Holiday Sale

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This past Saturday, November 15th, I participated in a holiday sale at a local art gallery where I volunteer. I had a 6 foot table stocked with 82 pieces of my art ranging from photography to digital art to abstract painting and collages including work I did on some 6 inch ceramic flooring tiles I purchased at a recycled building supply store here in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

With a little over an hour left to the sale I had sold 5 pieces which had me feeling pretty good. Then a young man walked up to the table and started looking through the tiles with an energy and a big smile about his face saying, "Wow, I love these! I want to buy them all!" I thanked him and said that they were what I do to relax when I'm bored. He said that I should be bored more often. I laughed.

He had been putting some aside as he looked through the basket. I thought he would then select one from those before he left. He instead bought all seven that he had put aside saying, "I want to buy all of these. Is that OK?" I told him yes, of course. He introduced himself as Brad as he shook my hand and then paid for them at the gallery check out and left.

A little later the gallery manager asked if I knew who he was. I said no and she continued that he was Brad Jones of the Green Bay Packers. So, not only did someone buy a bunch of my art but he's a professional football player. Made my day, week, year. I'm still on a bit of a high because of it.
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