Selling an estate is a big project. Often, there is a lot of clean up that needs to happen. Usually, there is a real estate transaction somewhere in the mix. Many times, there are valuable items that can’t be kept, but shouldn’t be thrown out. Almost always, there are things of value you don’t realize are valuable. There are curbside, haul-away dumpsters to rent, art to evaluate and sell, auction houses to contact, furniture to consign, and every tiny little detail that needs to be looked at, considered and decided upon.
Here at the store we get a lot of art, and it is our good fortune to research each piece for provenance and price, but not every piece will catch my eye such as this one has. When I first saw it hanging on the wall at Good Find Stores, I was overwhelmed with curiosity.
When this original piece of artwork came into the store I was immediately enamored with it. Who was the artist, what drove him to create it, and how did this magnificent art find its way to me. I see hundreds of items come into the Good Find store, but sometimes one will stoke my curiosity enough to have me sit down and really spend the time researching and scouring the internet trying to find all the little details and provenances of the work. But each time I’m grateful for the opportunity to learn more of the history behind the painting and the nuance of it’s creator. This time, in the course of my research, I found that little was written...
