Art Found at Nashville Goodwill Store Sells for Over $8,000
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Ellsworth Woodward piece first bought for $75
This is the kind of story that will likely give you pause to look a little more closely to the art you come across at rummage and estate sales:
A 100-year-old Ellsworth Woodward painting found in Goodwill's Nashville warehouse has sold for more than $8,000, according to The Associated Press.
Goodwill of Middle Tennessee spokeswoman Suzanne Kay-Pittman says a Boston bidder bought the painting for $8,101 late Sunday on Goodwill's online auction Web site.
She says Goodwill cannot yet release the buyer's name.
Goodwill worker Susan McCullen says she was sifting through the charity's warehouse when she spotted its gold frame sticking out of a bin.
The water color depicts a wooden ship at an Italian port. An attached letter says it was first bought for $75 at the San Francisco Fair.
Woodward was a Massachusetts native born in 1861 who moved to New Orleans and became an important advocate for Southern arts and crafts.
This is the kind of story that will likely give you pause to look a little more closely to the art you come across at rummage and estate sales:
A 100-year-old Ellsworth Woodward painting found in Goodwill's Nashville warehouse has sold for more than $8,000, according to The Associated Press.
Goodwill of Middle Tennessee spokeswoman Suzanne Kay-Pittman says a Boston bidder bought the painting for $8,101 late Sunday on Goodwill's online auction Web site.
She says Goodwill cannot yet release the buyer's name.
Goodwill worker Susan McCullen says she was sifting through the charity's warehouse when she spotted its gold frame sticking out of a bin.
The water color depicts a wooden ship at an Italian port. An attached letter says it was first bought for $75 at the San Francisco Fair.
Woodward was a Massachusetts native born in 1861 who moved to New Orleans and became an important advocate for Southern arts and crafts.
posted by Chris and Frank at 12:00 AM
1 Comments:
I wish I would have seen it.. I have a pretty good eye for this stuff. I have found a few good items over the years. Keep you eyes open and don't let the big ones get away.
Sue T, Berkley, Ca
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