Rare Dean Marks piece at French flea market - SOLD!! (well, almost...)

[Marie Wintzer]

Dean has sent me some mail-art while I was in France. Since there was a flea market coming up that weekend I though it was a perfect opportunity to get some good cash. I was sure of the success of this project, as the piece contained some rare british mail-art omens, as well as a unique "Manoir aux Visons en Alsace" address.

... oh yes, and also because my parents said no, this cannot be on the mantelpiece, nor can it be on the "table de chevet". Parents are so boring.

Day D, 5.00am:

I thought that 100 Euros was a very good price for this masterpiece. But time passed and....

Day D, 11.45am:

Day D, 4.20pm:

Day D, 7.10pm:

I was starting to despair when the miracle happened. A movie star (or so she says) from Siberia, big fan of Dean Marks, heard of the event and took the first flight to Geispitzen. She is a mail-art collector, apparently, she said she had been looking for such a piece for years!! Comme quoi, il ne faut JAMAIS désespérer! :-)))

Day D, 7.50pm:

[Marie Wintzer]

That really makes me happy. Thank you!

[prettylily]

Marie,  So glad you blogged this!  I  need a reason to crack a smile these days and this fit the bill. Thank you!

[Lynn Radford]

BRAVO!

[Marie Wintzer]

I'm having my first post-breakfast laughing shower of the morning with your comments :-)) mort de rire. Geispitzen is now on the mail-art map, who would have thought!! And who knows what next year's mail-art stand will look like!!

[Valentine Mark Herman]

Marie, I have about 15 of Dean's masterpieces, and wonder how much they would fetch at Sotheby's, Christies, or even Siberia: have you any idea?

val

[Bifidus Jones]

A wonderful blog--as Jane Austen would say, "What delight! What felicity!"

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Aw, look at that movie star's cute dimples! Oh, sorry...we are concentrating on the D. Mark Masterpiece?

Funny, funny, funny performance, Marie!

'Must have a Flea Market Mail Art call for next year...

Geispitzen needs a bit of excitement!

[Suus in Mokum]

I will be watching Antique Roadshow for the next 30 years, looking out for this lady with real Dean Marks Mail Art.Great blog, Marie.

[Dean aka Artist in Seine]

Cheryl that would have been great.  Sadly the people in Geispitzen do not have the same eye as you! 

     At least the Movie Star looks happy in the end.  Marie tells me that the Movie Star wanted it for her bedside table.  I didn't think the ropes were long enough.  But to each their own.

     I'm still laughing.  The last photo is a killer.

[cheryl penn]

dean I would have paid at LEAST  a euro for this - AT LEAST - if Marie threw the floral pot in as an incentive :-) X