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Richard Carson Steuart's
While still attending Public- (Grammar) School in Regina, young Richard began to study additional instruments including the Piano, the Clarinet, the Oboe and the Saxophone as well attending classes in Music Theory (including History, Harmony, Form and Counterpoint) at the Regina City Conservatory of Music (then closely associated with the University of Saskatchewan and the Regina Symphony).
Richard's musical development was very rapid, so that at age 14, he was given his first formal written contract to teach both the Clarinet and Saxophone for the Regina City Public-School System and that same year (1970) accepted a Teaching- Assistanceship for Trumpet and Brass Ensemble to Dr. Mel Carey, Head of the Brass Department of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus.
Richard held each of these early pedgocial positions through to 1976 when he left Canada to further his own advanced musical studies, having recieved a full four year Under-Graduate Study-Scholarship at North America's top musical institute: the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S. A..
Up to his depature to the U.S.A. he had already performed hundreds of Solo-Trumpet and Cornet engagements, Radio recordings in a variety of musical idioms from Baroque to Big Band and even Rock Band and was an active member in several community service-club Concert Bands in Regina. He had been the Solo-Cornetist of the Regina City Police Boys Band (starting at age 11), the Royal Canadian Legion Band, as well as being (in his words) "a proud Soloist- member" of the Regina Salvation Army Brass- Band.
Richard was as well, the Solo-Trumpeter and Assistant-Conductor of the Regina Inter-Collegiate Symphony Orchestra, and toured as featured Soloist (i.e. performing the Josef Haydn Concerto in Eb and the Solo parts in Handel's "Messiah") to London, England in 1970.
He was the Solo-Cornetist of both the Saskatchewan Youth Concert Band and Youth Symphony Orchestra and toured throughout Canada and the U.S.A. from 1968 to 1974 with both of these regional ensembles.
Still attending High-School (from 1969 to 1974), Richard Steuart was Co-founder and the First -trumpeter of the University of Regina Brass Quinet, the Solo-trumpet of both the University of Regina Symphonic Wind Ensemble (under Dr. John Steinecker) and the University Jazz-Big-Band (lead by Randy Hermann) and was the youngest member of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (beginning in 1970 as 3rd trumpeter), advancing to the Solo-Trumpet position of that "semi-Professional" orchestra in 1972 (under Boris Brott), and holding that position through to his departure to the U.S.A. in 1976.
Richard Carson Steuart's most important early Brass-Teachers included the gifted Jazz and Classical Trumpeter, Big- Band Leader and Arranger/Composer, Prof. Dr. John Harding (later Professor of trumpet at the Universities of North Carolina in both Chapel- Hill and Charlotte, UNCC) as well as the Solo-Hornist and Concert Pianist, Prof. Dr. Mel Carey (of Universities of Saskatachewan in Regian and Saskatoon and U.S.C Berkley, California).
Throughout his six year membership as the Solo-Cornet and later Solo-Trumpet of both the National Youth Chamber and National Youth Symphony Orchestras of Canada (from 1970 to 1976) he was fortunate to be able to study with amoung others Mr. Theodore Weiß, then Solo- trumpeter of the New York Opera; Eugen Rittich, then Solo-Hornist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Richard Erb, then Bass-Trombonist of the St. Louis Symphony,as well as the two "original" trumpet- members of the Canadian Brass Quintet (Prof. Dr. Dr. W. Fred Mills and Prof. Ronald Romm).
Richard Carson Steuart began his full professional performance career in the summer season of 1976 with a series of successes. He was both Featured Radio- Soloist (National CBC) and Orchestral Solo-Trumpeter with the Canadian Chamber Orchestra under Aaron Copland (U.S.A.) and Gervaise DePier (England) in Banff, Canada, First Prize winner of the Canadian National Music Festival (for all Brass Instruments in the catagory "A-Class Open") and First Prize-winner of the CBC (Canadian National Broadcasting Corporation) Radio and Television Classical Music Competition, ("CBC Talent Festival") and this in the Solo Category forAll Wind- Instruments (both Brass and Woodwind).
Thereafter he performed numerous concerts as Classical Soloist with numerous Western Canadian Symphony Orchestras including the Edmonton Symphony, the Vancouver CBC Chamber, and the Winnepeg CBC Symphony Orchestras.
In 1976 Richard Carson Steuart competed for and won the first of three consecutive foreign study "National Arts Grants-Awards" from the Government of Canada.
Thus began his 3 years of "Private- Selective Studies": firstly in Philadelphia, with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra (with Mason Jones, Solo Hornist; Glen Dogson, Solo-Trombonist and Frank Kaderabek, Solo Trumpet) at the Curtis Institute (1976/77). In the spring of 1977 he left Philadelphia to study in Chicago with members of the Chicago Symphony (Vincent Chicowitz and Adolf Herseth) and at North Western University (1977/78). Then in the Spring of 1978 he journeyed to New York to study with amoung others Mr. Mel Broils, the Solo-trumpeter of the Metroplitian Opera of New York at that time
In June of 1978 Steuart left North America for Europe to assume the position of Solo-Trumpeter with the World Youth Orchestra (Orchestre du Mondial) which that year was directed by Lawrence Foster now Musical director of the Monte Carlo Symphony Orchestra.
Following summer Concert tours with the WYO in Switzerland and the "Proms" concerts in the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, Mr. Steuart resumed his "Private-Studies" in September of 1978 with Sir Philip Jones, the Founder and Director of the world renown Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and then Principal of the Trinity College of London, as his Study Advisor.
