Here's the replacement, my B301 copy, work in progress.
Frankly it looks a bit of a mess. Rebuilding it is a good plan.
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The Collection lasted from 2001 until February 2011 when it was consigned to a box. It will be resurrected in the next house.
Here are its contents (to be added gradually). In the absence of a better idea, I will show them in approximately the sequence I photographed them, except where there is a logical or æsthetic override. There were also: several fridge magnets; some cigar labels with art themes, one a PM; a pile of museum postcards which I will identify, just in case there's one I need.
| 7th February 2011 Here's the replacement, my B301 copy, work in progress. |
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| The Empty Wall |
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| The last photograph, 6th February 2011 Frankly it looks a bit of a mess. Rebuilding it is a good plan. |
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And now the components of The Collection.
| Cow Parade Moondrian. | 
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| and the plush version | 
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| YSL model | 
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| MoMA glass | 
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| Mug. A lucky find at 20p in a Cotgrave charity shop. |
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| Mondrian Mule by April Romo de Vivar. One of my earliest acquisitions and a bold, enduring favourite. Further details here. |
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| also available as a toy collectable | 
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| MoMA earrings | 
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| Teapot | 
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| Jug, CBK Ltd of Taiwan | 
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| Partridge Family toy bus | 
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| The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian, Lawrence Block A great story. Signed by the author on a visit to London. Other editions here. |
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| read by the author | 
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| Mondrian's Elephant | 
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| Cigarettes | 
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| Lighter | 
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| First ashtray from the Mondrian hotel |
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| Second ashtray enamelled copper |
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| Rubber stamp and inks | 
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| Jigsaw | 
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| Mondrio dominoes variant. I have a set boxed as shown on Board Game Geek too. That's now shown below, together with the rules. |
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| Clock damaged in a fall from the cabinet. |
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| one of mine: I always intended to make more and refine the process, but have not got there yet. | 
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| Watches I have others |
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| Pens | 
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| Gold coin image to follow |
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| Banknote 5 Pesos Uruguayos currency note issued by the Central Bank of Uruguay in 1998, showing the work of Joaquín Torres García |
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| Phonecards A young chap in Holland used to sell me these at rather full prices. The display has slipped and will have to be reworked when the Collection is resurrected. |
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| More Phonecards A set of four in a presentation case. The four views are front, back, half unfolded and fully unfolded to show a collection, some items of which I still lust after, particularly the wine bottle. |
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| Proof of Mondrian Postcard views of Dallas by Susan Hoffman. There is plenty more detail here. |
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| Postcards of an approximate nature. |
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| a great cartoon in a sweet, albeit cracked, ceramic frame from CBK Ltd of Taiwan |
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| Stamps and Maxi-cards. Posted in Amersfoort and Utrecht. |
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| More stamps First day covers and maxi-cards. This is the only part of the collection still on show: partly because it would not fit in the box. |
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Art
| Two sets of tiles from Roberta, but cannot recall the surname and the web site is no more. The Amaryllis is one of my few commissioned pieces. |
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| This is probably the best piece I own. Mondrian's Martini by Barnaby Conrad lll |
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| And this is my best original work | 
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| An assemblage of homages and artifacts. | 
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| A fine play on American Gothic. | 
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| Colette, It's Mondrian, Man, 2001 It is undoubtedly the case that the homages and pastiches of the early 2000s were immeasurably superior in conception and execution to the current (2011) crop. |
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| Patricia Bannister, Art on Broadway, 2003 | 
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| David Louis Feinberg, Nondrian, 2002 | 
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| Ed Haldeman, 3x5 Alive, 2001 Nicely structured. |
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| Andrew Findlay, In the Mind of Mondrian, 2008 | 
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| Rothstein, Milan Station No.1, 2000 This was, possibly, the first piece in the collection. It popped up on eBay because the photographer compared the composition to Mondrian. I cannot remember many of the details and the title and artist are approximate, drawn from the inscription. |
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| Shelf | 
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Others
There are numerous pieces which passed through the Collection, on grounds of space, taste, whim and other factors. They are currently in another box, but I intend to reunite them all in the box and will probably photograph them while doing so. Dawn Grant's splendid Nude admires Mondrian is certain to appear (if I find it).
[9th Feb 2011] That process is now complete. In addition to a number of badges, postcards, bookmarks and a few homages which aren't good enough to reproduce, the items which had been through the Collection are shown below. A few pieces were somewhat battered: the new storage should be an improvement.
| Dawn Grant Nude admires Mondrian To me, this is the highlight of this section. |
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| Mondrio, the other set The rules are available here. |
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| Three more watches | 
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| Two pairs of shoes | 
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| Two ties and a headscarf, all MoMA | 
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| Two necklaces, one definitely Mondrian, the other rather more of a Van Doesburg | 
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| A cycling jersey with a controverial green patch | 
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| Two CDs, Louis Andriessen and David Clark Little | 
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| I take this to be an information sign from a train. | 
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| I had some email correspondence with Jean Bourke, the artist behind The Mondrian Door in 2002. Jean sent me this signed print of the design. | 
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| A scouting badge from the Mondriaan Troep | 
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| Several pieces of fabric combining Mondrian and smiley. | 
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