First of all, did you know that his "limited editions" are split up from runs that total 10,000 or more? They are then split up into smaller groups and arbitrarily assigned prices ranging from about $700 to several thousand dollars. They are machine-signed, and never touched by the "artist". In other words, your reproduction is worth just as much as one that someone else originally paid even less for. Wanna real shock? go to e-bay and see how many people are getting their asking price for their Kinkades at this level.
There are other artists who do this romantic genre well. If you like this style, you can purchase an actual original for the price you paid for this mass-produced reproduction. You can find them at your local (or regional) art shows or galleries, and they will be much more appreciative of your purchase than will Mr. Kinkade. In addition, you will have an original with the artist's heart and soul in it.
You would have been better off buying the cans, because now you'd be a millionaire and you could buy real art.
That's what gets me. People paying four figures for a pretend "limited edition "print of a work that can be outshined by your typical local artist's work. And at 1/10th the price.
I mean, some of Kinkade's pics aren't awful and the colors don't make me puke. But I bet there is someone in every neighborhood in America that can do as good or better.
But noooo, for some, it's either overpriced Kinkade schlock or tin cans.
I'm already a millionaire. But art is to be appreciated for its aesthetics. Pictures of soup cans are expensive junk.