Leonardo da Vinci Christ at Christie’s was a record breaker cue Gary Larson classic
The highest price an auction buyer paid becomes “fetched” in auction lingo. Leonardo da Vinci painting, Salvator Mundi, (Saviour of the World) fetched a stunning world record price –400million dollars at hammer price (450.3 million with fees)–at Christie’s evening sale November 15, 2017. Couldn’t resist adding a classic Larson into the mix of headlines.
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Nichole’s Picks 11/18 + 11/19
Pick #1: Arts Boston, Mayor’s Holiday Special
ArtsBoston, in partnership with Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the City of Boston, and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, announce the 14th Annual Mayor’s Holiday. See the link below to enjoy an eight-week celebration of the area’s performing arts featuring thousands of discounted tickets to more than 100 holiday shows.
Pick #2: Ski, Board, and Skate Sale
Friends of Cutler School will once again be hosting their annual Ski, Board, and Skate Sale at the Cutler School in Hamilton
Saturday and Sunday, Nov, 18th and 19th
Saturday 11/18 – 9am-2pm
Our vendors will be here ALL day on Saturday
Sunday 11/19 – 11am-1pm
Clearance – 50% of most items (Vendors not included)
Cutler Elementary School
237 Asbury Street, Hamilton
Pick #3: Rockport PTO Holiday Fair
Saturday 9:30-2:00 at Rockport High School at 24 Jerden’s Lane, Rockport
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, visit our friends at North Shore Kid
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Trip to Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum has been “on the list” for a while now, and this week presented a great opportunity to take the ride. Since I actively avoid Salem during October, mid November seemed like a reasonable idea for this adventure.
Although the streets of Salem were very quiet, the Museum was buzzing with school children. It was great to see the energy and enthusiasm for the various galleries and exhibits as seen through elementary students’ eyes.
** A tip: I was granted free admission when I showed my volunteer card for NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society). Many museums have reciprocal memberships and you might be able to be admitted at a free or reduced rate based on your other memberships. Saved me $20! I did purchase a ticket for the Yin Yu Tang Chinese House, which was re-erected here in 2003 from a rural village in southeastern China. A set number of people are allowed per half hour for a self guided tour. It was well worth the $6, but if you go in cold weather be aware there is no heat.
All rooms in the house open to the courtyard for light and air, as well as to support the principles of feng shui.
Currently a special interactive installation called XYZT is available. This is an example which loses some effectiveness in a still photo, but this light “tree” grows from the floor, appears to grow letters which are lost to an invisible wind. Mesmerizing.
I was delighted to see this representation of St. Peters Fiesta about 1930 from artist Gordon Beal. Bold and bright.
Delightful visit and I’ll be going back as there was much more to enjoy. It should be on your list too!
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Kids, Tweens, Teens, and Prenatal Yoga
Treetop Yoga Studio, 3A Pond Road, offers a variety of classes and workshops for children of all ages, including prenatal yoga for our expecting mamas. Sign up in advance to SAVE! https://www.treetopyoga.com/workshops-events
Friday Night Fun – Tweens and Teens (ages 11+) grab a friend and join Erin McKay for fun yoga poses set to your favorite music. Yoga is great for tween and teen students and athletes – it calms stress and anxiety, builds and tones core muscles, and increases flexibility. With our busy schedules, we can all benefit from slowing down and learning mindfulness. Class will end with a relaxing cool down where we chill out with bolsters and blankets and learn to wind down our minds. Enjoy cookies and cocoa before parents pick up.
Drop and Shop – Shop Local and take advantage of Small Business Saturday! Drop your kids (ages 6-10) off with Megan Ghirardi for…
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$400,000,000 Leonardo da Vinci Salvator Mundi record price at Christie’s Auction tonight!
Confidence was in the room for the Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Salvator Mundi, painting which climbed from a starting bid of $75,000,000 to $400,000,000 (hammer price) at Christie’s Contemporary art sale Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The Mona Lisa value has climbed tonight as well.
