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ARCHIVES JANUARY – DECEMBER 2013
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Picture of
the Month – January 2014
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Let’s start
the new year with a good laugh. See our Picture of the Month. More…
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(December 31, 2013)
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Madonna and the Three Monkeys – a new
trend?
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We came across two almost identical “art
objects” of a Madonna with the three monkeys. Is this a coincidence
or maybe a new trend? http://three-monkeys.info/press/madonna.htm
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(December 26, 2013)
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Season’s Greetings
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Have a look in our Guestbook for the
Season’s Greetings from our fellow collectors. More.,…
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(December 24, 2013)
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Three Monkey Collectors
Meeting 2014 Europe
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Just for the record. The
next European Collectors Meeting will take place on Saturday,
September 27, 2014 in Poperinge, Belgium. Organizers: Sofie &
Eric D’Hondt-van Geel. More news is not available yet.
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(December 20, 2013)
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Three
Monkey Collectors Meeting 2014 in USA
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Tom
and Connie Clark will host the 2014 No Evil Monkey Collectors
Gathering in Mankato, Minnesota, about 60 miles south of
Minneapolis, and close to their home in Cleveland, Minnesota. No
date has been set yet, but they are looking at the last two weeks
of July and the first 10 days of August 2014.
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(December 16, 2013)
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Websites
with hear-see-speak no evil pictures
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More
and more webpages are being created with photo albums with “no
evils” pictures. Many are partly using the same pictures, but at
least it all helps to increase the popularity of the three-monkey
symbol.
Here
are a few links just in Pinterest (probably everyone of them thinks
to be unique):
http://www.pinterest.com/irishhooligan44/what-evil/
http://www.pinterest.com/rjamsst/see-no-speak-no-hear-no-evil/
http://www.pinterest.com/valmccl/wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/whimsicallady/see-no-evil-three-wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/heathereighty/three-wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/littleblooming/little-sansaru-3-wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/reemelmutwalli/wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/sandrankn/the-three-wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/janmilstead/three-wise-monkeys/
http://www.pinterest.com/yrujfl/3-wise-monkeys/
There
certainly are many more!
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(December 12, 2013)
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Picture of the Month – December 2013
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The Swiss Banking Secret, a typical
subject for hear, see and speak no evil, is now being nibbled at. More…..
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(November 30, 2013)
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Three Monkey
Collectors Worldwide
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More than 50
three-monkey collectors worldwide have their own webpage within
this website. Click on the photos or names to read their full
stories. More…..
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(November 26, 2013)
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No Evil Pictures
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Our collector friend Alexey from Russia
has an instagram photo album with thousands of hear, see and speak
no evil pictures. Have a look, but only if you have enough time for
it. More….
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(November 19, 2013)
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World
Hepatitis Day (July 28, 2013) and the three monkeys
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Earlier this
year we have been reporting about the World Hepatitis Day during
which hear, see and speak no evil played an important role. Here is
the final report with many photos. More…..
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(November 12, 2013)
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No Evil Belt
Buckles
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Quite a
number of pictures of belt buckles with the “No Evil” symbol were
added to this website. More…..
If you want to see more “No Evils” click
here.
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(November 07, 2013)
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Picture of the Month - November 2013
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Hear, see and speak no evil during Halloween. More…..
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(October 31, 2013)
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The three
monkeys in one
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Very
interesting Japanese scroll of more than 200 years old with one
monkey “that does it all”! Hear no evil, see no evil and speak no
evil. The artists name is Maruyama Ôkyo
who lived from 1733 to1795. More…..
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(October 20, 2013)
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New Unique No Evils
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Several very special no evil monkeys have been
added to our page with “Uniques & Unusuals”. The latest
additions are at the bottom of that page, as usual. More…...
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(October 14, 2013)
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Gwen Pina from Colorado, USA
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Gwen has created
quite a number of interesting No Evil figurines. She recently wrote
a message in our Guestbook with links to her websites. (#594) More
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(October 07, 2013)
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Picture of the Month - October 2013
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A photo related to the movie: Picture Me. More……
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(September 30, 2013)
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Three Monkey Collectors
Meeting 2014 Europe
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We received a message that the
next European Collectors Meeting will take place on Saturday,
September 27, 2014 in Poperinge, Belgium. Organizers: Sofie &
Eric D’Hondt-van Geel. More news to follow.
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(September 23, 2013)
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Message for
all att.net and bellsouth.net customers
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Our recent
Newsletter-email was blocked by your e-mail provider for “spam
reasons” and was not delivered to you. This has happened to all ATT
and BELLSOUTH users that are on our mailing list. If you have an
alternative email address, please let us know. We are sorry for the
inconvenience, but this really is beyond our control.
