Way OT: Any art experts here?

Look for paintings done by Anthony Benedetto

awh

>That's Tony Bennett (yep, the singer) he does oil paintings and watercolors. I gave my mother (huge Tony Bennett fan) one of his paintings as a Christmas present a few years ago. His stuff (originals) sell for $20-30,000 you could buy two of them and you'll have a work done by an artist know well outside of the art circles. His painting tend to be on the smallish size (16x20), here's a sample of his work...

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awh

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I give up. Why do you want to know?

Stephen Roth, Morristown NJ

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Lee Gordon

>I'm not sure if this fits your criteria because it's a screen print rather than a painting and the artist died in 1987 (not exactly recent) but I did spot a 1971 work by Andy Warhol (Electric Chair #82) on line for $40,000. Of course, by '71 Warhol was already a hot commodity so it's possible that piece was pricey when it was forst created.

I did find several currently living artists with paintings created during your timeframe that are now on sale in the $40-50K range. I'm not familiar with any of them so I'd say they are not household names like Warhol but may be worth looking into:

Mikail Chemaiken (US), Raphael Coronel (Mexico), Pierre Alchinsky (Belgium), Ernest Trova (France). I'm not even sure if the countries listed are where the artists are from or the locations of the sellers.

You may also want to call or pay a visit to the Parkerburg Art Center and pick the brain of one of their experts. You might also try contacting an auction house like Sotheby's and see if one of their people can point you in the right direction.


Artprice.com

I don't get it!

Keith Weber

>I could see someone owning a painting worth $50,000 if they bought it for fraction of that price a few decades ago.

I could even see somebody spending that much on a painting if they really liked the art and that's what it cost to own said art (someone with a lot more money than me!)

But, for the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would want to spend $50,000 on art just for the sake of spending $50,000 on art. Is it so that the buyer could outdo a neighbor that spent $25,000 on a piece of art. I just don't get it.

I have a couple of small paintings done by an Italian artist in Rome. I bought them because I liked them, but I'd let them both go for $50K if someone wants to say that they spent $50,000 on art.

Keith

It's a vague request, AJ

Lee Grindinger

>I'm not real clear on what you want, it appears you want a hypothetical and real person with a valauble painting that sold cheaply when they were starting out.

at any rate, Russell chatham is a local boy of note, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Chatham

Here's another, Frida Kahlo. A movie was done about here and the Wikipedia entry will list her lover, Diego Rivera, as another possibility.

Georgia O'Keeffe comes to mind, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe

Well, I'm not sure what you're after, AJ, perhaps some background for a book?

Lee

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mdclor

>Hi!

I watch "Antiques Roadshow" regularly and they will often provide 3 values: 1. Auction, 2. For sale in a shop and 3. for insurance purposes. The value is based on the current value based on recent auctions/sales. I would think you need to check with a local appraiser to get a good answer if I understood your question correctly.

Merle

Because I'm going to steal it

A.J. Hamler

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Re: It's a vague request, AJ

A.J. Hamler

>Lee...

Yeah, kinda vague, which says a lot about why I've had a hard time Googling for what I need. Google doesn't do vague very well.

But, yes, it is for some background detail for a story that I've written. I "rough-in" a lot of stuff when I write fiction so as not to slow myself down, then go back when I'm done and clean up the details. This is one of those details.

Thanks to you and everyone who gave me some pointers, I think I know now what I need.

A.J.

go back to school :)

Joe Piotrowski - Chicago Burb's

>sometimes you have to go to the source. go to a near buy college or high school tell the art directory that you are doing research for a book. I am sure you will get all you need.

check out the head of art museum, auction house etc.

just some ideas

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Gene Gauss

>My father was a sculptor who had several painter colleagues whose stuff is doing pretty well, now that they've been dead for anywhere from 20 to 40 years. Several names that I remember are John R. Grabach, Henry Gasser, Rudy Voelker, Maxwell Simpson. The following website lists some of these namess and many others, but requires that you subscribe to get into some of the more definitive information: www.askart.com. Gene Gauss

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Dan Arrowsmith

>I think the insurance for art works like it does for diamonds ( for example). The item is worth what the market will bear, say $5000. You will then get an appraisd for insurance at double the value, You will then pay the premium on $10000 value. Should the item be stolen, lost or whatever you will get the replacement value of $5000. Neat legal scam that has gone on for years. Works for art too.