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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 09:16:36 AM
I spent the last hour online and found out it is a painting by "Frank M Hamilton" It is a painting of a Russian Chapel at" FORT ROSS" HISTORIC PARK in Calif. I guess the Russians had a fort there in the early 1800's.
NANCY JO
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Mar 06 2007 : 05:20:42 AM
PAM,
I had never even heard of the place, and when I was researching it, couldn't believe Russians were in Calif. at that time. Had to be a pretty intresting place to visit.
TRACY- Don't think I have a painting I can retire on, I guess its a print, it is signed, "FRANK M HAMILTON" FORT ROSS,AUTUMN MORNING.But I still think its a print.
NANCY JO
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Posted - Mar 05 2007 : 7:46:55 PM
Nancy...I have been to Fort Ross! My daughter was in about the fourth grade (she is 28 now) and her class went there for a three or four day trip. We slept in some of the old buildings there (very hard boards under us as our beds). It was many years ago, but I do remember Borsch...not sure how it is spelled. But it is a Russian soup or stew. There was talk about that soup around the school for a long time! I think it was like cabbage soup. The kids did everything to make the soup, cooked it over an outside fire in cast iron pots. They had to dress like Russians, I think. I do not remember if we took any pictures...which is a real surprise for me. But I was on a tight budget back in those days. It was a cool place, seems like it was pretty isolated.
The kids learned Russian dancing and customs.
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| Tracey |
Posted - Mar 05 2007 : 2:51:43 PM
The Russians had a fort in California?
We knew a woman years ago who'd seen a picture in a thrift shop. She thought it was interesting, so asked how much it was. It'd been sitting out of the way, around a corner in the back of the shop in a frame with broken glass. Just a black and white ink drawing, and somewhat crude; almost ugly; the shop owner said, "$2", and the woman bought it.
Then she brought it home and began doing the research. Turned out to be an original by the guy who did the Alice in Wonderland drawings...I'm almost wanting to say it was an Alice drawing, but I don't really recall. In anycase, the valued it at $2,000!
Needless to say, she was pretty excited and it went to Sotheby's for auction. They had to listen by phone, and can you imagine the butterflies in waiting? The picture sold for over it's value, something like $3,000, I think, or it could have been more. Some extravigant amount that had everyone reeling. And all from a little $2 ugly pen and ink in a broken frame...
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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Mar 05 2007 : 05:41:23 AM
good work Nancy Jo! it is a cool picture.
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| pinkroses |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 2:06:00 PM
That is interesting. Maybe your picture is worth something?
It really did look like a barn to me.
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 11:14:45 AM
Well gosh, you can find anything on the Internet! That is so cool. :)
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 11:08:04 AM
cool.
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 09:19:05 AM
Well Sherlock, good work. Isn't that what I said???? MB
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