OCEAN VIEW — Carvings, antique artwork, oil and water colors, and pastels were among the items bidders eyed and bought at the Second annual Art for History Fine and Decorative Arts Auction Saturday, Sept. 12 at Ocean View Campground.
The three-hour evening event helped raise funds for the Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society
In addition to the live auction by Gene Glembocki, there were silent auctions with each table marked with a closing time.
Door prize drawings were held throughout the evening.
Fine art participants included:
Fred Arnold, Robert Baum, Joanne Bernadini, Dave Clemans, Linda Appel Colson, Alice McEnerney Cook, Cheryl Crews, Peg Ditmar, Helen M. Eigabroadt, Shirley Hawthorne, John Lore, Alice Belanger McGuigan, Neal McPheeters, Janey McShain, Katherine Mott, Carmella Pallotta, Dorothea Polito, Rai del Noce Senior, Jim Seibert, Stan Sperlak, Bruce Tell, David Townsend, Ivy Chaya Wilson, Pat Witt.
Young artists included:
Christopher Borkowski, James Louderback, Dnaiel Patrick Ingersoll, Derrek Lutz, Jason Lutz, Angie Vitale.
Folk artists included:
Bob Biddle, Tom Brogan, Laurel Dabbs, Don Friel, Gue German, Steve Morey, Terry Plasket, David Rhodes, Harry V. Shourds II, Scott Smith, George Strunk, John Turner, Kevin Wharton, Les Worrel
Special auction items included a drawing by the late Gerald Lynch, and two limited edition prints by Alice Steer Wilson.
Lynch was a sculptor from Villas. He devoted his life to his love of nature and the protection of the earth. His stone carvings and sculptures reflect his lifelong message of caring for the earth and its inhabitants.
He died in 2000, but his studio on New York Avenue, Villas remains intact.
He was the principal carver at the National Cathedral and received many significant commissions, including “The Family” for the Cape May County Special Services School building and the Holocaust Memorial in Brigantine.
Wilson expressed her love for the people and placed oc Cape May through her brush.
From the late 190s until 2001, she painted from life.
She was affectionately dubbed “Mrs. Cape May” by residents accustomed to seeing her with her easel along Cape May streets.
After she died, a collector found the following message on the back of one of her works.
“I love the appearance of things, light particularly, and I tried to copy it as accurately as I could.”
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