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