In mid-September 1978, Mr. Jones suggested that Mr. Steuart journey to Munich, to prepare for Orchestral Audtions with the former Solo-Trumpeter of the Munich Philharmonic and Professor of Trumpet at the Richard Strauss Conservatory, Herr Rolf Quinque and on November 4th, 1978 Richard Carson Steuart won the position of Solo-Trumpet of the German-Opera in Duesseldorf. On February the 3rd, 1979 he he was invited personally by express-Telegramm by the Orchestral Managment of the "Bamberger Symphoniker" to play for the position of 1st-Solo-Trumpeter of the Bavarian-State's world famous Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, a position he assumed in July, 1979. That year he also Co-Founded the German Brass Ensemble (formerly known "Das Deutsche Blechbläser Quintet") together with Enrique Crespo and Wolfgang Gaag. Steuart was the leading Solo trumpeter of the German Brass from 1979 to 1988. In the Spring of 1983 he formed his own Munich Brass Ensemble (which he continues to lead today). In September of 1983 the City of Wuerzburg, with the expressed support of the Bavarian State's Ministry of Culture created an all new "Artist in Residence" lecturing position especially for him in their City Music Conservatory at which time he left the Bamberg Symphony.
As a consiquence to his 18 years of exceptionally successful lecturing (from Baroque Trumpet and Ensemble to Jazz Big-Band) at the Wuerzburg Conservatory, he was awarded a position in 2001 as Baroque Trumpet lecturer at the newly reorganised Bavarian State "Music University" in Wuerzburg (Hochschule für Music Wuerzburg).
Mr. Steuart's International College Level Teaching in Europe has taken place in amoung other Institutions the City Consevatory and State Universities of Music in Wuerzburg, Weimar and Hmaburg but also in the Thaikowsky Conservatory and Gnessin Institute in Moscow, the Rhymsky Korsakoff Conservatory in St. Petersburg in Russia, the Conservatory of Music in Danzig Poland and in the State University in Kiev, Ukraine.
In appreciation for his diverse accomplishments and 25 years of service (1983-2008), the Freistaat Bayern's Kultus Ministerium / Bavarian State's Ministry of Culture honored him with a special "Dankurkunde" accompanied by a special finacial gratifiction.
Richard Carson Steuart's Orchestral and Chamber Music Recording activities in Europe have included International Concert Tours with Symphonic and Chamber Orchestras, Brass and Symphonic Wind Ensembles, Classical Ballet, Musical - Theatre, Choir and Opera Companies as well as diverse recordings for CD, Radio, Television and even Hollywood and European Feature- Film Music ranging from Historical Music on Period instruments (ie. The Baroque/Natural trumpet) to Contemporary Jazz, Big Band, Pop, Rock, Modern Classical and modern "Experimental" Music.
Numerous Solo and Ensemble Works have been written for as well as commissioned and recorded by Mr. Steuart and these in various musical constellations. Composers and arrangers ranging from regoinal personalities to internationally renowned Composers such as Konstantin Wecker, Herbert Blendinger, Valery Strukov, Werner Egk, Helmut Timpelan and Bertold Hummel have written works for Mr. Steuart.
Mr. Steuart has produced several of his own Solo and Chamber Music CD recordings and these under his recording label La Tromba ® using both his own and other top quality Recording Studio Technicians in Germany and through-out Europe including the Ukraine and Russia.
The La Tromba produced CD: Music for Trumpet and Guitar - "Richard Carson Steuart and Friends" (a broad spectrum collection of recordings in the Trumpet and Guitar genre done in Europe starting as far back as 1987) was produced for and released through the International Trumpet Guild in March of 2010 and was eventually proclaimed their "CD of the Year". This release, donated by Mr. Steuart contiunes exclusively available through the ITG at:
He can also be heard on a number of other international recording labels including Audite, Stuttgart; Koch International; RCA; Orfeo/International, Munich; MMO/New York and EMI-Electrola.
Since 2005 Richard Carson Steuart has recorded five pedagogical CDs for the MMO (Music Minus One) company of New York U.S.A.. These Solo-CDs are accompanied by Symphony Orchestra ranging from Grand Opera Arias and light Operetta over original Romantic and Traditional Cornet and Trumpet Solo Works with Concert Band: They also include Big Band and popular favouites with amoung other chmaber groups, his Munich Brass Ensemble. Please see: (www.musicminusone.com).
Richard Carson Steuart continues to record regularly in a wide variety of musical venues such as in the State TV-, Radio-studios in Germany as well as in studios thoughout Europe and can even be heard on Hollwood Film- Music Sound tracks of such famous film composer as the Michael LeGrand and Hans Zimmer.
He has aswell performed and recorded with Artists and Ensembles as diverse as the St. Peterburg Baroque Ensemble and the Russian Brass Quintet, Gary Brooker (of the legendary English Rock Band, Procol Harum), the controversial German "Lieder Macher" and European Film-Music Composer Konstantin Wecker, the Pan-European Jazz-Educator, Big- Band Leader and Composer-Arranger Peter Herbolzheimer. He has recorded with top Hollywood Film- Music Composers and Oscar Prize- winners including the "grand" master Michael Legrand and the currently hugely successful (i.e. with Disney Films), German-born Hans Zimmer.
