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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AntiqueAnimals, post: 3080517, member: 11833&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie35" alt=":coldfeet:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[GALLERY=media, 7771]The 12”x12” box by AntiqueAnimals posted Nov 28, 2020 at 1:50 AM[/GALLERY]No one currently living remembers the details of the box.&nbsp; It came from my boyfriend’s wealthy collector uncle who sold his home/ ski lodge including the contents.&nbsp; Right before the sale was finalized he asked close family to come pick some things out.&nbsp; There was a story that a famous artist made the nod.</p><p>Something is rolling around inside of it and besides the peephole which is a</p><p>apparently mirrored, there’s a smal arrow craved into one side.</p><p><br /></p><p>the box hasn’t been cared for like it should.&nbsp; I’m wondering if this is something of value or it’s going to spend life as a step stool.</p><p><br /></p><p>has anyone heard of similar things?&nbsp; Any artists I should begin looking into?&nbsp; Artists known to frequent the house are Paul Cadmus and architect Philip Johnson, and Eli Nadelman who has a folk art museum around here that I should connect with.&nbsp; In that circle of artists and influences I wonder if any more mystery boxes survive intact. </p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 7771]The 12”x12” box by AntiqueAnimals posted Nov 28, 2020 at 1:50 AM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 7772]The peephole by AntiqueAnimals posted Nov 28, 2020 at 1:50 AM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 7773]The Arrow by AntiqueAnimals posted Nov 28, 2020 at 1:50 AM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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