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Crocodile - Bewick’s Fables 1820 small vignette by AndyBrii http://flic.kr/p/dQPg6t
Calibrated Telescope Kew Observatory - Encyclopedia Britannica 1878 by AndyBrii http://flic.kr/p/dFfXwz
(via Adventures in the Vast Wasteland #40)
Burgess Meredith, in rare color still, while shooting the episode “Time Enough at Last” from the first season of the The Twilight Zone.
1965 German Klemt Echolette BT-30
Ultra rare production still from the obscure El Santo film El Vampiro y El Sexo (1968) courtesy of Ivan Farias for RueMorgue Mexico
Soyouthinkyoucansee ..woman with a mission!
(Without her hat.. ) This woman could almost walk down the Earls Court Road at almost any time in the twentieth century.
great photo
(via hoodoothatvoodoo)
(via Cole’s Comics: Two Rare Jack Cole Pencils of Playboy Style Cartoons)
“Sadly, very little of Jack Cole’s pencil work exists in any form. Here are two extremely rare examples of his masterful drawing from around 1952-54…
![(via Treasures Of Coin Collectors | English Russia)
“The 25 ruble coin of 1908, 1.9 million rubles. In the beginning of the 20th century a gold nugget of 5 kg was found in Siberia. Nicholas II, the last Russian Emperor, decided to make golden coins out of the nugget and present them to his relatives and friends during celebration of his birthday in 1908. The 25 ruble coins of 1908 are considered as very rare. One of them was sold in April 2011 for 1.9 million rubles. The price could be much higher if the coin was less damaged.”
[at the current rate of exchange - a little over $67,000 US…]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llxtqdyZ2f1qz5q5oo1_500.jpg)
(via Treasures Of Coin Collectors | English Russia)
“The 25 ruble coin of 1908, 1.9 million rubles. In the beginning of the 20th century a gold nugget of 5 kg was found in Siberia. Nicholas II, the last Russian Emperor, decided to make golden coins out of the nugget and present them to his relatives and friends during celebration of his birthday in 1908. The 25 ruble coins of 1908 are considered as very rare. One of them was sold in April 2011 for 1.9 million rubles. The price could be much higher if the coin was less damaged.”
[at the current rate of exchange - a little over $67,000 US…]
(via Royal Gold in Wales: How It Got There and Got Out: Scientific American)
WINDSORS-WORTHY: A 6.5 gram water-worn nugget of Welsh gold, 20 mm in length, from the National Museum Wales. It was found in 2001 following severe flash-floods on the Afon Wen, Gwynedd. Nuggets of this size are now exceptionally rare in Wales.
Image: Flickr/Copyright J.S. Mason
