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Featured My new painting!

Discussion in 'Art' started by Potteryplease, Apr 7, 2024.

  1. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    The only left to do now is to clean the fly poop & nicotine off w/ q-tips & saliva (the wet cherry on top !). I don't think we've seen many California Impressionist (Monterey) pieces here-nice.
     
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  2. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Yeah-- neither here on antiquers or in our common home state. This one is clearly signed and the store had it correctly labeled, but the price was relatively affordable.
     
    Last edited: Apr 8, 2024
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  3. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    I've read about CA Impressionists taking road trips up the West Coast all the way to Canada,so there's prob a few pieces still hanging in the Portland area.Just takes the right place & time.
     
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  4. smallaxe

    smallaxe Well-Known Member

    Definitely Jackson Lake and part of Grand Tetons. I think that of the different peaks, that is Grand Teton Peak.

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    Last edited: Apr 8, 2024
  5. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Thanks! I was just looking at a map of the Teton Range, and I think you're right: the peak is likely Grand Teton itself.
     
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  6. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Quite a few nice CA impressionist paintings available on ebay. Back when I first started on ebay, you could buy unresearched paintings pretty cheap. I bought several that I was able to identify and correctly relist on ebay for quick profit. Now they are no longer as affordable but there is always a pretty good selection.

    There are over 7K that come up searching CA impressionist in ebay right now......

    CA impressionist in Art for sale | eBay
     
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  7. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a beauty, Brad, well worth it.:happy:
     
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  9. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Nice painting! And a great frame.
     
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  10. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Beauty-color & spontaneity,active piece.Good to see some discriminating pros spending real money on art- aint' the easiest profession (unless yr married to a neurologist).
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ya...I want the frame !! :hungry::hungry:
     
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  12. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

  13. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    In the greater scheme of things, I dont think either of us are spending all that much on art. Big time dealer/collectors are spending multi thousands, not hundreds. I mostly buy cheap/bargain artworks in the hopes of turning a buck here and there. I do buy what I like and occasionally will spring several hundred for something for myself. The painting I just bought will go on my wall. Whether or not it was a bargain, remains to be seen. I can find no real information on the artist, so it is hard to evaluate.

    True story: Back in the early 90s, I had bought a few pieces of art here and there but nothing significant up to that point. I was actively dealing in the arts and crafts period furnishings and attended the Toomey-Treadway auction in Chicago a few times. I also bought their catalogs regularly. They had begun featuring art that fit with the period and most paintings they sold were under $10K. Viewing their catalogs and attending their auctions, I became more interested in art. I had bid on one painting up to $600.00 but was outbid.

    About this same time, I registered with ebay and began buying for inventory. At some point, I turned my focus to all the art that was being offered on ebay. I quickly recognized that there were some quality paintings being offered for far less than what I was seeing at Toomey-Treadway. I decided to become an art collector.

    Not wanting to mix business money with art collecting, I turned to a jar of change I had been collecting for a few years. Taking it to the bank, I netted just over $1200.00 from it. This became the seed money for my art collection. Over the next several months, I managed to buy 20 or so works. From there, I began to sell some of my purchases back on ebay after research and proper listing. I continued to buy and never looked back. While that jar of change became the seed for my art collection, I did eventually add more money and include art purchases among my business finances.

    Today, my collection/inventory numbers more than 300 works of art. I don't really know the exact number. It may well be closer to 500 for all I know. Among those works are a few from that first 20 or so I bought on ebay. I still like and display them after all these years. My focus has changed over the years. I no longer buy much on ebay, nor am I currently selling there. I buy art for pennies on the dollar, with the occasional splurge for myself.
     
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  14. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Fascinating. Would love to see an example of how you display your collection.

    Debora
     
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  15. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Last edited: Apr 10, 2024
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  16. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    I love this story. Thanks for that too.

    I am also "playing with house money" so to speak. I made an initial investment in this hobby of mine, financed by a literal second job I (still) work beyond my regular salary, and I calculate my available funds based on that. It feels great, and is otherwise independent of our household finances. That means I never have to explain or justify that I bought "another one of those" --no matter what the another one is. ;);):D:D
     
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