分类： 拍卖

2010年诚轩秋季拍卖会编号54拍品
黄宾虹 太湖怀古
103.2×33cm. 约3.1平尺
成交价：4,144,000

《太湖怀古》刻画了“太湖天下秀”的绮丽风光。画中的山水交融，百态千姿，葱郁的树木掩映着流水人家，泛舟作业的渔人，为静谧恬淡的湖面增添了几分生机，透露着浓浓的诗情。而这里人文荟萃、历史悠久，如今面对人事代谢，油然而生“天地悠悠”之慨，呼应怀古主题。

Prototype of first US dollar coins going up for auction

A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money will go up for auction Friday.

Businessman and Texas Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson owns the item, which is known as the “No Stars Flowing Hair Dollar.”

While it closely resembles silver dollars that were later minted in Philadelphia, it gets its name because it is missing stars.

“While subsequent dollar coins struck featuring stars were added to the front of the coin, starless coins are considered by collectors and institutions as one-of-a-kind prototypes for the silver examples that would follow,” said Jacob Lipson of Heritage Auctions.

Heritage Auctions estimates the prototype will sell for between $350,000 and $500,000 when it goes on the block online in Dallas on Friday.

Known as a pattern, the front features the flowing hair portrait of Liberty and the date 1794, while the reverse side shows a small eagle on a rock within a wreath. Similar starless examples are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection.

“It’s incredibly exciting,” said California-based numismatist David McCarthy. “It gives us a view into what was going on inside the Mint in 1794 when it was gearing up to make the first dollars ever struck.”

The pattern was forgotten as the Mint continued the process of creating the nation’s first silver dollars.

“Coin collecting lore states the unique rarity was excavated from the site of the first Philadelphia Mint before 1876,” Lipson said. That was how the coin’s first owner described its history at its first auction appearance in 1890.

The pattern is corroded and not in perfect condition, Lipson said, likely because it was buried at the site of the original Mint. There are some scratches and other marks on its brown surfaces.

It has traded hands eight times, according to the auction house.

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这幅画的价值已打破画家黎普两年前的绘画作品所创造的纪录，成为越南美术价值最高的作品。

越南画家梅忠次于1930年已绘制《芳女士的画像》，并于1931年在法国巴黎殖民地国际展览会上亮相。其后，收集家杜西·杜蒙泰尔（Madam Dothi Dumonteil）收集了这一作品。从那时候以来，《芳女士的画像》除了在1993年电影片《青木瓜的香味》中出现过之外，公众从未看到这幅画。