The Hotline Pink Thrift Store in Kitty Hawk, N.C. had a wooden engraving print on the market between ten and 50 dollars, however a volunteer on the retailer named Wendy Hawkins realized that it may very well be value much more. So, she walked down the road to the Seaside Artwork Gallery to may seek the advice of with the gallery’s proprietor, Melanie Smith.
Smith went to work, and shortly they discovered that the piece was a part of a collection of illustrations that depicted Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. Initially commissioned by the Italian authorities to create watercolor work illustrating Alighieri’s opus, the artist cherished the work a lot he would not it go. As an alternative, he reproduced the work into 35 separate blocks – one in every of which is what Hawkins discovered. As soon as Hawkins and Smith had been positive of the work’s authenticity, it bought to some for $1,200 with proceeds going to a non-profit shelter.
The engraving’s artist? Salvador Dali. Guess I ought to begin thrift procuring extra.
– Tiffany Wade, Photographer
