Author Topic: Hidden Treasures!!!  (Read 6150 times)

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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2013, 07:03:28 pm »
And so is everyone else.....good luck...just watch out for those little piggies.... ;D
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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2013, 07:09:09 pm »
These are deffenetly not prints! no way of that ! but maybe they are painted reproductions or something?

Well their $2,000 carved ivory lion looks like resin and the scent / snuff bottles they claim are c1900 are nowhere near that old.

This would cost about £10 in the UK at the most. It was made nowhere near 1850
http://samuelnathan.com/snuff-bottles/snuff-bottle-circa-1850-1

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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #32 on: April 08, 2013, 07:34:52 pm »
well maybe they are like this one hahahahah!!    http://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/839_Behold_the_worlds_most_expensive_snuff_bottle         Dont crush my hope )-=

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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #33 on: April 08, 2013, 08:11:20 pm »
Those are Giclee prints !!  Everything is reproduced identical to the original canvas right down to the brush strokes !! 

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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #34 on: April 08, 2013, 08:37:38 pm »
mart, I was waiting for your comment!  ;D Or is that haha these days! ;D
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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #35 on: April 08, 2013, 08:39:40 pm »
Ok Mart I think you are correct! well I guess thats still pretty cool.! But my dreams of making a quick buck are over. Well at least they look nice!

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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #36 on: April 09, 2013, 05:10:30 am »
"But my dreams of making a quick buck are over"

That seems to happen to alot of people on this site. Oh well.....better to know than not know! ;)
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Re: Hidden Treasures!!!
« Reply #37 on: April 09, 2013, 07:44:38 am »
Ok Mart I think you are correct! well I guess thats still pretty cool.! But my dreams of making a quick buck are over. Well at least they look nice!

Problem with his giclee prints is that after he died the secondary market went haywire !! And the printmakers that owned licenses to reproduce his work started printing like crazy before the estate took over !!

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« Reply #38 on: April 09, 2013, 09:04:03 am »
Ok Mart I think you are correct! well I guess thats still pretty cool.! But my dreams of making a quick buck are over. Well at least they look nice!
It was a pleasant dream,while it lasted....mind you..i think many of us have been in the same position....I know i have.....I even went as far as spending the money that i thought i was going to get...long before..i found out that my "valuable"antique...was in fact a fake...and it did,nt even make enough to cover what i paid for it....but as i,d only paid £25..in the first place..the loss was easier to swallow...gulp!! ;D
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