{"id":3328,"date":"2009-05-14T07:03:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T11:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2009-05-12T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:19:43","slug":"two-auctions-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=3328","title":{"rendered":"Two Auctions of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/shambles.jpg\" alt=\"The Shambles\" title=\"The Shambles\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>If you have a little extra cash and are looking for some really unusual decorative items, there are a couple of upcoming auctions you might want to keep your eye on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guernseys.com\/\">Guernsey&#8217;s<\/a> is preparing to auction a collection of torture items from the 16th century, including shame masks, a rack, and even an executioner&#8217;s sword.  (The proceeds will go to Amnesty International, which I think is a nice touch.)  The site doesn&#8217;t list the auction schedule yet, but there&#8217;s an article about their plans <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090506\/ap_on_re_us\/us_torture_auction\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also an entire Victorian museum collection being sold off May 18-21 in Newent, Gloucestershire.  The Shambles Museum is a steampunk paradise, with everything from vintage furniture to stuffed guinea pigs.  Catalogue and information about the sale are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonchorley.com\/dedicatedsales.aspx\">here<\/a>.  A Guardian article about the museum and sale is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/artanddesign\/2009\/may\/12\/victorian-museum-gloucestershire-auction\">here<\/a>.  There&#8217;s some amazing stuff listed in the online catalogue, so if you&#8217;re anywhere in the area you might want to take a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a little extra cash and are looking for some really unusual decorative items, there are a couple of upcoming auctions you might want to keep your eye on. Guernsey&#8217;s is preparing to auction a collection of torture items from the 16th century, including shame masks, a rack, and even an executioner&#8217;s sword. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-things","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}