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Valuable violin turns up OK, but many questions remain (Update)
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 12-31-2005
| Steve Rubenstein
Posted on 12/31/2005 5:17:29 AM PST by Cagey
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To: AnAmericanMother
Thank you so much for that Rockwell it captured the story of my father in law perfectly.
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posted on
12/31/2005 4:48:33 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: OldFriend
Rockwell is (in my not particularly humble opinion) a VERY underrated painter -- just because he earned his living in "illustration". But so did N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle - two of my favorite American artists.
He lived in that neck of the woods - in the Berkshires, IIRC - so I'm sure he saw some of those local musicales.
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posted on
12/31/2005 5:55:47 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother
I printed the picture and showed it to my husband. His dad is long gone and the picture made him so happy.
So again, thanks more than you can realize.
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posted on
12/31/2005 6:45:15 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: OldFriend
I'm so glad that you and your husband enjoyed it.
I saw it when the Rockwell exhibition toured to Atlanta and happened to recall it. I'm glad I did!
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posted on
12/31/2005 6:47:16 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Mercat
The bow is often the more valuable, but in this case the violin has the collectable enhancement to its value. A bow might go for $10,000, not usually much more.
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posted on
12/31/2005 6:48:15 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: AnAmericanMother
Freepers touching lives in so many ways. That's what makes this place like no other.
Happy New Year to you and yours....Jan
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posted on
12/31/2005 6:54:57 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: OldFriend; AnAmericanMother
What OF said . . . people are surprised at how many FReepers I've met in real life and am now fast friends with.
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posted on
01/01/2006 12:34:35 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Find the names on the bows and look in the F-holes of the violins And don't be fooled by the millions of "Stradivarious" labels out there. They are just copies!
To: Cagey
Turns up OK? Does that mean it was still in tune? Or still in mean-tone tune? Or just unscratched?
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posted on
01/05/2006 11:54:23 AM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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