Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society

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

"Virtual Night at the Museum" Peter Howell, a RVMHS Board member, will lead a virtual screening of "I Am Known As An Artist, Wharton Esherick" by Carolyn Coal, followed by a Q&A with Ms. Coal. September 17, 2020 at 7pm. Deadline for reservations: 12 noon, September 17th. "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, 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 29, 2020 at 7pm. Deadline for reservations: 12 noon, September 29th. Both events 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"

Although we are facing challenging times, I would like to take a moment on the last day of March to recognize Women's History Month. A few weeks ago, I visited ...Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society to honor and celebrate women like Alice Barber Stevens & Mildred Scott Olmsted, who have enriched our past and blazed a trail for our future. I also got to see the progress made on their roof project! See more

Update on Esherick auction FREEMAN'S AUCTION HOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING: "The Wharton Esherick Collection has been postponed to June to allow additional time for fundraising efforts, and a public exhibition."... This hopefully will provide the needed time to arrange to keep most of the items in the Rose Valley area. The RVMHS Board

Current status of the auction of Hedgrow’s Esherick holdings: The March 31st auction of Hedgerow’s Esherick holdings at Freeman’s Auction House has been postponed to April 7th ( https://issuu.com/freemansauction/docs/1660). During increasingly difficult times as these, it is natural for humans to look to the arts for solace and human connection. Every dollar raised will help Hedgerow Theatre survive this crisis and preserve the legacy of Wharton Esherick in Rose Valley. We... recognize that the current health crisis and it’s subsequent restrictions will impact many in the area. However, now that the auction has been delayed, it also offers each of us a rare chance to continue to spread the word about fundraising to Keep Wharton Esherick in Rose Valley. Currently the Esherick Fund contains $108,950 and one person has offered $10,000 specifically towards the purchase of the Thunder table. Two recent articles have been published about the sale. The links to each article are noted below. Delaware County Times article: https://www.delcotimes.com//article_48b5bce6-6896-11ea-bd1 Arts & Crafts Collector article: https://www.artsandcraftscollector.com//rose-valley-commu/ We will continue to keep you up date, as best we can. Our best regards, RVMHS Board of Directors

Dear friend of the Rose valley Museum: The "Henry Chapman Mercer and the Arts & Crafts Tile" lecture by Mr. Koehler has been postponed to April 19, 2020. However, we will post pone this lecture again if need be for everyone's safety.

Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society will be closed the weekend of March 21-22, 2020. The Henry Chapman Mercer and the Arts & Crafts Tile lecture by Mr. Vance Koelher has been moved to April 19, 2020 at 4pm. A corrected lecture announcement will follow this notification. I will also be directly contacting those that have signed up to visit the Museum or to attend the lecture that weekend to resolve any issues caused by this change in plans. Current estimates by NIH ...predict that the reported cases of the COVID-19 virus in the US are only the beginning of a wider incidence of infection. Experts are recommending 'social distancing' as one way to mitigate the spread of the virus, specifically to aid in minimizing the strain on medical staff and facilities. The Museum feels that it is in everyone’s best interests to cancel/change our March schedule RVMHS Board of Directors