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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ola402, post: 9546723, member: 182&quot;]DH and I once went to an art auction because we wanted a small Emerson Burkhart.&nbsp; We used to see some of his paintings around here but no longer.&nbsp; I thought it would cost about $3000 - $4000.&nbsp; My plan was to purchase and resell 2 fabulously framed and matted Blue Dog posters from the Jazz and Heritage Fest in New Orleans.&nbsp; Buy the Burkhart with the proceeds.&nbsp; I think I paid about $200 each for the Blue Dogs and sold them for about $1400 a piece.&nbsp; We went to almost $4000 on the Burkhart but the other bidder was determined to have it.&nbsp; Then I was stuck ebaying the Blue Dogs and just about panicked on the shipping.&nbsp; One went to Kansas (from Ohio) and the other fortunately, was sold locally and I delivered it.&nbsp; I swagged the Kansas shipping cost and then took it to UPS and said here, you pack it, insure it and ship it and it made it in one piece.&nbsp; If it hadn&#039;t been for the extraordinary popularity of Blue Dog prints, I would have been stuck with at least one of them.&nbsp; UPS can get it there in one piece when <i><b>they</b></i> pack it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>DH and I still mourn not getting the Burkhart and wish we could have gone higher.&nbsp; And I remember thinking that the consignor didn&#039;t even recover the cost of framing the Blue Dogs.&nbsp; The local buyer went to Tulane University in NOLA and lived on Tulane St. here in Ohio.&nbsp; Big fan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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