Oct. 6th, 2012 - New Orleans Auction Gallery - CLASSIC Rockmores LOT NUMBER 1371 "No. 4, The Shepherd Boy", oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right "Rockmore '82 December", titled on the reverse, 36" x 24". Presented in a giltwood frame. Exhibited: "Mardi Gras Backstage", Paintings and Sculpture, Sandra... Continue reading

Sunday July 1st 2012 - Rockmores at Neal Auction - New Orleans LA LOT NUMBER 781 - "Léogáne, Haiti", 1983, watercolor, signed, titled and dated "8 Jul.'83" lower right, title label en verso, sight 13 1/2 in. x 19 in., framed. Sold $598 Note from Neal Auction: Léogáne was at... Continue reading

These works are coming up at Auction on Saturday March 24th at Crescent City Auction in New Orleans Louisiana. Deadline for not in person bids is Friday March 23rd at 5PM Central. Please call Adam Lambert at 504-529-5057 if you have questions or wish to place a bid. The Buyers... Continue reading

#1 September 11th, 2011 Neal Auction (4 lots - 8 works) Lot#1012 - 5 works "Blind Singer/Egyptian Figures", "Egyptian Figures/Footprints", "Egyptian Figures/Footprints II", "Egyptian Figures on Grid", "Bird Man on Grid" Estimate $1200-$1800 Top Left:1989 Egyptian Figures Footprints 1 - Lot 1012 Neal 8x11 Top Middle: 1989.3.9 Egyptian Figures on... Continue reading

his sophomore year, in high school, and that’s when he met Carol, and she had been in autocross accident when she was very little, and she was paralyzed, so she was in a wheel chair, and they were in the high school together, and the high school was two stories, and there was no way for her to get upstairs without some kind of help, and so Michael (Mike Stark) became her person that would take her, carry her upstairs, and then take the wheelchair upstairs ……” “And he did all these things for her, because he saw somebody in need, and so, he did that, and he became quite a part of their family and became very close to her. Continue reading

Lot# 476 "Egyptian Eye of Horus", 1989, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, signed and dated upper left, 48 in. x 48 in., unframed Estimate $1200-1800 Facts: This work comes from the the Egyptian series and is large at 48 inches by 48 inches. It has lots of Rockmore's classic... Continue reading

Lot# 1177 "The Last Chicken Henry" 1963, oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed lower left "The Last Chicken Henry, Rockmore, '63, Sept., N.Y.", 58" x 28". Handsomely matted and framed. ESTIMATE 5000 - 8000 Facts: Chicken Henry was without doubt one of Rockmore's favorite Jazz musician subjects. Four of... Continue reading

A funny thing happened on the next part of the journey in that we slipped into a "crossing the state of Texas time warp" where the GPS and MapQuest time to destination no longer worked and by midnight, after 14 hours of road trip and 6 hours still to Marfa, we decided to stay at a Comfort Suites in Fredricksberg Texas (other side of San Antonio). It was here that Rich seemed to become violently ill with some type of gastric virus that he attributed to too much stay awake junk food since nobody else fell ill. Continue reading

As we walked down the road a bit we passed an old building with a mural of a man on the side. Lou stopped in her tracks and said, “That’s my husband Jon, God I miss him.” Jon died almost 40 years ago yet there he was staring down and he and Lou were having a moment. It’s nice to know that a love like theirs...... Continue reading

The event was fabulous and packed to capacity. It was as much a musical performance by the trio of Tom Sancton, Barry Martyn & Fred Lynne as it was a lecture. Tom’s clarinet playing is just as smooth and sweet as it gets, he learned from the best. Barry Martyn is not only a great drummer and singer; he is an entertainer that plays the crowd even while he lectures Continue reading

I realized in that moment that this Saints Super Bowl win was much bigger than football, this was about an underdog city coming back and being cheered on by an entire nation. We truly are America’s team, maybe the worlds, Miracles do happen! Who Dat! Continue reading

Drew Brees saw her chasing the float and passed her a bag of beads from 3 stories up. It almost took her head off but ..... Continue reading

I apologize to Bill and explained that mom and I had discussed not doing that. He smiles and says, “no apology, it would not be your mother if she did not do that, it’s the great part about her, she believes in Rockmore and advocates for him.” ........You learn something new every day – especially not to apologize for your mom if she did not ask you to Continue reading

My most vivid non football memory was of oldest daughter Macy – who had predicted the Saints would win the Super Bowl on her birthday at the start of the season....she was uncontrollably sobbing tears of joy into her hands Continue reading

It is such a nice feeling when someone takes the time to give you feedback based on their real life experience. It is our dream to one day pull off a citywide event similar to Prospect 1 & 2 about Noel Rockmore and his parents. Continue reading

Without doubt, the most interesting and awkward moment of the visit was provided by Noel Rockmore and his large 34X58 inch oil, Leda & the Swan, where it was considered more acceptable to depict a woman in the act of copulation with a swan than with a man. Continue reading

How fun to visit a 92 year old icon, Gypsy Lou Webb, with my 87 year old mom, Shirley Marvin and quaff down a few beers in a totally relaxed atmosphere – assuming you like bikers..... Continue reading

Today we (Shirley, Rich & Tee Marvin) visited Bradley Sumrall and David Houston at the Ogden Museum. Roger Ogden in his initial collection donated to the Ogden Museum several Rockmore Presevation Hall Portraits of Jazz Musicians including the following.... Continue reading

The Trip Mission was originally to try and meet with representatives of all the major Museums in New Orleans and update them visually on the progress of the Noel Rockmore Project. Continue reading

We ended this day with a lovely dinner with one of Rockmore’s New Orleans friends from the mid 60s through the 80’s. This person had just been one of the French Quarterites that lived in the village that was Rockmore’s domain. He had arrived from England and made his way at first as a teacher and then as a writer. He was enthralled and captivated by the Jazz music scene and did a book on George Lewis (jazz musician) which gave us the best insight into Bill Russell (jazz historian and favorite subject of Rockmore). He also did an excellent... Continue reading

The next part of our tour will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Full size breath taking portraits of the German leaders Hitler, Hess, all of the men that inflicted the pain and decimation of so many people …. our people. Continue reading

Who else but Noel Rockmore would have the gumption to do such a thing as secretly change his name on a work owned by his most important collector..... Continue reading

curators are a lot like teachers, librarians and cemetery keepers all in one and they work at a teacher’s pay scale. You just have to love it and believe in it and know that what you do makes a difference for others. Not every job is like that........ Continue reading

I realized that no matter how much in love you are with your soulmate, nobody wants a surviving spouse to mourn forever. Continue reading