So you have an opportunity to become the owner of one of the most beautiful pieces of decorative and folk art available. Many pieces have been prize winners.
A few brief quotes from the local newspaper:
https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/article244605107.html
Now (The Society of Decorative Painters) is selling about 850 items from its collection that had grown to include about 1,500 items. The collection had grown to include replications of items, rather than highlighting examples of different types of decorative painting such as rosemaling or stipple-painting.
The auction has multiple listings, for example, of painted metal document boxes and serial items, like multiple painted angels and St. Nicholas figures. It also has some unique items, including a confessional and a child-sized table with chairs created to depict different animals like a monkey.
Local artist and appraiser Trish VanOsdel said she was intrigued when McCurdy called her to help document the artwork for the auction. For years she had driven by the society’s Seneca and McLean location and didn’t realize the “treasures” that were included in the museum, she said.
“The work represents decorative art from men and women from all over the country and internationally as well from pieces from Russia and Japan,” Van Osdel said. “I have seen everything from painted clothing from the ‘80s to amazingly detailed floral bouquets on metal painted trays from Russia to intricate stipple painted furniture from Japan and everything in between including nationally known decorative artists.”If you're local, the article includes info on a brief window tomorrow (Tuesday, 8/4) in which you may view the items live, as well as information about the Society..
The auction also includes office furniture and display cases along with art supplies.
To view the online auction,Society of Decorative Painters museum collection auction
When: now through noon Thursday, Aug. 6
Where: online at mccurdyauction.com
Bidders can preview the auction items in person 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the society’s offices at 1220 E. First St.
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/SDP.html?soid=1129271523015&aid=yybM-LgMI0g
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