HOWLAND The sale of the Norman Rockwell paintings in the Boy Scouts of America art collection could create “a feeding frenzy on a global scale,” according to one Cleveland auction house.
The BSA’s decision to include its art collection among the assets it will sell as part of a bankruptcy reorganization proposal also is increasing interest among the general public to see the collection while they can at the Medici Museum of Art.
Deba Gray, president of Gray’s Auctioneers in Cleveland, said the works would appeal to the private and corporate sectors as well as museums and dealers. Gray previously worked for Sotheby’s in Chicago before starting her own auction house with Serena Harrigan.
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HOWLAND The sale of the Norman Rockwell paintings in the Boy Scouts of America art collection could create “a feeding frenzy on a global scale,” according to one Cleveland auction house.
The BSA’s decision to include its art collection among the assets it will sell as part of a bankruptcy reorganization proposal also is increasing interest among the general public to see the collection while they can at the Medici Museum of Art.
Deba Gray, president of Gray’s Auctioneers in Cleveland, said the works would appeal to the private and corporate sectors as well as museums and dealers. Gray previously worked for Sotheby’s in Chicago before starting her own auction house with Serena Harrigan.
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Jim Dade of Braceville, who has been a Boy Scout leader for 56 years, demonstrates knot tying with Jacob Mansfield, 12, of Warren. He is the Scoutmaster for Troop 4008 in Leavittsburg.
Helping the next generation of youth become successful members of society is one of the reasons area residents have dedicated many years to lead Scouts.
For the past 56 years, Braceville resident Jim Dade has been involved in Scouting and is a leader for Troop 4008 in Leavittsburg. He said he remembers in 1973 he was representing Scouting at a United Way fundraiser at Packard Music Hall in Warren and saying, “People don’t realize how important Scouting is and the many great opportunities it offers.”
The association between the Boy Scouts of America and Norman Rockwell spanned more than six decades but the debt-laden organization, faced with tens of thousands of sex abuse claims, is poised to sell its collection of Rockwell’s art.