Careless and Callous
Accumulation of Inherited (Antiquarian) Art
Part One
"Admiration"
Accumulation
of inherited (antiquarian) fine art
And
Accumulation
of inherited (antiquarian) decorative art
And
I
won’t touch the rare books
In
the domestic library.
Those
are not ‘rare’
Anyway.
‘Careful’
is always my first step, when offered a chance to admire. I suppose it is ‘admire’. That is never said (stated). Admire... that is quite the word to
use... ‘of inheritance’. So that
is another ‘issue’ I notice right away:
There is ‘the stuff’ and there is the
Admiration
of ‘the stuff’. A fork in the road
That
is careless and callous.
Okay
so that doesn’t look like it could be fun... does it... should one be
“Called
to carpet”. Especially if that
(old) carpet was “upstairs in that room I never go in who would have thought
(that by preserving) the carpet in there (from pet pee et al)”:
“I
knew it was there and I want it.” retorted one of the heirs”. They didn’t get it in the end.
I
did
They...
“wouldn’t pay THAT for it”. They
retorted.
Are
we having fun or a raucous? “Damn
if I know!” Or care. Except for... the consideration of
‘accumulation’. If they don’t buy
the good rug then they are choosing their inherited rugs between ‘leavings and
scrapings’. The other old carpets
in the rooms ‘are nothing’. But
their ‘value’ seems low enough that they could be... almost... ‘free’.
“I
thought inheriting art (fine and decorative) was free. I didn’t realize that it was
appraised. And I didn’t realize...
that is I thought... when it was said ‘to be appraised’ that this was anything
more than denoting the ‘things’ that are ‘nice’
In
the house
(Estate).”
“Oh...
that’s too bad.”
Yes: “Free”. The collection ...one has... was “free”. I know... it is no longer free. The ‘collection’ is ‘valuable’. Or is it an accumulation
Of
inherited decorative and fine art
Of
modest merit and monetary value that
Due
to consideration of those aspects, one has
“Got
them” (the inherited art ‘that’)
And
keep it
To
foist an ‘admire’
Here,
there and “I am where?”
That....
to the knowing (art trained) “I” (eye)...
Is
careless and callous.
“OH
GOD: We are STUCK in the MUCK.”
“Oh...
now... just back out graciously and shut-up. Everyone has had enough of the ‘admire’ of the ‘inherited’
Anyway.
It
was so much easier when the ‘call to carpet’ was still upstairs in the ‘guest
bedroom’ where the dogs never peed on it.
“I DIDN’T KNOW”
Is
careless and callous
(Crass
and tacky)
“Yikes”.
“Oh
just hang it in the front hall”.
No one will ever think that painting actually shows off what you know
about ‘art’ (your taste) (unqualified) and antiquarian fine art. “English gentlemen do not accumulate
old fine art” They collect? Hardly. One time; it was whimsical, “he bought that”. It was after lunch and the painting was
in the gallery’s window. He ‘liked
it”.
Slow
down is what I do. Next. One day one time one painting bought
once... there... hanging there.
(I) Don’t say anything.
They will never know.
“Let’s look around at ALL the OTHER paintings (you have in your
inherited
Collection”).
You
know; a ‘good’ painting should take your breath away when you first see
it. It’s not an ‘oh THERE is ONE;
an old oil painting... in its frame.
Yes: THERE. About halfway down the hall on the
left. Or on the wall of the ‘first
floor stair landing’. Or... “they
put it way back up in the attic after he died we found it”. That’s always fun... to find.
But
keep in mind
It
should take one’s breath away.
If
it doesn’t do that then it is an ‘is one’. No question about it:
It IS ONE, an inherited fine art awaiting the ‘your accumulation’ that I
am shown to... ‘admire’.
And
spend the rest of it (tour of admiration) hoping I can ‘get through’ without
the “WE ARE
THINKING
OF
SELLING
IT
(the inherited accumulation).”
“I
am NOT thinking of BUYING
IT
(the inherited accumulation).”
So
I admire it a little more
And
step out the door
“So
careless and callous of you.”
Yes...
but it works.
Wasp
etiquette is what happens next. It
(the inherited accumulation) just sits there. Like it always has.
No one ever collected. They
accumulated. When it was
free. “KEEPING THAT” they did for
seven generations. “Now we’re
cleaning out”. “Down sizing”. “Getting rid of some THINGS”
“We
don’t want”.
“Didn’t
ever BOTHER with this before.
Suppose we should have.
Quite a SURPRISE. There is
an old INVENTORY. We gave it to
the lawyer. He’s having it looked
into. Suppose to be someone to
come along and look. Cannot
suppose you’ll be the only one.
Several opinions will show the better value I’m SURE. FATHER always said THAT ONE was an
especially GOOD PAINTING. It
doesn’t feel right to just take it down from the wall like that watch you just
walk out the DOOR with it. Better
we look into it some more.
Really: Most of the
artworks are quite good you know.
‘LISTED ARTISTS’ they said.
The inventory has that typed in bold.
Do
I get through this? Or does it get
through to you? Or both. Whenever? Hard to say isn’t it.
Why? Because you don’t
know. Careless and callous is the
knowing one of inherited (fine and decorative) art. They “like” “that” and “want” “that” and show me “THAT” and
“were wondering if” “THAT” is “if we talk to my brother, I THINK it is actually
HIS WIFE who WANTS...
“Well
we don’t really know what to do since the appraisal was done. We didn’t KNOW.”
That
we would
BUY
IT
(actually)
FROM
the estate. WE THOUGHT WE ARE the
estate. But that (the estate) is
actually right here and WE have to come HERE to it
“And
admire it?”
“Yes,
I guess that is a way of looking at it isn’t it; admiration. What happens next?”
Distribution.
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