Picks from my Ebay Watchlist
First of all, a hearty congratulations to the new owner of the fantastic Guy Pene duBois oil that was on my last list — at 2627, it was a magnificent bargain!
This time, I’ve got a couple more that have hit my appraiser’s sweet spot:
- Walter Krawiec Art Sketch Circus Drawing Horse Clown I have a weak spot for Walter Krawiec, and for that matter, most early 20th century circus artists. Because he is an Illinois artist, I do see his work on a fairly regular basis, and have watched his prices rise over the last 10 or so years, as his appeal is crossover (that is, collected by two different groups: collectors of 20th century American art, and collectors of circus memoribilia). $150 for this piece, which because it is a circus subject is premier for the artist, is very very reasonable.
- Indiana Gyberson- Portrait of a nude – Signed Another artist I have a weakness for. Sigh. Another Illinois artist that I see with regularity. In fact, this is a painting that I’ve seen with regularity over the last five years. It sold at a Chicago auction house in 2004 for a jaw droppingly low $800. I actually was there to watch. Oh, why didn’t I bid?! She re-appeared again in 2005 at a Boston auction house with an estimate of 3-5k, but failed to sell. I’m sure because all of the serious bidders knew from sales records that it had sold for only 800 the previous year. But even so, that was then. Since 2005, Gyberson’s prices have been climbing, bringing a sales record of 11k for a painting of similar size and subject matter last year. It could be that this particular painting has suffered from too much exposure in the art marketplace these last years, but Gyberson is a definite buy.
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