Thank you for all of the help here! Fascinating castle with quite the history. I believe the castle is moated in my watercolor. The water just...
I finally found time to clean, reframe, and reglaze an 1876 antique watercolor of a castle by Richard P Leitch. In the process I used archival...
I've never had good luck at thrift shops. Either waste gas or overpay. I know it's possible to do well, but I guess I just don't have the patience.
Yes. Sadly I've been outclassed by a painting! The link also contains images of the related lithographs.
Most of the time I purchase 19th century "2nd line" paintings. A couple weeks ago though I was fortunate enough to win a wonderful oil painting by...
Honestly, this spike is probably worth $2.2m. Hard to overstate the significance of the transcontinental railroad.
And it's not even an antique.... staples! :( :arghh:
Shadow, your painting is most probably ~1890+ (if never reframed). You can tell based on the round nail shanks: Nails as clues to age...
I still find OP's clown less creepy than Journey's "alien" :confused::[IMG] All jest aside (no pun intended)- Antiquefab, I'm no expert however...
Off topic but... JBKing, I suggest checking the acidity of your matting. The bevel appears quite tan in your picture.
When it comes to CL, I always meet in person and pay cash. I've only had great experiences buying and selling there over the past 15 years while...
Fantastic lamp! I would be terrified of accidentally bumping/knocking it over though given the value so would probably sell.
Perhaps ask the seller? He might remember where he purchased it.
Update here 12/19/22: Just finished dry cleaning the watercolor surface. Eraser crumbs lifted up a good deal of brown/grey gunk. Please pardon...
They look so similar to many of today's jeans! Remarkable. 19th-century Levi's jeans found in mine shaft sell for over $87,000 - CNN Style
IMO, the subject looks like something out of "Alien". Different strokes for different folks though!
Tyler, I think your painting is kind of fascinating in a surreal way! Unsettling how the yellow flowers mass together. Then the clean geometric...
If you believe any of your paintings are that old and/or valuable, you really should get a professional appraisal. While it's fairly easy to tell...
I agree. The canvas on verso seems too light for 1776 though. I also can't see any lining. OP, it would be fantastic if you could denote recto...
I thought those black rightward marks were supposed to be lily pads. Now I realize lily pads are supposed to be green... duh
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