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1980's Bronze Delta Kappa Gamma Golden Rule Award from JC Penney. 8" tall x 8.5" wide at base, solid bronze with a marble base, heavy. Press photo shown is just a copy of something someone else sold previously therefore not included. A bronze flame is the symbol of the JC Penney Golden Rule Award, presented in recognition of outstanding volunteer service to the community. The Award, accompanied by a $1,000 grant to support the volunteer's work, is given to an individual or organization selected by a distinguished panel of civic leaders in a community-wide competition. The Award reflects a tradition of community service at JC Penney that has persisted since James Cash Penney in 1902 opened his first store, called "The Golden Rule." Sculptor Greg Wyatt represents his bronze flame-of-freedom as the spirit of the volunteer's free choice to help a neighbor. Greg Wyatt is an American representational sculptor who works primarily in cast bronze,[1] and is the sculptor-in-residence at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. Wyatt was born in Nyack, New York and raised in Grand View-on-Hudson, New York. His father was William Stanley Wyatt, a painter and professor of fine arts at Columbia University, Rockland Community College and the City College of New York.[1] Greg Wyatt graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History.[1] He also attended the National Academy of Design for three years, where he studied figurative sculpture, and received his certificate in sculpture, and earned a master's degree in Ceramic Arts from Columbia Teachers College in 1974. Wyatt has taught at New York University and at Jersey City State College.[3][4] He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at The American College of the Mediterranean in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is also a member of the Board at Brookgreen Gardens. Wyatt bases his work on the philosophy of "spiritual realism," merging realistic images and abstract masses of form, space and energy. Professor Sir Stanley Wells, a renowned Shakespearian scholar and emeritus chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, says, "I compare Wyatt to Rodin. He's that good."[6] "Wyatt emulates the sculpture of the western world with contemporary vision."[3] His works have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University, and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, among other institutions and collections,[5] and can be seen in more than 20 public spaces in cities from New York to Beijing. Wyatt has made many corporate commissions, including a bronze statue of J.C. Penney founder James Penney which weighs 3 tons and cost $250,000___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for your consideration, our two main goals here are to make every customer happy and prevent returns. We work really hard to show size, condition, weight, and accurately describe our items mostly through our photos. Please look at them. We are extremely picky about what enters our inventory, if it's a contemporary item it will be in like new condition. Older items like Native American jewelry that has been worn for 50+ years is expected to have wear which is considered desirable to most collectors. Fine porcelain, glass will likely be mint unless I describe otherwise. Items deemed fancy I would never offer unless in near mint condition, utilitarian pieces are expected to have wear. We put a lot of effort into curating our inventory, so really cannot typically discount single item purchases. There are so many costs associated with Ebay and when we price it's for our website without factoring in those costs. We do not mark our items up with the intention of marking them down to the first person who comes along and shows interest. I ask you to please realize how destructive returns are to small businesses. It often takes us a very large amount of time to locate sold items, prepare for shipment, etc. That time could be put to better use like taking our kid to the park!!! So if you are the type of person who is considering a return before you have even bought this item, or who returns more than 10% of what you buy I ask that you please consider doing this to someone besides me. We lose way more than shipping both ways on a return, with the time involved it's closer to $50 average loss off each return. Also I cannot count how many times I've deleted my "out of stock" items on the Estate Fresh Austin website as a courtesy to my wholesale customers only to later have the item returned, now we have to rephotograph and list the item all over again. This is a really big deal, I realize eBay tends to encourage returns as they just want the commission and don't care about their sellers working at a negative value. So just because I am offering returns does not mean I encourage them, they should be used as absolute last resort. I tend to do repeat business outside of Ebay, for years and years I deal with people and they never return. It is always a first time customer which makes it that much more horrible as I cannot look at the loss as something that averages out, it's just a stand alone loss. If you read this far I am extremely grateful for your time and thoughtfulness, if you reach out to me and I don't answer or don't seem attentive enough then please reach out again or directly through the website. Thanks so much!!!! Ian

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