The buyer’s premium for Salvator Mundi will bring the sale to $450,312,500.
Hammer price is the highest bid announced by the auctioneer just before the gavel drops. Additional charges include fees such as buyers premium, taxes, etc added to the hammer price.
Prior record private sales for a William de Kooning (Interchange) and Paul Gauguin (Nafea Faa Ipoipo) reached 300 million. This Christie’s auction sale is public.
The da Vinci was the 9th lot in a sale featuring 58 lots. Prior to the da Vinci excitement a Kerry James Marshall did quite well.
Live Sale still in process. Hammer prices so far
1B Adam Pendleton $180,000
2B Philippe Parreno $420,000 (est $250,000-$350,000 )
3B Kerry James Marshall $4.2 million (est. 1-1.5 million)
4B Frank Stella $3.2 million (est 2.2 – 2.8 million)
5B Eva Hesse $900,000 (est $800,000-$1.2 million)
6B Rothko $28.5 million (est $25 million – 35 million)
7B Bourgeois $7.5 million (est $10 million-$15 million)
8B Vija Celmins $3,500,000 (est $1,500,000-2,500,000)
9B LEONARDO DA VINCI
10B Jean Michel Basquit PASSED
11B Keith Haring sold $3,500,000
12B John Currin PASSED
13B Andy Warhol sold $56,000,000
28B Milton Avery Pale Field, Dark Mountain 1959 approx 40 x 54 oil hammer price was $1,300,000
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AN OTTERLY DELICIOUS BREAKFAST!
The North American River Otter is making an amazing comeback, not just on Cape Ann and all around Massachusetts, but in many regions throughout the United States. River Otters need unpolluted wetlands, streams, rivers, and ponds to survive, along with secluded places to den. Hollows in the banks of ponds and rivers make excellent dens and so do former Beaver lodges. As the perpetually-lodge-building Beaver has returned, so has the North American River Otter.
River Otters also need plenty of prey. Locally, they eat fish, frogs, snakes, and EELS!
This summer over in West Gloucester there appeared to be two Otter families, one mama with three pups and another mama with four pups. After watching the romp of Otters eat tadpoles and frogs early in the summer, by midsummer they had graduated to American Eels. I at first could not figure out what they were doing skirmishing around in the tall grass at the pond bank. Compared to diving and resurfacing with a mouthful of frog, this was entirely new behavior. There was much excited chortling when one of the pups caught an eel, which then seemed to set off a chain of eel ambushing and eating. One morning I had the great fun of observing three otter siblings chomping down on an otterly delicious breakfast!
First one pup catches an eel and brings it to the old wooden perch, which is also the otters favorite place to play hide and seek with each other.
Then the second pup, and soon all three were chowing down on eels!
The first one was getting jostled by his siblings and sought out more private room in which to dine.
American Eels can grow up to five feet long and weigh as much as 16 pounds. These Eels were about three to four feet long. American Eels spend most of their lives in freshwater and only return to saltwater to spawn and then die.
The pups deftly use their feet to hold fast the slippery eel.
Photographed on a different day, I think this pup is eating a snake. Notice the tapering tail in the above photo.
Why is clean water so important for River Otters? Pesticides, industrial pollution run off such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and mercury are absorbed by the River Otters prey. The chemicals accumulate in the River Otters, causing illness and death.
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From The Archives: December 7, 2010
Since I’m housebound for a while, this is a good opportunity to take another look at some of the thousands of photos I’ve shot for GMG (not all were posted) over the past 7 1/2 years.
This is the Pinky Schooner Ardelle in its 15th week of construction at the Harold Burnham boatyard in Essex.
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On Sunday evening another amazing sunset
I know this obsession is out of hand, but can not help it when I see the sky turning so many different colors.
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Saturday Clean Up
First and most exciting, BANNING THE BAG… so exciting..