Mr. Steuart's extensive "Research and Development" initiatives with regards to the construction of both Modern and Historical Brass Instruments and their repective Mouthpieces is based on decades of co-operations with renowned instrument manufacturers including Yamaha, (Hamamatzu, Japan); KMI / Kanstul, (Anaheim California, USA) and Adolf Egger, (Basel, Switzerland) amoung others and all of which have greatly helped him in the ulimate development and production of his own brand of La Tromba?® Trumpets, Mouthpieces and Accessories, manufactured in Germany since 1999. He aswell a highly sought after International Competition Jury -member, Guest- Lecturer and Orchestral and Chamber Music Conductor. He can be found working regularily in top recording studios as well as Conservatories and Universities world-wide and most especially throughout North America, Russia, Japan, China and Europe.
As the former Solo-Trumpeter of both theGerman Opera in Düsseldorf and the world famous Bamberg Symphony Orchestras, co-founding Leading-1st- Trumpeter of the prestigeous German Brass, founder and continuing leader of his own Munich Brass and Prince Bishop of Wuerzburg's WindEnsembles he is as well as the founder and leader of both the European Baroque (on both Modern and Historical instruments) and the German Chamber Soloists (String orchestra) Richard Carson Steuart is not only regarded by many today to be one of the foremost International Classical Solo-Trumpeter of his generation but aswell one of the world's most musically versatile.
Richard Carson Steuart:
When asked (in a recent magaine interveiw) if he considers himself to be "the best" in his field, Mr. Steuart answered very softly and slowly:
"...Music is for me, the purest Art-form ...
...it is not a some brutal sport nor some superficial game ... nor is it some "testing" pseudo-intellectual exercise.
Therefore it cannot be defined through competitions of any sort..., neither physical nor mental.
I believe true music making demands that one honestly strive to (humbely) do "his" best,... yes of course! and this means one must certainly strive to perfect both his physical and mental"gifts" for musical expression, ...quite obviously !, since these are the tools that one must use to describe his truest and deepest feelings. I sincerely believe by the way, that one can best develope these musical gifts through the devoted support of loving parents, generous and sincere colleagues and not to forget very special and gifted teachers..."competition" as a general "way of thinking", more often than not creates only negative ego-attitudes towards music and other musicians and even petty jealousies towards other person's hard-earned achievments, when infact sincere respect and honest praise and appreciation would be a more appropriate response when to relating to someone elses musical gifts and their artistic accomplishments.
I have all to often, seen students and music colleagues both young and old, (and yes far too many simple "trumpeters" amoung them!), who want to impress "someone" into thinking they are somehow "great" by playing fast often mechnaical technically brilliant passages like The flight of the Bumble Bee in 10 seconds flat WoW ?! how stupid! or esepcially for trumpeters, "high, fast and very loud notes". Through this, they believe they show they are very special even "the BEST" or atleast "better than" someone else... oh boy, how foolish are such superfical attitudes and comparisons! This is Sport NOT Art!
This is I think, also very very sad, because all that very heavy "Ego Baggage" they develope (and consiquently have to continually carry around every day) through such competitive thinking and actions only gets in the way of them seeing and hearing themselves truthfully and therefore not allowing their feelings to be honestly reflected in the music that they are making. Granted a difficult concept for many competitive people to comprehend.
They resultently end up never knowing what music really is or can be, nor enjoying their own honest and sincere feelings that become revealed to them through this Godly form of art,... instead they only experience a shallow "comparision" to others, caught up in empty primitive competitive motivations... like in an Old-Time Jazz "cutting- session" where the musicians used to try to "out do" each other by playng faster or higher or louder than eachother... and resultingly never developing any meaningful musical dialogue,... that is, only "ego-tripping"!
I see it as very simple ZEN: you have to first defeat your ego and turn your back on vain desire meant to impress others.
Then and only then, can you "really tell the (musical) truth", (...that is only IF you really have something "truthful" and meaningful to say in the first place!... which is a question of personal and musical maturity).
At that moment there is no stress nor nervous fear of failure, only natural, musical expression of truthful human emotion that everyone can relate to.
...now back to competition:
It is a fact that I have won virtually every so called "competitions" (the i.e. the national and international Canadian, Swiss and German Radio and Television Trumpet competitions) that I have ever entered into... but having said that, it should be clearly understood that I have never (consciously) competed "against" another person in any such event, but rather only ever "competed", with my own personal "artistic ideals", trying to play in an increasingly more human, more expressive, and ultimately more truthfully natural manner. This si what the juries heard not a trumpeter trying to be "the best".
The goal was always to "sing" a very personal musical story... of what the Romantics call "the song of the heart",...that whichwe allfeel in our quietest moments of most sensitive, personal reflections and should value the most...
This concept of truly personal, sincere music making, in a "singing style" is what I try to impart to students, colleagues and ultimately concert listeners when ever I perform.
You know Bobby, I was asked in a German/Bulgarian magazine- interview several years ago...
"what does playing the trumpet (really) mean to you?"
I thought for a few moments and answered,...
"...I take the trumpet to my lips and with it, look through the mirror of my mind, into my soul!"
Therefore I hope you understand, for me there is no such thing as the "best" in any true Art-form, since "Art" originates only from the "gift" of sincere love for the meaning of pure beauty and the highest truth,
...nor can there ever be a "best" in true Music making... rather only a sincere striving for one's highest goals and the most honest expression of artistic ideals...
Now, I ask YOU Bobby, what could this kind of perspective on "music making" possibly have to do with "competition" and your question:
"who is the best?"
(edited excerpts from an interview with Rudolf (Bobby) Langer. August, 2008)


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Daihatsu new key car concept D-Base
Key car Daihatsu Mira is manufactured in Japan since 2006, almost 10 years and, obviously, the life cycle of this model is coming to an end. In any case, it seems to be that the company is ready to show the public Daihatsu successor subcompact hatchback – concept D-Base.
