Norman Rockwell "The Collector"

I bought a framed Norman Rockwell print called "The Collector". It is a picture of an gentleman looking at what looks like a coin with his son looking over his shoulder. It is now adorning the wall of my coin room. What do you think?

 

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Awesome! Thats a great addition to a coin room

 

That is sweet!

I really like the desktop display piece. Anyone ever see/have one like it?

 

Love it Phil.........I thought I knew of all of 'Norm's' paintings but this one escaped me.

 

As a collector of Boy Scouts militaria, I am very fond of Rockwell's work.

The albums and holders in the painting look interesting. Anyone know if these holders exist in real life?

 

I've had a similar one overlooking my desk for about a decade now. It's becoming an old friend.

 

When you look at it closely, you can see he is putting the last coin in the album. Wow what a feeling of satisfaction haha. Very beautiful painting! I might have to buy a print for myself

I looked it up, the original sold for USD 965,000 on May 21, 2014.

 

White gloves for handling the coins.

A cup of soup on the same table.

A pipe nearby.

Oh, and a dog nosing at the coins.

But, hey, at least he dresses for his coins.

 

I'm your man! err dog!

 

It's clearly not a Corgi -- it can reach the table.

 

We have a lot of Rockwell stuff. This is great. And the dog and the pipe appear quite often in Rockwell's.

 

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I wonder what those white things are (beneath the elderly gentlemen's left hand). Notepads? Slim boxes?
And I think that very thin red volume on the lower shelf to the right, must be an early vintage edition of the Red Book.

 

They must. I believe Rockwell painted using real models and props.

 

We have a member who has used this as an avatar and I do enjoy it!.

 

That album appears somewhat similar to those made under the Dansco Continental Line of the early 60s, but it doesn't appear similar to any of the albums I've seen before.

 

It's a self portrait as well.

Z