SANTA FE, NM, June 20, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Of all the domesticated animals dogs have had the longest and most intimate relationship with people. When you think about your own dog, if you have one, you understand why.
Devotion. Pure and simple.
If we could only be the noble beings our dogs think we are. If we could only get our spouses to love us the way they do. Life would be perfect.
Collecting dog art is not much different than collecting other art. Major considerations include the quality of the work. How well is it executed? Who is the artist? Is he listed in biographical reference books? Is the painting signed and what's the condition?
William Harnden Foster was an avid hunter, artist, writer and fan of pointers. In an era when setters were preferred for grouse hunting, he stuck with pointers. Foster is credited along with several associates for developing "skeet shooting" a method for practicing shooting a moving object.
In 1937 he painted an oil on canvas of a pointer in the woods, as you might expect "on point". The painting sold in the Dogs in Art Auction at Doyle Galleries, New York on March 24 for $16,250.
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Rosemary has provided auction coverage and analysis on thousands-and-thousands of antiques and collectibles sold since the column started 16-years ago. She includes auction sale results to give readers a feel for what their treasures are worth because the power of auctions is simple.
When the bidding stops and the hammer falls, the value of an item is set. The buyer, not the seller, sets the price, and this simple distinction cuts through all the chitchat about what art, antiques and collectibles are really worth. The emphasis is on today's values, not yesterday's wishful thinking.
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