Auction of Original Paul Gauguin Drawing and Peter Teekamp Art Collection plus "Reincarnation for Dummees?" Attracts Hundreds of Curious Visitors
With hundreds of visits during the first five days, original Paul Gauguin art and artist Peter Teekamp's lifetime art collection are attracting a great deal of interest.
(PRWEB via PR Web Direct) May 16,
2005 -- The rare Paul Gauguin
art that has come out of hiding after more than 100 years along with Peter
Teekamp's unpublished book, "Reincarnation for Dummees?" and many other items
have attracted hundreds of visits in the first five days of a 10-day eBay auction.
All of the items in the auction
are part of what Teekamp calls a phenomenal, "stranger than fiction" scenario
that goes like this: By 1978, Teekamp had experienced numerous inexplicable
connections with another artist from another century, Paul Gauguin. As he began
to study the artist, he discovered hidden faces throughout the late artist's
work that no one had noticed in more than 100 years. He decided to write it all
down in a journal, astounded by the one important coincidence that he himself
had been hiding faces in his own artwork years before ever making the discovery.
In 1998, with a growing list of mind-boggling parallels and
coincidences, including the fact that he even looked like Gauguin, Teekamp found
a co-author to help get his biography written – Michelle Moshay.
In 2003,
within days of a January 1st deadline to finish his manuscript, the most amazing
coincidence of all occurred. Teekamp walked into a restaurant and saw a Paul Gauguin print hanging on the wall. Only later did he
learn that the "print" was an original charcoal drawing that had been given as a
gift to the great grandmother of a family living in the Polynesian islands 100
years before. The family had never questioned the identity of the artist.
Teekamp offered his knowledge of Gauguin for free, astounded to be part of its
discovery. After initial discussions of what was involved to authenticate the
drawing the family decided not to wait. They told Teekamp that they would sell
it to anyone that could give them $5,000 and asked if he would like to be the
buyer. After urging them to wait and not wanting to see a potential treasure
sold away to obscurity, Teekamp accepted the offer and purchased the art.
Teekamp's discovery of the drawing only added to the phenomenal connection he
has to the late artist.
In order to provide evidence to one of the most
unusual and astounding cases of synchronicity ever recorded, Teekamp has
combined the sale of the original Paul Gauguin drawing with his own lifetime art
and book collection, plus 50 percent royalties for the first five years on his
yet unpublished true life story, "Reincarnation for Dummees?"
The
auction lasts until Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m. PST. To find the auction, visitors
can search for "Original Paul Gauguin
Drawing" on eBay.
To learn more about Peter Teekamp and the
comparisons to Paul Gauguin the artist, please visit www.peterteekamp.com.
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