[TheForge] Help Save part of the Sorber Collection

[RICK KORINEK]

Dave, the other thing about the musuem purchasing a small 
collection of representative pieces, is that it will be a lot 
easier to raise funds from individuals and affilliates for 
something specific, not at the avgaries of how the auction 
house organizes the "lots".
-Rick




---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:52:19 -0500
>From: RICK KORINEK <rickkorinek at rcn.com>  
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Help Save part of the Sorber 
Collection   
>To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
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>Dave, Is there any way that the Metal Musuem and ABANA 
>could "work" with the Sorber Family and the auctioneer ahead 
>of the auction to put together a representative grouping of 
>items that the musuem would agree to purchase at a set 
>price.  Then these items could remain available to the 
public.
>-Rick
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:50:40 -0600
>>From: magichammer <dave at magichammer.net>  
>>Subject: [TheForge] Help Save part of the Sorber 
>Collection   
>>To: TheForge <TheForge at mailman.qth.net>
>>
>>*Help Save Part of the Sorber Collection*
>>
>>As many of you already know, the Sorber Collection of Early 
>American 
>>Ironwork is going to be auctioned off on May 13, 2005. 
>Pieces from this 
>>collection can be seen in the book, "Colonial Wrought Iron" 
>by Don 
>>Plummer, and even in the classic "Early American Wrought 
>Iron," by 
>>Albert H.Sonn. For blacksmiths, this is bad news.
>>
>>When the Sorber auction was first announced, Dave Mudge, 
Don 
>Plummer, 
>>LeeAnn Mitchell, Jim Wallace, Brian Gilbert, Clare Yellin 
>and others 
>>started passing around emails trying to figure out some way 
>for 
>>blacksmiths to pool their resources to buy at least some of 
>this 
>>collection. There is no way that we would be able to come 
up 
>with the 
>>money to buy even a single lot,since this collection has 
>been valued at 
>>over a million dollars. And since the auction house is 
going 
>to try to 
>>do it all in a single day, they are probably going to have 
>to put 
>>anything remotely affordable into large lots,like fifty 
>Pennsylvania 
>>thumb latches.
>>
>>So what has happened is that Jim Wallace, Director of the 
>Metal
>>Museum in Memphis, Tennessee has agreed to help out by 
>setting up a 
>>special donation page and account to buy, hopefully, at 
>least some of 
>>the Sorber Collection. If we are unsuccessful, then the 
>money will go to 
>>the Metal Museum, so no matter what happens, donations will 
>be used to 
>>preserve ironwork.
>>
>>It is our personal hope that we can raise enough money to 
>create a 
>>travelling exhibition, but that's a pretty tall order. 
Those 
>of you who 
>>remember the Sorber exhibitions at the ABANA Conferences in 
>La Crosse, 
>>Wisconsin and Asheville, North Carolina might understand 
the 
>value of an 
>>exhibit.
>>
>>If you are interested in donating to this project click   
>>http://www.metalmuseum.org/donations.htm
>>
>>Act now... we've only got until May 13th to keep some prime 
>source 
>>material available to blacksmiths around the country. 
Thanks 
>in advance 
>>for your help!
>>
>>
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