Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society

RVMHS sponsored lecture by Nancy Webster on Tuesday, November 17th. Details below.

SIGNUP NOW FOR BOTH RVMHS LIVE AND VIRTUAL AUCTIONS Sunday, October 25, 2020 starting sharply at 1pm. Catalog and online registration available at https://www.liveauctioneers.com//181867_curated-sale-of-2/ Note: online registration for bidding requires up to 24 hours for approval.... Live auction reservation: email [email protected]. (NOTE: REDUCED BUYERS PREMIUM FOR LIVE IN-PERSON AUCTION PURCHASES IS 10%) Deadline for reservations is 9am Sunday, Oct. 25th. The online and live auction will take place concurrently. If bad weather occurs, the live auction portion will be cancelled and the online auction will proceed as planned. If attending the live auction, please bring your own lawn chair and arrive between 12-12:30pm to register to bid and to get seated. We will accept cash, check or credit card to pay for items on site. If paying by credit card there will be a 3% additional charge for processing. All profits from the sale go to the Keep Esherick in Rose Valley fund. Voluntary donations can be made to the Esherick Fund at https://charity.gofundme.com/keepesherickinrosevalley

Dear RVMHS members and friends: Oct. Auction events: "In-Person Viewings" of auction lots - October 16-18, 2020. All current reservations will be honored. In addition, from this point on we will be opening the lower studio so anyone who would like to view the auction items in person may do so, no reservation required. Doors will be open from 10-5 each day. The number of guests at any one time in the building will be limited to 6.... "Live and Virtual Auction" - October 25, 2020, 1pm. For the Virtual Auction you must create an account with Live Auctioneers and then register to bid for our specific auction. Please allow 24 hours for your account with Live Auctioneers to be approved. Go to https://www.liveauctioneers.com//181867_curated-sale-of-2/ to see the auction catalog and register to bid. If you attend the Live Auction, you will be given a paddle with a bidding number when you arrive. We recommend that if you are planning on attending the live auction, you also register to bid online. If the weather is bad, the live auction will be cancelled, however, the online auction will proceed as planned. Reservations required and space limited. Bring your own chair. Reservations for the Live Auction portion can be made by email at [email protected]. All voluntary donations can be made to the Esherick Fund at https://charity.gofundme.com/keepesherickinrosevalley or by mailing a check directly to the Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge, 41 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley, PA 19063. (If mailing a check, please note on the check it is to be directed to the Esherick Fund.) Regards, RVMHS Board Wharton Esherick style stool, Lot number 181, photo by Carl Finkbeiner

All photographs by Carl Finkbeiner. Esherick fund link: https://charity.gofundme.com/keepesherickinrosevalley Auction events and info: https://rosevalleymuseum.org

Looking forward to trying something new - October for us will be focused on our first online arts and crafts benefit auction. There will be about 200 items including furniture, pottery, paintings, prints, textiles, lamps and books. There will be a preview by Zoom meeting, in-person viewing of the auction items and a live auction to run concurrently with the online auction. All profits from the auction will go towards the "Keep Wharton Esherick in Rose Valley" fund to purchase as much as possible of Hedgerow Theatre's Esherick collection at Freeman's auction on October 27th.

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE: "Wharton Esherick in Rose Valley" Ryan Berley, Curator of theRVMHS, will trace the history of Wharton Esherick in Rose Valley and Hedgerow Theatre. He will be joined by Jared Reed, Producing Artistic Director of Hedgerow Theatre, who will present a reading from the original source for the play "Thunder on the Left", the play that was the ultimate inspiration for the "Thunder" table. September 30, 2020 at 7pm. Deadline for reservations: 12 noon, Septembe...r 30th. Event will be hosted on Zoom. Reservations can be made by email at [email protected] Donation: Optional donations can be made to https://tinyurl.com/esherickrosevalley The date of this event was changed because of potential overlap with the first 2020 Presidential Debate scheduled for September 29, 8pm. Regards, RVMHS Board