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Roadshow Archive | Augusta Savage Sculpture, "Gamin"

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GUEST: My mother had a friend, Miss Foster, and Miss Foster was 90 and going into a nursing home, and mother said, "She would like you to come over and pick out something from the apartment." And I saw this young boy, and I said, "He's darling; may I have him?" And Miss Foster said, "I'd love you to have him." APPRAISER: This is a sculpture by an artist named Augusta Savage. And she was a black artist who worked in New York in the 1920s and '30s. And this is her most famous work. It's called Gamin. And it's actually inscribed on the front, "Gamin."GUEST: Uh-huh.APPRAISER: And the piece is signed on the back with her name, "Savage." And what's interesting about this piece is that while it looks like it's bronze, it's actually made out of plaster, and it's painted to look like bronze. And if you look on the bottom here, you can see the white plaster. She didn't have the money to cast them in bronze. It was a very expensive process. This is a wonderful piece, it really capture the spirit of the young boy.GUEST: It does.APPRAISER: It comes in this size, and there's another version that's slightly larger.GUEST: Oh, did she make many of them?APPRAISER: No, not really, because there just wasn't a demand for them, and I think even if she made a lot of them, because they're plaster, they're very fragile. In fact, yours knocked over and cracked.GUEST: Yes.APPRAISER: Well, I think you might be surprised. This is worth between $15,000 and $20,000.GUEST: With a crack?APPRAISER: With a crack, yes. Isn't that great?GUEST: That's wonderful. I cannot believe that. I...APPRAISER: It can even bring more. GUEST: Thank you very much.

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22:17 Off to bed & I hope that you have a great night yourself!! Peace! #
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Off to bed & I hope that you have a great night yourself!! Peace!

Wondering if there is a technical reason apps cannot stand alone for Mac & PC if they are successful enough.

Is anyone else seeing iPhone/iPT updates not fully completing & reappearing as if nothing happened as well lately?

Seed of the Evening: Isaiah 42:8 http://bit.ly/7L4Jp2

RIP Chris Henry! You had your ticket in hand! Blessed!!

Bad Lieutenant....Bad Movie

UGH! My husband and I watched this movie last night and I was not impressed. It was like Nick Cage took his Face Off character and went retarded with it. It is not for children at all. I do not recommend anyone to see it ever. I think it should be burned. Just because Nick Cage and Eva Mendez are in it, as well as a few other good actors, it isn't worth the time. It was horrendous, and I can't even tell you all the details as to why. It was just BAD in general. The ending was worse. Just terrible. The only good part about the movie was the twist in the story, even though you couldn't really understand all the stuff around it, and the credits rolling.