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<p>[QUOTE="Mugzinnys, post: 380142, member: 228"][ATTACH=full]131210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131219[/ATTACH] 6y [ATTACH=full]131210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131219[/ATTACH] This doll I came across at the flea market while talking to vendor associate. An elderly lady produced a doll in a shadow like wooden box inside she had attached around the body of this doll a wire that was secured in the back to keep the doll position in the box.</p><p><br /></p><p>My major purchase today was a Lee Reynolds astract painting. The signature was easy to read, a google's check confirmed that his painting were actively online in the1500.00 to 2500.00 range. The sun is so hot today and it is only around 10:30.The glare from the sun make it difficult to do any serious research on the phone.The vendor only wanted 18.00 for it okay, why not. its 11:00 and getting hotter by the minute, so I head home. Get home exhausted from the mornings adventue and I just want to flop down on the bed too tire to even remove my shoes. But I gather enough energy to type into my lap top Lee Reynolds. What I discovered was that he was a art teacher and he allowed his students to use the name Lee Reynold on all types of paintings, so there are hundred and hundreds of paintings with the name Lee Reynolds on them. And to top it off when he signed a painting he used the name Lee Burr. So down the drain goes the previous google estimate that I used to justify the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now back to the doll There is nothing in the art world faked more than Chinese artifacts. Now here is this doll it looks older tha Methuselah in these raggedy silk clothes worns and damage looking it beyond life support.</p><p>The vendor askes me if I am interest in selling it for him online. In my mind my "Id" is seeing dollar signs but my "Super-Ego is seeing the the Lee Reynolds painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would appreciate all the input anyone wishes to share on this one.</p><p>Takingpicture in the glaring hot sun was not easy and not reall wanting to handle the doll too much in its delicate condition was not ideal. So I took so image to begin the research on this doll and would have get better ones on another day perhaps a cloudy day.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Need all the help and input and shared knowledge I can get on this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mugzinnys, post: 380142, member: 228"][ATTACH=full]131210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131219[/ATTACH] 6y [ATTACH=full]131210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]131219[/ATTACH] This doll I came across at the flea market while talking to vendor associate. An elderly lady produced a doll in a shadow like wooden box inside she had attached around the body of this doll a wire that was secured in the back to keep the doll position in the box. My major purchase today was a Lee Reynolds astract painting. The signature was easy to read, a google's check confirmed that his painting were actively online in the1500.00 to 2500.00 range. The sun is so hot today and it is only around 10:30.The glare from the sun make it difficult to do any serious research on the phone.The vendor only wanted 18.00 for it okay, why not. its 11:00 and getting hotter by the minute, so I head home. Get home exhausted from the mornings adventue and I just want to flop down on the bed too tire to even remove my shoes. But I gather enough energy to type into my lap top Lee Reynolds. What I discovered was that he was a art teacher and he allowed his students to use the name Lee Reynold on all types of paintings, so there are hundred and hundreds of paintings with the name Lee Reynolds on them. And to top it off when he signed a painting he used the name Lee Burr. So down the drain goes the previous google estimate that I used to justify the purchase. Now back to the doll There is nothing in the art world faked more than Chinese artifacts. Now here is this doll it looks older tha Methuselah in these raggedy silk clothes worns and damage looking it beyond life support. The vendor askes me if I am interest in selling it for him online. In my mind my "Id" is seeing dollar signs but my "Super-Ego is seeing the the Lee Reynolds painting. I would appreciate all the input anyone wishes to share on this one. Takingpicture in the glaring hot sun was not easy and not reall wanting to handle the doll too much in its delicate condition was not ideal. So I took so image to begin the research on this doll and would have get better ones on another day perhaps a cloudy day. Thanks Need all the help and input and shared knowledge I can get on this one.[/QUOTE]
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