A VERY VAN GOGH CHRISTMAS

MIA’S ORNAMENTS… SUITABLE FOR FRAMING

Mia's artist inspired designs are certainly that. These ball and molded ornaments have become the hallmark of her collection. Since 1995 no other studio has dedicated itself to honoring the fine arts to the extent that Mia has both in her regular collection and through her commission design ornaments. Mia divides her time between her business and shipping headquarters in New York City and her design studio and retail store in Krakow, Poland.

http://collectibles.about.com/library/weekly/aa072302a.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3oP0iVKgLw





CARSON COLLECTIBLES CERAMIC ORNAMENTS

Made of good quality ceramic, each ornament features Starry Night on one side only. Looks good from a distance, but the detail isn’t as sharp as it should be close up.

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THE UBIQUITOUS STARBUCK’S MUG

This truly horrific version of Starry Night was one of Starbuck’s most popular designs. The original has been flipped and altered by making the cypress a pine tree with decorations. It pops up from time to time on eBay. For lightweights only. A sacrilege for the serious collector.


TALARIA ENTERPRISES

Yikes.

http://www.talariaenterprises.com/product_lists/teapots.html




NYC HANDMADE GLASS ORNAMENT

Double yikes!

http://www.nycwebstore.com/detail.aspx?PRODUCT_ID=PPR-VGSNO

THE ULTIMATE PRESENT...

VINCENT VAN GOGH - THE LETTERS: COMPLETE EDITION

Since 1994 the Van Gogh Museum and the Huygens Institute (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) have been working on the new edition of the letters of Vincent van Gogh. The complete illustrated edition is published in 6 volumes and contains 819 letters written by Van Gogh and 83 written to Van Gogh by Paul Gauguin, Theo van Gogh, Paul Signac and others.


A wonderful read, these letters reveal that Vincent van Gogh was not only a great artist but also a gifted writer. As surely and skilfully as he wielded his brush and draughtman's pen, so he found the words to say what most deeply concerned him as a human being and an artist. All the works to which Van Gogh alludes in his letters will be shown for the first time: not only the paintings and drawings on which he himself was working, but also the works of art by others that he wrote about, over 4.300 illustrations in total.


The international reputation of Van Gogh's correspondence is based upon its immense value as a document humain and on the enormous wealth of biographical and art historical information it contains. The letters constitute the story of Van Gogh's search for his destiny: of the close bond with his brother Theo, who supported him unconditionally, of his sometimes troubled friendships, his need for recognition and, above all, of his passion for art and literature. The letters are reproduced exactly as Van Gogh wrote them, without textual refinements, re-translations, amendments or excised passages. Supplementary texts add information about his life, the context in which the letters were written, a list of materials discussed in the letters, a chronology of his life and a full index.


Data Edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker. Six hardback volumes, slipcased, 2,180 pages, over 4,300 illustrations. Van Gogh Museum/Huygens Institute/Mercatorfonds, 2009Co-editions: English (Thames & Hudson), French (Actes Sud) and Dutch (Amsterdam University Press)ISBN: 978 90 6153 853 0 Price € 395, till 4 January 2010: € 325.


http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=200942&lang=en