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I have a desire to find a museum or establishment that would like to acquire this old frame as a loan or donation or purchase.

I feel it needs to be in a public view.

Thank you...

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69"x54"x 6.5"

This is a frame I've had for many years and now I would like to find it's history.

This is what I know:

This was hung at the old Paramount Theater, now the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, in Portland Oregon for many years until the Auction of 1975. I'll explain this famous auction later and I will post the entire catalog on this site, but for now I will say it was a massive auction of all the antiques and antiquities that had been collected by the Paramount over the years.

The catalog description of this frame is as follows;

"Hand carved (carved, not gesso) and gilded palace frame, circa 1840. From a Scloss outside

Vienna Austria. Relatives kept ancestral portrait of royal figure. "

This sold to someone.. probably Marie, the owner of Grandmas restaurant in Beaverton Oregon. This sold at auction for $800 and was one of the most expensive items at the auction. Marie placed a mirror inside the frame and placed it in the entry for over 20 years. When that closed, she moved it to the Rocking Horse, her other restaurant until she closed that and retired in 2002. I purchased it from her and it's been on my wall since.

As facts, that's about all I know...

My goal would be to locate the original painting, reunite the two and place in a museum or some appropriate place. Thank you for your help, Randy