VINTAGE JAMES BEARD
COPPER MOLD SET
(AS FEAT.1979 BON APPETIT)
100% AUTHENTIC W PROOF
AND ORIGINAL PAPERWORK FROM AUCTION MY MOM BOUGHT IT FROM!
ABOUT MR JAMES BEARD:
JAMES ANDREW BEARD WAS AN AMERICAN CHEF AND FOOD WRITER. MR. BEARD WAS AN ECCENTRIC PERSONALITY WHO BROUGHT FRENCH COOKING TO THE AMERICAN MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES IN THE 1950'S.
HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN 18+ BOOKS, NUMEROUS WRITINGS, HIS OWN FOUNDATION AND HIS FOUNDATIONS ANNUAL BEARD AWARDS IN VARIOUS CULINARY GENRES.
HOW I ACQUIRED HIS COPPER MOLD COLLECTION:
JAMES BEARD WAS BORN ON MAY 5TH, 1903 AND DIED ON JANUARY 21ST, 1985.
AFTER MR. BEARDS PASSING, MY MOTHER ATTENDED AN AUCTION OF MR. BEARDS CULINARY ASSETS.
ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 3RD, 1985 AT 'WILLIAM DOYLE GALLERIES' IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
MY MOTHER WAS THE HIGHEST BIDDER ON LOT # 40 AND SHE WON THE LOT OF COPPER MOLDS
(SOME ARE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY). IN THE AUCTION CATALOG WERE DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS OF EACH 'LOT' FOR SALE. PICTURED IN "LOT 40" WERE THE LARGE FISH MOLD, THE 6 MATCHING SMALL MOLDS, I SMALL HEART MOLD, THE BABY FACE MOLD AND 2 OTHER MOLDS (11 TOTAL). ACTUALLY, THE LOT INCLUDED 14 PIECES
(WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING LISTED HERE). ONE OF THE 3 COPPER MOLDS NOT LISTED/PICTURED IN 'LOT 40' FROM THE AUCTIONEER'S CATALOG IS THE SPONGE CAKE MOLD. THIS IS THE MOLD THAT WAS PICTURED (ALONG WITH THE FISH MOLD) ON THE 1979 DECEMBER COVER OF 'BON APPETIT' MAGAZINE. PLEASE SEE PHOTO #12. INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING IS A ROUGH EDITION OF THIS 1979 ISSUE (COVER IS TORN OFF...IT HAS CREASES......BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ACTUAL COMPLETE MAGAZINE WITH THIS LISTING). I HAVE USED AN IMAGE OFF OF THE INTERNET IN PHOTO #12 TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR IMAGE OF THE COVER OF THE MAGAZINE.
IT WAS DURING THIS TIME, I WAS TAKING CULINARY CLASSES AND I BEGAN MY CULINARY EDUCATION AT JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY. THIS 14 PIECE COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY MOTHER TO COMMEMORATE MY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THUS FAR.
THESE COPPER MOLDS WERE OWNED BY MR. JAMES BEARD AND BY MY FAMILY (2 OWNERS).
THIS SET WAS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1985.
34 YEARS LATER....THIS SET IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE 'PUBLIC'
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN OVER 3 DECADES.
***ONE-OF-A-KIND***
AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION AND MIXED EMOTIONS, MY MOTHER AND I HAVE AGREED TO
MAKE THIS 14 PIECE COPPER COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
PROVENANCE:
I HAVE THE ORIGINAL AUCTION GALLERY GUIDE/BOOK (BLACK & WHITE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTO IMAGES OF MR. BEARDS ITEMS THAT WERE TO BE SOLD ON OCTOBER 3, 1985.
I HAVE THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT DATED OCTOBER 3, 1985 ON 'WILLIAM DOYLE GALLERIES' LETTERHEAD
WITH HAND-WRITTEN NOTE FROM CASHIER/SELLER "PAID IN PULL 10/3/85".
THIS SET IS PRICELESS AS IT CANNOT BE COMPARED TO ANYTHING BECASE IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND.
I HAVE A PRICE IN MIND. MAKE ME AN OFFER AND I WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER IT.
THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY LISTING.
NOTE FROM SELLER...PLEASE READ
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