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We always enjoy reviewing the goods at Weschler’s weekly auctions, but what we really love are their periodic seasonal offerings. We’ve written before about the unique (and sometimes well priced) jewelry you can get, but our favorite by far is the Fine Art & 20th Century Decorative Arts auction. Both the jewelry and arts auctions are right around the corner on Saturday, September 17th, and we see that once again the items available are outstanding.
In the past we’ve mostly bid on works by Gene Davis but never been able to beat out our competition. This time the Gene Davis isn’t calling our names, but while perusing the rest of the catalog we discovered this big guy:
Ladies Hearts And Diamond Rings, Indeed
5 feet long by 4 feet high, this sucker was painted by none other than Tony Rome himself, Mr. Frank Sinatra. Expected to fetch between 6 to 8 thousand dollars, this is possibly the coolest damn thing we’ve ever seen. There is a part of us that can almost justify the cost, going through the calculations of exactly how many vacations we’d have to skip, how many PB&Js we’d have to consumer, in order to claim this work as our own (how much is plasma going for these days?).
But like the many works by Davis that have slipped through our fingers, we suspect this one will go to one of our more well-heeled competitors, we just hope it stays in PQ.
(Image from Weschler’s Auction Catalog)
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
All Over DC – Ask This Old House, the much loved show on PBS (WETA Channel 26 in Washington, DC) is coming to Washington, DC. Have a home improvement “problem”? Send in your question! [Ask This Old House TV show]
Downtown/Penn Quarter – The Downtown Neighborhood Association is hosting its monthly meeting tomorrow night at 6:30 pm at Carmine’s Restaurant (425 7th St NW). The MPD will have their PSA-101 report and the Penn Quarter Bodega will also present their concept for a neighborhood food market. [DC DNA]
Chinatown – The Chinatown Coffee Company has challenged coffeehouse rival Big Bear Café to a latte art throwdown tomorrow night at 7 pm. The battle will take place at Chinatown Coffee (475 H Street NW between 5th and 6th Streets NW). [CCC Throwdown Tweet] & [CCC Latte Art photo]
Penn Quarter – The second Penn Quarter Bodega happy hour will be from 5 pm to 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 15 at the Riot Act Comedy Theatre’s upstairs bar. [Penn Quarter Bodega]
Chinatown – The signs for the Corner Bakery at 6th and H St NW are now up and there’s a lot of translation going on to interpret the Chinese language rendering of the business’ name. [The Triangle]
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Arts On Foot…Fun For All
We visited Arts on Foot, one of our favorite annual Penn Quarter events, yesterday on F Street NW between 6th and 9th Streets and took in all it has to offer including the food, the wine, the crafts, and the performances. The weather was fantastic, the people were friendly, and the food was tasty. Today, the last day, the festival runs from 11 am to 6 pm. A few photos follow…the forecast says it may rain later so you may want to get in your visit sooner rather than later.
Arts On Foot Is This Weekend! *pic*
Arts on Foot will be held this Saturday and Sunday on F St between 7th and 9th streets NW.