Do you have five grand?
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Now that is a great idea! Not that I can afford $500 anymore than I can afford $5000, but it should do well at this price. At least better...
Bill
Bill
mjp
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Her son offered one of these to me at a pretty good price a few years ago, but I didn't buy it because Carol said it was ugly. Ha. It's certainly dusty.
They missed the mark with the "bronze" paint on the plaster casts though. It looks like gold leaf. And ten percent of the original price still seems high for a plaster copy.
I wonder how many of those they made. I bet if this first one sells, you'll see more of them listed.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
I do not like the gold finish over the plaster. If is too shiny. There is a technique where some kind of powder is applied first and the gold coloring is rubbed on, which really captures the color of bronze, it is even hard to tell. I should look it up. Even a transparent mat wood stain over the gold paint could do the job.
I must say, the idea may have come through me.
I was talking with him and Linda about the rights to make an affordable copy of the head and offer it through the bukowski-shop as early as December last year. We were close to making the deal, but it seems I took too long to find a good fabric and a craftsman who could do the job. Also, I wanted to offer that head much cheaper than that. Seems that opportunity is gone now.
real bad pricing. she could sell a shitload of them at $100 or a bit under. considering the cost to make them - pennies for the plaster - as well as being really well done - she priced herself out of a potentially big market.
and lose the gold paint - it's like a convenience store elvis bust.
and lose the gold paint - it's like a convenience store elvis bust.
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Hi,
This plaster cast was bought outside of ebay and the new owner sent me some digital photos. Apparently it is not a tacky bright gold as was shown in the ebay listings. The problem seems to be the the person selling this used way too much of a flash. The bust with regular lighting looks quite nice. This is also apparently pretty heavy. This is the only one copy in plaster that was made of the bronze original. If there is anyone that is interested, it would be best to contact Linda King directly.
Best,
Bill
This plaster cast was bought outside of ebay and the new owner sent me some digital photos. Apparently it is not a tacky bright gold as was shown in the ebay listings. The problem seems to be the the person selling this used way too much of a flash. The bust with regular lighting looks quite nice. This is also apparently pretty heavy. This is the only one copy in plaster that was made of the bronze original. If there is anyone that is interested, it would be best to contact Linda King directly.
Best,
Bill
I'd pay the new owner reimbursement costs if they'd smash their new acquisition upside Linda King's head. Being new to Bukowski, I'd rather spend good coin on his books. I know the head is a totem - a Bukowski holy relic. But the creator is a cunt.
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
That's a bit harsh. Many collectors already have all of his books, in multiple editions, and are looking for unusual items. The bust is an icon, whether you like Linda or not. I don't quite get how you can dislike her so much without having met her. Is it based on Bukowski's writings about her, or something she's done in real life, like marketing the bust?
mjp
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There's nothing mean-spirited in trying to sell the heads. It's opportunistic, but she's not a rich woman, and you can take it or leave it. She's not forcing them on anyone. People asked her for copies.
The real cunts are guys like Ben Pleasants and F.A. Nettlebeck, who attempt to parlay a minor Bukowski connection into some sort of nasty, bitter celebrity for themselves. Or if you want to jump directly to the top of the cunt ladder, Esotouric, a bus tour outfit that will charge you $75 to drive by places Bukowski may or may not have taken a shit. They deserve your disdain, Linda does not.
Linda King was a big part of Bukowski's life, if he were here he'd tell you the same thing (when Linda B. wasn't looking). I can't begrudge her any attempt to pocket a few dollars.
Gerard K H Love
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Yeah, give her credit, she did teach the old dog how to eat pussy. As for her freaking out and going a bit nuts once in a while.....Have you ever known a girl who loved to fuck that didn't flip out once in a while? It goes with the territory, sometimes.
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If anyone is interested, please let me know. She can have more of these made up. If not, no big deal. I'm just throwing it out there. Any sales will go through Scott, her son. I am only putting people together, not making money off of this.
I'm not sure of the price, but I suspect that it will be more than the $200, but certainly less than $500.
Bill
I'm not sure of the price, but I suspect that it will be more than the $200, but certainly less than $500.
Bill
Maybe I'm wired wrong, principled it ways I shouldn't be, too harsh in judgement. Selling those love letters, not cool. Give the poor woman a spade, let her dig up Bukowski's corpse and sell him bone by bone on ebay. I'm sure there would be takers.
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What good do $75,000 worth of letters do you when you cannot afford rent or food? Plus, it was not her that sold the letters through PBA. Someone likely bought them from her for much less and then turned around and made some real money off of them.
If I had letters like this, it would kill me to sell them, BUT I cannot lose my house and have my kids go hungry for the sake of letters. Shoudl she have donated them to an institution like the Huntington, who COULD pay for them?
Bill
If I had letters like this, it would kill me to sell them, BUT I cannot lose my house and have my kids go hungry for the sake of letters. Shoudl she have donated them to an institution like the Huntington, who COULD pay for them?
Bill
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
I see! Yes, I think you might be a tad too harsh in your judgment of Linda King. I believe she kept those letters for many many years before she had to sell them because she needed the money. I don't see her as some buzzard exploiting Buk, but I don't know her personally so I really don't know her motives.
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