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In the August issue of American Art Collector we featured coverage of the Long’s Park Art Festival in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Over the years the show has attracted artists from all over to participate. In anticipation for the show, held over Labor Day weekend, we previewed several of the works that would be available to purchase including James Whitbeck’s still life Tooth of the Lion, titled for the dandelions that are included in the bouquet of flowers.

Upon receiving the August issue of the magazine, a subscriber and collector reached out to purchase the painting. “It was through American Art Collector that the sale was made possible,” says the artist. “He had not seen my work before and so this would be his first piece of mine. He did not visit the show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, so it was via emails we were able to transact the sale.”

The collector’s primary focus is on 1800 through 1950s American impressionism, but told the artist he had “a very unique talent” and that they “loved the painting.”—

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