We started out at a church thrift sale, and I bought these two prints. Excuse my awful photography. This is Ruth and Naomi, and according to a seller on ebay, they're textured. They really do stand out. They're asking $285, I paid $3. This ship isn't textured. But, in person it looks textured. I have to remove it from the frame and really check it out. It almost shimmers to me. It was $2. This one is sad. This has been in a thrift store for almost a year. Every time we go, it's just moved from one place to another. Because it's an actual drawing, they were asking a price that's unreasonable unless you personally knew the woman. Today it was no longer in the main store. It was in the bargain basement for 50 cents. She'll go in a portfolio. She's a pretty woman. I LOVE Michael Parkes art. It's way out of my price range. Even his posters are expensive. We were going to our last thrift store, and sitting on the floor for everyone to see was this print of Desert Lotus. This sucker is big, matted it's 41.5" x 26". At first I thought it was a limited edition print. I didn't think he did open editions. This is more than likely an open edition. The cashier was sad to see it go. It had been there 3 days (how blind are people), and she was considering buying it. When you pay $12 for something like this framed, you've had a good day. The glass for this would be more than that.
The top three are coming out of their frames, and being put in an acid free portfolio.The top one's mat and frame will be in the trash tonight. The top two probably came out of someone's garage, where they'd been for years.
when u pop the 1st one out, please take a new photo of it. It may be interesting to others to see what goes on , under the mat...!
Or if anything is left under the mat. I had one that was in a family attic a little too long. When i took it out the matte crumbled and the edges had been eaten by the acid. I found a contemporary small version of a Toulouse-Lautrec at an estate sale once, but at the thifts here you're lucky to find a decent usable frame.
The mess is the mat. The print is actually in very nice shape. However, it is glued firmly to the mat. It could be cut along the edge, and re-matted. This one is pretty cool. It's a Travelers Insurance Calendar topper from 1928 I didn't look at the back of the ship framed. This was the backing board. It's supposedly a Decorative Print from the late 1800s or early 1900s. The extras were used as back boards.
