EAST DENNIS, MASS. — For this year’s edition of its Annual Women in the Arts Auction benefitting We Can, a local nonprofit founded to empower women, Eldred’s offered 170 lots by female artists predominantly from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries on March 18. Making quite an impression on bidders was an octagonal sailor’s valentine crafted by Sandy Moran (Massachusetts, 1944-2020). Framed within the wooden shadowbox frame was a small Nantucket basket with an overflowing bouquet of flowers. The flowers, along with the many that made up the background, were all made from meticulously arranged shells. Signed faintly to the reverse, the 9-by-9-inch valentine blossomed well beyond its $600/900 estimate to achieve the sale-high price of $14,080, including buyer’s premium. An upcoming issue will feature greater coverage of the sale.
