3327 - Altenholz, Schleswig-Holsetein, Germany

The sender is a huge pop art fan and their card shows it. This is Finger Pointing (1973) by Roy Lichtenstein. Lichtenstein was an American pop artist and was one of the leading figures in the new art movement in the 1960s. He defined pop art through parody.

His most expensive work is Masterpiece and is was sold for $165 million (USD) in 2017. Masterpience was created in 1962 and is a parady of a comic strip. The female character in the work says, "Why, Brad darling, this painting is a MASTERPIECE! My, soon you'll have all of NEW YORK clamoring for your work!" Steven A. Cohen purchased the work and is in his private collection. The previous owner, Agnes Gund, sold it and the proceeds of the sale were used to start a fund for criminal justice reform called the Art for Justice fund.

Lichtenstein died of pneumonia in 1997 in New York City.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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