Dr. Mark Taylor, who has the blog www.MarkSaves.com is auctioning a large family collection of pencil and ink drawings by artist Charles S. Gibson (1892-1973) not to be confused with Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), who created the Gibson Girl, but they are still really nice artworks.
Proceeds from this fine art auction will fund a new foundation to help in funding searches for missing adults. This page of Dr. Taylor's site will give you more information, but here are some snippets of the basic information, edited and formatted a bit by me for increased readability.
Be sure to read the information about how your winning bid could be tax-deductible.
"as a contribution from ALL OF THE TAYLOR FAMILY we are offering this valuable and very personal collection for auction 75 pieces of art. For details please call Dr. Mark Taylor at 404-287-0414 for details on these cases of Kyle Fleischmann, Justin Gaines go to www.helpfindkyle.com or www.justingaines.com or www.marksaves.com HOME OF ATLANTA LIVE MEDIA for live broadcasts, and current info on these cases.
THIS AUCTION STARTS AT 2 PM on MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 2007, AND ENDS SUNDAY DECEMBER 2nd 2007 AT 2 PM. BIDS START AT $ 7,000.00"
Dr. Taylor continues:
"This is a collection of Charles S. Gibson. 1892-1973.
We have had several art enthusiasts give a value for insurance purposes, and the collection was valued between; $ 18,000.00 - $ 25,000.00, depending on the enthusiast. This collection includes pictures from his childhood to his very last piece that he actually wrote on the bottom he knew he was dying and it was his last drawing. This collection has been in our family for nearly 100 years.
"You will view some of these Pen and Ink masterpieces and see that they are created by an extremely, and unprecedented artist. The only knowledge we have of the whereabouts of any more of these are 3 which are kept by relatives. We know there are some others, but have know way of knowing where. Charles' mother was very careful to preserve as many as possible as she saw his talent early on, and knew he would become a very talented artist. She was correct as you can see. Also included is a family genealogy which he is on as well as my family that carries the family back to England in the early 1800s. We are grafted into the family by marriage, as our ancestry has been traced to Scotland exclusively, both mother and father.
Dr. Taylor has put photographs of the artworks in a Kodak picture gallery HERE
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