Saturday clean up
Where: Horton Street, we can park at the Ocean Alliance
Time: 08:00 – 09:00
When: Saturday, November 18, 2017
I will not be able to attend since doing the Women’s Community Club of Magnolia show
Thanks all and take care
Donna
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Cape Ann Events for the Holiday Season
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Honkytonk Women tonight with Fly Amero 7pm @ The Rhumb Line 11.15.2017
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, November 15th – 7pm
My Musical Guests: HONKYTONK WOMEN!
courtesy photos
Order a whiskey and hang onto yer holsters! The Honkytonk Women are
takin’ over the Rhumb Line Saloon this Wednesday. It’s a-gonna be a wild,
wild ride! Starts at 7, as always. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Finishing up 2017…
11/22 – Thanksgiving Eve Band: Monkeywax 8:30-12:30 (Fly is off)
11/29 – Charlee Bianchini
12/06 – Ed Daley
12/13 – Jon Butcher
12/20 – Amero Family Christmas
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
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Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church
Gloucester oldest church building (1806) located at 19 Church Street facing Middle Street it was America’s first Universalist Society founded by Rev. John Murray in 1779, it was and still is a welcoming community, open to all. Fondly called the UU by locals they sponsor concerts and many other community events through the year!
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👏 #GloucesterMA: Dawn’s Studio dance students sparkled on the Walt Disney Stage @WaltDisneyWorld FLA
On November 7, 2017, 19 children from Gloucester performed with Dawn’s Studio of Dance at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World in Florida. The Gloucester dancers did a fantatstic job performing with Disney Performing Arts under the direction of Gloucester’s instructors, Dawn Koller and Tiffany Smith. The 2017 dancers were a multi-age group, includingseniors from Gloucester High School as well as students from O’Maley and some of the local elementary schools. Many friends and family from Gloucester watched the performance and were thrilled to see Gloucester “sparkle on the Disney stage.” Dawn’s has been bringing dancers for years and some of these kids have performed at Disney World many times before. About 4 years ago, they were chosen to lead the parade at Magic Kingdom over all the other dance studios that were there to be in the parade.
Congratulations to all the dancers! A couple of more photos:
Continue reading “👏 #GloucesterMA: Dawn’s Studio dance students sparkled on the Walt Disney Stage @WaltDisneyWorld FLA”
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Gloucester Smiles-797
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I’m a sucker!
I’m a sucker for clouds and reflections…and they are great today with the high tide! Wishing I could play hooky and just shoot clouds today!
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LAST DAY TO SAVE!
FINAL CALL FOR 2 FREE MONTHS at MAC!
Pay the fee to join and get November and December absolutely FREE!!!
$99 Join Fee MAC Manchester
$69 Join Fee MAC Fitness (Gloucester + Rowley)
Call, email or stop by today!
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* Requires purchase of non-traditional membership.
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Ipswich Bay Wooden Buoys
Full color and Black and White…..”Ipswich Bay Authentic Wooden Lobster Buoys”
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Lunch at Zeke’s
Stopped at Zeke’s for lunch. It’s a little like eating at your grandmother’s: retired men enjoying a meal; breakfast available anytime; curtains on the windows and a refrigerator covered with crayoned masterpieces. Featured artists include Phyllis A Paster, Nancy Alimansky, David Keller and Alyssa Joe.
Great lunch too!
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SUPER EXCITING NEWS: SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS BANNED!!!
Ainsley Smith from Clean Gloucester writes, “We’ve got some great news! Gloucester is now Massachusetts’ 57th municipality to reduce our reliance on plastic bags! Thank you to everyone who came out and spoke in support or sent in emails. We look forward to working with our City Council on successfully rolling out this ordinance and related education to all of Gloucester’s residents.” The vote was passed seven to one.
Gloucester Clean City Commissioners Nick Lilades, Ainsley Smith, Eric Magers, Councilor Melissa Cox, and Bev Low
Good Morning Gloucester 