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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;judy, post: 343263, member: 965&quot;]Mikey.....I have not heard of your artist, but I agree with Johnny that Texas bluebonnets are quite desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have my own story about a Texas bluebonnet painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the opportunity to buy a estate which contained many many pictures....mostly paintings. In fact I&#039;m unsure now if there were any prints.</p><p><br /></p><p>One picture stuck out amongst all the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a small painting......mostly blue in color.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could not read the artist signature. So I brought it to my shop and hung it one the wall looking for help.</p><p><br /></p><p>A friend was able to read the name......Julian Onderdonk!!! Look that up!</p><p><br /></p><p>I googled and found him to be very desirable</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t believe the prices I was seeing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I kept it for about 10 years and enjoyed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally after talking it over with my daughter, I decided to submit it to Skinner&#039;s (AR). I brought it to them (about 30 miles from me) and it was estimated to bring between 10,000 to 15,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was small...I forget the dimensions, and it needed restoration,</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, my little Texas Bluebonnets realized a price of $70,000 at Skinner&#039;s. That was about 6 years ago. It enabled me to buy a new van....my old one was 15 years old and needing more and more repairs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would defintely look into your pieces before you just decide to list on eBay.....</p><p><br /></p><p>If I can bring up my painting, I&#039;ll post it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to be able to bring it up in the past just for fun, and just did try to post it here, but my particular painting is not showing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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