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[389] Miet Hermans

from: Belgïe

 

HZZ verzamelaar?: ja

 

Wednesday, September 07, 2011 at 22.23h  

 

 

Kijk altijd met plezier naar je website , telkens weet je mensen te boeien met je thema’s. Daarvoor mijn hoedje af, zou zeggen doe zo verder en geniet ervan.

Je apenvriendin

 

[388] Marie-Louise Oris

from: Belgïe

 

HZZ verzamelaar?: ja

 

Monday, September 05, 2011 at 23.23h  

  

 

Hoi iedereen,

hier de ontbrekende gegevens voor de overschrijving :

    BIC nr : BBRUBEBB

    IBAN : BE30 3200 5529 3811

We zijn blij jullie te ontmoeten op HZZ 1 oktober

Groetjes

Marie-Louise en Patrick

 

[387] Gail Kruss

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Sunday, September 04, 2011 at 18.02h  

 

 

Just found this site while looking to possibly sell my Wise Monkey collection. Moved from a house to small condo and don't have the place to show them all. Would like to communicate with other collectors. Gail, Boston, MA, USA

 

Webmasters comment:

Click here to visit the Collections for Sale page. (Collection Nr. 003)

 

[386] Gregg Ottinger

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: sure!

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 18.18h  

 

 

Three years ago a friend in Washington, DC traveled to Cuba and brought me back a single coconut carved with the Three Monkeys. 

He bought it in a flea market there. Speak No Evil has his mouth covered, of course, but the other two are smoking (one a pipe, the other a cigarette or cigar (or joint?)). I keep this set in my condo in Washington, DC, where I don’t have a camera, so I took these photos with my phone.  Some are blurry, but at least you can get the idea. 

 Gregg 

 

[385] Paula

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: sort of

 

Friday, August 19, 2011 at 21.24h  

 

 

Monkeys, monkeys in my rooms

Been here so long, they send off fumes

 

Monkeys, monkeys on my floors

Can't get my vacuum past the doors.

 

Monkeys, monkeys on my walls

Collecting dirt and spider balls

 

Monkeys, monkeys on my shelves

Oh how I wish they'd dust themselves

 

Monkeys, monkeys, what to do?

Get my spouse to collect them too…

 

Then buy him (or her) a big surprise:

A slew of new cleaning supplies!

 

Paula Kittess-Dailey

 

[384] Abby

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: no

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 01.20h  

 

 

I have a two of three hear no evil speak no evil see no evil monkeys but i want to get the hear no evil monkey but i cant find it online i was wondering if you could help me!

Abby

 

 

[383] Bruce & Emil

from: USA/Switzerland

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 16.57h  

 

 

“Three-monkey hunting”

 

In brightest day, in darkest night,

not one No Evil shall escape my sight. 

In my desire to get always more,

I relentlessly search in every store.

 

I scan each shelf from high to low, 

should I miss one what a blow.

My house is full, the money gone,

but real collectors are never done!

 

 

(Bruce Kittess, Anneke and Emil Schuttenhelm

during a recent visit to Chinatown, S. Francisco)

 

[382] TuinFunnies

from: Netherlands

 

HZZ Verzamelaar?: nee

 

Sunday, July 26, 2011 at 16.57h  

 

 

Nieuw leverbaar in onze tuinbeelden collectie, horen, zien en zwijgen. Set van 3 stuks, ca 35 cm hoog. http://twitpic.com/5l3qam

 

[381] Ron Owings

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes, just started

 

Sunday, July 22, 2011 at 16.45h  

 

 

I have a photo on the 3 monkey’s bench in Chinatown. How can I submit it?

Webmasters comment:

Email address for sending photos was provided.

 

[380] Karen Daniels

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes, just started

 

Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 19.39h  

 

 

Yesterday I found two sets of the 3 monkeys at an Estate Sale. I believe them to be old, not sure of origin. The two sets appear to be hand carved from a reddish-brown stone. Both have the three monkeys carved individually and all are hanging down on silk cords, one monkey on top of the next. One set is small, about 9 inches long by 1 inch wide and the other is 16 inches long by about 2 inches wide. The monkeys on the longer cord all have their feet balanced on coconuts and are in very extreme physical positions.  Since they are all holding onto the rope only one hand is used to cover eyes, ears and mouth. Does anyone know anything about this style or have anything similar to these? I can photograph them if there is any interest. Thanks, Karen

 

Further message:

Thanks for such a quick reply!

 

While searching for others like the ones I found at the estate sale, I did find some on E-Bay that were made of resin and are new and quite inexpensive. Now I am not sure if mine or stone or not. But they don't seem like plastic (sounds like ceramic or stone when the pieces are clunked together) and the color is not the same on each one and there is much more detail and they look older. The set I found on E-bay are about the size of my small set. Here is a link to them so you can see the style format of the small set.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Resin-Carved-SEE-HEAR-SPEAK-NO-EVIL-THREE-MONKEYS-New-/160309333136#shId

 

The big set is really bizarre as I said two of the monkeys are in really funny positions...

Anyway, I will take some photos and send them soon. It has been a while since I have done photo downloading to my computer and reduction in file size so they go by e-mail more easily. But there is no hurry in any case.  Enjoy your travels.

 

Karen

 

[379] Alexey

from: Russia

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 13.50h  

 

 

Dear Emil!

