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Update
Gallery Stratford's auction
with a difference
It was an auction with a difference.
Items up for bid included a set of red
satin lips; a day as an extra in the first
film directed by Robin Philips. titled The
Wars and a surprise engagement of thc
4th. RCR Pipe Band at a friend's home.
The auction was I Love My Gallery
night, which raised almost 58.000 for
Gallery Stratford and provided some
fascinating entertainment for spectators.
Approximately 150 people paid 525 each
for a dinner at Stratford's The Church
Restaurant. followed by the auction of 29
unusual items.
Earlier in the day. another auction on
CJCS radio also raised 58.000 for the
gallery. The fundraising proved the most
successful auction yet in the three years
the gallery has sponsored the event.
One of the most coveted items at the
evening auction was a signed Desmond
Heeley sketc:. of Richard Burton in his
robes from the Stratford Festival's pro-
duction of Camelot. It went for 5374. after
an initial bid of 545.
An equally exciting three way contest
saw former Festival artistic director
Robin Philips. Dave Parson and Tom
Moore try to outbid each other for thc
RCR Pipe Band's guest appearance at a
private home.
Robin Philips, who revealed he has a
weak spot for circuses. did have the
highest bid for four tickets to the world
premier performance of Canada's Circus
Tivoli in Toronto this spring. Circus Tivoli
has been assembling for some weeks in
Aylmer. southeast of London.
Another exciting item up'for bid was an
evening of classical piano. presented in
your home. by Elyakint Taussig. one of
the Stratford Music Festival's founders
and his wife. Kathryn Root, followed by a
buffet for 10 guests at the Mediterannean
Cafe. The winning bid. by Bill Byers. was
5525 for this very personal concert.
More Canadian art
The curator of London's McIntosh
Gallery. on the UWO campus. wants
more Canadian art in the university's
collection -and a valuable American paint-
ing, Backwoods of America. may make
this possible. The most valuable work in
the gallery's collection will soon go on the
auction block at the famous Sotheby's in
New York. The painting's value has
already been appraised by .. the art
auctioneers at S450.000 U.S.
Backwoods of America is by J.F.
Cropsey. a 19th century American artist.
The scene. of a pioneer settler walking
with his dog beside a log cabin built
beside a river. is an example of tradition-
al pioneer art in the Hudson River Style
School. The artist Cropsey was born in
New York in 1823 and. indeed. lived
most of his life in Hastings -on -Hudson in
that state. In recent years. the renewed
interest in 19th century American art and
the high demand for these original works
has greatly increased their market value.
Knowing this. the McIntosh Gallery
has safely stored the painting in a vault
and hasn't displayed it for some years.
The McIntosh Gallery Committee, re-
cently voted to sell the American work.
and proceeds will establish an endow-
ment fund in the name of W.H. Abbott.
the man who. in 1933. originally donated
the painting to the school.
Interest from the fund will then be used
to acquire works by Canadian artists and
will be eligible for matching grants of up
to 510.000 from Canada Council and
Wintario.
"Big Top" time
In Aylmer. Ontario. in recent treks
they've been putting together a circus.
from the straw up. It's Circus Tivoli. an
unique experiment since it's only the
second circus in North America to be
owned through public subscriptions. Five
hundred shareholders chipped in 55.000
apiece to raise a "big top" which trill
feature an international cast of perform-
ers.
Tivoli Circus. which will start its season
in Toronto before heading across the
country. is imitating the European tradi-
tion of having a one -ring show. with all
eyes riveted on one performance.
Aside from the fact that circuses are
generally a dying breed today. Circus
Tivoli is unusual for another reason. The
"big top" the circus will use is a
five -storey. Italian -made plastic tent.
The circus entertainers include several
European performers. like Danish tra-
peze artist Isabella Enoch. Other circus
firsts include a very modern computer-
ized box office. special washroom units
for the handicapped and a coin-operated
laundry for employees travelling the
circuit through Ontario and Quebec.
No circus is complete without clowns -