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Folk Art Auctions

Folk art auctions feature a wide range ofjet black. I would love to have this hanging
objects that reflect the artist's crafton  my  wall  all  through the autumn months.
traditions, and traditional social values.
Folk art is generally produced by people whoAnother folk art auction that I found and was
have little or no academic artistic training.sad to bid up past my budget was a handmade
Folk artists usually use establishedset of miniature dominos. The set was in a
techniques and styles of a particular regionfolk art decorated maple case. The set dates
or  culture.from the mid to late 1800's. It was really
exquisite and I'm sorry that I missed out on
Folk art auctions include paintings,it.
sculptures and other decorative art forms.
Some artists also consider utilitarianI really liked another folk art auction that
objects such as tools and costumes as folkI found for a modern fraktur. A fraktur is a
art. For the most part, the category of folkspecific kind of Pennsylvania German folk
art auctions exclude works by professionalart. The fraktur I found was a watercolor of
artists.a marriage record. It was very colorful and
looked like it held very special significance
It has been my experience that folk artto  its  original  owners.
auctions have something for just about
anyone. I found a folk art painting of a catI found a wood box from Maine in a folk art
in a peach tree that was done by the artistauction that really appealed to me. It was
Tascha. The artist also noted on the folkrather small, but was painted chrome yellow
art auction that they create unique ceramicand was trimmed in forest green. The paint
tile  art.was crazed and worn and it was made in the
late nineteenth century. There were no
My mother purchased a blanket chest for mevisible nails and the hardware was reported
years ago that I listed recently in a folkas  looking  original.
art auction. The chest was made about two
hundred hears ago and is very beautiful. TheThe folk art auction that I missed out on
original painted decorations are stillthat was way out of my price range was for an
intact.Andrew Clemens sand bottle. The sand bottle
was date 1887 and was covered in patriotic
I found an interesting folk art auction for adecorations. It was an apothecary style
carnival knock-down dummy in the shape of abottle with a stopper and it contained at
large cat. It was made around 1930 and isleast ten different colors of sand. The
twice the size of similar items. Ibottle ended up selling for eighty five
researched the item on a non-auction site andhundred dollars. I'm sure that it has ended
found  that  it  is  worth  a  lot  of money.up  in  an  excellent collection of folk art.
My heart is still swayed by Americana folkI found an amusing folk art auction for three
art auctions. I recently fell in love with awooden carvings. The name of the piece was
painting I found up for auction of Elvis on aThree Articulating Folk Art Whimseys and were
Harley in front of a large American flag. Itall made by the same artist. The carvings
was spectacular! The stretched canvas waswere accented with sheet metal neckties. The
painted  with  acrylics.first carving in the folk art auction was of
a cobbler, a blacksmith and a gentleman with
I especially like the Halloween themed folka donkey. The second carving was a
art auction I found that was offered bydiminutive soldier and the third was a
Sister Raya New Orleans Folk Art. The titlecobbler smoking a pipe. I think that this
of the painting was Little Spooky the Cat -piece of Americana was purchased at a low
Awaiting the Great Pumpkin. The painting wasprice of three thousand dollars and was worth
painted in classic vintage style and usedmuch more.onto a black light stand that has
gold maple, red sapphire, blue pearl, white,been built especially for them.
pumpkin orange, sable brown, amber rust and



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