We left the house at 7 AM. Stopped for gas-and-coffee in Connecticut. SpotHero parking, and a great lunch at Cafe Luca at 11:30
We finished lunch, and were out of there by 12:15, so we decided to just walk over to Christie's (in Rockefeller Center). MapMyWalk seems to have gotten a little strange, but you get the idea:
The first 2 pieces I took pictures of were the highlights for me. They were hanging in a conference/viewing room with no identifying information - the door just happened to be open:
2 beautiful pictures by Thomas Moran!
Other highlights at Christie's include:
Alfred Thompson Bricher - Low Tide, South Head, Grand Manan Island, n.d. oil:
John Kensett - Bash-Bish Falls, n.d. oil:
William Keith - The Headwaters of the Owens River, 1878 oil:
Winslow Homer - Schooners in Gloucester Harbor, 1880 gouache and pencil on paper:
Sanford Robinson Gifford - Mansfield Nose, 1859 oil:
Thomas Moran - View of Venice, 1919 oil:
Childe Hassam - Isle of Shoals, circa 1890 oil:
And the "big money-maker" of the auction:
Andrew Wyeth - Oliver's Cap, 1981 tempera
Note from the Future - these pieces sold for:
Lot 199 (online) - Alfred Thompson Bricher - Low Tide, South Head, Grand Manan Island - unsold
(estimate 50,000 - 70,000)
Lot 207 (online) - John Kensett - Bash-Bish Falls - unsold
(estimate 50,000 - 70,000)
Lot 57 - William Keith - The Headwaters of the Owens River - $68,750
(estimate 70,000 - 100,000)
Lot 86 - Winslow Homer - Schooners in Gloucester Harbor - $350,000
(estimate 70,000 - 100,000)
Lot 42 - Sanford Robinson Gifford - Mansfield Nose - $519,000
(estimate 500,000 - 700,000)
Lot 202 (online) - Thomas Moran - View of Venice - $81,250
(estimate 70,000 - 100,000)
Lot 33 - Childe Hassam - Isle of Shoals - unsold
(estimate 1,000,000 - 1,500,000)
Lot 23 - Andrew Wyeth - Oliver's Cap - $2,415,000
(estimate 3,000,000 - 5,000,000)
You see that 3 of them are referred to as "online" - that is an additional auction that I was not aware of. Yet another reason to just keep poking around - you never know what you might discover!
We then took a cab back to York Avenue:
Wow - highlights from Sotheby's include:
Thomas Hill - Yosemite Valley, 1880 oil:
Albert Bierstadt - Estes Park, Colorado, 1867 oil:
Frederic Edwin Church - South American Landscape, 1857 oil:
Andrew Wyeth - Deserted Light, 1977 watercolor:
Andrew Wyeth - Dry Well (Rain Barrel), 1958 watercolor:
John Kensett - Sunset Over the Catskills, 1855 oil:
Winslow Homer - The Life Brigade, 1883 watercolor:
Who had a FUN TIME seeing the ART?!?!
Note from the Future - these pieces sold for:
Lot 47 - Thomas Hill - Yosemite Valley - unsold
(estimate 100,000 - 150,000)
Lot 35 - Albert Bierstadt - Estes Park, Colorado - $548,000
(estimate 500,000 - 700,000)
Lot 36 - Frederic Edwin Church - South American Landscape - $1,580,000
(estimate 1,500,000 - 2,500,000)
Lot 3 - Andrew Wyeth - Deserted Light - $350,000
(estimate 300,000 - 500,000)
Lot 14 - Andrew Wyeth - Dry Well (Rain Barrel) - unsold
(estimate 300,000 - 500,000)
Lot 38 - John Kensett - Sunset Over the Catskills - unsold
(estimate 100,000 - 150,000)
Lot 45 - Winslow Homer - The Life Brigade - unsold
(estimate 600,000 - 800,000)
Wow - with all those pieces unsold, I guess they are still out there if you want to pick one up.
Picked up the car about 3:30, dinner at Five Guys! Excellent Adventure-Time with my Beautiful Bride! Thank You God for these Great Days!
Audio today - Wendy started reading me a book she loved, and it sounds GREAT:
Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, 2013
When we weren't reading, we listened to 2 Bob Dylan double-cds: Live 1962–1966
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking in New England (the 4,000 footers; the 100 Highest; WATERFALLS)
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