[78-L] Barraud "Nipper" painting at auction in Maine

[Michael Biel]

Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> * Additional Information: According to someone familiar with this work it is not a genuine original. We do not know this for sure. We are selling it with no guarantee (It is 60-80 years old for sure)"
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> If the disc on the turntable is a Columbia it might not be an original.
> Kristjan
>   
Good point!  I looked at the turntable earlier, and now am looking 
again.  The record on the turntable is not the full size of the 
turntable as it would be unless it was an early 5-inch toy record.  The 
surface outside the record is tan.  There seems to be a reddish label on 
the record.  AND last but not least -- the word Victor is lettered 
across the machine under the brass brake bracket.  Would Barrard have 
modified the painting for the copies given to an American store???

If you don't want to sign up on the site just to see it, I can forward a 
watermarked image of it to you.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com