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119 Gould's estate. "is is telling you what Jon was doing to him. When I found this, I started shaking. I got goose bumps." Meader is part of an auction house more expert in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century ne and decorative art than in a rare leather jacket with the face of Jean-Michel Basquiat painted on the back. Yet, Meader admits the project has become an obsession. "We like anything that is unusual, the best of its craft," says Meader. Whatever he's working on at the moment is his favorite project, he says, as he helps each estate come to life. "What we do here in Amesbury is see if we can take your object and tell a story." e auction house has sold a JFK bomber jacket for $655,500, as well as the slippers of actor Peter Lawford. What he learns from handling these things, says Meader, is that "they're real people, just like us. ey had real lives." In the auction, there were Basquiat painted vases and a rare moment in time captured by Warhol of Gould hanging out with the painter that went for $1,200. Some of the more capti- vating pieces were photographs paired with an object or piece of clothing, such as a close-up black-and-white image of Gould skiing in a pair of goggles, which went for $275. Meader had consulted with Warhol schol- ars on both coasts and carefully paired entries from Warhol's diary with related objects, feeling condent that each auction item had complete provenance. A documentary crew focused on the Warhol diaries also showed for the auction, where they saw a snapshot of Warhol with the family on Easter 1984 at the Gould home in Amesbury, along with a diary entry where Warhol referred to Gould and his twin brother, Jay, as "macho" men. "He was having Easter dinner here a mile down the road and I didn't even know it," says Meader of Warhol's proximity at the time. "Would you believe that this icon of Pop Art, who changed the way we think about art, would be right here?" en there is the poetry from Gould to Warhol, a copy of which would have been included with the newly discovered Warhol piece. In beautiful large print, Gould wrote: Andy — Tonight I Watched you breathe On 57th Street e two Of us waited For the green Light We drifted by e window "Finally, we're seeing things from Jon's standpoint," says Meader, feeling a local kin- ship with the lean and attractive man who left the small town to write for Rolling Stone and Interview magazine and became an executive at Paramount. Gould didn't need Warhol's con- nections. A 1981 Hermès datebook of Gould's Family photos, 1971 Sticky Fingers album with cover design by Andy Warhol, and T-shirt with Rolling Stones logo designed by Jon Pasche. black-and-white image of Gould skiing in a pair of goggles, which went for $275. Meader had consulted with Warhol schol ars on both coasts and carefully paired entries from Warhol's diary with related objects, feeling condent that each auction item had complete provenance. A documentary crew focused on the Warhol diaries also showed Family photos, 1971 Sticky Fingers album with cover design by Andy Warhol, and T-shirt with Rolling Stones logo designed by Jon Pasche.