Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum Benefit Auction

    We were pleased to help raise funds for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum in Evergreen, Colorado.  This event, held on October 23, 2003,  was special because the items we sold were not donated, as is usually the case with a charity auction.  We sold tangible art, jewelry and antiques that belonged to a pioneer Colorado family.  Instead of the proceeds going to family heirs, funds raised at this auction went to endow a non-profit entity created to preserve and maintain the family's 43 acre ranch and museum near Soda Creek.  

    The event was hosted by Museum Director, Peggy Shaw, and Richard Kimball of Richard H. Kimball Designs in Denver.  Our Manager, Scott Alexander, did the bid calling at the live auction.  The event was held at The Pines at Genesee. 

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What We Sold

300 lots at silent auction, starting at 7 p.m.

25 lots at live auction, starting at 8:30 p.m.

    Where did the items come from?  The auction items were collected by three generations of Humphrey/Hammer women from as far back at the 1880's.  The grandmother, mother and daughter all loved art, collectibles and jewelry.  They amassed a significant collection from their many transatlantic cruises and journeys to the southwestern United States.  The items we sold were identified as duplicates and/or are non-intrinsic to the Museum's main collection.  Items offered included:

Native American jewelry

Antique and collectible jewelry

Textiles from around the world, including Japanese and Chinese ceremonial robes

Asian ceramics

19th and early 20th Century rugs from Russia

Late 19th and early 20th Century paintings and lithographs

Antique furniture

Antique linens and ceramics

        To learn more about the family and the Humphrey Museum, follow this link: 

http://www.hmpm.org   

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