Sometimes a maker's mark is etched very lightly and small, dead center on the top surface. Letting glare play over that area sometimes helps in...
Do you have provenance? I think the celebrity connection should enhance the value. I found an auction result online that looks very like this belt.
I wonder why, with all the portraits of mid-19th century women, this one in particular 'caught on'.
After it took months for a different envelope to be delivered, shipping time is a consideration.
@KingofThings: did you ever receive those Ecuador stamps?
I think this will mostly demonstrate why I don't offer more stuff for giveaway (I certainly have enough). Whoever wants these will have to pay...
They were variations on the theme (as opposed to copies), and the original was by Delacroix. I wonder if the series of paintings that he did...
Lloyd, if I had $50 million, I would bet you that much that your chair is not by Picasso. Why would Picasso copy one of his own paintings onto a...
Looks like a print to me. The surface texturing doesn't seem to have anything to do with the application of color.
On the first, you might check Fratelli Toso clam shell bowl. I had one that had 2 polished flats, one so it would stand as yours does, and...
This picture just looked familiar to me. I figured based on a Renaissance painting, but I couldn't put a finger on it. Then, today, I was...
Audubon used this type of paper (among others) for some of his paintings. A little bit of reading says the name shows up with different dates (or...
Gotta find a granite slab for the top.
Call it naive. Looks like a souvenir picture to me. The thing is that if someone is painting and selling souvenir pictures, can you call them...
I wish I'd bought it for $10.
I don't think it's a bad painting. It looks commercial quality to me. The artist was confident in laying down the color. Has a mid-century look...
I had this similar piece that was Imperial and had an iron cross mark. It was stretch glass, but the texture was extremely fine. [ATTACH]...
I'm indifferent to the flower, but I do like the dragon. Hoffman. See here:...
I like the encaustic.
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