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Article: Rinker on Collectibles
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- Antiques & Collecting Magazine
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- November 1, 2009
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Q I own Moss Landing, a signed and numbered print by Virgil Thrasher. I cannot seem to find anything out about the artist or the value of his works. Can you help?
LH, Markleville, IN, E-mail
A VIRGIL THRASHER was born in Sacramento, California in 1943. He is a self-taught artist. He exhibited for the first time in 1963 in Monterrey, California and has shown in numerous California galleries since that time. A listing on Craigslist notes: "Mr. Thrasher is a California artist that combines art painted on glass scenic background to give a neat dimensional effect." This may have been a very early, starving artist "boardwalk" piece.
Several auction references to Thrasher ...