Sentences with phrase «by collectors who»

Most often show cars are owned by collectors who simply love cars.

«After decades of spotty acquisitions, undernourished scholarship and token exhibitions, American museums are rewriting the history of 20th - century art to include black artists in a more visible and meaningful way than ever before, playing historical catch - up at full tilt, followed by collectors who are rushing to find the most significant works before they are out of reach,» the New York Times reported last year.

Now the paintings, drawings and prints are purchased by collectors who see his meaning in today's world.

These days, the larger V - 8 is the option most sought by the collectors who are just now discovering mid -»60s Chevy pickups.

New York's Gagosian Gallery and Jeff Koons were sued by a collector who accused gallery founder Larry Gagosian and the artist of scheming to exploit demand for his works and using «inappropriate and highly questionable practices» to fund extravagant lifestyles.

One event, I had my work filmed by the local news, received kind words from a celebrity that attended, my work was viewed by a collector who has so far returned and bought over $ 10,000 in art off me.

«Each of the top ten featured bidding by a collector who'd only started...

In addition to the Werner show, Tate will display Ping Pong (pictured), a recent Doig painting bought from Werner in New York by a collector who is donating it to the museum.

Not exact matches

By 2008, when the financial crisis hit, Goepfert was cleaning out dealers who were closing up shop and developing relationships with older collectors looking to part with their guns.

So most of the debts were owed to the rulers themselves, or to their palace (tax) collectors who gradually became independent creditors by the wealth they made.

The thing we're never told in school is that the people who come up with the most ideas start by being idea collectors and by viewing everything around them as an opportunity for a remix.

While there are wonderful examples of kingdom communities who attract, embrace, and transform those who are most judged and marginalized by society and religion today, on the whole today's prostitutes and tax collectors steer as far away from Christians as they did the Pharisees in the first century.

Who knows what the «pure» is but the one who experienced the degradation of the tax collectors and sinners and became one with them, yet remained wholly uncorrupted by cynicism and coldness of heaWho knows what the «pure» is but the one who experienced the degradation of the tax collectors and sinners and became one with them, yet remained wholly uncorrupted by cynicism and coldness of heawho experienced the degradation of the tax collectors and sinners and became one with them, yet remained wholly uncorrupted by cynicism and coldness of heart?

Who they were is made plain by the parable, the story of a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple to pray (18:9 - 1Who they were is made plain by the parable, the story of a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple to pray (18:9 - 1who went to the temple to pray (18:9 - 14).

Palestinian Judaism was confronted by a crisis when Jesus proclaimed the eschatological forgiveness of sins, and «tax collectors and other Jews who had made themselves as Gentiles» responded in glad acceptance.

As to heathens and tax collectors: A person who is put out of the church is being loved, no question — but he's being loved by being expelled from the assembly, in order that he might repent and be restored.

If you really enquire about God, not with mere curiosity, not, as it were, like a spiritual stamp - collector, but as an anxious seeker, distressed in heart, anguished by the possibility that God might not exist and hence all life be vanity and one great madness — if you ask in such a mood as the man who asks the doctor, «Tell me, will my wife live or will she die?»

He got along well with the despised customs officials (whom we probably translate inadequately as «tax collectors,» not to say «publicans») and the equally unwelcome centurion of the Roman army of occupation stationed at Capharnaum, who implored Jesus to heal his boy, pointing out that Jesus could do it by just giving a command without even having to profane himself by entering a gentile house.

The parables of the Good Samaritan and the humble tax collector expose the pride of the self - righteous and the unlove of those who pass by on the other side.

Reminds me of the story of the Sunday School teacher, who, after teaching about the self - righteous Pharisee who looked down on the tax collector, finished by praying «Thank you God that we're not like that self - righteous Pharisee.»

The other, a tax collector, is a train wreck who has sold out his people by collaborating with their Roman overlords.

The parable itself has been well preserved in the tradition, probably because the story itself is so natural, consistent and coherent, and it has a natural Sitz im Leben Jesu - the offence caused by his acceptance of the «tax collectors and sinners» who responded to the challenge of the forgiveness of sins.

The owner of the fragment has been identified by King as a private collector who has asked to stay anonymous.

Do not look down on the fellows who come to your door saying Bread for the love of God, and singing for a morsel of bread... I too was such a collector of crumbs, begging from door to door, especially in my beloved city of Eisenach — though afterwards my dear father lovingly and faithfully kept me at the University of Erfurt, by his sweat and labour helping me to get where I am.

The local tax collectors, who obtained the concession by bidding for it, and had to exact for the chief tax collector as much as possible in indirect taxes — e.g., tolls on imported goods — were indeed Jews, but because of their dishonorable practices, and no doubt also because of their subservience to an alien government, they were so hated and despised that they were not counted as members of the Jewish community, and all intercourse with them was avoided.

