The Sugar Shack was purchased by hedge fund manager and poker player Bill Perkins, who was delighted with the special painting, saying on Instagram that it was “a childhood dream come true.” The day after Perkins’ purchase, the run on Barnes’ work continued at Christie’s with yet another sale this time, the piece, entitled “Storm Dance”, was purchased for $2.34 million, again rocketing past previous estimates of $100,000 to $150,000, a spokesperson for the auction house said. However, there is, perhaps, an even more culturally significant reason for the painting’s record-breaking sale at Christie’s-an increasingly strong market for artists of color, which could signal, as Kaplan suggests, “a real validation” for these often woefully underrepresented creators, a way to “ light on incredible and undervalued artists.” Many experts speculate that the high price tag garnered for The Sugar Shack could be due to a variety of factors, as Emily Kaplan, co-head of the 20th century evening sale at Christie’s, said in a statement, “ was really part of the cultural consciousness in a way that no other Ernie Barnes painting was.” She notes that this is perhaps due to a new recognition and appreciation for the paintings, recently featured in an exhibition at the California African American Museum. This is the first time that Barnes’ 1976 work has ever been on display at an evening sale, but not the first time one of his works has sold at Christie’s for a price well above estimate-last November, Ballroom Soul, a similar piece, sold at Christie’s for $550,000, at the time a record-breaker of its own. It is with great reverence, joy and sadness that I bid him a last farewell.Warhol’s famous painting recently sold for a record-breaking $195 million, but Barnes’ painting set a record of its own-selling at a staggering $15.2 million, approximately 76 times its high estimate, according to USA Today. Jack was a pioneer in many aspects of his life, and I am truly fortunate and honored to have lived part of my life alongside of him. Again, Jack was with me during this magical and transformational experience. It was there that we both learned about, and tried, Psilocybe cubensis. Mostly though it was Jack and I who attended mushroom gatherings in Telluride.
Once in a while Jack and I would bring along someone else to join us: a romantic partner, a friend, a sibling, even a young child. Andrew Weil, Sasha and Ann Shulgin, and so many more! Over the years we heard the most amazing (and often crazy sounding) ideas from Paul Stamets, Rick Doblin, Terence McKenna, Gary Lincoff, John Sir Jesse, Dr. Though, more than the wild mushrooms, it was returning Fungophiles, and the amazing, groundbreaking lectures that kept us coming back. We found Boletus edulis, chanterelles, Hydnum imbricatum, Amanita muscaria, and so many more that first year. We both fell in love - with the town, the people, and naturally the mushrooms. It was 1988 when he flew us in a private, chartered Cessna prop plane into the infamous Telluride airfield for the Wild Mushrooms Telluride conference for the first time. Jack Peters came to discover the magic of mushroom hunting relatively late, when he was in his 50s.
Jack, his daughter Pamela and granddaughter in the packĭr.
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