The auction went well, with all of the bassoons going to young professional bassoonists who will use the instruments for themselves and students in Toronto, Texas, New York and Amsterdam! The one-of-a-kind low A baroque bassoon bell made by Benson Bell went to the great bassoon repairman, Frank Marcus who cherishes it as a work of art. All of the art sold at the auction, though I confess to bidding on three works and keeping them as I felt the prices simply did not climb high enough. I am so glad that so many artworks are now in the homes of new people!  I did a rough tally, and I have sold 36 works this year, a new personal record.

If you need to do an online auction for any reason, the people at Rapid-Sell (David Moore) were the soul of thoughtfulness and professionalism.  I wish I had met them years ago!