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Topic: Alan Bean's signed, used paint brushes
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MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 10-22-2005 12:54 PM
   
I'm a big fan of Alan Bean, both as an astronaut and artist. I'm considering purchasing one of his used paint brushes from Novaspace Galleries. They aren't inexpensive, so I was wondering if anyone knows anything about these brushes? Are they ones he used to paint his famous paintings (as Novaspace describes), or ones he used to touch up the living room wall? I have complete trust in Alan Bean, but have not dealt with Novaspace before. |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 10-22-2005 01:02 PM
You can be assured that they are the real deal. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-22-2005 01:51 PM
I have a paint brush from Bean. You can rely on the ones coming from Novaspace as being from Bean. You can also rely on the fact that Bean used those brushes on his paintings. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-22-2005 02:42 PM
I've got one also. It's part of a nice display with an Apollo 12 mission patch.Al Bean did a private signing a while back at Novaspace, and wrote a short paragraph on a mat board for my son. The display looks great. |
Crsh4Csh
Member Posts: 113
From:
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-22-2005 02:59 PM
Kim, Sally and crew run a first-class operation there at Novaspace. I've personally been there myself and seen their whole operation, you can be assured your brush is what they claim it to be. |
Joe Davies
Member Posts: 258
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 10-22-2005 05:24 PM
If Novaspace says its authentic then you can be 100% sure that it will be.However, why one would actually want one of those paint brushes somewhat escapes me. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-22-2005 09:11 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Joe Davies:
However, why one would actually want one of those paint brushes somewhat excapes me.
Well, as the market has demonstrated consistently, any item with moon dust - regardless if it was originally there are transferred from another item - has attracted collector attention. Bean famously mixes bits of his spacesuit's moon dust-stained patches into his paint. Even without the dust though, I would liken the paint brushes to the sales of pens used by Presidents to sign bills into law. It's an instrument of creation... |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-24-2005 04:45 AM
Anyone want to buy my paint brushes?  |
1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 436
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 10-24-2005 07:51 AM
Since the begining of art, men have painted. But off a total of 80 billion men who once lived on this planet, Alan Bean is the first ever who painted what he saw and lived in his days on... another world.In the future (if there's one) not only his talent, but this particular thing will be remembered. Prehistoric men saw comets and painted them. But Alan Bean went on the moon and paints it. I find this "first" quite unique, it will never be replaced be someone else. So, to actually own a brush used by him is quite unique, and to buy it from Kim Poor is more that what I need to be sure it's the real thing. They are friends with Alan, he's signing all the brushes on the brushes themselves. The brush is still full of colors, at least mine (I didn't buy it because of moon dust, by the way). |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-24-2005 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by heng44:
Anyone want to buy my paint brushes?
Send me one of your brushes, so I can mount it with one of your paintings.Don't forget to sign it! |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 10-24-2005 09:55 AM
I think an Alan Bean paint brush would be cool hung up on the wall. The brushes are the conduit through which his creative energy flowed from his soul onto the canvas, or uh, aircraft board I think he uses. Sort of like having a famous authors pen I guess.I have a few Wyland pieces and was able to pick up one of his paint brushes framed with a signed picture for what seemed like a ridiculously low price of $100. It looks nice on the wall near his other works. |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-12-2016 04:46 PM
Can anyone tell me what these sold for on Novaspace please? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-12-2016 07:15 PM
The prices ranged from $295 to $495 depending on the brush. |
lunardreamer
Member Posts: 86
From: Royal Oak, Michigan USA
Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 03-13-2016 08:59 AM
I would love to add an Alan Bean signed used paint brush to my collection. I'm a huge fan of his artwork. A framed brush displayed on my wall with his artwork would be phenomenal. Any chance of another batch of brushes being made available? |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-13-2016 10:47 AM
There was one on the Lunar Legacies auction yesterday which was why I asked. I would suggest keeping an eye out for upcoming auctions (and there are a few coming up). |
schnappsicle
Member Posts: 396
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 03-14-2016 07:48 AM
I almost bid on the brush during the Lunar Legacies auction, but I had to hold off because there were other things later in the auction that I wanted more. Having said that, a used brush signed by Alan Bean is very high on my list of things to get once I complete my current round of collecting. |
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