There is not a great body of material on the subject of collectible hot sauce bottles, but we are indebted to Betty Zumwalt, author of Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces: 19th Century Food in Glass, who dutifully catalogued obscure hot sauce bottles found by collectors.

It came highly recommended by Trish and Ken Pfeifer, local collectors of «outsider art» among other genres who make an annual sojourn to the museum, and we weren't disappointed.

The stereotype of the wine collector is a fusty old geezer who likes to stroke his precious magnums by candlelight.

The company was established in 1973 by passionate wine collectors, Bob and Jim Myerson, who sought to bring fine wine to a new and rapidly growing market.

In one example, it was the trash men (garbage collectors), who thought it a brilliant idea to come by in their noisy truck while it's still dark outside.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

It was funny, of course, but it also pointed to the fact that Brown seemed to be the only person in Britain (excepting debt collectors) who was enjoying the worst recession in the developed world - a point made musically by this ConHome video.

The statement is signed by Karmani, Shabbir, Ahmed, Faisal Khan and the Respect deputy group leader, Ruqayyah Collector, who used to be employed by Galloway as a case worker in his constituency office.

No one knows where the stereotype of the eccentric scientist first arose, but it was certainly nursed along by Walter Rothschild, a famed adventurer and collector of birds and butterflies who also ended up selling part of his collection to the American Museum of Natural History because of a cash - flow problem.

They were as amazed by my enthusiasm for a long - dead collector of beetles, butterflies and birds as I was by their admission that, really, they had no idea who he was.

They were originally purchased from amber dealers by private collectors, who later donated the samples to museums.

By MICHAEL TAYLOR Stan Wood is a professional fossil collector who also referees amateur football matches — a serendipitous combination as it turned out.

It was found by a nomadic meteorite hunter in Morocco (hence «NWA,» for Northwest Africa) who sold it to a local dealer, who sold it to a major collector named Jay Piatek, who finally donated it to the institute.

It was found in 2013 in a clay pit in Germany and acquired by a private collector, who notified authorities.

The story follows Eggs (voiced by Game of Thrones» Isaac Hempstead - Wright), a young orphan boy raised by Boxtrolls, a lovable group of underground trash collectors who live under the town of Cheesebridge.

At the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos has just one of the stones, which leaves one somewhere in the vicinity of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston); one in the center of the forehead of Vision (Paul Bettany); one with the Collector (Benicio Del Toro); one around the neck of Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch); and one in a location known only by Thanos's stepdaughter, Gamora (Zoe Saldana), who is a Guardian of the Galaxy.

Based on the comic book of the same name by Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff's film follows Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), who, as they graduate from high school, respond to a personal ad from a middle - aged record collector as a joke — a decision that changes their friendship.

While I'm not sure there's enough to inspire those owning the film's original Blu - ray to upgrade, this agreeable release of an agreeable movie should be full of appeal to HD collectors including those who practically get a free Blu - ray by choosing this Digital HD - wielding set over simply a digital download.

Either that, or pretend this review wasn't written by me, but by some evil twin / clone (complete with evil facial hair) who exists only to make my opinion worth less than my Underworld collectors edition plastic jumbo Pepsi cup in 20 years time.

Of course there is the regular paperback edition, but also (for those who want a bit more): a hardcover collector's edition that comes with a «lithograph» artwork by Yoji Shinkawa.

Scream Factory's Collector's Edition release of Land of the Dead is sure to please hardcore Romero fans who are giving it a revisit, particularly with the great new extras put together by Red Shirt Pictures.

Disney IMAX Films: Aliens of the Deep • Ghosts of the Abyss • Sacred Planet • The Young Black Stallion Produced by Frank Marshall: Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Eight Below • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Space in Science Fiction: The Black Hole • 2001: A Space Odyssey • First Spaceship on Venus (MST3K) Featuring Paul Newman (Roving Mars» Introductory Narrator): The Hustler: Collector's Edition • Cars • The Verdict: Collector's Edition New to DVD: Voyagers!

They wish to keep the infinity stone away from people who'd misuse it: Yondu (Michael Rooker), a rich freak called The Collector (Benicio Del Toro), power - mad Thanos (voiced by Josh Brolin) and revenge - mad Ronan (Lee Pace, the usual classically trained actor hired to lend gravitas to villains).

By the end of the film, it was given to The Collector (aka «blond Benicio Del Toro») for safekeeping — although his whole house was wrecked during Guardians of the Galaxy, so who knows if it moved at that point.

-- Pet Collector, a quizzical Styracosaurus (voiced by director Sohn) who is an expert at camouflage and has a whole menagerie of creatures helpfully sitting on his horns, including Dreamkiller, «who protects me from having unrealistic goals.»