The Mulberry Tree Grants Pass Oregon
After moving I was so sad I was not going to have my special place to walk. This is a major part of my life and something I look forward to daily! But guess what? The new house ……yes …. even a better place to walk! All that fretting for nothing! Thanks God!
Found this really cool shop in Grants Pass! The owner Kelly Forbush is so creative. Look at the porcelain collages she makes are they not the greatest ~ I just love them!
Sorry about the mix up in names! I have corrected it! That is what happens when I don’t use my glasses!
I went and saw Pride and Prejudice with one of my favorite people in the whole world this weekend in Ashland Oregon.
I thought it was quite good actually. The characters were very defined witty, charming and full of energy!
“Pride and Prejudice” go see it you will love it!
P.S
Of course we could of been at Taco Bell and had fun
Elizabeth Bennet (Kate Hurster) takes refuge in her book while visiting the Bingley estate. Photo by David Cooper
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Ashland is the greatest place to go in the fall! There are so many cute shops and places to eat.
About 20 years ago we lived in an old historic home here in Oregon. My husband made the decision to have my portrait painted and I provided a photograph that I thought was nice. I remember I was wearing a black dress in the photo and in fact, I still have that very dress. The dress was a 40’s, heavily beaded, sleeveless sheath style made in Liverpool. My thoughts were this portrait would be merely a small little thing. A portrait I perhaps, would hang in the back bedroom or something. I never did a sitting and the painter never asked me any questions. Months later, my husband ‘Chris called and eagerly said “Your portrait is finished; we can go pick it up!” I remember walking into this woman’s living room and seeing several nude portraits and I first thought to myself, Oh no! Then there it was, a massive 6 foot painting! She was wearing a white dress with a pink ribbon; the dress was low-cut, but the most atrocious thing was the dress was sheer on the bottom. It was surreal; there was just no way I had a closet big enough to house this monstrosity! This was so unlike me, this woman in this painting! I wouldn’t wear a dress like that, she has too much makeup, she’s too revealing, and her style is completely different from mine! Well, to make a long story somewhat shorter. This portrait, hung in our bedroom for a very short time. When we moved from this wonderful, old, historic home I put her in storage. For the last 10 years she’s been in my Attic. I decided to name her Victoria; I have always fancied that name. I guess this is really the equivalent of today’s air brush and a total remake of a person! Makes you wonder about paintings you see of women you know nothing about, I wonder if they got their portrait and said “She’s nothing like me!”
May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire.
~Irish Blessing
Yesterday I took my camera out to my friend Polly’s house ~ she let me share!
Thanks Polly!
Early hudson bay hunters and trappers, following the siskyou trail , passed through the site beginning in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, settlers (mostly American) following the Applegate trail, began traveling through the area on their way to the Willamette Valley. The name was selected to honor General Ulysses S. Grant‘s success at Vicksburg. Grants Pass post office was established on March 22, 1865. The city of Grants Pass was incorporated in 1887, a year after it had become the county seat.
Grants Pass is also the birth place of Dutch Bros. Coffee which began at the “coffee house” on the corner of D and 6th streets in downtown Grants Pass. Brothers Travis and Dane Boersma started the franchise in 1992 and it quickly spread throughout the region.
It is also the birthplace of OnlineAuction.com which began in the historic building located at 120 SW Jstreet. Founder and CEO Chris Fain resides in Grants Pass.
Discovered Under A Bed Imperial Chinese Treasure Realized $117300…
Imperial Chinese Treasure Discovered Under The Tallahassee Consignor’s Bed Realized $117,300 At Auction!
Palm Beach, Florida July 25th 2010 – Manor Auctions, auction division to Sun State Collectibles, hammered home an Imperial Chinese treasure in its Asian Decorative Arts & Antiques Auctionin Palm Beach on July 25th.
