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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 159535, member: 1136&quot;]Went to an estate sale today to hunt around for items to flip..</p><p><br /></p><p>Wouldnt you have it, something I dont need but must have <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I really am my own worst enemy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie29" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as I saw it I knew it was coming home with me. </p><p>Original ornate frame, original wavy glass, favorite subject matter.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie64" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I knew the artist right off the bat and the time period because of the over sized engraving I bought at another estate sale </p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/looking-for-info-on-picture-and-how-to-hang-it.10227/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/looking-for-info-on-picture-and-how-to-hang-it.10227/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/looking-for-info-on-picture-and-how-to-hang-it.10227/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one measures 3&#039;x3.5&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>I probably paid too much for it to feel justified in reselling it at auction and itll probably sit in my booth for ages, but idk, there arent many pieces like this one around either..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Its titled &#039;The Village Blacksmith&#039; by John Frederick Herring.</p><p>The painting was inspired by a poem written by Herny Longfellow.</p><p>The Belmont Mansion has an engraving hanging upstairs. </p><p>This website claims, &quot;The Cosmopolitan Art Association purchased both Herring’s painting and Patterson’s plate and copyright. They published the engraving exclusively for their members for the Fifth Year 1858-1859.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.belmontmansion.com/the-village-blacksmith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.belmontmansion.com/the-village-blacksmith" rel="nofollow">http://www.belmontmansion.com/the-village-blacksmith</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Im not sure if that means there is only a very limited number of copies out there or not. I saw the same engraving in an less ornate frame, but with no foxing from what I saw, went for around $450. </p><p><br /></p><p>Without further adieu, my out of control habit</p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_155918_zpsyjrwkvmp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_155953_zpsiqgs1jk7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_155959_zps7ayi2pcy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_160007_zpsbeih1lum.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_160016_zpsnacbprkj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_160131_zpskphg7wlk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk13/Faircloth9945/Mobile%20Uploads/20160708_160139_zpsuvha6mwh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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