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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 573781, member: 78&quot;]Hi,</p><p>&nbsp; I have seen some incredible factory art as well as some trash. There was an art framing store that closed down here several years ago. At their sale I saw hundreds of flat paintings that were not framed yet. Some of them were Just Drop Dead Gorgeous. Most of them just so so or even ugly. Three of them were British nobleman types. They were oval and about three feet high and wide. I could not take my eyes off of them. At 100 dollars each they were stunning. I ended up buying one and buying a frame for it for 50 dollars. I took it home and realized that I did not have room for it anywhere.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /> I ended up hanging it in the garage. A year later I had a small yard sale. Mostly glass and some silver. A man came to the sale and noticed the painting in the garage. He asked the price and I informed him it was not for sale just because I could not find room for it. I saw him take a quick snapshot with his phone. The next day he comes back and offers me 750 dollars for the portrait. I thought this guy is an idiot. He then upped the price to 1000 bucks I agreed to sell it to him. A month later I was in a antique store in Pt Pleasant (nearby town) and there was my portrait hanging on the wall. The card under the painting said it was an 18 century English gentleman. Price was 8 thousand. I was almost in stitches.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> A week later the portrait was SOLD. So much for &quot;factory art&quot;.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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