Large cemeteries and graves supplied with fancier objects such as jewelry, including the first so-called "princely" graves (the princesses had imported copper necklaces, earrings and diadems in addition to locally made decorations), testify to the emergence of a relatively more affluent society.
May 21 2014 May 22 201414 Fancy silver objects will be sold off at Christie's on May 21, including a spectacular George V ship model by the British silversmith Omar Ramsden.
It's like browsing through a country town op shop: there are ugly, fancy-looking objects (the underwhelming opener AWOL), weird little gems (the woozy doo-wop of Hobart Obit), and half-formed things that defy easy categorisation.
Yet industrialists and financiers have fancied such objects, many intended for religious contemplation, since J.P. Morgan and before.Visitors to London's Courtauld Gallery, where 42 medieval ivories from Lord Thomson's collection of 75 are on view, will discover the allure of these often beautiful and always technically masterly works of art.
Directorial fancy upstaged its object of desire.
A couple from Allentown, Pa., Peter Karoly, a trial lawyer, and Lauren Angstadt, a dentist, said that they did not appreciate much of the collection, but that they fancied a few objects, among them a pair of 19th-century oils on copper with an estimated worth of $10,000 to $15,000.
"Porter was not just interested in the appearance of 'fancy' objects; he also extolled their psychological and physiological impact," Mr. Priddy said.
Even allowing for gas and dust that do not shine, and so-called MACHOs (massive compact halo objects, a fancy name for stars too feeble to see), galaxies need to be a lot heavier than they look to explain this.
"The implication of them being alien objects is fancy, not fact".
How else will everyday enthusiasts be able to create whatever odd object they fancy?
