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In reply to the discussion: Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies in Los Gatos [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)162. Is your Thomas Kinkade Painting About to Increase in Value? (article)
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/04/11/is-your-thomas-kinkade-painting-about-to-increase-in-value/
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"While he was probably the most financially successful artist in the United States, the resale value of his works [is] very, very limited," says Deborah Solon, an art historian who once participated in a symposium on Kinkade at New York University. "Most of what he did was in multiples; there are very few originals. Most were serigraphs or lithographs, and then sometimes he or somebody else would maybe hand color them, he would occasionally add a stroke or two, or he might sign them, but they were limited editions. Anything that's a print, that is done in multiple editions, inherently has less value than an original piece of art."
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"While he was probably the most financially successful artist in the United States, the resale value of his works [is] very, very limited," says Deborah Solon, an art historian who once participated in a symposium on Kinkade at New York University. "Most of what he did was in multiples; there are very few originals. Most were serigraphs or lithographs, and then sometimes he or somebody else would maybe hand color them, he would occasionally add a stroke or two, or he might sign them, but they were limited editions. Anything that's a print, that is done in multiple editions, inherently has less value than an original piece of art."
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Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies in Los Gatos [View all]
UrbScotty
Apr 2012
OP
I don't care what the art critics say. I get a cozy feeling looking at his paintings.
pacalo
Apr 2012
#15
Only a conservative Christian could make millions on paintings that bad.
mistertrickster
Apr 2012
#52
Actually, the Los Gatos police participate in our county homeless collaborative
KamaAina
Apr 2012
#82
Unfortunately, you're already being proved right, CC...his death won't stop the flow...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2012
#104
BS! Of course you can love the work of all of these artists. I love what my baby grandson draws,
juajen
Apr 2012
#158
A more accurate comparison for Kinkade would be Lawrence Welk, not rock and roll of the 50s
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#79
The problem is Welk took great music and ruined it with his horrendous arrangements.
EFerrari
Apr 2012
#107
He certainly had a distinctive style and a knack for marketing. Like Ted deGrazia on steroids.
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#43
2006: Arbitration board awards $860,000 in damages and $1.2 million in fees and expenses to victims.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2012
#55
Middle Aged, Suburban, Republican White Ladies are probably in deep mourning.
FLAprogressive
Apr 2012
#86
His real legacy is that he's changed how commercial art is sold and marketed
OmahaBlueDog
Apr 2012
#102
No, it was not his actual work. The reproductions were cleverly disguised
marions ghost
Apr 2012
#149
1. I went to one of the Kinkade galleries once in the 90's--the line was deliberately blurred
marions ghost
Apr 2012
#150