Books, Magazines and Video Tapes

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Artist's Lot Christie's Lot Description Price
220 031 Lot 220 A PAPERBACK COPY OF "OUR NOISE" BY JEFF
GOMEZ
The author's first novel which chronicles
the music and zine obsessions of a group
of alterna-kids

Provenance:
Purchased from Barnes & Noble in 1997;
although the present owner was dating the author at
the time, he suggested she go out and buy
his book and never offered to inscribe it
for her (perhaps she should have asked)		 $5.00
221 031 Lot 221 A PAPERBACK COPY OF "RETROHELL," EDITED BY
THE EDITORS OF BEN IS DEAD MAGAZINE
An A-Z compendium of 70s nostalgia to
which the present owner contributed a couple of listings

Provenance:
Purchased on Amazon.com in 1998		 $5.00
222 031 Lot 222
star		 A HARD-BACK COPY OF MEN ARE FROM MARS,
WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS BY JOHN GRAY, PHD.
A self-help book for women who can't seem
to have fulfilling relationships with men

Provenance:
Given to the present owner by her sister-in-law for Christmas a few years back. As this was not a rosy time in present owner's romantic life, she became upset. She now regrets it, thinking perhaps the she read too much into this gift		 $5.00
223 031 Lot 223 A PAPERBACK COPY OF "JARGON WATCH," EDITED
BY GARETH BRANWYN
An A-Z listing of newly-coined
cyber-phrases taken from a monthly column
in Wired magazine. The present owner contributed one
cyber-phrase: Entrenched Transactors

Provenance:
Received from the editor in 1997		 $5.00
224 031 Lot 224 THREE ISSUES OF "PAJ" (FORMERLY CALLED
"PERFORMING ARTS JOURNAL"

Issue #60 contains "Fighting Replicants at
Home: The Armchair Blade Runner," by the present owner,
pp. 118-121

Issue #58 contains "Ebon Fisher's AlulA
Dimension," by the present owner, pp. 62-70

Issue #56 contains "Amy Jenkins' Miniature
Awakenings," by the present owner, p. 82-87

Provenance:
Received from the publisher in 1997 and
1998		 $10.00
225 031 Lot 225 "'SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THIS GUY AND OTHER
MISHEARD LYRICS" BY GAVIN EDWARDS
A book of collected misheard lyrics with
illustrations

Provenance:
Given to the present owner in 1997 by the author when
they were dating; uninscribed (again, perhaps
the present owner should have asked)		 $5.00
226 031 Lot 226 "MOST ART SUCKS: FIVE YEARS OF COAGULA"
An anthology of previous articles from
Coagula Art Journal.

The present owner contributed one article:
"Kids these Days: Burning Man Grunge Orgy
Lights up Desert Sky," 1993, pp. 136-137,

Provenance:
Given to the present owner by editor Mat Gleason in
1998		 $5.00
227 031 Lot 227 "FLASH ART: THE FIRST TEN YEARS"
A hard-back book containing articles from
the magazine Flash Art

Provenance:
This book lent to artist by David Brown in
1997, the present owner's continued possession of
which is the source of ongoing guilt		 $5.00
228 Lot 228 A VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDING OF "CIRCUS
RE-DICK-U-LESS," BY PHILLIP GLAU
A documentary film in which the filmmaker
follows the trials and tribulations of a
no-budget punk rock circus on a
cross-country tour

Provenance:
Gift from the filmmaker in 1998		 $5.00
229 Lot 229 A VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDING OF "GOD SAYS SO"
BY MARJORIE KAYE
A short film about two sisters who are
mean to each other

Provenance:
Gift from the filmmaker in 1998		 $5.00


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