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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 158595, member: 23&quot;]Art, like jewelry, furniture, glass or china, is subjective.&nbsp; We may individually like a painting no matter whether it was done by your Grandma&#039;s neighbor or Pablo Picasso.&nbsp; My impression here is that folks posting here are looking for dollar value for paintings to resell.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t use the terms &quot;trained&quot; or &quot;amateur&quot;, though.&nbsp; Some artists whose work sells for high prices were self-taught and some trained artists never get to be famous or wealthy.&nbsp; If you are looking for resale value, then you have to approach it from the perspective of what the market will bear.&nbsp; As good as a piece of art may be to you, if it&#039;s not desirable to buyers, then hang it in your house and don&#039;t worry about the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>So-called &quot;sofa&quot; paintings or &quot;factory&quot; paintings are mass produced for the decorator market.&nbsp; It&#039;s like modern collectibles vs. vintage collectibles.&nbsp; Whenever there is a glut of one item, the value is reduced.&nbsp; As much as you&#039;d want to sell your Franklin Mint Limited Edition print for lots of money, the fact that so many were produced makes them nearly worthless. </p><p><br /></p><p>Factory artists, like the ones in the Chinese town devoted to the industry, are trained, but their work isn&#039;t ever going to be valuable because it&#039;s produced in the thousands.&nbsp; Grandma Moses on the other hand wasn&#039;t trained, but her paintings are worth large sums because there are fewer and each one is an original.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if this answered your question, but it&#039;s one opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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