$5,750
late 19th/early 20th century comprising six examples seated atop a mushroom or a tree stump and one reclining example smoking a pipe, together with a terra cotta mushroom and a deck of cards, the mushroom with an applied metal Original Heissner Weather Germany tag, six of the seven gnomes with horizontal imprinted ovals to the reverse. Height of tallest 23 inches. Property from the Kiran Stordalen Trust, Osceola, Wisconsin About Kiran Stordalen and Horst M. Rechelbacher: A pioneer in plant-based personal care and aromatherapy, Horst M. Rechelbacher was a committed environmentalist who changed the world of beauty. As a dynamic entrepreneur, he excelled in several lifetimes of pursuits including artist, organic farmer, author, speaker and passionate collector. Born during WWII in Klagenfurt, Austria, Horst worked from the age of 14 in a small neighborhood salon. Undiagnosed dyslexia pushed him to become a creative thinker with a unique perspective for problem solving, leading him to become a hairdresser's apprentice. Throughout the 1950s he won countless Junior Hairdressing Championships in Europe, followed by international awards that brought him to New York, Chicago and Minneapolis in his early twenties. After a traumatic car accident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Horst opened a salon to pay accrued hospital bills. One salon soon became three. In tandem, Horst saw the opportunity to educate stylists on the skill and artistry of hairdressing and the importance of customer servic Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-04-12