As befits a key-car, D-Base has minimal dimensions: length of the car is only 3.4 meters, width of 1.48 meters and height – 1.49 meters. They say that already in 2016 it will go to series. Not in that way, of course, but very similar.
The driving force behind Daihatsu D-Base serves 3-cylinder petrol engine is a tiny volume of 0.66 liters. It works in tandem with the CVT and consumes an average of a modest three liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. However, such a result would not have been possible without the light body and the availability of the braking energy recovery system.


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Today we presented out time in China at church. It was a really great sharing experience, we even managed to get a few tears during the video which we played at the end. You can check out my video below to the song Albertine by Brooke Fraser.
A year ago today I was mourning the fact that he was alone on his birthday, and now a year on, by the power of God - he now has a family to celebrate with!! Praise God!!


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During the 1980 Olympics, Russian scientists did a study. They divided the athletes into four different groups. The first group did 100% physical training (meaning all they did was work out their bodies and lift weights). The second group did 75% physical training and 25% mental training (meaning they visualized and did mental exercises on top of their workouts). The third group did 50% physical training and 50% mental training. The final group did only 25% physical training, and 75% mental training. This means that the fourth group spent 75% of their time utilizing visualization techniques and mental exercises, while spending only 25% of their time in the gym.
At the end of the Olympics, the scientists tallied the medals won by each group, and guess who won the most medals? The fourth group (the group that only did 25% physical training) went home with the most gold medals. They were followed by the third group, the second group, and the first group (in that order).
This study shows how important your mind is. You can't be rich one day if you have a poor man's mentality. You can't win a national championship with a loser's mindset. You can't accomplish your goals if you don't believe in yourself. Recognize your true strength. Your mind is powerful!!!
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Does this constitute child abuse? Perhaps not in Denmark. A Danish comedian who goes by Chili Klaus posted a video this week in which he made the Herning Boys Choir sing "O Come, All Ye Faithful" while munching on ghost peppers, one of the spiciest chilis on earth.
I'm conflicted watching this. On one hand, you can't not watch it out of curiosity, but I've also eaten ghost peppers once and thought I was going to die. And by pointing this out to you, dear reader, we're only encouraging this chili comedian to keep making his sadistic (and hilarious) YouTube videos.
So will you watch this video below and give this guy another view? Your conscience and moral code rests on your decision.


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Investigators say that the bicyclist punched the driver of the BMW in the face after the two argued.
The driver then followed the cyclist into the alley and rammed him, pinning the man against a metal trash bin.
Surveillance video shows the victim, who is reported to be okay, holding onto the driver's side door as the car tries to back away. The driver fled the scene.
Police are looking for a white BMW 328i, possible a 2008 or later model. It most likely has minor front end damage.


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Two African Combs of wood and woven fibre, L27cm max.
No Image1085Realised - $10.00 plus premium
Two Bone Masks together with iron bell (3)
Superb Zulu Knobkerrie of traditional form, cylindrical shaft engraved with '91st Highlanders Umalalasi Plains 18.7.79' terminating in bulbous end engraved with 'Zululand 1879' to recessed crown, L.51cm
Vanuatu Figure good early example of classic figure originally would have been part of a larger house post, weathered patina, H.45cm
No Image1088Realised - $60.00 plus premium
Group of Artefacts including carved vessels, scoops and necklace (20)
No Image1089Realised - $120.00 plus premium
Massim Club of classic form together with Vanuatu pudding knife (2)
No Image1090Realised - $130.00 plus premium
Melenesian Adze classic form with custom made base
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Vanutu Fern Figure Classic grade figure with natural pigment evident
1092Realised - $250.00 plus premium
Rare New Ireland Chalk Figure on flattened carved oval base with raised standing figure with arms to head
1093Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Kiribati Shark Tooth Dagger L.81cm
1094Realised - $2,000.00 plus premium
Fine Adornment Kap Kap of shell bead and fibre, H.15.5cm Provenance: Private French Collection
1095Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Rare Huon Gulf Scoop bone food scraper with superb figural element to handle, H.16cm
1096Realised - $750.00 plus premium
Rare Fijian Headrest constructed of wood with three carved legs and raised decoration to top, dry mid brown patina, H.14cm x L.72cm
No Image1097Realised - $225.00 plus premium
Fijian Tanoa kava bowl of traditional form with four cylindrical legs and inscription to rim "Fiji - Vula" D.35cm
1098Realised - $800.00 plus premium
Fijian Ula throwing club with bulbous head and inlaid tooth, fine deep reddish brown patina, H.42cm
No Image1099Realised - $50.00 plus premium
Finely Woven Balinese Container two section capsule shape with dyed rattan geometric patterning overall, each section, L.11cm
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PNG Yam Mask woven fibre decorated with white, red and black pigment, H.66cm
No Image1101Realised - $20.00 plus premium
Group of Objects comprising of large finely woven basket together with boomerang, arrows and quiver
No Image1102Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Solomon Islands Club of traditional diamond shaped form with raised cross to body, mid-brown patina, 70cm length
