SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) HAND SIGNED VINTAGE STAMP! (06/16/2011)

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Sold Date: 06/16/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Stamps

Salvador Dali

1904 - 1989

This is an extremely rare unused and unhinged s tamp created by Dali for the French government in 1978, which has been hand signed by Salvador Dali in black pen. This rare collectible comes from The Barry Friedman Collection. Barry Friedman is a world renown collector and historian, a copy of the original Letter of Provenance directly from Barry Friedman accompanies this piece.

Title: Dante's Beatrice

Date of issue: November 17, 1979

Stamp Size: 2.5 x 1.5 inches

Framed Size : 13 x 12 inches

Condition: Excellent

Provenance :

Barry Friedman Collection

MZK Fine Art, Sarasota, FL

To provide some background on Barry Friedman and his collection, we offer a write-up by Joe Levine of Presidential Coins and Collectibles for a catalogue that included items from Barry's collection:

"Barry Friedman is a builder – a builder of businesses and a builder of collections. His reputation was made in the high tech business where his company, International Computer Group, Inc. became one of the key players in the electronic gaming industry. Barry was one of the first people to recognize the potential of interactive entertainment and his business was critical in the early and mid-80’s in building that industry. Barry then went on to be a founder of ChannelSpace Entertainment which created the and the TV show, Treasures in Your Home: The World of Collecting.

It is no accident that the great collections in many fields are built largely by successful entrepreneurs and professionals. One’s immediate explanation for this fact is that it is this class of people who can afford to do this. However, every field has deep pocket collectors with undistinguished collections. Really great collections are built by those who are willing to be scholarly in their mission; dogged in their quest, and willing to expand the historic economic parameters which limit lesser collectors. In short, great collections are built by men and woman of passion – a quality which is abundantly evident in the leaders of business and the professions.

Barry Friedman fits this profile to a T. He has approached the varied areas of his collecting interests by first immersing himself in their history in order to more fully appreciate the objects themselves. He has pursued what he wanted with ferocity; utilizing every method of acquisition available. Finally, when put in a competitive position, he has been willing to pay more (and in some cases, appreciably more) than historical precedents might dictate. Barry Friedman has found his passion!"

- Joe Levine - Presedential Coins and Collectibles

Barry Friedman

Barry Friedman is a world renown collector and historian. Co-Founder,Co-Chairman and CEO of ChannelSpace Entertainment Network, Inc. He owned the Collecting Channel and was the financial backer of the Caribbean Channel. You used to find him on AOL at keyword CLANS which was his Celtic Channel and new channels were announced as he built them. Barry Friedman also owned the hit show Treasures In Your Home: The World of Collecting with PAX TV. He had been the Lead Content Supplier to eBay and was also the exclusive Collecting Channel on Y! Broadcast Services . Which was acquired on November 9th, 2000 by Sales OnLine Direct, Inc. (OTC:BB-Symbol PAID). Barry was also CEO of Fog Studios, Inc. the world's oldest interactive licensing agency which he founded in 1979.

Dalí, Salvador

(1904-89)

Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer. After passing through phases of Cubism, Futurism and Metaphysical painting, he joined the Surrealists in 1929 and his talent for self-publicity rapidly made him the most famous representative of the movement. Throughout his life he cultivated eccentricity and exhibitionism (one of his most famous acts was appearing in a diving suit at the opening of the London Surrealist exhibition in 1936), claiming that this was the s...