Yep, that's the plan, invisible, it may not work with this collection though.
By the time this sale rolls around this Jan, every person on the planet who can read will be aware of it. Another factor is, Lisa Minardi has a book in the works on this collection and had been visiting along with photographer Gavin Ashworth, at his farm Rocky Hill. It would not surprise me if this book hits the stores this fall.
"Most of the photography was completed at Rocky Hill, but Minardi must track down pieces that left the collection for other prestigious assemblages."
. . "Minardi, now executive director of Historic Trappe, had been du Pont’s curatorial advisor for many years.
“I first met Bill in 2004, when I started in the Winterthur M.A. program." “Unbeknownst to me when I first met him, Bill had long been planning to do a book on his collection. In 2008 he shared this idea with me—then he stunned me when he said that he wanted me to write it! As a young Winterthur curator, I found it hard to believe that he really wanted me to be the author. But he was indeed serious and reminded me often about the project. Work finally got underway three years ago as Bill approached his eightieth birthday. Working together with photographer Gavin Ashworth, we set up a photo studio in Bill’s living room at Rocky Hill and got to work. While Gavin photographed, I dusted, measured, and took notes on hundreds of objects. Bill helped us move furniture in and out of the set, polished all of the silver, and along the way shared the most amazing stories from a lifetime of collecting. It was truly a team effort. The book is Bill’s legacy, and I very much hope to complete the project for him and for everyone in the Americana field.”
