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1. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   The fan seller: 

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   "Category:Paintings of women holding folding fans" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Burgess, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

    

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3191 (September 21, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by him have been used here, the December 29, 2020, strip being the prior.

2. 2 days ago on That is Priceless

   Two Women at a Window or A Girl and her Duenna: 

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   "Category:1670s paintings from Spain" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string 014, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. First Other versions entry (the link) has the strip coloration image.

    

   That larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #465 (1/29/11) (September 20, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 5 works by this artist have been used here (6 times total, including this Throwback Thursday), the April 2, 2012, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment and reply there; but, perhaps the text remains informative. The October 18, 2018, strip has the prior by him.

3. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   Going Ashore for the Skipper or Summer Leisure: 

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   "Category:1902 oil on canvas paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Skipper, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

    

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3190 (September 19, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by him have been used here, the January 28, 2021, strip being the prior.

4. 4 days ago on That is Priceless

   Chop Suey: 

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   "Category:People in restaurants" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string suey, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting (that sold for roughly $75.6K per square inch at a 2018 auction; I wonder what the artist got when he painted it).

    

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3189 (September 18, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 5 works by him have been used here, the July 19, 2022, strip being the prior.

5. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   Baron FitzGibbon: 

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   "Category:1789 oil on canvas paintings in the United States" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Baron, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly life size painting. If your browser isn’t set up to handle .tiff images, to see an enlarged image there and avoid the 66.9 MB image download to your device, click a size under the image, rather than the image itself.

    

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3188 (September 18, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the April 24, 2013, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

6. 8 days ago on That is Priceless

   The concert: 

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   "Category:1853 oil on canvas paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string concert, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

    

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3187 (September 15, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 4 works by him have been used here, the October 14, 2019, strip being the prior.

7. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   Interesting, though I doubt it will last. While it does, changing whatever follows a “.” anywhere in URL with its capital letter, as in www.Gocomics.com, works (if I use the “g” instead of “G” it just shows a blank there).

8. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   Souvenir of Auteuil: 

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   "Category:1881 paintings from France" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Auteuil, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size, oil on cardboard painting.

    

   Again, a slightly larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1503 (7/29/16) (September 13, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 4 works by this artist have been used here (5 times total, including this Throwback Thursday), the July 29, 2016, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment and reply there; but, perhaps the text remains informative. The August 6, 2013, strip has the prior by him.

9. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   URLs are no longer allowed in GC comments, even portions of them, even if you replace the “.”’s in them with . (why I didn’t use one in my reply to point to the Charles Martignette obituary which has a lot more details).

10. 10 days ago on That is Priceless

    Per my above comment, it was auctioned under the title The Short Wave Radio. I would guess the auction house got that title from the estate of its prior owner, Charles Martignette (1950-2008), perhaps best known for writing The Great American Pinup. He was a fan of several book illustrators such as Andrew Loomis; so, I doubt he would change the title from the original, if he knew it.