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(September 19, 2013)
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Info-Email
September 18, 2013
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The three monkeys origami
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For those who are interested in the Japanese art of paper
folding (origami), there are four instruction videos on YouTube
that show how to create the three wise monkeys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRBd3ptSogs&list=SP6153E2530A438C04
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(September 18, 2013)
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Three monkeys and a cow's head
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This combination we have never
seen before. It concerns a demonstration by the animal rights
organization PETA in Germany. More.....
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(September 12, 2013)
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Three Monkey watch
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A beautiful watch with the three monkeys,
of which only one single piece has been produced, will be auctioned
on September 28, 2013 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Don’t forget to bring
your credit card along!!! More…..
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(September 06, 2013)
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Picture of the Month - September 2013
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Anne Schwing from Germany has created a very interesting
“all-in-one” monkey statue, that represents hear no evil, see no
evil and speak no evil. More…..
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(August 31, 2013)
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Guestbook and Summer Break
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Although this website is
enjoying a summer break, the guestbook with all messages and
notices of website visitors is still open. More .....
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(August 01, 2013)
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Summer
Break
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Summer break till early September 2013.
Wishing you a nice time and many new three-monkey items for
your collection, your webmaster.
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(August 01,
2013)
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Picture of the Month - August 2013
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The three monkeys on a well deserved vacation trip. More…..
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(July 31,
2013)
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World Hepatitis Day (July 28, 2013) and
the three monkeys
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We received an info from the World
Hepatitis Alliance that they have issued a videoclip in which the
three wise monkeys play a role. http://youtu.be/mwR3_NftoeA
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(July 28,
2013)
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Three-Monkey crown corks (bottle
caps)
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Over the past 40 years or so, we have seen
many different “no evil items”.
But so far, never made from crown caps. More…..
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(July 25,
2013)
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Three Monkey collection in Spain
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We were recently informed that fellow
3-monkey collector Ana Margarita Fernández from Spain had
succesfully participated in a Collectors Show in Northern Spain.
Here is a press
information about her collection and here a short slideshow.
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(July 19,
2013)
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Political issues
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In this website we usually try to stay away from current political
issues that make use of the hear no, see no and speak no evil
symbol. But sometimes the pictures are just too funny to ignore. More …..
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(July 14,
2013)
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Info-Email
July 07, 2013
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Three Monkeys bicycles
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In January 2013 we reported about 3-monkeys bicycles. We now
received a photo. More…..
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(July 06,
2013)
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Three-monkey collection on
the internetThree-monkey collections on
the internet
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Fellow collector Joellen
Decker from Yakima, WA, USA has recently uploaded pictures of
her entire three-monkey collection to Flickr. Click here
to visit her album. Did you know that there are approx. 30 internet
sites with no-evil-monkey collections? More…..
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(July 05,
2013)
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Picture of the Month - July
2013
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The Picture of this Month is
dedicated to World Hepatitis Day on July 28.
More…..
If anyone of you is participating, we would very much enjoy seeing
some photos.
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(June 30,
2013)
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Once more the three monkey figurine of Mahatma Gandhi
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Some time ago we reported that the three monkeys of Gandhi
had been auctioned in the UK for more than US$ 50.000.00.
Frequent visitors to this website are aware, that we are
having great doubts about the authenticity of the “original Gandhi
monkeys”. Here are two short video clips concerning the auction and
it does not need an expert to notice that the monkey sets shown are
very much different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziLI9Y16oTU (monkeys appear after 20 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsZmldUclOY (monkeys appear after 14 seconds)
There are a number of museums and ashrams in India that all
claim to possess the original 3-monkeys of Gandhi and all of these
monkey sets look completely different.
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(June 25,
2013)
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July 28, 2013
World Hepatitis Day
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The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2013 is
‘See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’, as represented by the
three wise monkeys. This day takes place on 28th July every year
and provides international focus for patient groups and people
living with viral hepatitis. Celebrate World Hepatitis Day by
helping to break a Guinness World Record! Anyone can take part with
very few resources and they'd love to have you with them!
Find
out more about the campaign…..
and
here the results In Facebook…..
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(June 16,
2013)
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Photos of the 3-monkey-collectors meeting 2013 in
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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A picture album is now
online. More
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(June 10,
2013)
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Pictures of the website do
not show
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We received a number of
alarming messages that the pictures of our website cannot be
viewed. It turned out that a recent update of Internet Explorer 8,
9 and older versions is causing the problem. Other browsers like
Internet Explorer 10, Google Chrome and Firefox etc. are not
affected. We can only hope that Microsoft will soon prepare a “patch”
so that this problem will be solved. We are sorry for the
inconvenience, but for the moment there is nothing we can do about
it, other than the suggestion to update to IE 10.
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(June 08,
2013)
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More
three-monkey collectors
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It is always nice to hear from “new”
collectors of the wise monkeys. This time we received a message
from a 3-monkey-collecting couple in Australia. They sent us a link
to their website with a nice photo gallery of their collection. More….
