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Offline Mr. Turnip

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Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« on: November 30, 2015, 05:18:23 PM »
If anyone is interested, I currently have a Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase for sale on ebay. It's quite a big and splendid, signed and in perfect condition. If you go to ebay and type in 'Peter Layton Pink Paradiso' you'll find it. Here's a picture of it!

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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2015, 06:02:39 PM »
It looks red rather than pink. ???


I got curious.  :)  Normally the word pink would have put me off looking at all, but it is rather splendid.
Perhaps a clarification of the true colour would help your sale?
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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2015, 03:26:04 PM »
Well it's definitely a 'Pink Paradiso' pattern. Had it confirmed by London Glassblowing. But I appreciate the overall effect when viewed as a whole is probably on the redder side of pink. It has a lot of different colours going on at the same time - even a slightly purpley-red overall effect in certain light. There is pink in the mix too though. If you check-out the detail pictures on ebay you'll get a clearer idea of the influence that the pattern and other colours have over the pink.

It's also true to say that not everybody sees colours in quite the same way - me and my Mrs have never been quite able to agree on greens and blues - especially turquoise! I recently watched a series of TV programmes on colour, never did entirely grasp the bit about why a black and blue dress looked white and gold to some people though.

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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2015, 05:27:25 PM »
You can put a direct link to your auction here - that would help folk to find it.  :)
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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2015, 06:49:12 PM »
 :)
The black and blue dress "changed" colour depending on what ambient light was around. Your eyes adjust themselves so that a red flower in morning light still looks the same red in evening light, even though the actual wavelengths of light have changed.

But the dress, in a photograph, did not give any clues about the kind of ambient light around, so your brain decided on whether is was morning or evening light, and adjusted the colours you perceive differently, according to the light conditions the brain had decided were prevalent.

Vision is an incredibly complicated sense.
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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2015, 04:04:03 PM »
Thanks for the reply Chopin-liszt - I just about grasp it now.

This vase now sold on ebay - for £450 (£475 inc.postage). So that's how much it's really worth... I'm pretty sure that's why certain things on ebay get so many watchers (well I know I do it). A really nice vase though, and an investment for the long term future I'd reckon. Some lucky person got a bargain here.

And I can buy some more turnips to get me through the winter.

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Re: Peter Layton Pink Paradiso vase on ebay...
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2015, 04:23:04 PM »
I'm glad to hear you had a good sale. :)

Can you afford the pepper to put on your neeps? (you can't possibly eat neeps without pepper!)
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