It Has Been a Strange Week…
Million Dollar Art "Cleaned Up"
 The modern art installation, "When It Starts Dripping from the Ceiling," in a German museum was damaged by a cleaning woman who scrubbed off a part of the artwork that she thought was a water stain. The painted "puddle" can't be replaced by the artist, who died in 1997, so the museum, which had the work on loan from the owner, is talking to insurance adjusters. The owner will decide if the artwork should be restored or remain "clean." We know of a case where a resin vase loaned to a museum was damaged when the artist himself nailed the base to a wooden stand to make the vase stand straight. That vase was repaired by the artist.
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Queen Victoria's Bloomers
 Queen Victoria's bloomers sold yet again last week. Price at an Edinburgh auction: $14,950. A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers sold in 1979 for $417. We're not sure if those bloomers were the same pair that just sold—or a different pair of the queen's underwear.
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Marilyn Monroe's Most Famous Picture
A 1955 calendar featuring the famous nude photo of Marilyn Monroe auctioned this fall for $800. It was sold by Leighton Galleries of New Jersey. The "Golden Dreams" calendar still had the pad with all 12 months.
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John Lennon's Molar Tops Price Tooth Fairy Would Pay
 John Lennon's molar, pulled by a dentist in the 1960s, brought $31,200 at Omega Auctions in England. It was bought by a Canadian dentist, according to news reports.
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Cranberry Harvest
Do you know how cranberries look on the vine? Look at Ron McCoy’s Antiques and Collecting newsletter’s pictures of harvesting cranberries the old-fashioned way.
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"La Campanita" Spanish Advertising Sign
 Terry Kovel shows a vintage Spanish language 1920s advertising sign from "La Campanita."
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 O. & E.G. Royal Austria Serving Dish
Q: My wife's aunt gave her this serving dish around 1940. It's possible her father brought this back from London when he was serving in the U.S. Army. This mark is on the bottom.
A: This mark was used by Oscar and Edgar Gutherz of Altrolau, Bohemia (now Stara Role, Czech Republic) from 1899 to 1918. Oscar Gutherz and Maximilian Marx had started a porcelain decorating business in Altrolau in 1884 with financial backing from Lazarus Straus & Sons, an American importer. Later the company began making porcelain. In 1898 Oscar's brother, Edgar Gutherz, bought out Marx and joined Oscar in the business, which became known as the Oscar & Edgar Gutherz (O. & E.G.) Royal Austria factory. The factory exported decorated and undecorated porcelain. Many of the undecorated pieces were purchased by amateur painters in the United States. In 1918 the factory became part of OEPIAG, the Austrian Porcelain Industry.
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