No Image1103Realised - $100.00 plus premium
Tongan Ngatu bark cloth in red ground decorated with traditional kupesi designs in black pigment
No Image1104Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Sepik River Storage Pot in bird form together with PNG shell money, tooth dagger, fan, two woven bags and Navajo marriage vessel
No Image1105Realised - $20.00 plus premium
Two PNG Carved Crocodiles L.78.5cm & 66cm
No Image1106Realised - $20.00 plus premium
PNG Story Board carved with people and various animals, H.36.5 x L.75cm
1107Realised - $1,500.00 plus premium
Fijian War Club fully carved with crescent formed head, dark patina, L.93cm
1108Realised - $175.00 plus premium
Fishing Float carved with anthropomorphic figure on top, carved handle with attached stone weight and cane binding, intricate chip binding, blackened patina, H.61cm
No Image1109Realised - $10.00 plus premium
Collection of Various Shell & Bead Adornments in large bowl
No Image1110Realised - $220.00 plus premium
Group of Fish Hooks from Tokelau and Rennel Islands made of wood, fibre and binding (3)
No Image1111Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Assorted Hafted Adzes together with traditional drill (6)
1112Realised - $525.00 plus premium
Solomon Islands Bavara circular base with two seated figures, clam shell, H.20cm
1113Realised - $320.00 plus premium
Clam Shell Adornment of circular form featuring four carved heads together with finely carved circular necklace (2)
No Image1114Realised - $140.00 plus premium
Circular Boars Tusk together with Solomon Islands nose adornment (2)
1115Realised - $130.00 plus premium
Group of Adornment two finely carved shell adornments together with Solomon Islands ear adornment (3)
No Image1116Realised - $10.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Necklaces finely carved shell and coconut necklaces with attached binding (3)
No Image1117Realised - $380.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Breastplate in crescent form with two bird heads carved to end andattached shell bead and fibre
No Image1118Realised - $100.00 plus premium
Finely Carved Comb together with Vanuatu stone effigy
No Image1119Realised - $220.00 plus premium
Fine Solomon Islands Comb with orchid fibre binding
No Image1120Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Early Melanesian Paddle teardrop form head, fine carving to mid section, tubular form handle, rich mid-brown patina, L.152cm
1121Realised - $650.00 plus premium
Fine Solomon Islands Club leaf shaped blade, raised medial ridge to face bound with very fine orchid fibre binding with black and red highlights, rich brown patina, L.114cm length
No Image1122Realised - $1,400.00 plus premium
Fijian Bowai pole club of tapering form with attached binding to handle, L.114cm
No Image1123Realised - $2,500.00 plus premium
Australian Sword Club of flattened bean shape form with protruding handle, attached fibre and gum binding, L.149cm
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Fine Fijian Kiakavo very fine club of aberrant form with elongated neck and well carved spur to top, old museum label attached (W111), L.101cm Provenance: Leo Fortess Collection, Hawaii
1125Realised - $1,300.00 plus premium
Rare Torres Strait Club with deep carved pattern to head leading to circular shaft with raised end, rich reddish brown patina, Mount Ernest Island, L.72cm Provenance Jimmy Manteris Collection, USA. Published - Head Knockers by Jimmy Manteris, page 24, fig. 32. Cf. Australian Museum Ref - EO17382
1126Realised - $1,700.00 plus premium
Buka Island Paddles superb pair with detailed raised carving to blades, traces of black and red pigments evident, L.158 & 146cm (2)
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Santa Cruz Nose Adornment of finely detailed cut shell with attached beads and pearl shell, L.17cm Provenance: Skinners, Boston
No Image1128Realised - $150.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Club palm wood club with fine openwork carving, red pigment with traces of lime, blackened patina, L.108cm Provenance: Clemence Collection, New Zealand
No Image1129Realised - $150.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Club palm wood club with openwork carving, red pigments and traces of lime, dark brown patina, L.110cm Provenance: Clemence Collection,
No Image1130Realised - $125.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Club palm wood club with openwork carving to centre, red pigments and traces of lime, dark brown patina, L.110cm Provenance: Clemence Collection
No Image1131Realised - $10.00 plus premium
Group of Arrows together with bow, L157cm (12)
1132Realised - $150.00 plus premium
Cook Island Statues of varying size and design, H.43cm max. (6)
1133Realised - $220.00 plus premium
Cook Island Statues together with mask, H.55cm max. (5)
No Image1134Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Group of Objects including clubs, statues, tapa beater, etc. (9)
No Image1135Realised - $90.00 plus premium
Assorted Bark cloth including Fijian masi and Samoan siapo, etc.
1136Realised - $350.00 plus premium
Melanesian Hook Mask superbly carved with traces of red, white and black pigment, H.80cm
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Solomon Island Mortar & Pestle carved in humanistic form in hollowed bowl to top of head, inset shell eyes, medium brown patina
1138Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Fishing Float carved with fish and frigate bird motifs, intricate carving with blackened patina, H.58cm
No Image1139Realised - $50.00 plus premium
Bone Blow Gun ornately carved with dragon and bird forms together with PNG throwing stick (2)
No Image1140Realised - $80.00 plus premium
Indonesian Bow & Arrows
No Image1141Realised - $100.00 plus premium
Group of Woven Objects including six fans, four bags and small tapa cloth (11)
1142Realised - $50.00 plus premium
Various Kiribati Shark Tooth Swords together with traditional hat (8)
No Image1143Realised - $150.00 plus premium
Solomon Island Canoe Prow Head together with two standing figures, H.46cm max. (3)
No Image1144Realised - $80.00 plus premium
Four Carved Statues of varying designs and size, H.78cm max.
