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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 825661, member: 84&quot;]I won some paintings in a online estate auction which I didn&#039;t expect to win (the winning bid for all was only $27!) - and I need help identifying 2 &amp; help with deciding if a third is worth saving?</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking the last first - because the artist&#039;s name on that one &amp; the actual beauty of the painting is why I bid at all - is a <u>Beautiful</u> mid century(?) portrait of a young girl signed Cortes that has a small hole in it - is it worth repairing?</p><p><br /></p><p>The next one I need help with is a portrait (I think; may be just a figment of artist&#039;s mind?) of a lady - can anyone make out the artist&#039;s name or know who it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the third one is the best - I think - it is of some Mediterranean(?) boys - two are playing dice (1 has a shoe with no sole!), while another is eating something as a puppy stares longingly at him.</p><p>I have 2 questions on it - I thought it was also a oil on canvas when I felt it, but when I turned it around it looks like foam board! Would it have been painted on foam board (which means it&#039;s not as old as the others)? And this one is not signed that I could find - is this one factory art?! (note: it IS a painting; you can feel it easily enough - would someone paint a whole foam board as a base to paint a painting on?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help (and thoughts) would be greatly appreciated</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I also got 2 smaller paintings in the deal of smart young ladies that are signed Cantelli &#039;71 - but my camera&#039;s batteries died so I will post those later!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]193331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]193340[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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