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Grasswire2

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4. good story, thanks!

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2019, 05:00 PM

Aug 2019

It's a real thrill when you score big. My best score was a piece of sheet music that I bought for $12, hung it on my wall for ten years or so, and then sold it for $1200. That paid for my son's first computer.

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A little over a year ago I scored at a local auction house here in Los Angeles [View all] TeamPooka Aug 2019 OP

I'm glad for your wife. 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #1

She's happy. It's her fave piece in the house. She is very tolerant of my art mania. :) TeamPooka Aug 2019 #6

We have several woodblock prints that we ... 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #7

good. those are a solid "hold onto" area of art right now. TeamPooka Aug 2019 #9

Who's the artist?? Vinca Aug 2019 #2

I can never read the safeinOhio Aug 2019 #3

They sell volumes of artist signatures for identification. They charge an arm and a leg for them too TeamPooka Aug 2019 #10

good story, thanks! Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #4

I envy people with a good eye for art wyldwolf Aug 2019 #5

It has taken a long time to learn and I only know a few areas that I like and specialize in well. TeamPooka Aug 2019 #8