{"id":41298,"date":"2016-03-15T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=41298"},"modified":"2019-03-30T08:28:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:28:18","slug":"lot-667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=41298","title":{"rendered":"Lot 667"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Lot 665, a papier m<\/em><em>\u00e2<\/em><em>ch<\/em><em>\u00e9<\/em><em> musical box in \nthe shape of a barrel organ. Attached the figure of a monkey in Persian robes \nplaying the cymbals. This item still in working order, shown here\u2026 Sold! For 30 \nfrancs to the Vicomte de Chagny, thank you Sir.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp; \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOK then, Lot 667 Ladies and Gentlemen a fine linen toga edged with  purple and gold metallic thread and worn by Gaius Julius Caesar on that fateful  day, the Ides of March 44BCE. Made out of the finest spun linen of the period,  the toga, a size 40 short, still bears faded wine stains produced during a  celebration (perhaps several), lipstick smudges along the collar, and more  critically, significant areas of dried blood here, here and here.&nbsp; The several  rips here, here, here and here are evidence of where the knives of the assassins  penetrated the garment and inflicted mortal damage to the surprised Caesar. The  toga was discovered, perfectly preserved, in the property room of the Globe  Theatre. May I have an opening bid of 1000 francs?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sold.jpg 460w, http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sold-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLot 665, a papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 musical box in the shape of a barrel organ. Attached the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals. This item still in working order, shown here\u2026 Sold! For 30 francs to the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=41298\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry-of-jokes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41349,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41298\/revisions\/41349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}