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(June 05,
2013)
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Picture of the Month - June 2013
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An old postcard with the three monkeys, issued long time ago
by a bar in Belgium. More…..
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(May 31,
2013)
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Mahatma Gandhi’s
three-monkeys auctioned in the UK
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News release on YouTube: May 17, 2013: Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings
and documents, including his prayer beads, drinking cup, a pair of
sandals and ivory-carved 'Three Wise Monkeys', on auction in the UK
on May 21, 2013. Auction report: Mahatma Gandhi’s “Three
Monkeys,” excited a lot of interest while bidding and delicately
carved miniature figures in a white wood originally attached to a
small wooden tray sold for more than double the high estimate at
£36,000, (54,436.00 US$)
Our
comments: this would have been a unique opportunity to purchase the
„original“ three-monkey figurines of Gandhi. (One of the many
original sets, ha!). This one was advertised as ivory-carved! On this
webpage is a picture (scroll down).You may also be interested
to read our comments
about an earlier auction of Gandhi items.
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(May 24,
2013)
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“Orphans”
page with incomplete hear-see-speak-no-evil sets
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A number
of single No Evil items (so called “orphans”) have been reunited
with their buddies and several other single pieces have been added.
Click here to
view the page with incomplete 3-monkey sets. Maybe you’ll find that one missing monkey that will make
your set complete. You can also send us pictures of your own
incomplete sets, which will be published for free.
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(May 22,
2013)
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Museum of “Things” in
Berlin, Germany
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This museum shows part of
its large and rarely exhibited collection of design and everyday
culture of the 20th century in an "Open Storage"
presentation. It was a pleasant surprise to notice, that they also
have shown a small collection of three no evil monkeys. More…..
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(May 15,
2013)
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“Five monkeys around the globe” statues in Bonn Germany.
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We recently visited the 5 monkey statues of our Picture of
the Month for February 2013. Here is a link to Google Street
View showing the location and surrounding of this interesting piece
of art. There is no information available about sculptor or item,
but it looks like the monkeys represent the five continents.
If you are not familiar with Google street view, just click
with the mouse somewhere in the picture and you will soon discover
how it works. Link to Google Street View.
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(May 09,
2013)
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Info-Email
May 04, 2013
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Collectors
Meeting 2013 in Borgloon, Belgium
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With 38 participants from 6 different
countries, the recent 3-monkeys collectors meeting in Belgium was a
great success. Here
is a photo-album…..
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, (May 03, 2013)
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Three-Monkeys Collectors Conference 2013
in Albuquerque, USA (May 23-26)
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This meeting is due in about 3 weeks from now.
Should you need of any information about the program or other
details, we advise you to email the organizers directly. Contact
information can be found here….
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, (May 02, 2013)
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Picture of the Month - May 2013
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An interesting mural painting in Copenhagen, Denmark. More…..
All other Pictures of the Month, here…..
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(April 20, (April 29, 2013)
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Online Museum
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Our website www.three-monkeys.info has received the quality mark “Online Museum”. Online-Musea is a Dutch
organization that selects and promotes collectors websites that
meet their stringent criteria.
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(April 20,
2013)
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Teapots
with hear-see-speak-no-evil
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Even teapots exist with the 3-monkey
symbol. Our updated teapot webpage shows 14 different models,
including one with three wise frogs. More…..
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(April 13,
2013)
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The 3-Monkey Collectors Day on April 20,
2013 in Borgloon, Belgium
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In only about 14 days, on Saturday, April 20,
2013, the Three-Monkey Collectors Day will take place in Borgloon,
Belgium. Everything is well prepared. The organizers count with an
attendance of about 40 participants. If you want to be there,
you’ll have to hurry now, because time is getting tight. Click
here to read more about this day, and here
for the registration form. There
are participants from 6 different countries. It would be nice to
see you there too.
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(April 06,
2013)
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Monkey orchids
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From Ine and Ben Beker in Holland we received
photos of orchid flowers that look like monkey faces. Very special;
to be seen in our Guestbook.
Click on the picture there for a photo-album. A good opportunity to
browse in the guestbook to see all other interesting information
that can be found there. More.....
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(April 05,
2013)
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Three-Monkeys.Info - six
years old
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On April 1, 2013, this website www.three-monkeys.info
is six years old. Over these years many
three-monkey collectors and others from all over the world have
contacted us. We also received many emails with questions about the
three monkeys. There are now approx. 550 entries in the Guestbook,
which is in fact more of a Message Board with a lot of interesting
information.
We would like to use this opportunity to
thank the many collectors and other website visitors for all
information and suggestions that have greatly helped to keep this
website interesting and up-to-date. Special thanks go to Yvelyne
Auzou for the translations in French, to Winfried Hamacher for the
fine-tuning of the German texts and to Bruce Kittess for his input
and assistance with research projects.
