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IS SIZE IMPORTANT IN CONTEMPORARY ART?
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It seems to be, ie the bigger the canvas the 'better' it is perceived to be, the more likely it is to be in important (museum) collections, the more money it will get at auctions, the more fame will…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian C Dengler Sep 27, 2014.

TODAY IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VINYL ART DAY
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TODAY'S THE DAY!16 June, 2014, is going to  be celebrated by Vinyl Artists everwhere.For more…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gü Jun 17, 2014.

AN INSANE FRENCH ARTIST?
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The following story appeared in today's UK "Daily Telegraph":COCK-A- DOODLE OOH.... A MAN WHO SUFFERED FOR HIS ARTA South African performance artist who tied a live rooster to his penis during an…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Prairie Kittin Oct 22, 2014.

New VINYL ART Group!
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Would you like to join me in a new Group called 'VINYL ART'?I suspect that many of you, like me, have somewhere in your house/garage/attic a collection of old Vinyl records that you have probably not…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jan 31, 2015.

 

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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"LE LAC DE MATEMALE, FRANCE"
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Raphael Nadolny commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Example from Warsaw....."
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Raphael Nadolny commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"Ustronie Morskie, Baltic See beach, postcard about 1970."
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Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group Group for Cat-Lovers
"Art card with black cat from Awyn in Canada:"
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Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Found another manhole cover with STARS: and it has a tiny "heart", too...see it? From 2010-2011"
Mar 11
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"THREE WINTERY VIEWS OF CANDANCHU, SPAIN -- FROM MIKEL: thanks once again!"
Mar 9
Raphael Nadolny commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Example from Warsaw, Poland."
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"SPOILER ALERT -- ADDICTION! WEIRD POSTCARD FROM FROM HELEEN DE VAAN (bedankt, Heleen) It says: "The average person checks their phone 85 times a day. And you?" Heleen reckons that this postcard is not just (or even not only) boring, but…"
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BORING POSTCARDS

This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.See More
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"TWO FROM PETER WILSON -- THANKS PETER! 1. John J Donnelly Rocky River Nature Center, Cleveland Metroparks, North Olmstead, Ohio; The Center is 'world-renowed for its ancient fossils'. And this is DUNK! -- 'the 360 million year-old…"
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"MANHOLE COVERS FROM WIVENHOE, ESSEX, ENGLAND -- SENT BY JOANNE BRUNT-BOWCOCK We have lots of Manhole Covers from Wivenhoe sent by Alan Brignull, Dave Sanders and now Joanne Brunt-Bowcock. Why is Wivenhoe so polular? It's where the Ubiversity…"
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Mail-Artist since:
1952 (when I sent a "Thankyou for my Birthday Present' to my Grandma, and illustrated it with a little drawing). Since then my Mail Art history has been, well, interesting
My Website (without http://):
http://www.val-herman-art.eu
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Well, it's like this, Doc. I've got this thing about the Postlady....
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
billytulip1956@yahoo.com
1 Rue de la Vieille Fontaine, F-11130 Sigean, France

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Oldest surviving piece of post to be auctioned for $2 million (friom The Times of London, 11/01/2024)

Posted on January 11, 2024 at 4:20am 1 Comment

"The ornate letter sheet was stamped with a Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, over 180 years ago

The earliest surviving piece of mail using a pre-paid postage stamp that was sent to a Cumbrian iron works is to be sold in New York.

The piece of postal history is a Mulready letter sheet that was stamped with a Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, on May 2 1840. It was sent from London to the…

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US stamp sells for a record-breaking $2m

Posted on November 14, 2023 at 3:43am 6 Comments

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67409534

A rare US postage stamp has sold for $2m (£1.63m) in a New York auction, setting the record for the most expensive single US stamp sold.…

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SNAIL MAIL... IS BAD FOR YOUR MAIL ART IN THE UK (from today's BBC News)

Posted on October 25, 2023 at 10:18am 2 Comments

'Determined' snails eating villagers' mail

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At 8:12am on February 14, 2024, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

At 2:39pm on November 2, 2023, Ilya Semenenko-Basin said…

Valentin, I have learnt that it is now almost impossible to mail anything from Moscow to France because of the sanctions (resulting from the terrible war). Only the most ordinary letters and postcards can be exchanged, nothing more. For this reason, I will send You vintage postcards in small batches, it will look like a regular postal item in an envelope. I'll start with city views in winter - St Petersburg (still with a communist name), winter, boring postcards...

Valentin, I checked Your address on Google Map, and saw that there is a different house next to Your house, with a plaque with Molière's name on it. Please tell me why the plaque is there.

At 3:32pm on October 25, 2023, Ilya Semenenko-Basin said…

In case You accept incoming mail, I could send You some boring postcards for Your collection; I found some in my possession.

At 7:29pm on August 19, 2023, Afritha Hasana said…
Nice to meet you all
At 11:55am on April 3, 2023, Jean-Philippe Gilliot said…

Hello Val,

Dont worry. The modified card was for you. I love to include something I do myself  ;-)

At 2:41am on March 10, 2023, Ana Kawajiri said…
At 8:23am on February 14, 2023, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

At 11:56am on November 29, 2022, Carien van Hest said…

Thanks for your card, Val.

At 10:20am on October 31, 2022, Heleen de Vaan said…

Thank you, Val! Loved your mail art!

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(there isn’t yet an IUOMA group about bicycles, is it?)

At 8:42am on October 31, 2022, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Happy Halloween...

and belated October Birthday:

 
 
 

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