One never knows what lies beneath the bed, in the closet or buried in the attic. This statement could not ring more true for an Imperial Chinese screen discovered under the bed of a Tallahassee area home. The consignor, a local Tallahassee resident, had absolutely no clue as to the value he had slept above for the past 20 years. In fact, he cannot even recall exactly where he bought the screen – except to believe it was purchased in a lot of screens from a NY auction house years back. In which case, it would have most likely been overlooked by the world’s prominent Chinese collectors.
The discovery and marketing of this screen created global fervor in the Chinese collecting community. This screen dates back hundreds of years, into Imperial China and possesses a strong collector demand to modern day collectors. “No comparable screen of this quality or rarity has seen the light of day in recent years, so the interest was unbelievably intense from moment this screenhit the market – we knew it was going to be exciting to sell – but not $117,300 exciting” states Paul Barattini, Owner of Grace Estate Buyers – Manor Auctions TallahasseeOffice. Barattini went on to explain how the sale of this screen reinforces the importance of professional research and auction services when people have potential valuables they are uncertain about. The battle to own the screen waged on for about 5 minutes between floor, Internet and phone bidders, with an unnamed phone bidder finally winning out.
This Imperial Chinese screen most likely made its way to the states by way of Britain. When the British Expeditionary Force of 1901 was sent to lift the siege of the British Legation in Beijing and quell the Boxer Rebellion – It is known that they entered the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Many of the original artifacts and decorations were taken back to Britain and a good many of those found their way to the States.
Thank you to Manorauctions.com
To my surprise I bought the most wonderful Vintage Travel Poster of France on OnlineAuction.com.
I love the graphics and the colors are most appealing . Travel posters are very collectible and I love the fact
that it was probably hanging in some train station many, many years ago! It is of France! I bought it for a song!
This circa 1915 Lyon & Healy concert harp arrived at auction from the estate … Philharmonic and found a large audience, realizing $11500. …
Circa-1900 Goyard steamer trunk purchased at yard sale for $20, sold at Clars Auction Gallery’s Aug. 8 sale for $5,629. Image courtesy Clars.
OAKLAND, Calif. – It can still happen. The $20 garage sale buy can still become the undercover treasure that turns into $5,600+ at auction. That’s exactly what happened at Clars Auction Gallery’s Aug. 8 Fine Estate Sale.The consignors bought at a local garage sale what they thought was a charming old trunk for just $20. When they later decided to downsize their possessions, they consigned the trunk to Clars for their August sale. Decorative Arts specialist Deric Torres evaluated the piece, identifying it as a circa-1900 E. Goyard trunk, still laden with original decals from an era long past. Travel decals included Cunard White Star and Pullman Golden Arrow, while other labels indicated the trunk had visited France, Italy and England, including London’s Victoria Station.
The steamer trunk itself, produced by the French luxury luggage maker, Francois Goyard, measured 22 inches high by 32 inches wide and 19 inches deep. The latches were signed “Goyard Aine, Monte Carlo, Biarritz, Paris,” and “G.N.F., S.F. No 4” was painted on the exterior.
The consignors believed that the trunk may have been owned by a San Francisco opera star who traveled the world. Unable to confirm this provenance, Torres and the staff at Clars assigned the conservative presale estimate of $1,500 to $2,500 on the piece. Possible provenance aside, the bidding went crazy when the trunk came up. Quickly surpassing its high estimate, the trunk sold for an astounding $5,629 – a new auction record for a single Goyard trunk of this style. Needless to say, the consignors were thrilled with the result.
thank you to Liveauctioneers.com for the story of the Goyard trunk!
Roadster silver purse, $24,000, Perfume Bottles
An Austrian enameled sterling silver purse shaped as a 1920s roadster sold for $24,000 at a Perfume Bottles Auction held April 30 in conjunction with the International Perfume Bottle Association’s annual convention in Reston, Va. Also, a Rene Lalique bottle in its original box for the company Gabilla chalked up $11,400; a Baccarat bottle for Madhva brought $24,000; a Lucien Gaillard circa 1910 bottle for the company Clamy rose to $30,000; and a Czech Ingrid bottle, ruby jeweled glass with ivory stopper, made $9,600. Prices include a 20 percent buyer’s premium.
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