| Folk art auctions feature a wide range of | | | | jet black. I would love to have this hanging |
| objects that reflect the artist's craft | | | | on my wall all through the autumn months. |
| traditions, and traditional social values. | | | | |
| Folk art is generally produced by people who | | | | Another 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 established | | | | set of miniature dominos. The set was in a |
| techniques and styles of a particular region | | | | folk 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 utilitarian | | | | I really liked another folk art auction that |
| objects such as tools and costumes as folk | | | | I found for a modern fraktur. A fraktur is a |
| art. For the most part, the category of folk | | | | specific kind of Pennsylvania German folk |
| art auctions exclude works by professional | | | | art. 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 art | | | | to its original owners. |
| auctions have something for just about | | | | |
| anyone. I found a folk art painting of a cat | | | | I found a wood box from Maine in a folk art |
| in a peach tree that was done by the artist | | | | auction that really appealed to me. It was |
| Tascha. The artist also noted on the folk | | | | rather small, but was painted chrome yellow |
| art auction that they create unique ceramic | | | | and 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 me | | | | visible nails and the hardware was reported |
| years ago that I listed recently in a folk | | | | as looking original. |
| art auction. The chest was made about two | | | | |
| hundred hears ago and is very beautiful. The | | | | The folk art auction that I missed out on |
| original painted decorations are still | | | | that 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 a | | | | decorations. It was an apothecary style |
| carnival knock-down dummy in the shape of a | | | | bottle with a stopper and it contained at |
| large cat. It was made around 1930 and is | | | | least ten different colors of sand. The |
| twice the size of similar items. I | | | | bottle ended up selling for eighty five |
| researched the item on a non-auction site and | | | | hundred 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. |
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| My heart is still swayed by Americana folk | | | | I found an amusing folk art auction for three |
| art auctions. I recently fell in love with a | | | | wooden carvings. The name of the piece was |
| painting I found up for auction of Elvis on a | | | | Three Articulating Folk Art Whimseys and were |
| Harley in front of a large American flag. It | | | | all made by the same artist. The carvings |
| was spectacular! The stretched canvas was | | | | were 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 folk | | | | a donkey. The second carving was a |
| art auction I found that was offered by | | | | diminutive soldier and the third was a |
| Sister Raya New Orleans Folk Art. The title | | | | cobbler 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 was | | | | price of three thousand dollars and was worth |
| painted in classic vintage style and used | | | | much 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 | | | | |