Art Auction
Join us for a Picture Book Art Auction!
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018
6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion
This year’s auction boasts over 30 artworks by children’s book illustrators.
2018 Art Auction
1. Melissa Sweet
Description: A watercolor, graphite, and collage from Rubia and the Three Osos, titled, “Page 13”
Window: 10.5” x 10.5”
Frame: 16” x 16”
Appraised Value: $1,100
2. Jane Cowen-Fletcher
A pastel and colored pencil from Hello, Puppy! Titled “Cover,” plus a signed copy of the book.
Window: 10” H x 21” W
Frame: 16” H x 27” W
Appraised Value: $1,300.
3. Diane DeGroat
Description: A signed and numbered (4/100) fine lithograph from Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire titled, “Pledge of Allegiance.”
Window: 9” x 7”
Frame: 15” x 13”
Appraised Value: $150
4. Amy Young
Description: A gouache from The Mud Fairy titled. “Page 3,” and a signed copy of book
Window: 9.5” x 9”
Frame: 15” x 15”
Appraised Value: $1,100
5. Pat Cummings
Description: A watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink from Barrie and Bennie titled, “Page 16”
Window: 6.5” x 5.5”
Frame: 12” x 11”
Appraised Value: $800
6. Elaine Wentworth
Description: A watercolor titled, “Storm at the Lighthouse”
Window: 11” x 17.75”
Frame: 18” x 24”
Appraised Value: $1,200
7. Cheryl Harness
Description: A watercolor from The Night Light Mother Goose titled, “Pages 4-5”
Window: 8” x 17”
Frame: 14” x 23”
Appraised Value: $1,600
8. Kathryn Hewitt
Description: An oil painting from Godiva titled, “Title Page”
Window: 13.5” x 20.5”
Frame: 19” x 26”
Appraised Value: $1,500
9. Suse MacDonald
Description: A cut paper collage from Crash Juggle Splash titled, “The Tigers Leap” (Unpublished)
Window: 22” x 9”
Frame: 26.5” x 13.25”
Appraised Value: $1,200
10. Nancy Tafuri
Description: A watercolor, pen and ink from Blue Goose titled, “And Chick Painted the Sun Yellow,” and a signed copy of the book
Window: 22” x 11”
Frame: 28” x 17”
Appraised Value: $1,500
11. Craig Brown
Description: A watercolor, pen and ink from The Ornery Morning titled, “Pages 6-7”
Window: 9” x 19”
Frame: 15” x 25”
Appraised Value: $800
12. Iza Trapani
Description: A signed and dated watercolor from Row, Row, Row Your Boat titled, “Beaver Dam”
Window: 11. 5” x 18.5”
Frame: 10.25” x 17”
Appraised Value: $1,400
13. Robert Neubecker
Description: A digital print on paper from School Fever titled, “Cover,” signed and hand-lettered
Window: 13” x 19”
Frame: 15” x 12.25
Appraised Value: $100
14. Nancy Carlson
Description: A watercolor, pen and ink from Henry’s 100 Days of Kindergarten titled, “Everybody, Books.”
Window: 12” x 10.25”
Frame: 9” x 7.5”
Appraised Value: $900
15. Jane Wattenberg
Description: A signed and dated giclee print from Never Cry Woof! titled, “Playing Hide and Seek.”
Window: 16” x 20.5”
Frame: 22” x 26”
Appraised Value: $250
16. Beth Peck
Description: An oil study for the back cover of Ghosts in the Family
Window: 14” x 7”
Frame: 20” x 13”
Appraised Value: $500
17. Blair Lent
Description: A cardboard cut from Pistachio titled, “Pistachio is Very Unusual”
Window: 11.5” x 16.5”
Frame: 9 x 11.5”
Appraised Value: $750
18. Tasha Tudor
Description: A signed and numbered lithograph (147/500) titled, “Triple Heart”
Window: 14.75” x 18.5”
Frame: 20” x 24”
Appraised Value: $350
19. Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Description: A gouache resist from Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways titled, “Page 5,” and a signed copy of the book and recorded book
Window: 10” x 10.5”
Frame: 5” x 5.5”
Appraised Value: $1,100
20. Jane Breskin Zalben
Description: A signed and numbered lithograph (123/1000) from Inner Chimes
Window: 8” x 7”
Frame: 11” x 13”
Appraised Value: $1,100
21. Susanna Natti
Description: A watercolor, colored pencil and graphite from Lionel in the Summer titled, “Pages 26-27,” and a signed copy of the book
Window: 9” x 12”
Frame: 15” x 18”
Appraised Value: $750
22. Gail Piazza
Description: A fine lithography on watercolor paper from The Alphabet War: Living with Dyslexia titled, “Children Holding Books,” signed and dated.
Window: 10.5” x 13”
Frame: 12” x 17”
Appraised Value: $150
23. Peter Catalanotto
Description: A watercolor study for Ivan the Terrier
Window: 8.75” x 14”
Frame: 9.5” x 16”
Appraised Value: $1,500
24. Hans Wilhelm
Description: A watercolor titled, “Happy Mermaid”
Window: 9” x 12”
Frame: 15” x 18”
Appraised Value: $750
25. Tasha Tudor
Description: A signed and dated lithograph
Window: 8.25” x 10.5”
Frame: 10.5” x 13”
Appraised Value: $350
26. Jane Cowen-Fletcher
Description: A watercolor and colored pencil from Baby Be Kind titled, “Cover,” and a graphite preliminary sketch with a signed copy of the book
Window: 7” x 7”
Frame: 13” x 13”
Appraised Value: $1,000
27. Holly Berry
Description: A gouache from The Stubborn Pumpkin titled, “All Around the Pumpkin.”
Window: 7” x 7”
Frame: 14.75” x 14.25”
Appraised Value: $950
28. Mary Newell DePalma
Description: An acrylic from Now It is Winter titled, “Pages 10-11”
Window: 10.5” x 13.5”
Frame: 18” x 22”
Appraised Value: $1,200
29. Chris Demarest
Description: A watercolor from Arlington: The Story of Our Nation’s Cemetery titled, “Robert E. Lee Resigns,” and a signed copy of the book
Window: 10.5” x 13.5”
Frame: 18” x 22”
Appraised Value: $1,200
30. Will Moses
Description: An oil on paper from Raining Cats and Dogs titled, “Get the Ball Rolling,” and a signed copy of the book
Window: 8” x 10.5”
Frame: 10” x 12.5”
Appraised Value: $3,000
31. Cyndy Szekeres
Description: 3 original mouse illustrations
Window: A. 2.5” x 3.75” B 2.5” x 3.5” C. 3.25” x 3.5”
Frame: A. 7”x 8.5,” B. 7.5” x 8” C. 7.75” x 8.2”
Appraised Value: $110
32. Katherine Thomas
Description: A fine lithograph on watercolor paper titled, “Sky Sailing at Night”
Window: 4” x 6”
Frame: 8.5” x 11”
Appraised Value: $200
33. G. Brian Karas
Description: From A Place Called Kindergarten titled, “Page 1”
Window: 10.5” x 8.5”
Frame: 14.5” x 16.5
Appraised Value: $1,200
34. Lulu Delacre
Description: Signed and numbered (1/20) giclee from How Far Do You Love Me? titled, “Glaciers Blue,” and a signed and dated copy of the book, comes with a letter of authenticity
Window: 12.75” x 22.5”\
Frame: 18” x 28”
Appraised Value: $300
35. Katherine Tillotson
Description: Charcoal character sketch for When Library Lights Go Out and a signed copy of the book
Window: 14.5” x 17”
Frame: 22.5” x 25.5”
Appraised Value: $900