Pair of Paintings of Dogs Playing Poker Fetches $590,000 in Auction

[alwynsw]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBIRBJS85E.html

Who hasn't seen these things? What some people will pay lots of ggood money for!

<snip>A pair of paintings from the famed series depicting dogs playing poker fetched nearly $600,000 at auction Tuesday.

[Danmel]

1. In the "Simpsons"

There was a reference to "Dogs Playing Poker"- there's no accounting for taste, is there?

[wtmusic]

2. Wow...should I hold onto my black velvet Elvis? n/t

[Briarius]

3. that's hilarious!

too bad they weren't on velvet, then they would have brought some real money.

[sasquatch]

4. When I was a kid I thought "Dogs playing poker" was awesome

But now I wouldn't care much for it.

[mindem]

5. If they had been done on black velvet

I would have gone up to a million. You have to admire great taste.

[Bridget Burke]

8. Nope. Edgar Leeteg is the name for paintings on velvet...

"Leeteg of Tahiti" is, in fact, considered the father of modern velvet painting. (Goes well with a vintage Tiki collection.)

www.barracudamagazine.com/leeteg.htm

Isn't Art wonderful?

[TrogL]

6. Sounds like they were the originals

They'd be worth it as collector's items.

[alwynsw]

7. They were originals as I understood it. n/t

[baldguy]

9. from the auction house website

http://www.doylenewyork.com/DogsInArt/2005/default.htm





The present works display a distinct pair. The sequential narrative follows the same 'players' in the course of a hand of poker. In the first, our main character, the St. Bernard holds a weak hand as the rest of the crew maintains their best poker faces. In the following scene, we see the St. Bernard raking in the large pot, much to the very obvious dismay of his fellow players. Apparently, Coolidge originally titled the two Judge St. Bernard Stand Pat on Nothing and Judge St. Bernard Wins on a Bluff. They were most likely re-titled A Bold Bluff and Waterloo for convenience by Brown & Bigelow, who then mass marketed the images.