No Image1145Realised - $30.00 plus premium
Group of Objects comprising of two bowls together with a figural spoon
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Melenisian Woven Skirt with attached shell band
1147Realised - $600.00 plus premium
Samoan Club of traditional form, light brown patina, L.106cm
No Image1148Realised - $120.00 plus premium
Sepik River Mask adorned with feathers and shells, light natural patina together with PNG mask with cowrie shell inset eyes, blackened patina
1149Realised - $175.00 plus premium
Small Tokelauan Fishing Box W.15cm together with bundle of sennit fibre (2)
1150Realised - $250.00 plus premium
Large Tokelauan Fishing Box W.28cm
No Image1151Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Three Stone Objects including Solomon Island canoe prow figure and two Vanuatu statues, H28cm max.(3)
No Image1152Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Sepik River House Board of flattened oval form with figural decoration from Kambaamba village, H.120cm
No Image1153Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Melanesian Story Board raised carving depicting hunting scene with traces of red, white and black pigments, L.60cm
No Image1154Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Rarotonga Staff decorated with tiki figures at either end, light honey brown patina, L.259cm
No Image1155Realised - $60.00 plus premium
Three Spears of varying size and decoration, H.155cm max.
No Image1156Realised - $80.00 plus premium
Melanesian Paddle with flattened blade, decoration to top of handle, 163cm length
1157Realised - $500.00 plus premium
Rennel Island Head Rest of classic form, cylindrical body leading to abstract leg with woven binding attached, 42cm length
1158Realised - $175.00 plus premium
Tongan Head Rest of classic form together with another example, L.35cm max.
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Fijian Bowl in humanistic form together with cannibal fork (2)
No Image1160Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Fijian Bowl finely carved with attached binding to outer rim with raised circular base, D.30cm
1161Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Fijian Pottery Vessel together with two kava bowls, D.30cm max
No Image1162Realised - $60.00 plus premium
Nukuoro School Coconut Grating Stool curved seat with four raised circular legs, head with attached shell scraper and fibre binding, light brown patina together with hollow drum (2)
1163Realised - $180.00 plus premium
Melanesian Mask of oval form with fibre border decorated with white, red and black pigment together with plain wooden mask with pigments (2)
1164Realised - $500.00 plus premium
Three Fijian Clubs of traditional form, darkened black patina, H.106cm max.
1165Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Marquesan Club together with Samoan kilikiti bat and hardwood spear, L.106cm max. (3)
No Image1166Realised - $140.00 plus premium
Three Solomon Island Clubs of traditional shape and design with traces of white pigment and fibre & shell binding, L.108cm max. (3)
1167Realised - $180.00 plus premium
Group of Melanesian Objects including fine mask with over modelled shell decoration, black brown and red pigments evident together with small statue and carved mask (5)
No Image1168Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Group of Melanesian Clubs of varying size & design, L.159cm max. (4)
No Image1169Realised - $40.00 plus premium
PNG Hafted Adze together with other, L.51cm max. (2)
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Two Large Model Canoes singled hollowed hull with decoration to outer surface, L.74.5cm max.
No Image1171Realised - $40.00 plus premium
Large Model Canoe hollowed hull and outrigger attached with twisted fibre, L.100cm
No Image1172Realised - $20.00 plus premium
Group of Fibre including skirt
No Image1173Realised - $20.00 plus premium
Group of Objects including canoe bailer, fly whisk and storage container (3)
No Image1174Realised - $20.00 plus premium
Early Digeridoo decorated with triangular motifs and coloured with red natural pigment. L.112cm
No Image1175Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Soloman Islands Bowl decorated with inlayed shell to body with raised carved fish to top. L.38.5cm
1176Realised - $500.00 plus premium
Group of Fish Hooks of varying form and type, L.16cm max.
No Image1177Realised - $80.00 plus premium
Group of Arrows together with Solomon Islands bow
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Very Rare Chatham Islands Patu C18th or earlier, of classic Chatham Island abstract bird form with flat oval section, L.28cm (Y9234)
1180Realised - $250.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of quadrangular form with pitted tang, some chips to blade, L.26cm (Y5759)
No Image1181Realised - $180.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of rounded form with pitted tang, chips to blade, L.21cm (Y10267)
No Image1182Realised - $225.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of quadrangular form with rough tang and fine blade, L.15cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1183Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze with rough tang and fine blade, L.15cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1184Realised - $200.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of unusual flared form with pitting to flat sides and chips to blade, L.21cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1185Realised - $100.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of slender quadrangular form with chipped blade, L.18cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1186Realised - $160.00 plus premium
Toki stone adze of flared quadrangular form with fine chips to blade, L.9cm (Y No. Pending) together with white stone adze of Pacific origin, L.8.5cm
No Image1187Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Toki Pounamu greenstone adze of quadrangular form with fine blade, L.9cm together with other damaged example, L.8cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1188Realised - $425.00 plus premium
Toki Pounamu greenstone adze of flared quadrangular form with fine blade, L.10cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1189Realised - $300.00 plus premium
Toki Pounamu greenstone adze of double blade ended form with one unfinished side, L.19cm (Y No. Pending)
No Image1190Realised - $400.00 plus premium
Toki Pounamu greenstone adze of flared quadrangular form with fine blade, L.10.5cm (Y No. Pending)
16 November 2017 • Wellington
Session Five • 1pm
African & Oceanic Artefacts • Lot 1041 - 1241
Wellington Viewing
Friday 10 November 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12 November 11am - 3pm
Monday 13 November 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 14 November 9am - 3pm
No viewing Wednesday 15 November
Thursday 16 November - Artefact & Military Viewing 9am - 1pm


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Breadwinner Coin Purse
This product is currently sold out.
