That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 31, 2015

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    “The cook has the strangest way of scrambling eggs.”

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    jreckard  over 9 years ago

    I thought you tossed salads, not eggs.Cookies too maybe.

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I’d like to revive that tradition.

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    PICTO  over 9 years ago

    One slip and it’s all ova the floor.

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    Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML   over 9 years ago

    Young Alexander,,, when we wasn’t so “great”….

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    stamps  over 9 years ago

    My balls are up here.

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    transwarpmail-comics  over 9 years ago

    They always discontinue the really good stuff.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 9 years ago

    A somewhat enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday). Again, it is a cropped image. A more complete, click-to-enlarge image can be found here.The Juggler (A.K.A Egyptian Juggler or A Juggler) is shown, with a different coloration, framed image (click-to-humongous, unframed image found here), by (I think) its current-location page. It was donated following its purchase (shows price) in 1997.Another coloration, click-to-enlarge image, of the full painting, can be found here.I say full painting because it includes content at the top and bottom, missing from even the more complete image pointed to above. That image says it’s of a 66.1×45 cm oil-on-canvas painting. The full painting is larger (77.8×48.4) and oil-on-panel.Because the colors are so different in the two images, used a different medium, and have different dimensions, I thought at first, they’re of different paintings.But, then I found a full painting (oil-on-panel, larger than 66.1×45cm, 1870) past auction result showing much closer to the strip coloration.The artist may have indeed painted more than one version; but, this has the strip coloration image, with that past auction result’s dimensions, and the same provenance, as far as it goes, as the full painting, along with a description.So, I doubt that he did. If I find out different, I’ll add a P.S. His Wikipedia page and collection (more under Subcategories).Sixth, of the 6 works, by this artist (under different nationalities), that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here (6 total).

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    helen ferrx  over 9 years ago

    The audience felt rather cheated when “she” turned round to face them.

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    Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    And we discontinued this why?

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    codedaddy  over 9 years ago

    Comments here suggest the juggler is female. I lean toward male, especially after magnifying the linked image.

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    hippogriff  over 9 years ago

    codedaddy: The costume is definitely male.

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    J Short  over 9 years ago

    He was a generous guy; the type that would give your the shirt of his head.

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    mabrndt Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Another work by this artist can be found here.

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