Monica on black velvet..ala Elvis portrait
AGC Gossip
IF you thought Elvis Presley was the only cultural icon worthy of having his
portrait painted on black velvet, you underestimated Monica Lewinsky. An
extensive search by artnet.com for Monica-iana on Internet auction sites has
turned up some incredible objets d'intern. eBay alone had over 180 Portly
Pepperpot mementos for sale, including the 18" x 24" velvet portrait by famed
Tijuana brushman Jorge Terrones. The item was pulled after two weeks when no
one bid above the starting price of $50. A pastel portrait of the world's most
dedicated pizza-delivery girl went for $4.01 after furious bidding. Other
tchotchkes included a "Head Intern" ceramic doll of Monica complete with
bobbing noggin which went for $36.01. For those who like their pepperpots extra
peppery, a bottle of "Monica Lewinsky's Down on Your Knees HOT Sauce" is still
listed on Yahoo! Auctions at a starting price of $8. The inevitable Russian
nesting dolls of all the president's women started at $40 but found no takers.
Signed copies of "Monica: My Story" were selling as high as $182.50 and Beverly
Hills High year books were also a hot commodity. One joker listed "Monica
Lewinsky's sense of dignity" for sale on eBay. The starting price was 1 cent,
but as soon as the auction began, the description box read, "Oops! Sold!"
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Bill
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> IF you thought Elvis Presley was the only cultural icon worthy of having his
> portrait painted on black velvet, you underestimated Monica Lewinsky. An
> extensive search by artnet.com for Monica-iana on Internet auction sites has
> turned up some incredible objets d'intern. eBay alone had over 180 Portly
> Pepperpot mementos for sale, including the 18" x 24" velvet portrait by famed
> Tijuana brushman Jorge Terrones. The item was pulled after two weeks when no
> one bid above the starting price of $50.
Quick, someone - Call the committee in charge of setting up the Clinton Library in
Little Rock... A velvet portrait of Monica certainly would deserve a place of honor
- perhaps right next to the "growing nose wristwatch".
Bill
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agcg...@aol.comBillie (AGC Gossip) wrote:
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> IF you thought Elvis Presley was the only cultural icon worthy of having his
> portrait painted on black velvet, you underestimated Monica Lewinsky. An
> extensive search by artnet.com for Monica-iana on Internet auction sites has
> turned up some incredible objets d'intern. eBay alone had over 180 Portly
> Pepperpot mementos for sale, including the 18" x 24" velvet portrait by famed
> Tijuana brushman Jorge Terrones. The item was pulled after two weeks when no
> one bid above the starting price of $50. (rest snipped)
But it was sold shortly after that as part of a package deal of several
paintings of cultural icons (or at least flash in the pans) on black
velvet to someone I know very well. It's hanging at her husband's office
where people are getting a big kick out of it.
Emma
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