Antique reproduction rings

Gerberich's machinated wonders were previously exhibited in 2003 and 2006 at the museum. His exhibits are shown in New York City, where he lives, as well as on tour across the country.
He has accumulated 20 years' worth of discarded tea kettles, pulleys, furniture, machinery and leftover parts from everything one might imagine. Putting those together with motors, lights and odds and ends results in his creatively engineered exhibits that took off on Christmas 1991 with the New York Bloomingdale's storefront window.
This exhibit has eight installations, including 'Bells and Whistler.' Inside what was once probably a China cabinet, an antique phone, bells, weights, the sound from a cuckoo clock and a tiny image of 'Whistler's Mother' all rotate like so much metal rotisserie behind glass.
The clock missing its cuckoo is part of the 'Stuart Little Tours NYC' wall of moving touristy machinations.
Commissioned by Macy's for the 'Stuart Little' sequel, the installation includes Macy's souvenirs plus artifacts that represent the neighborhoods of Chelsea, Times Square, Wall Street, Chinatown, Little Italy, Yorkville and Harlem. Knickknacks include fake money at Wall Street, toys in Chinatown, corks in Little Italy, watches in Times Square and mini-Statues of Liberty throughout.
For those who went to the 2006 exhibit, familiar installations include the 'Gift Giving Machine' -- 12 feet by 10 feet of wooden gift shapes that rock and tilt. In front of the wall of presents is a Gerberich automaton -- they all have tea kettles for heads -- with broom arms 'distributing' the gifts

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant or an antique watch, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for - thanks to busted drug dealers.
The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry - including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus - confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division.
Necklaces, rings and bracelets will be available alongside more unique items, such as a $29,500 Jacob & Co. five time zone watch with a face of sparkling yellow, pink and blue stones forming the continents on a world map

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