Toys – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK FRIDAY: MASTERPIECE #1350 (11/25/15)

Jean-Léon Gérôme, French

Geppetto, Having Recently Expanded Into Sex Dolls, 1890

Oil on canvas

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1991 (7/9/18)

Leon Wyczólkowski, Polish-Russian

When He Found Out His Action Figures Would Have Been 10 Times More Valuable If He’d Left Them in Their Boxes, Jerry Felt Like a Fool, 1898

Oil on canvas

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2031 (9/2/18)

Kuroda Seiki, Japanese

Mattel Has Had Many Successful Toy Launches Over the Years, But Forgetful Nudist Barbie™ Was Not One of Them, 1899

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2599

Anton Seitz, German

“My My My, You’re a Hungry Little Lady. Looks Like I May Have To Put the Peloton Back in the Dollhouse,” 1897

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2289

Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, Belgian

Quote of the Day — Young Julius Caesar (95 B.C.): “I Came, I Saw, I Stomped on Your Doll” (“Veni, Vidi, Barbi”), 1872

Oil on panel

MASTERPIECE #1928

Aimé Perret, French

“Oh, Don’t Listen To Those Silly Kids at Pre-School, Honey. That’s ABSOLUTELY a Real Cabbage Patch Doll,” 1893

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1849

Émile Pierre Metzmacher, French

Toddler Demonstrating the Hot Toy for Christmas 1877: Fisher-Price’s “My First Child Safety Hazard”™, 1878

Oil on panel

MASTERPIECE #1502

Ernest Bieler, Swiss

Boy Asking Parents if He Can Keep This Cool Toy He Found in Their Nightstand Drawer, 1882

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1502

Ernest Bieler, Swiss

Boy Asking Parents If He Can Keep This Cool Toy He Found in Their Nightstand Drawer, 1882

Oil on canvas