The $3,000 Birdhouse
An exact reproduction by Karl Goldsmith of a house designed and built by American landscape architect Fletcher Steele in 1939 for the Helen Ellwanger Estate. Articles about the house can be found here and here.
Goldsmith is obviously filling a niche for people who have more money than they know what to do with, and crafting beautiful pieces of artwork in the process. These people have a right to spend their money as they wish, of course, but I'm thinking it would be nice if some of it were put to good use on bird conservation projects rather than on decorative objects for their fancy gardens. Just one man's opinion.
Goldsmith is obviously filling a niche for people who have more money than they know what to do with, and crafting beautiful pieces of artwork in the process. These people have a right to spend their money as they wish, of course, but I'm thinking it would be nice if some of it were put to good use on bird conservation projects rather than on decorative objects for their fancy gardens. Just one man's opinion.
posted by John L. Trapp at
4/03/2008 07:30:00 PM
4 Comments:
Two men's opinion.
I agree -they should at least throw in a membership to the Audubon for that price! I'll stick w/ painting my $5 birdhouses from Joann Fabrics.
Shell
The birds don't care how much it costs or how pretty it looks, do they? They care only that it's functional.
That's very expensive for a birdhouse!
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