Vintage 1990 Richard Rothbard Free Form Cedar Stump Puzzle Box Boxology NR yqz

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Welcome to EstateAuctionsInc! We are one of the Leading Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a "FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating" and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items. We are "Your Quality Zone" - search "YQZ" to see our other listings our ! _______________________________________________________________________ >>>>> UP IN THIS AUCTION <<<<< Vintage 1990 Richard Rothbard Free Form Cedar Stump Puzzle Box Boxology NR Compartments within Compartments Underneath Sliding Lid - DESCRIPTION - Please be patient there are 22 photos to be loaded in this auction. Up in this auction is an amazing puzzle box. Signed on the bottom, Richard Rothbard, '90. It looks to be a natural free form cedar stump, the highly polished knob slides off to reveal a handle, you lift that handle and you find another section with three slide out drawers. WONDERFUL!! It measures approx. 9 3/4" tall, 7" wide and 5 3/4" deep. We confirmed what this is from corresponding directly with Richard Rothbard, what a nice man. We found the following history on his Boxology site: (GREAT SITE!!) About Richard RothbardI began woodworking while an actor in New York City, crafting my version of rustic Colonial furniture and paneling for my apartment. In response to flyers posted backstage in Broadway theaters, I received small assignments-bookshelves, tables-that I made in my living room. Crudely stylish, the pieces were of stained pine with rough-hewn edges fashioned with matte knife and disc sander. It was a dusty lifestyle. The highlight of my career was playing the Boy in "The Fantasticks" for a number of years. Yet my seven years of pounding the pavement as an actor/singer (after earning a degree in finance and spending college summers working on Wall Street) did not really define my life's work. Then I had a brief encounter with a handmade dining table crafted from two free-form matched planks of walnut. The piece amazed me and struck a chord that ended my acting career forever. My "inner termite" was out of the closet. In 1967, I teamed up with a couple of creative woodworkers to make sculptured furniture and wood accessories in a small Manhattan workshop. Later in 1967, I opened Impressions in Wood on Lexington Avenue and 65th Street. Those years were extraordinary. We made one of a kind furniture for some very interesting people, including a houseful of pieces for Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane. During this period, I began experimenting with band saw boxes and puzzling techniques, taking old cedar limbs, crudely cutting them apart and gluing them back again into simple boxes, which sold for $30. In 1976, I met Joanna. The following year we closed Impressions in Wood and moved to the country. Our house in the farmlands of Sussex County, New Jersey had a small outbuilding. In it, I set up a woodworking shop. We learned about craft fairs and supported ourselves exhibiting my work on weekends, It was a very interesting and creative time. Experimenting with different techniques for making boxes, I found that using the band saw allowed me to create interesting shapes. My boxes sold so well that we could hardly keep up with production. Joanna handled all of the bookkeeping and helped at the fairs. We did the Florida winter circuit, won awards in art fairs everywhere, bought some property in Sugar Loaf, New York where will built our new shop. We soon began producing art and crafts fairs and then opened the first American Craftsman Gallery in Greenwich Village in NYC. An American Craftsman now represents over 400 artists and our New Craft Museum Gallery has added a new dimension to our mission. Boxology has been an integral part of our galleries and it is my most important enterprise. The name Boxology describes a process... read more

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