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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 10564139, member: 37&quot;]This medium sized oil on canvas is initialed bottom right.&nbsp; Think this is surely factory art.&nbsp; Bought for $5.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530351[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This small original work on paper is signed, <i>Stalter</i>.&nbsp; Unresearched but likely local.&nbsp; Bought for $2.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530356[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This hand tinted photograph is by Maine photographer, Charles Higgins.&nbsp; I particularly like the sticker on back.&nbsp; Bought for $1.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530357[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]530358[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a huge (60&quot; x 40&quot;) factory painting.&nbsp; Has an interesting look with heavy impasto.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t even bother to put a fake signature ... LOL! Bought for $10.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530359[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my best find and a keeper for me.&nbsp; It is by central IL artist Elvin Mauk (1929-2006).&nbsp; I have dealt with a number of his works over the years including about 20 I bought from his estate.&nbsp; I have not kept any until now.&nbsp; It is fairly large oil on canvas and probably one of his earlier abstractions. I had to pay a whole $40.00 for this but did not blink an eye.&nbsp; Apparently others did, as I did not see it until the third day it was in the store.&nbsp; Store employee told me that many people looked at it but did not buy it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I sold several of his abstract works in the $400-$600 range in the past so a no-brainer for me.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]530360[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a large landscape by Georgia artist Bill Turner.&nbsp; This also sat in the same thrift store for over a week.&nbsp; It had a pretty good dent in the canvas that I was able to shrink right back out.&nbsp; I had to touch up the frame from numerous scrapes and chips.&nbsp; I also think that some probably thought this a print or factory art.&nbsp; It is exactly what the artist does, with thin application of paint (maybe airbrush?). Bought for $4.00 with my Senior Day discount. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530361[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a nice framed art nouveau book cover.&nbsp; Framed fairly recently but this old label was attached to the back.&nbsp; Bought for $2.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530362[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]530363[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This medium sized acrylic on canvas is signed only &quot;Rosanne&quot;.&nbsp; Probably student work.&nbsp; Have had this in my room for awhile now and it is growing on me.&nbsp; Maybe Raphael Soyer meets Frankenstein?.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Bought for $5.00.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530364[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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