Just a quick note:  we now have fatpacks at Harper’s for those of you who like to buy your art in bulk (grin).  You will usually get at least 20% off the entire wall section by purchasing in this way.  Look for the balls on the floor in front of each display section.

A fast plug before I crash for the night. I have two boxes of prints on sale at Harper’s Fine Art and Photographs right in my door, the full proceeds of which go to benefit Phoenix Psaltery. One is my current full collection of Twenties prints for L$1,000, a nearly L$500 savings — and you’re helping a good man while you’re purchasing. The other is five of the sci-fi posters in my skybox Sci-Fi Gallery, normally L$700, going for L$500.

Come on by and be generous, folks!

This wall is going down on August 20, to make way for other items. This is your last chance to buy a set of prints of great American documents, as well as two celebrations of George Washington, and a self-made picture of the Statue of Freedom from atop the dome of the U. S. Capitol.

The pretty ball on the floor is my fatpack of the above. Individually, the collection would run L$650; purchase the fatpack, and you’ll pay only L$500, a 25% savings.

Come on in soon; on the 20th, should the Lord tarry, this wall goes out of stock in world (though you’ll be able to purchase through my OnRez store).

In honor of the birth month of Louis Armstrong, one of the finest trumpeters ever to gobsmack the world of jazz, I’m running a wall of pictures from his life and career. On the top, you’ll find:

• Armstrong, 3rd from left, with (in order, L to R) Robert Goffin, Benny Carter and Leonard Feather, taken in 1942 (L$200)
• A still from the movie musical Hello Dolly, with the (all too short) scene between Louis and Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi (L$150)
• Louis taking a break from blowin’ that sweet cornet, and working the hall (L$125)

The bottom row has Louis at work; few trumpeters put the amount of intensity and sheer emotion into their music as Armstrong did. (L$150) It’s flanked by two appearance posters from his career, both L$100 each.

What’s that ball on the floor? It’s a fatpack; all of the above together in one “box.” (I hate cubes, the default prim, for some reason, and pack all my stuff in spheres.) The individual price of everything is L$825; buy the pack, and you’ll get six lovely prints for L$600. That’s nearly 30% off!

…for I have returned!

(Ahem) Meaning, of course, that I am back from vacation in Florida, and you can now contact me in world if you have any questions. Just do the usual routine; IM Harper Ganesvoort or drop a notecard on me. Of course, if you prefer, you can still send E-mail (surer to avoid the occasional cap my IMs catch) to harper.ganesvoort@gmail.com.

Writing from Destin, Florida; off-Grid.

Just before I left for Destin, I got my landlord in Desire to take the wall out between my store and the vacant one next door, and combine the two parcels into a single storefront.  This doubles the number of prims I can display, and therefore the number of pieces I can offer in world at one time.  I’ve been changing my mind about having “exclusive” pieces in the store and at OnRez, so I’ll gradually work my entire catalogue into OnRez for purchase.  But for those who prefer to shop in world, this lets me offer more to you at one shot.

If you have a landmark to my store already, it’s still good; but you may have to move to your right a distance to find the new door to the store.  I’m gradually changing all the landmarks and SLurls to the new jump-in point — a process that will be completed once I get home RL (grin).

Writing from Destin, Florida; off-Grid.

I’m proud to say that I got a favorable review from Elle Kirshner on her blog, Second Spaces! It’s a quickie, but she appears to be mostly impressed by what I offer, including the fruit crate labels I just put up before I came down to Destin.

Please read the review here.

Writing from Destin, Fla.; off-Grid.

I’m not around Second Life for this week, but my store is still open, of course. And, before I left for Florida, I both expanded my store, and used that expansion to add a clutch of my latest goodie: fruit crate labels!

Yes, I said “fruit crate labels.” The technique, and the study thereof, is called agrilithography, since the labels were made for agricultural products by lithography printers. In case you’ve never seen any of these, behold and be amazed!

This label is not in the store…yet. But it will probably rotate in at some point.  This is just a sample of the creations used on boxes from California, Louisiana, Washington State, Michigan, Florida, Australia, Spain, and other places.  To see what I have on hand, jump in to my store in Desire — now double the size! — and check them out.

Oh, the price?  Only L$50 apiece, across the board.

I’m just a little bummed out.  Between getting home RL from church and going in to work today, I stopped in a shop to purchase a maneki neko, or Japanese lucky cat, for my store.  (Who knows?  It can’t hoit!)  My first try was a “large” version — and it was certainly that, shooting through the ceiling of the store!  Great for the mall, but not for a small storefront (grin).

The second try produced an appropriate size.  I rezzed it up, and checked the prim load just to be sure, then checked my hand count.  (I don’t trust prim counters any more, after I got burned on a load of Craftsman furniture in my house.)  That little neko had 21 prims in it.

My store overhead right now is 20 prims.

To quote Q*bert, “!#&%*@!!”

Anybody want a couple of maneki neko fer cheap…?

To celebrate Independence Day, Harper’s is selling a series of Americana-related pieces:  two different versions of the Apotheosis of Washington, a homemade picture of the Statue of Freedom that tops the dome of the U. S. Capitol, and five documents of freedom:

• A handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, with alterations by Benjamin Franklin
• An early printed draft of the Constitution owned by George Washington, with his notes in holograph
• The engrossed copy of the Bill of Rights (12 amendments, only 10 of which were approved)
• Francis Scott Key’s manuscript copy of The Star Spangled Banner
• Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation

All are priced quite reasonably.  Stop on by my in-world store and take a look!