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Beware of Fake Monkey Automatons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the as-opposed-to-real-monkey-automatons dept.

rkinch writes "The Mechanical Music Digest gives this warning about bogus monkey automatons that seem to be flooding the antiques market. These supposedly 19th-century hookah-smoking shrunken monkey heads are actually clever modern reproductions tricked up to look old. That "Marvo the Magic Monkey" specimen hanging on your wall may not really date back to 1879."

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  1. Who the fuck cares? by fire-eyes · · Score: 1, Informative

    This is the most irrelevant article I've ever seen on slashdot.

    It's annoying on weekends when things are so quiet here, but that's fine. Even CmdrTaco and friends have to have some time off. But I'd rather it remain silent then this dumb shit.

    Fuck you.

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    -- Note: If you don't agree with me, don't bother replying. I won't read it.
  2. Save the Musee Mechanique by Animats · · Score: 4, Informative

    San Francisco has a museum, the Musee Mechanique, with some automata like this, real ones, along with a nice collection of mechanical coin-op musical devices. They're being pushed out by a renovation of the Cliff House, and there's a petition to save them. Please sign. Thank you.