I would like to take a minute to thank you for your
continued patronage of our appraisal services. I have seen some wonderful
artworks this year, to include well established living artists like Jasper
Johns, Julian Opie, Donald Sultan and Idelle Weber, to some perhaps less well
known Texas artists like Cesar Martinez, Michael O’Keefe and Winter
Rusiloski. One of the more interesting challenges was determining the
origin of a signed 1942 Dali drawing that was one of a limited edition insert
in his 1942 autobiography “The Secret Life of Salvador Dali”. This pen &
ink drawing was sold without specifying the details of its origin, and it was
not clear whether it was one of the original drawings interspersed throughout
his autobiography, part of another unknown edition, or even a very clever
forgery.
Appraising art always brings adventures, both large and
small, and I feel privileged to be in this business. Every day I have the
opportunity to traipse into the mind of the artist, and examine the fruit of
the creative journey. For those of us who love art, it doesn’t get any better
than that.
Best wishes to you and your family for 2015,
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