I’m an art historian by education and have worked as a consultant to private parties seeking to buy art works.
I alway tell my clients to buy art that they love rather than what they think will be an investment.
Buying for investment purposes sounds good in general, but the reality is having to pass by something daily that you may come to hate. Buy what you love.
That said, I always told them that they should buy the best that an artist produced. Whenever someone insisted on buying Kinkade, I tried to direct them to his early work in oils, as that is considered his best work. If nothing was available on the market at that time, I would suggest Maxfield Parrish.
Never, never, never buy something called a ‘collectible’ anything! It is a waste of you money and has little to no resale value.
I alway tell my clients to buy art that they love rather than what they think will be an investment.
He would never have been invited to membership in this group.
***Never, never, never buy something called a collectible anything!***
I wish I could get that through my wife’s head about her “collectable” dolls.
Several years ago a man I worked with wanted me to do a copy of a Kinkade painting for his wife. Less than half way through I begged off claiming “copyright” laws prevented me from doing it. Actually I could not stand to look at the painting.