Auction Stories

I saw a few pretty little original pieces of art at the auction

 this week and I was fortunate enough to get to bring

three of them home with me!

This one is a water color and I just love the

sweetness of that little cottage, picket fence and the

muted colors!  After the auction, a guy came up to

me and told me that his great grandmother painted it.

Helen Bell Ralph (1866-1938) was a Daughter of The

American Revolution.  He said that her paintings

were almost exclusively done in the 1800's and

that I should be able to find a signature on the back,

usually in pencil.  He said that he had a dozen of

her paintings and this one that I got was the last one

hanging in her home and it ended up in the auction.

Makes me think it was one of her favorites since

she kept it for herself!

It's always fun to know something about these pieces!

I can't wait to open it up, find that signature, clean up

the glass and hang it in our home.  So fun!

I'll be taking a little blogging break until next week!

We're off on a great adventure 

for the holiday weekend!

Hope you all have a good Memorial Day weekend!

Don't forget to remember all those that gave

their lives to give us our free country.

God bless the USA!

♥