Wednesday, February 25, 2009
SIGNS ~ A super charming short film . . .
A simple short film about communication (and a charming office romance). Please watch when you get a spare 12 minutes. I am offering a money back guarantee if you don't love it.
It's a real feel-good flick, isn't it?
It's a real feel-good flick, isn't it?
Timely Thomas Jefferson Banking Quote . . .
"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." Thomas JeffersonSource: stated in 1811 when President Jefferson refused to renew the charter for the First Bank of the United States (the 2nd central bank chartered by Congress in 1791).
The beautiful building shown above is The Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia on Chestnut Street between 4th & 5th. It was founded after the War of 1812 when it was realized that without a national bank (the charter on the first bank was allowed to lapse) it would be impossible to fund another war such as the one just fought. Founded in 1816, the building was finished in 1818. William Strickland, one of the first great American architects designed the building, and Nicholas Biddle was the first president of the bank. After a long battle, Andrew Jackson disbanded the bank in 1832 during his crusade against the national banking system.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Send an Ammi Phillips Folk Art Postcard from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts' current exhibit . . .
Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures
American Masterworks from Minnesota Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
February 22 - May 3, 2009
If you live anywhere near Minneapolis, you should definitely plan to attend this exhibit. Click here for details and a slide show.
I adore this Ammi Phillips portrait!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Winnie the Pooh sale brings £1.26m at auction in London . . .
December 18, 2008
Sotheby's - London, New Bond Street
A collection of E. H. Shepard's original drawings for the Winnie the Pooh children's books fetched £1.26m at auction.
Sotheby's - London, New Bond Street
A collection of E. H. Shepard's original drawings for the Winnie the Pooh children's books fetched £1.26m at auction.
The top lot, "He went on tracking, and Piglet... ran after him", one of Shepherd's best-known drawings, went for £115,250, a record for the artist (Ernest Howard Shepard, 1879-1976).
The illustration, showing Pooh walking with Piglet by his side, leaving a trail of footprints behind them, sold for far more than its pre-sale estimate of between 40,000 and 60,000 pounds.
Another drawing, "Bump, bump, bump - going up the stairs", sold for £97,250, almost double its lower estimate.
The auction also included limited edition and signed books by author AA Milne, and the first US edition presentation copy of Winnie-the-Pooh, dated 1926, which sold for £39,650 against an estimate of 15,000-20,000 pounds.
Philip Errington, Sotheby's specialist in charge of children's books and original illustrations, said he was "delighted" with the sale results. ...read more...
View Sotheby's Catalog with Sale Results:
'That sort of Bear': E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh From the Collections of Stanley J Seeger and Christopher Cone
"Take care of your antiques and they will take care of you."
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