Monday, April 19, 2010

Auction artefact #4: Folding opera glass

Note the singular "glass":


Adds a little something, don't you think?
These came in a $35 box lot with a number of old radios (Mick loves those), a Brownie camera and other things.
The very uselessness of these, though – considering my circumstances – gave me a frisson of delight.

That, and the action. Glass goes up:


Glass goes down.


They are, as my friend Lance would say, ginchy.

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