Lilith
04-20-2004, 12:11 PM
(submitted by gekkogecko)
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LONDON (Reuters) - It looks like an ordinary
old-fashioned cookie tin, but the hidden drawing of
two dogs having sex in the grass makes it an instant
collectors' item.
Biscuit makers Huntley & Palmers sold thousands of
tins of treats featuring a copy of an early 20th
century illustration of a genteel picnic -- without
realizing that a disgruntled employee had hidden
sexually explicit drawings in the scene.
Lawrences Auctioneers in Somerset, southwest England,
is hoping collectors will bid 250 pounds ($446) when
one of the tins goes on sale next Friday.
The unidentified artist who copied the illustration
had lost his job at the cookie company and decided to
take revenge on his employers while completing his
final project.
He included a small picture of two dogs having sex and
another of a pair of naked lovers. An obscene label
written on a jam jar suggests it contains something
other than jam.
"A grocer on a slow day in his shop spotted the added
characters in 1980 and the company was quite
embarrassed. But now it's very popular and they are
collectors' items," said a spokesman for Reading
Museum in England, where another of the tins is on display.
Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
LONDON (Reuters) - It looks like an ordinary
old-fashioned cookie tin, but the hidden drawing of
two dogs having sex in the grass makes it an instant
collectors' item.
Biscuit makers Huntley & Palmers sold thousands of
tins of treats featuring a copy of an early 20th
century illustration of a genteel picnic -- without
realizing that a disgruntled employee had hidden
sexually explicit drawings in the scene.
Lawrences Auctioneers in Somerset, southwest England,
is hoping collectors will bid 250 pounds ($446) when
one of the tins goes on sale next Friday.
The unidentified artist who copied the illustration
had lost his job at the cookie company and decided to
take revenge on his employers while completing his
final project.
He included a small picture of two dogs having sex and
another of a pair of naked lovers. An obscene label
written on a jam jar suggests it contains something
other than jam.
"A grocer on a slow day in his shop spotted the added
characters in 1980 and the company was quite
embarrassed. But now it's very popular and they are
collectors' items," said a spokesman for Reading
Museum in England, where another of the tins is on display.