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Page 30 The Antique Shoppe October, 2017
Original Rockwell “Print” Sells for $1.6 M

DALLAS - A Texas family recently discovered that their his nephew examined the piece and noticed brush strokes.
Norman Rockwell work of was an authentic painting. The "We always thought it was a print, but we hung it over our
painting, thought by the family to be a print sold the work at fireplace because it was signed by Norman Rockwell to Beans
auction for $1.6 million, Heritage Auctions. Reardon," Gene Sprinkle told Reuters.
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The painting, an original study for the work called "Tough Sprinkle, a 74-year-old retiree, said he agreed to let his
Call," shows three umpires pondering whether to halt a nephew contact Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which
game as raindrops begin to fall, became one of the best- determined it was an original oil, painted as a study for the
known Rockwell illustrations after being published on the final version.
cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1949. "Sandra and her grandfather were very close," Sprinkle
Rockwell gave a signed copy to John "Beans" Reardon, a said. "Whenever people came to our house to visit, she
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baseball umpire featured prominently in the work. Sandra was always proud to show it off and tell them about her
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Sprinkle, Reardon's granddaughter, later inherited the piece grandfather."
and hung it in her Dallas home for about a decade. The buyer has asked to remain anonymous, according to
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After her death in 2015, her husband Gene sold the Heritage officials.
couple's home and moved to a retirement community, where

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