G-rated.)