Gasparro Auction
MrEureka
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Here's a blurb about an auction I missed at the 2003 ANA Convention. Did anyone here go? Details, please!
GASPARRO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING EVENT
Speaking of Gasparro, another convention event should be
of interest to anyone who collects artwork by U.S. Mint
engravers. At 6pm Friday the "Frank Gasparro Memorial
Fund Scholarship Event" will take place. The event is a
fundraiser for the Fleischer Art Institute in Philadelphia.
Specifically, funds raised will go toward a scholarship fund
in the name of the late Frank Gasparro, former Chief
Engraver of the U.S. Mint. Gasparro was so grateful for
the art education he received at Fleischer that he taught
courses there for free for the rest of his life, until just
months before his death. I understand several donated
original works of art by present and past mint engravers
will be auctioned at the event. How often do numismatists
get a chance like that?
GASPARRO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING EVENT
Speaking of Gasparro, another convention event should be
of interest to anyone who collects artwork by U.S. Mint
engravers. At 6pm Friday the "Frank Gasparro Memorial
Fund Scholarship Event" will take place. The event is a
fundraiser for the Fleischer Art Institute in Philadelphia.
Specifically, funds raised will go toward a scholarship fund
in the name of the late Frank Gasparro, former Chief
Engraver of the U.S. Mint. Gasparro was so grateful for
the art education he received at Fleischer that he taught
courses there for free for the rest of his life, until just
months before his death. I understand several donated
original works of art by present and past mint engravers
will be auctioned at the event. How often do numismatists
get a chance like that?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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