A Once In A Lifetime Estate Sale

I had been looking forward to this Epic Estate Sale 

for the whole month of August!  

One of my favorite Estate Sale Companies,  

Brown Button, was holding an Art and Antique 

sale in downtown Kansas City.  

I previewed the sale online 

and they had so many beautiful paintings 

that it literally hurt my eyes!  

If you know me, 

then you know that I absolutely 

ADORE landscape paintings!  

I just sit and stare at my favorites 

whenever I go to museums, 

I just get lost in them. 

My BFF and I went to the sale on Saturday.  

The weather was just gorgeous BTW.  

We talked to the Brown Button guys 

(my BFF and I love the 40's vests and caps that they wear) 

and they told us the inside scoop...

Apparently,  a very large Midwestern Bank chain 

was doing some remodeling of their offices.  

Instead of selling the paintings and furniture themselves, 

they decided it would be better for them to donate everything to a charity group.  

The charity group then hired 

Brown Button to hold the sale.  

 I was afraid that the prices would edge me out 

of most of the paintings.  

They were all original oils 

so I knew they had to be expensive.  

But, what the heck, a girl can look can't she?  

Well, you can see by my living room 

that the prices were quite reasonable!  

AND, they were discounting them by 35% that day.  

The paintings are all about 30X34 inches large 

and in beautiful ornate gold frames.  

They were all so pretty 

that it made it very hard to choose.  

I walked around a few times to look at them all.  

I finally decided on two that loved 

and asked the guys to hold them for me.  

Well, you know there is a story coming don't you?  

The guys got the ladder 

and got one down and I went over 

to get the other one

and there was only an empty hook on the wall!  

EEEEKK! 

A lady was snatching up paintings left and right...  

The helpful worker whispered 

that she was only 

going to pick two 

out of the ones that she was holding.  

So my BFF of course, set about to persuade her 

to choose two that I didn't want!  

Ahhh, a true friend!  

I wanted to buy quite a few 

so I called Mr. Beaux 

and he came down to help me choose the rest.  

It really was a once in a lifetime chance 

to own some fantastic art.

I think I will bring this one up to Colorado.

 This one is my favorite!  

It is larger than the rest 

so it will be a focal point on my new gallery wall 

going up the stairs.  

I have so many things that I have been working on that I want to share with you all...

I hope you will come back and visit to 

see what I have been up to!

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,