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Article: Arts: Valuable pictures slashed With discounted Hockneys, Dalis and Epsteins, Tag Sales offer an inexpensive entry to buying art.
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1999
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Michael Roosen first dreamed up the idea of a Tag Sale in 1995.
His inspiration came from the practice during the Depression in the
American Midwest of selling off heirlooms; in the absence of an
auctioneer, a price-tag was simply attached to each possession.
Hence the name - but Roosen has added a spin to it.
Among the many occupations on his curriculum vitae - textiles,
advertising, industrial development in the US, complementary medicine
- Roosen also worked for six years as sales director at the David
Messum Gallery in London's Cork Street. Having seen that street
ravaged during and after the recession, he approached several
galleries to ask if they would be receptive to relinquishing ...
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Article: CHURCH TO HOLD BENEFIT TAG SALE TODAY, SATURDAY.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);
April 30, 2004 ;
33 words
...The Auburn Unitarian-Universalist Church will hold a tag sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday. After 2 p.m. Saturday, all items will be half-price. Proceeds will benefit the church's scholarship program.
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