Collecting goes to the dogs

:) I love that title! :P

Christie's, you know the big art auction house, is having a big sale on dog art... Yep, paintings of dogs... And you can pick up one for as much as $1.2 million. You read that right.

"Neptune" is a portrait of a Newfoundland dog by Sir Edwin Landseer. It's life-size, and could be sold for between $800 000 and $1.2 mill. (Lucky dog! My parents lab would never sell for that much ;) )

Incidentally, Suzy saw a photo of it, and loved it (she's an artist), so that's got to count for something.

Read more about it here.

It's not a dog... but here's a pig origami.

Yahoo! auctions due to close

After last week’s outrage on eBay, I thought it would be good to investigate other online auction sites, and see what else was out there. I still really like the idea of buying stuff online, especially as it always brings out fantastic items I would never find on my own. And would you believe it, I discovered Yahoo only too late. Apparently the Yahoo auction sites in America are closing; read more about it here. I guess eBay really does monopolize everything, as I’ve heard from friends that Yahoo is closing because they can’t compete with eBay.

Perhaps I can find another auction site...