My $3000 + score! [non audio]

cubdog
cubdog Posts: 835
edited April 2008 in The Clubhouse
I went to a garage sale this morning looking for LPs. My wife spotted an interesting painting. Small measuring about 14 in. square. I used to be in the art business when we lived in Denver so I new it was something nice. The lady running the sale told us there were two more. I bought the three for $15. I came home and started researching. The artist name is Dee Wolff and she is based out of Texas. I talked to a couple of gallery owners, one of whom is showing her work. She told me that the paintings are worth "a few thousand dollars". I'm going to email her pictues to get a more accurate appraisal. And I got 4 lps for $2.

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited April 2008
    Nice score!
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited April 2008
    eh, spot the seller an extra $50.

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2008
    There's also an auction house in Bloomington IL that deals in art work. You can search the IL auction sites and find it, I believe it's Joy Luke or something like that. A friend that deals in antiques has gotten top dollar through them for several paintings she has found at other auctions and garage sales. The commission is pretty steep, but she felt it still worked out for more money for her.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited April 2008
    You lucky SOB ;)
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2008
    And I would keep it on the DL! Several instances in the last few years of sellers not realizing what they had, and when they saw the buyer get big $'s for it they have taken legal action. In several of these the seller has won and gotten a piece of the buyers profits. Welcome to the entitlement generation!
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited April 2008
    I won't be selling them. We have 100 or so pieces in our collection. We've been buying art since the 80s.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited April 2008
    cubdog wrote: »
    I won't be selling them. We have 100 or so pieces in our collection. We've been buying art since the 80s.

    cubdog

    I haven't been buying Art but I got a huge collection of Bills! I'm thinking of starting to collects Bobs and Daves though because I'm told they are cheaper than Bills.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited April 2008
    I love garage sales for this reason exactly!
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited April 2008
    Sounds just like what happened to me last summer. Hit a group yard sale right as it was about to open and saw an interesting old landscape 20"x24" oil painting, without a frame, leaning against the leg of a card table. Picked it up and realized it was fairly "vintage" and well done. Asked the lady what she wanted and she shrugged and said "a dollar". A buddy who also yard sales was standing next to me and he said "hell I'll give you two" so I joked along and gave her two dollars.

    The artist is Margaret J. Patterson who is a listed american artist from the early 1900's. It cost me $1,100 to have it cleaned and re-lined. It is now hanging over my living room mantle. Local art dealer very familiar with her work valued it at $8,000-10,000.

    Sometimes yard sales do pan out. Bought a mint pool cue stick today with a lined hard case for $10. Should be worth about $250 -$350.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2008
    nice deal on those LP's :p

    you bargain hunter you.. ;)
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited April 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    nice deal on those LP's :p

    you bargain hunter you.. ;)

    Thanks, I'd have been happy with just the music anyway.

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited April 2008
    I hate people like you!:D
    I hate hearing those 'barn' stories: "So I go to this estate sale and take a look in the barn, and under this tarp, I find a '67 Shelby Cobra. I ask the old lady what she wants for it, and she says $50.00- HA!!!"
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • dohcmark8
    dohcmark8 Posts: 229
    edited April 2008
    Got my RTA-8T speakers that way. $10 at a garage sale.

    SCORE!!!
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited April 2008
    Time to hit the nearest Antiques Roadshow!
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