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One collector's kitsch can be another's treasured object
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ANTIQUES
One collector's kitsch can be another's treasured object
By RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL Cowles Syndicate
Sunday, July 27, 2003
"Kitsch" is a word that refers to anything in strange, almost
pretentious bad taste.
A musical comedy about Hitler, a metal figure of a nude woman with
a clock set in her belly, a small ceramic baby sitting on a potty or
a black velvet painting of Elvis are all collectible kitsch today.
The humor of something in such non-mai...