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(March 31,
2013)
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Picture of the Month - April
2013
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The Picture of this Month
represents the hear, see and
speak no evil symbol related to energy saving. More…..
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(March 30,
2013)
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Three Monkeys on miniature cars and trucks
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In continuation of our series of
transportation vehicles decorated with the no evils, we now show miniature
automobiles and trucks with the Three Monkeys. More…..
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(March 25,
2013)
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African masks
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Our webpage African masks
with the three no evil monkeys was recently updated with several
new photos. Some of the masks obviously have been made for
tourists, but a few of them give the impression, that the three
monkeys indeed form part of the local culture. One of the unsolved
mysteries about the three wise monkeys. More…..
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(March 20,
2013)
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Three Monkey invitation cards
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Should you ever be in need of a three
monkey invitation card that can be personalized, here it is. More…..
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(March 17,
2013)
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Three Monkey airlines
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THREE
MONKEY AIRLINES does exist, located in Southampton, NY 11968, USA. Not much information is available about
this company nor do we have pictures. The only thing we can hope is
that the See no Evil monkey is not one of their pilots.
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(March 10,
2013)
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Exceptional
hear see and speak no evil netsuke.
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Netsuke carver Kukan Oikawa
from Japan has created a very unusual netsuke with hear, see and
speak no evil. More……..
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(March 05,
2013)
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Picture of the Month - March
2013
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This time our Picture of the
Month shows the cover of a very old 78T gramophone record with the
title “Three Wise Monkeys”. An unbreakable kiddie record for US$
0.29. More…..
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(February
28, 2013)
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Three Monkey Collectors Conference 2013
USA
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This event will be held in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, USA and the dates have been set for May 23-26, 2013. More…..
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(February
24, 2013)
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Info-Email
February 22, 2013
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No
evil dogs
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The
latest is a special no evil dogs painting service. From photos of
your favorite pet, three paintings will be created in hear, see and
speak no evil poses. More….
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(February
22, 2013)
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No evil monkeys in Mexico
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If you ever have wondered whether
no evil monkey figurines were available in Mexico, just have a look
at photos that were recently taken in the souvenir shops of Costa
Maya, Mexico. More…..
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(February
16, 2013)
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2013 Year of the Snake
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According to the Chinese Calendar, is
today, February 10, 2013, the start of the New Year and this year
is the Year of the Snake. Not easy to make a connection to the
three wise monkeys that keep ears, eyes and mouth closed. For the
simple reason that snakes do not have arms or hands. However, we
have a surprise for you. More…..
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(February
10, 2013)
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Three-Monkey
Collector’s Meeting in Borgloon, Belgium (April 20, 2013)
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Participants
from 6 different countries have already registered for this
3-Monkey Collectors Day (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany,
Poland and Switzerland). This is good news for the organizers, who
have invested a lot of time and energy to make it an interesting
day for everyone. In addition, the area of Borgloon offers a lot of
touristy attractions. Click
here for all information and here to
register.
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(February
06, 2013)
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Picture of the Month -
February 2013
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Five wise monkeys sitting
around the world globe. More…..
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(January 31,
2013)
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No evil skateboards
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This is the month of
transportation vehicles with the three monkeys. Today we present a
number of skateboards. More…..
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(January 24,
2013)
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No evil
bicycles
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Huffy, a well known supplier in the USA,
had three different bicycles in their program, named Monkey bikes hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. That is
the good news. The bad news is that, other than the names, these
bicycles seem to have nothing to do with the three no evil monkeys.
More…..
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(January 17,
2013)
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Means of transportation with the 3 monkeys
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In this website we already
have a page with cars, motorbikes and trains, all decorated with
the three monkeys. We also have a page about a 3-monkey balloon.
During the next weeks we will introduce a few more transportation
vehicles related to the three monkeys: an airline, skateboards,
bicycles and even miniature cars.
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(January 12,
2013)
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Three
Monkey train
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We have received a photo of
a japanese train decorated with the three monkeys. More….. If
you want to see the entire page, you can also click here.
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(January 06,
2013)
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New Years Wishes
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We wish all visitors to this
website a happy and healthy 2013 and we hope you will always keep
an eye open for all what is happening in the world of the three
wise monkeys. More…..
(entry 525)
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(January 01,
2013)
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For earlier
issues of this News Bulletin see the archive in the left column, click here.
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Disclaimer
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We cannot accept any responsibility for the content
of this or for external websites accessed via a link in this
homepage. All information in all pages of this website and all
published links have been carefully reviewed and compiled. The
provider of the website to which published links lead is solely
responsible for any illegal, erroneous or incomplete content and
for any losses or damages arising out of the use or non-use of that information. No liability
will be accepted by the party which merely refers to such a website
via a link.
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