Washington’s City Paper reports:

“Early last October, Jeff ­Nelson—co-founder of Dischord Records and drummer for Minor Threat, the mother of all hardcore bands—placed an autographed test pressing of his old band’s 1983 EP, Out of Step, up for sale on eBay. It was part of a long-term effort to whittle his punk rock archives, which Nelson describes as both “way too big” and “insane.””

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(Thanks Rog!)

The Wall Street Journal Reports:

“At least several hundred mile-junkies discovered that a free shipping offer on presidential and Native American $1 coins, sold at face value by the U.S. Mint, amounted to printing free frequent-flier miles. Mileage lovers ordered more than $1 million in coins until the Mint started identifying them and cutting them off.”

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From the Mexican weed of the mid 1970′s up to the Kush of today, High Times’ THMQ has been there.  See more detail of the variants and prices here

VBS digs deep. Ha!

Bernie Madoff’s three boats, Bull, Sitting Bull, and Little Bull will be auctioned off in Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow.

See the lots here

Looking for an ebay hustle for the holidays?  Zhu Zhu Pets.  Trust me (and the financial times) on this one.

That is one of the many thingsI have learned so far from the terrific site, Bank Notes.

You know the big stink going on over in London between Damien Hirst and the young Graff Artist Cartrain? It reminds me a whole lot of when Tony Shafrazi defaced Picasso’s Guernica.

The Vanity Fair 100

Available at a random point in time today.  This is like printing money for a charity, as all proceeds from this print will go to Rush Arts.

$50, Signed and Numbered Edition of 450

“I chose to illustrate this image of two girls knitting (in a Rush Arts program) because I think it really captures the idea that learning art in schools is about more than crayon drawings, it’s about creativity, something that transcends all class and race boundaries. I think the joy of making something is universal, and it’s an opportunity that every kid should have.”
- Shepard

Won Park has got some nimble fingers.

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A Great site for all who have tight pockets.

Maybe this will signal the beginning of the end towards the usage of the term ‘Urban Art’?  The theme auctions they are setting up sound pretty cool though.

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Found this Zombie-looking quarter in my pocket.  Happy 4th of July!

A lil’ bit of animated wisdom.  Watch at home unless you can really pull off 20 + minutes of continuous distraction at work.

Say it ain’t so.  I thought that’s what those freakin’ commercials were for?  more here

via, gawker

Lot 620 at today’s Post War + Contemporary Art auction at Wright’s in Chicago.  If you’ve never seen one of these, you’ve missed out.  Luckily, I put a video of the piece after the jump…wish I had the 20 large for it.

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