Antique Roadshow

[Patrick Neve]

Well, that was NEAT! Thanks to whoever it was that tipped us off about
the Zappa painting on the antiques program. In case you missed it, a
woman brought in a painting done by Frank while he was in junior college..
I forget her name, but she said she dated Frank, and that he had given her
the painting. The painting depicted an opera.. a guy in a devil suit, a
fat lady singing, an orchestra, and an audience. It's reminscent both of
the "No Picnic" poster you may have seen in books, and of the art to
Absolutely Free. The "art consultant" said that due to its signature and
it's uniqueness it could bring $15,000-25,000, maybe more. He spoke very
highly of Frank and said he was the most intelligent man he had met. She
also seemed to hold him in high regard. The painting was very
interesting. I did videotape the segment, and I'll try to get a scan of
the picture on my site within a few days. Thanks again to the helpful
poster who gave us the "heads up" on this. (where do you get your
information? :) )

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Splat's Zappa Page
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[chicky...@hotmail.com]

In article <Pine.GSO.3.96.99032...@darkwing.uoregon.edu>,
Patrick Neve <sp...@darkwing.uoregon.edu> wrote:

> The painting depicted an opera.. a guy in a devil suit, a
> fat lady singing, an orchestra, and an audience. It's reminscent both of
> the "No Picnic" poster you may have seen in books,

I thought the same thing. I pulled out the scrapbook from BTB to
show my wife, and she didn't see the resemblance.

> The "art consultant" said that due to its signature and
> it's uniqueness it could bring $15,000-25,000, maybe more. He spoke very
> highly of Frank and said he was the most intelligent man he had met.

He's the proprietor of Wex Rex Collectibles in Framingham, MA.
I bought a used Jon Hassell CD from him once. Usually whenever
there's a collectibles show in the Boston area, he appears on the
David Brudnoy show on AM 1030, which can supposedly be heard in 38
states.

> She also seemed to hold him in high regard. The painting was very
> interesting.

I would go so far as to say I liked it better than the
Van Vliet material that I've seen. (Now I'll get flames.)

> Thanks again to the helpful
> poster who gave us the "heads up" on this. (where do you get your
> information? :) )

No problem. My wife told me about it. She saw it in an obscure
periodical called "TV Guide".

--Dave

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