Featured Finds Thread

Thank you so much !

 

Very glad with this Boch XXL cup and saucer!

 

It's most satisfying to find something for a personal collection... and something that you have been seeking!

 

First: YES, I have significant concerns about authenticity.
Second: If, and only if, these turn out to be "real," I'll stop grousing about the quality of thrift in this area of sunny Florida.

Found two prints: 1) definitely signed, but signature is so faint, I didn't even realize it was there at first; 2) unknown if it's signed, afraid I'll have to take it out of it's frame (this is the one, that if real, has been badly treated by the Florida sun -- the colors are just not right).

#1 (the "signed" one) is Kandinsky's Violett and #2 is Victor Vasarely's Ionau.

If they're not "real" it's okay, I'll still enjoy them in my office (total price $24).

 

Quixote?

 

I had not thought of it that way, but now it's all I see.

 

And the Vasarely is unsigned... well, that's not exactly true -- the "inside" is signed.

 

Large, beautiful Don Hong Oai photograph - inscribed, numbered on back. Got lucky today.

 

And the Kandinsky goes down. There were three issues that concerned me right from the beginning: brightness of paper (this was the biggest one), the fact that it's a print on impressed paper, and the faintness of the pencil signature.

Today I took ultra close-ups of the pencil signature and pencil numbering. When I got the images on my giant computer screen, what did I see?

Dots. When I put the sig and numbering under a microscope what did I see? Very clear, very separate dots... to be specific: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black dots.

I wish I could take a pic to demonstrate what the microscope sees, but I do not have the technology.

 

Being too lazy to look, is there a Wanted thread for those items sought to complete a set of something?

 

Yep, 4-color process

 

Thank you for showing close-ups, Jivvy, sorry it wasn't what we hoped for. But good for a learning tool for some folks here. Myself included!

So to be clear, a serigraph would not have dots like that?

Hope the Vasarely turns out to be good -- looks promising with that insert.

 

There is a Wanted forum in the bottom section, I believe. It's intended for anything somebody is seeking. I don't recall a thread anywhere else.

 

Thanks, will check it out. I need one more cameo to complete a set of 12. Only one I have seen is too poorly done for me to part with the $300+ being asked for it. Next question: does anyone ever look at that thread?

 

A serigraph/silkscreen would not have dots.

But that was not my concern here, I knew it was not a serigraph. I knew the main art had dots. The issue here is that the "pencil" signature has dots.

Meaning, not a pencil signature at all.

Sadly, on the Vasarely, the gallery invitation was not an insert -- it was the piece of art!

 

I do look at it, but haven't been able to help anybody yet.

 

Wednesdays have been a waste of gas all year. These were a buck a piece today.
Bones

29 grams

 

how do you get 29 grams of 14k...for 100 pennies.........??

 

Saint Jude and Joachim Piccolomini in one case. First time I have run across two in one.