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By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 08 Mar 24 9:18 PM | 45 view(s)
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An upcoming art auction I'm watching has several Linda Le Kinff paintings, two of which are shown below. As you can see, I actually understated what her works usually go for at auction. The piece we won, however, was six dollars.

Another Le Kinff being sold at this auction, a small (5" x 20") watercolor, has a starting bid of $325. Starting bids aren't the same as selling prices, of course. Art that has a set starting price often fails to get any bid and has to be auctioned several times before it finally sells. But that isn't really my point. I'll watch these two pieces and see if they actually do get any bids. If they do, the bid sure won't be mine! I prefer finding art and jewelry in "miscellaneous" auctions... where the auction houses may not know any more about the things they're selling than I do. Sometimes they know less.

Le Kinff's art reminds me of Tarkay's, except that Tarkay is quite famous since his pieces are often seen at cruise ship auctions and in auctions elsewhere. A huge difference, though, between Tarkay's art and Le Kinff's is that the Tarkay's always seem to be serigraphs, lithographs and prints. (I'm not an artist. To me, these three terms all just synonyms for "mass reproductions.") A given Tarkay painting might have 1,000 copies manufactured and sold this way. The Le Kinffs I've seen, though, are originals... to the best of my understanding. They are priced similarly to Tarkays but are far more collectible, for me anyway. I always prefer original works.



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Re: Tonight's auction...
By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Fri, 01 Mar 24 8:08 AM 		Msg. 50717 of 60008

There were four auctions tonight, and close to 1,000 lots. Reviewing them, deciding what we wanted and "doing our homework" took several hours. It was worth it. We won 23 lots including a signed Le Kinff, below, for (get this) SIX dollars. At auction, her pieces generally sell in the $200 - $300 range. On-line, I'm finding some that are priced in the thousands.

We bought a second piece of art, also for six dollars. I'll post it separately.

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