[sphinx]

If you buy a couple of my most exclusive, limited edition prints (only 100,000 prints will be made!!!) for $800 apiece

I think the limited edition artwork business is a gimmick, but what do I know? There it is. Sculptors have done it forever; so have painters. I don't see any reason to pick on Kinkade for playing the game.

I'm not a Kinkade fan, btw; if I were going to buy limited edition prints, I'd lean towards Don Troiani's Civil War stuff. Now that's great art.

[AnAmericanMother]

Kinkade's not playing the game honestly.

He doesn't even SIGN the so-called "limited edition" prints - he just puts his hand on the stack, so he can claim he "personally touched" them.

Troiani is a pretty good "Civil War Artist", but he has occasional problems with horse anatomy - especially the legs.

Look at Stonewall's horse's hind legs - badly out of drawing. (I'm an authority in that area, because I have groomed more square inches of horse hide than Troiani has painted.)

That said, he is one of the better modern painters in that line.

But Winslow Homer still stands alone as the greatest Civil War artist of all time.

I would rather have a quality reproduction of a Homer painting than all the Troianis in the world.

[hellinahandcart]

I think the limited edition artwork business is a gimmick, but what do I know?

Hey, I'll contribute to knowledge pool here. Might save some people a dollar or two.

If the edition size is over 250, the edition is not really "limited" in any meaningful sense.

If the edition is over 1000, you may as well consider it a "limitless edition" as far as resale value goes. The chances of your grandchildren ever reselling it for more than you paid are right around zero, no matter what the salesperson tells you.

Also, anyone who's financially healthy enough to pay $800 for a glorified poster with a signature is in a position to buy originals (which includes real prints from real printmakers. It's not all a gimmick).