New Aspen Art Museum's Gift Shop Goes Upscale
- August 11, 2014 22:34
The $45 million, 33,000-square-foot Shigeru Ban-designed building that houses the new Aspen Art Museum will offer visitors some museum-worthy items in its gift shop.
The non-collecting museum, with its freshly-minted endowment of $27 million, all from private donations, will have more than postcards for sale.
Among the highlights are18ct gold rings from German designer Karl Fritsch ($12,500) and a rubber-and-gold tire swing installation by Aaron Young ($23,000).
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