Size 3 x 4"
Materials 95% recycled materials & metal
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Usage These change purses fit cash, coins, and cards - or use them for other necessities like bobby pins or elastics.
Care Wipe clean with a damp cloth
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Oh wow! Thank you so much!
Happy birthday, Zoe!
Nah... just need to get 20 mins to myself to do this batch.
You're welcome!
Happy Birthday Zoeeeeee
Happy Birthday girl!
Hello, I would love some of your stickers. I take it you need an address. Do you post to the UK?
Hi ukulelezo, thanks for being a UU friend Hope all is well, aloha and happy strumming!
No Corktown for me tonight. I hope you go and have fun and tell me how much I suck for not going. You will have to see my bald head another time. Talk to you later.
I thought about it, but am crazy busy. I'm guessing you are going. I'll think about it. Let me know your plans either way.
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Your Guide On How To Achieve A Minimalist Home
A minimalist type of home is what some people would be wanting. The reasons for this is that it is a minimalist home that some people tends to relax even more without all the details needed. A classy and clean look is what you will also be able to achieve when minimalism is being made. Bring easier to maintain is what a minimalist home can also have. If it's a minimalist home that you want it have that you should also consider a number of factors and that is what we will be talking about in this article.
The number of items that you want to keep is the first thing that you need to consider. A bigger space s what you should have when you will want to have a minimalist house. You must make it a point that any clutter that you have in your home should be taken out. Knowing the items that you want to get rid off is one thing that you need t know. Decorations, furniture, and some appliances are some of the things that you need to declutter.
Another thing that you should also be doing is to clear the surface. It is when you will have a minimalist home that you should have a much space as possible. It is needed to get rid of some of your stuff to achieve this one. It is a minimalist home that all flat surfaces shod be free from any forms of items or clutter. A single decoration is what you should have in every wall corner. You also have to make sure that the living room that you have nuts only have one couch, a small table, and some entertainment appliance. The moment that you will b looking for decorations that you must see to it that you will pick accent decorations.
Another thing that you can also consider when wanting have a minimalist home is to make sure that you will keep colors neutral. The moment that you will be wanting to have a minimalist home that one of the common colors that you can choose is white. The bigger space that you have can be accentuated the very moment that you will be choosing the color white. When it comes in other colors than white, you can also choose the colors beige and light gray. A minimalists looking home is that you can get when you will be choosing these colors.
The moment that you will have a minimalist home that you need to insist on class and quality. More quality materials and less quantity is what you need have to achieve that minimalist home. You have to be sure that all furniture that you will choose are the ones that will economize space.


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While Mustang sales have been on the decline, the soon-to-be released 2015 Mustang should help Ford move more metal in the remaining months of 2014. Despite a new Mustang hitting dealers, it is likely that the the Camaro will once again take the title of America's bestselling sports car given its current overall sales lead.
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Band Update, Festival Summer 2016, New Date, Southside Festival, Tour 2016 Comments Off on No Southside
Yesterday, severe storms at Hurricane Festival resulted in several bands' performances being cancelled, including Jennifer Rostock's. Today, the band announced that their performance at Southside Festival – scheduled for tomorrow – will not be happening, either, as the entire festival was cancelled.
Whether any dates will be scheduled as makeups, I cannot say. However, I can say that six new dates have been added to the "Stressen auf Rädern" tour:
- September 05: Hamburg, Germany
- September 07: Cologne, Germany
- September 08: Berlin, Germany
- September 11: Leipzig, Germany
- September 13: Munich, Germany
- September 14: Stuttgart, Germany
Exact venues are still to be announced.


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Amulek's warning against procrastination is so perfect: "Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent." - Alma 34:34
Story Behind the Art:
If life is compared to a river, it is easy to imagine floating with the current "gently down the stream." But I have never found any good and worthwhile thing that came of its own accord; in fact, just the opposite. Every worthy goal takes constant or at least gentle effort—there is nothing static in the universe after all. Fortunately, the Lord does not require us to run faster (or row faster!) than we have strength. There is a point of no return in just about everything, and the waterfall reminds us that now is the time for us to labor. - Linda Curley Christensen


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Series Get In Gear!
As a longtime Power Rangers fan who tuned in and out, and as someone who watched the series long after it ended, I was drawn into it after reading the entry on TV Tropes, especially after reading the quite apt description of Dr. K.
Holy. Cow.
Like many others who watched RPM, my first thoughts were, "THIS is Power Rangers?!" Unlike almost every season, the villain has actually conquered the whole world, save for one city: Corinth, whose defenses are constantly under threat from Venjix's forces. Led by Colonel Mason Truman and Dr. K, the Ranger Series Operators are always on call, having few opportunities to relax as they must defend their domed city from the virus which has wiped out nearly all of civilization.
I loved the writing, the story arcs, and the characters' stories—my favorite being Dr. K's. I fell in love with the story of RPM after watching her spotlight episode, the eleventh in the season. The entire cast did an amazing job in their performances, but a few stood out in my mind. Milo Cawthorne, who seems like a naturally funny person in real life, provided the most laughs as Ziggy Grover. James Gaylyn seemed like a natural fit for the practical and tough-as-nails Colonel Truman. And finally, Olivia Tennet, the youngest of the core cast, brought the best performance as the hilariously socially inept genius Dr. K, whose story was the darkest of them all. Her emotionally gripping portrayal of the character made me love her, in spite of her mistakes.
