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“About one in a million,” he replies.
As head of his own conservation studio and as the resident conservation expert on BBC Four’s Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, Simon spends much of his days up close - forensically so - to artworks created by the world’s greatest artists including Rembrandt, Picasso and Rubens, as well by contemporary greats such as Banksy.
There are three branches to what Simon does: conservation, restoration, and helping with authentication and attribution. All of it is painstaking and meticulous work which lets him get to know the person who painted it, as well as the life of a painting.
Paintings by Lois Dodd, Mercedes Carles Matter and Gillian Ayres sell for a combined $150,000
Large, 66 inch by 48 inch oil on canvas painting by Lois Dodd (American, b. 1927), untitled (Cant See the End Table for the Trees), with a Fischbach, N.Y. gallery label verso ($71,875).
INDIANAPOLIS, IND
.- Original oil on canvas paintings by Lois Dodd (American, b. 1927), Mercedes Carles Matter (American, 1913-2001) and Gillian Ayres (UK, 1930-2018) sold for a combined $150,000, and a beautiful black ebony Bosendorfer grand piano played a sweet tune for $53,125 in a live and online auction held Jan. 16 by Ripley Auctions, based in Indianapolis.
The Estate Art & Antiques auction was headlined by items from the estate of the legendary British conductor and composer Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), a Grammy-winning recording artist and scholarly revivalist of 16th and 17th century baroque operas. Also offered were fine items pulled from prominent estates and collections in the Indianapoli
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. â Original oil on canvas paintings by Lois Dodd (American, b. 1927), Mercedes Carles Matter (American, 1913-2001) and Gillian Ayres (UK, 1930-2018) sold for a combined $150,000, and a beautiful black ebony Bosendorfer grand piano played a sweet tune for $53,125 in a live and online auction held Jan. 16 by Ripley Auctions, based in Indianapolis.
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The Estate Art & Antiques auction was headlined by items from the estate of the legendary British conductor and composer Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), a Grammy-winning recording artist and scholarly revivalist of 16th and 17th century baroque operas. Also offered were fine items pulled from prominent estates and collections in the Indianapolis area â 325 lots in all.