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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 239110, member: 25&quot;]It is ALMOST always true that a signature on a painting is of no use whatsoever. Almost every painting you will encounter in everyday life is by some unknown artist and of the relatively few known ones, many are &#039;bears signature&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The acid test is quality. Does the painting have something more than its obvious parts. Learning to evaluate works of art does not really involve signatures at all. You learn&nbsp; the &#039;&#039;look&#039; of a region and a period. </p><p>To give a familiar example, consider the motor car. Probably a very large number of people could distinguish the period and region of a selction of photos of cars without thinking of themselves as an auto expert. It is just something you are familiar with.</p><p>Usually the signature is the last thing a picture appraiser looks at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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