I also loved the humor the series provided. Spandex jokes aside, fans and non-fans of the Rangers series would enjoy the lampshading of things taken for granted in the series, even if they've only watched the first installment. How Saban failed to see the humor in RPM is beyond me.
The only flaw that I could see was that the series was too short. The ending can also be quite confusing for some. And I could see how certain characters, especially Gem and Gemma, can be grating. (For the record, I loved those two. Boom time? Oh, yes.)
Even so, RPM was a decent attempt at making Power Rangers epic again. Now that Haim Saban has the rights to his cash cow franchise back, only time will tell if Samurai lives up to the hype.
Series What Power Rangers Turbo should have been
Why the title? Well when Turbo was released, one of it's problems is that the writers couldn't agree on whether the season should be a dark, epic, serious story, or be light and comedic, following its Sentai more closely. The end result was a season that attempted to balance both and came off poorer for it.
RPM on the other hand, nails it down. I don't know if it's the writing, directing, acting or whatever else, but the truly fascinating thing about this season is that on one hand, it clearly has the darkest premise any Power Rangers season could ever have and yet, it has some truly off the wall humour that had tears of laughter running down my face to the point where I had to pause the opening of the episode "Ranger Blue", in order to catch my breath (and this is a guy who would sit through Bulk and Skull's antics with a stony face even as a kid).
The dark premise is also well handled. My favourite episode of the season (and the show over all) is "Dr K". An episode whose drama had me moved almost to tears one moment, and standing up and cheering for the rangers the next.
The interesting juxtaposition is that the show takes itself seriously, something that not every Power Rangers season seemed to do, and yet it somehow manages to poke fun at itself at the same time. The self awareness in particular is very nice, something that also worked well in Ninja Storm. But while they only pointed out old clichés in Ninja Storm, RPM goes a step further. Not only does it make fun of certain things we've come to take for granted in Power Rangers, but it also comes up with some surprisingly interesting and plausible (in a pseudo science sort of way) explanations for them. After many seasons of excessive, entirely unneccesary explosions, not only do the RPM rangers point out how silly it is, we actually get the explanation that the explosions are a way for the suits to discharge built up energy. The reason why the rangers have to shout out a morphing call is because the morphers have a voice lock (similar to the Quantum morpher) to prevent anyone else from using them.
Ultimately, this season had it all. Good actors, well written characters, great direction, well plotted story, gripping drama and yet some truly hilarious comedy. While Power Rangers may be going back to Saban, this is a perfect swan song for Disney's ownership of the title.
Series THIS is Power Rangers??
That's what I said to myself many times over when watching the show. That's what my brother said when we watched it together. That's what others said when I described it to them.
The story is very dark. Most of humanity has been wiped out in a war started by a computer virus that spread and took over the military, creating robots galore. People are being taken prisoner and transformed into hybrids - people with robotic implants that can, in due time, allow them to be possessed and controlled. Many of the Power Rangers themselves have tragic backstories, with family members and friends who were killed, and one of them is a refugee who escaped a factory where he was implanted with robotics that are attempting to spread through his body. We see much of this in flashbacks, some of which are surprisingly gothic and creepy.
If not for the brightly colored costumes, goofy looking monsters, cheesy fighting, and giant robot battles that look kind of like toys moving around a model city, this wouldn't be Power Rangers at all. It would be a sci-fi adventure/drama that happens to have a lot of light humor in it.
At times, it almost feels like two different shows. You have the serious story of humanity's last stand against the robot invasion, then once the Rangers have changed into their costumes, it becomes goofy fighting. Once the monster is destroyed, back to the drama. The humor that lightens this post-apocalyptic setting still verges on the corny (Gem and Gemma being The Scrappy when first introduced), but it's definitely not "Bulk and Skull" level. There's some genuinely clever humor at times, and in the early episodes, a good amount of Lampshade Hanging that pokes fun at elements of the Power Rangers mythos that we've always taken for granted.
The mix of humor, lampshading, serious storytelling, and corny action gradually turns towards the more serious side of the scale as the series goes on. Dillon, the Ranger who was infected with the robotic implants, has flashbacks of his life in the factory and desires to find his missing sister. The true origin of the virus is revealed... and it isn't a pretty one. And the virus that can possess people starts doing so. The story starts heating up, and the last few episodes are not to be missed.
Even if you don't like Power Rangers (and believe me, I don't!), I still recommend checking RPM out.


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My husband, Jaime Navarro, and I won a silent auction item at the recent Maryland Horse Council annual barbeque: 1 Free Jumping Session with Steuart Pittman. At Pittman's Dodon Farm, he and an assistant school a horse through their jumping chute in the indoor arena. According to the auction flyer, "Most horses only need to do it once or twice for them and you to find out just how much talent they have."
A life-long horseman, Steuart Pittman's credentials include certification to teach eventing through the preliminary level. I featured him in Believing In Horses as "the current President of the MHC, a well-known local equestrian, and a former grassroots lobbyist," all true. Dodon Farm's business ranges from breeding, training, and starting horses to improving riders. I also consider Steuart a "horse saver" (my term), for his tremendous efforts in supporting the MHC's Unwanted Horse Project and in his work retraining off-track Thoroughbreds. He and his wife, Erin, created The Retired Racehorse Training Project, which recently received its official 501(c)3 charitable status. [Read more…]


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Zanzibar is officially my favourite place in the whole world! We spent the first few days in the north of the island lounging around by the sea, paddle boarding, walking and reading. We were fortunate enough to meet a fantastic South African couple who took us on an amazing sunset[Read more]