王翁舟 Andrew Wang Art Gallery : Hand-Made Greeting Cards

A story about my card: an email from Mr. Gauthier

If you have a moment I would like to tell you a story which can almost be inscribed as a fable.
Your hand-made violin is implicated.
My nephew, Stephen Overbury, now 50 years old, sent me your hand made violin from Three Fishes Gallery.
Stephen (now) is an Fine Art dealer.
I had lost track of his mother who was my sister, since 1962.
Stephen searched for his mother's brother by sending a letter to every "A Gauthier" across Canada starting in Vancouver sometime around 1995.
He finally hit pay dirt by locating me in 1998 in Fredericton New Brunswick.
Wait please, it gets better.
A year later his mother died. Stephen and I corresponded after that for a few years, talked on the phone a few times.
This year, 2004, he decided to fly to Fredericton from Toronto to have supper with me.
Litterally. He arrived at 4:45pm and left the next day at 10:45am the next day.
During this supper, after not knowing of each other for some 45 years, I told him a story of when I was 10 years old.
At that time, my father had brought me to a music store with the intention of buying me a violin, which I held in my hand for about 20 seconds.
He then changed his mind and took me to Eaton's across the street to buy me the equivalent price of hockey equipment - which I never used!
So much for the violin, and I always wondered how my life would have been with it.
It gets better.
This Christmas, Stephen sent me your card with a hand made violin!
And a complete violin with case and instruction book.
I am 70 years old and am going to start violin lessons next Saturday.
Your hand-made violin Christmas card will always remain a cherished memory for me, and I wanted you to know that.

Thank you.

Gauthier
Fredericton NB

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