I know that you're in summer break. Happy vacation! I therefore do not require any response.

 

Earlier I mentioned that I prefer the idea of Taoist, than Confucius as the basis of the three monkeys. I found another quote, this time from Liezi. Chapter "Confucius", section 5

http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&id=37455

 

Teacher Liezi 20 years lived next door to the teacher Nan-guo-zi. They do not communicate with each other. When Liezi was asked "why?" he replied: "His eyes do not see anything, his ears do not hear anything, his mouth does not say anything, his attitude never changes. What should I talk to him?"

 

Taoist ideal is the sage people that should not follow artificially imposed from outside rules, but natural environment, the inexpressible Tao. The sage not see, not hear and not speak.

 

[378] Alexey

from: Russia

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Sunday, July 03, 2011 at 13.29h  

 

 

Hi everybody!

 

A friend of mine called me tripithecophile, and my hobby tripithecophilia.

It's from Greek tri (τρεῖς) = three + pithekos (πίθηκος) = monkey or ape + philia (φιλία) = fraternal love.

 

What you think about this name?

Alexey

 

[377] Alexey

from: Russia

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 14.33h  

 

 

Dear Emil!

Suddenly I found a Russian cartoon about three monkeys: http://caricatura.ru/art/best-olegon/url/parad/best-olegon/11463/

artist Oleg Vereshchagin

Signs on the doors are:

* stomatologist

* ophthalmologist

* otolaryngologist

Good luck!

 

[376] Lord Orchardleigh

from: UK

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 02.41h  

 

 

EMIL,

YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE NOTICED BUT IF NOT, UK WATER FEATURES ARE OFFERING 38 CM HIGH SET OF THREE MEERKATS WITH SOLAR LIGHTS FEATURE AT £34.99.

SEEMS MORE MEERKATS ARE COMING ON TO THE SEE HEAR & SPEAK NO EVIL SCENE.  AMAZING IN UK THE IMPACT THE TV ADVERT FEATURING MEERKATS HAS HAD.

ARTHUR.

 

[375] Michio Iida

from: Japan

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: no longer

 

Friday, June 17, 2011 at 08.49h

 

 

Dear Emil

Thank you for the latest Newsletter with interesting news. Above all, the okimono of a monkey trainer drew my interest.

Here are my remarks.

It looks like a netsuke -- well-known miniature sculpture of Japan; originally toggle to hold tobacco pouch, pipe, purse etc attached to kimono. Fine netsuke’s represent Japanese daily life of the times and help in historical investigation.

The figurine in question, however, has a pedestal, therefore not a netsuke but an okimono, as you write. Presumably newly made after a netsuke to allure the monkeys collectors. Pity, you can not tell the period of making.

You write the figurine is a monkey trainer. To be more exact, he is a street performer of monkey show. The show had been quite popular for centuries. In my childhood it still existed, but became extinct in 1950s and one group revived in 1980's.

Monkey players have been looked down as the lowest class--even as untouchables. But surprisingly, known almost to none, the monkey dance had been an annual event (January 6) at the Imperial Palace.

It could not be an entertainment. Surely it was a ritual.

And the one who performed the monkey dance in the presence of the Emperor could not be the street performers. Who, then? My assumption is that he was a religious person related to the Tendai Buddhist sect, who regarded a monkey the messenger of Shinto God, Sannnou, and who spread the Koshin Shinkou, which is deeply related with the three wise monkeys.

Your okimono is valuable, not only as collectors’ item, but also as a material for study.

I have my book on Monkey Players. Illustrations in it might interest you.

Michio

 

 

 

Webmasters comment:

For those who are interested in the book about Monkey Players, written by Michio Iida, the ISBN number is:

ISBN 978-4-931388-58-1.

It is written in Japanese language.

 

[374] Kazimierz MAY

from: Poland

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 15.47h

 

 

Dear Emil,
thank you for the NEWS. I enclose the picture of three angels as "three wise monkeys". I bought them in Majorca in the souvenir shop.

I wonder whether it deserves to be published in the News.

Best regards,

Yours truly,

Kaz.

 

 

[373] Connie Dillingham

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 20.15h

 

 

Do you have a valuation tool for the various monkeys?  I've been collecting now for several years and did not even know there were others like you out there....

 

I'd like to put a value on my collection...all small, fit into a shoebox...but many!  :)  Connie

 

[372] Sandy Caplinger

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 19.03h

 

 

Like the "click here".  Look forward to 3 monkey’s newsletter. Greetings to all.

Sandy

 

Webmasters comment:

Sandy, the “clicks here” are because many of our collector friends are older and many of them are not familiar with computers. 

 

[371] Ine Beker

from: Nederland

 

HZZ verzamelaar?: ja

Monday, June 13, 2011 at 16.11h

 

 

Hallo,

dit heb ik zelf gebreid.

Ineke

 

[370] Gregg D. Ottinger

from: USA

 

3 Monkeys Collector?: yes

 

Monday, June 13, 2011 at 16.11h

 

 

Emil,

 

Thank you for the link to the latest edition of the newsletter.  I am flattered to be a featured collector.  You have done a very fine job with the entry.

 

I also really enjoyed the new unique statue of the trainer with the three monkeys (beautiful carving and concept) and the giant hot air balloon.

 

Excellent job all around!

 

See you soon,

Gregg