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Subject:Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: Danny Mon, Apr 10, 2017 IP: 69.113.3.200

I was at an estate sale today that had many extremely valuable antiques. They had many original 19th and 18th century Japanese prints which the woman did not want to sell. This was one of the only art pieces she did want to sell. The condition isn't great, but the piece definitely looks old. Its large also- about 5 feet long. Any ideas on the artist and what a good price for this piece is?


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Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: rat Tue, Apr 11, 2017

this is Japanese, seems to be somewhat damaged, how much is she asking?

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: Danny Wed, Apr 12, 2017

$150 with room for negotiation. Any idea on the name of the artist, or time frame?

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: John R Thu, Apr 13, 2017

Will you gain $150 worth of knowledge
by owning it?

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: rat Fri, Apr 14, 2017

This is the correct answer!

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Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: rat Thu, Apr 13, 2017

price seems quite reasonable, can't read the artist's inscription, assume 20th century to be conservative

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: Danny Sat, Apr 15, 2017

I have plenty of pieces that are of artists of no notoriety. A few old ones from 18th century that I never identified. I like them and all, but I like knowing I made a good investment that might pan out in the future if I decided to sell. The woman who owned these had several original Ukiyo-e prints. She was a famous author though I am not sure who she is exactly. I purchase antiques for a living and am trying to learn more about Asian antiques as I don't know enough about them. I figured that being that she had some very well known prints, that this original painting may have been by someone famous. The way I see it is there are a lot of dealers at estate sales, but the majority are like myself who have very little experience with Asian antiquities. This leaves the market open for someone like myself. It also causes me to make some bad investments along the way.

An example of something in the past. I went to an estate sale and there was tons of art that were in the $2000+ range. In a junk box I found a silver Chinese vase which even in bad condition later sold at auction for around $1000 for a $20 investment. The art I posted here, one of them I liked and was thinking about purchasing. After making a post here I was told that her prices were laughable and they weren't near anywhere near the prices she was asking. Each time I make a post here I learn a little more. I visit this site pretty much every day and skim through the posts with comments to try and learn a little bit. I feel like I have a better eye now than I did 4 years ago when I found this site.

The piece pictured here was not one that I liked for myself. It's not my taste. I was just trying to see if it was a notable artist. The answer to the question would be no I wouldn't gain $150 of knowledge by owning it. I would have $150 very large closet divider.

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: John R Mon, Apr 17, 2017

Danny,
Good to know that you are after more than a
'closet divider'. What type of art would you
proudly hang on a wall as belonging to YOU?
Art that you knew was valuable by monetary standards?, or art that 'spoke' to the essential you?
Name an artist. Let us know what type of art
you truly love.
We have answers.

Subject:Re: Is this old Chinese painting worth the money?
Posted By: Danny Sun, Apr 23, 2017

No, not necessarily art with monetary value. I myself like Japanese battle scenes / warriors / samurai prints and pictures of birds in oriental arts. I like landscapes and nature as well, but not the typical tourist pieces you see so often. I love Aizuri prints, too. A lot of the ones that I have chose to keep have not been worth very much. It just so happens the ones I like are also the ones collectors want. So, when I have the choice between making a fair sum of money, and keeping an original piece, I will usually take the money. The reprints, and ones that are worth less money are usually the ones I keep. I am not a stickler for the necessity of having an 'original' piece. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Katsushika Hokusai,Rakusan Tsuchiya are all artists I like. The above picture I was interested in purchasing if it had resale value. Nothing about it I found aesthetically pleasing I was just inquiring for maybe on the off chance it was someone of esteem.


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