“We are honored to have the opportunity to manage Fogelberg’s incredible collections from his home in Maine.”
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Best known for hit songs such as “Same Old Lang Syne,” “Leader of the Band,” “Longer” and the Kentucky Derby theme song “Run for the Roses.” Fogelberg was an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who performed a one-man show at Carnegie Hall when he was 27 years old. With seven platinum albums to his name, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame, Red Rocks Performers Hall of Fame and Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017 for his contributions to the industry. musical. “The Reach,” his song about life and lobster on the Maine coast, is a local radio staple.
Kaja Veilleux, owner and auctioneer of Thomaston Place, said, “We are honored to have the opportunity to manage Fogelberg’s incredible collections from his home in Maine.”
Fogelberg’s wife, Jean, noted: “Dan’s taste in art was as diverse and eclectic as his taste in music, and he collected from all over the country. As an art student at the University of Illinois, he studied the American masters and Europeans and their techniques. After his first successful albums, he left Los Angeles to move to a ranch in Colorado and immersed himself in the Western and Native American cultures of the Four Corners region in the mid-1980s. “He bought an old captain’s cabin on Deer Isle and sailed along the New England coast until the last months of his life.”
The sale will include outstanding examples of European marble and bronze sculpture, important European prints, finely crafted Native American beading and weaving artifacts, and decorative arts. Featured items will include: a Carrara marble sculpture depicting a young Neapolitan fisherman by Cesare Lapini (1848-1893), a drypoint engraving from around 1652 titled “Faust” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669 ), a beautiful watercolor depicting a mother and calf whale by Robert Wyland (1956-), a beaded and feathered pipe bag from a 19th-century Sioux Native American, a stunning Navajo rug from Germantown from the early 20th century, and a pair of Buccellati Italian sterling silver dolphin candle holders. The auction will also offer an Overland Sheepskin Co. men’s fringed and beaded moose skin jacket.
All lots will be available for viewing on the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries website, www.thomastonauction.com. Virtual catalogs will be available; and for each auction live, in-person, telephone, absentee and online bidding will be available on three Internet platforms.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is Northern New England’s premier international auction company located on U.S. Route 1 in Thomaston, Maine. Thomaston Place is a leader in the discovery of antique and fine art treasures by offering free appraisals every Tuesday at the gallery, creating fundraising events for civic and charitable organizations, and providing in-home appraisal services. His expertise in researching and marketing antiques and fine art has earned Thomaston Place the respect of buyers, collectors and experts around the world.
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