Goodwill art find!

[RvW]

No, I didnt find a lost Renior worth millions of dollars.

But I stop in goodwill stores and thrift stores all the time looking for hidden treasures.

Scored today.

Two prints caught me eye due to the high quality identical beachwood/aluminum frames 34x22

I quickly snatched them up and took them to the counter.
continued browsing and left in a hurry to research the prints online.

Both were sold in 1999 indiviually by Dayton Hudson and there are four in the series. They are vintage european advertising reproductions from the 1920 to 1940 era by highly regarded artists Marcello Dudovich, and Leonedo Capiello. Thier advertising artwork was commonly seen on European billboards.

The first of the two is now being sold in limited quantities as framed posters at a price of.....$365!

The second....$200!













I paid a total of $9.98 For the two, in mint condition with very fine quality sealed beachwood and aluminum trimmed frames by Dayton Hudson. Woohoo!

I guess I should add that the "Florio" is an advertisement for a liquor known as Marsala. Which coincidently there were many bottles of in my grandmothers kitchen cabinet used for cooking.

I have not found what the second print is advertising, still looking.

[baltz526]

good score, my walls are full of original paintings, some real nice ones found the same way.

[garyk]

Good deal...Antiques Road Show here you come!

A friend scored an original watercolor on the last day of the BIG Catlin Gable garage sale at the Expo Center. Paid $15 and his research seems to indicate a FMV of $300 - $500.

BTW, the second print...isn't it advertising Revel umbrellas?

[TundraIII]

My wife is addicted to Goodwill...the one on TV Highway in Hillsboro. Everything they sell at that location is dumped into these huge bins...all mixed together. It's like a treasure hunt and everything is sold by the pound with price breaks at certain poundages. You would not believe what she comes home with. It is an absolute madhouse in there when they bring in freshly loaded bins. It's not uncommon to hear people yelling and scrambling to search the bins as soon as they are brought out. There are several people at this location who work all day picking thru the bins and then they sell the items on EBAY.

[Norski]

If you remember the Blues Brothers, they in one of there skits, wore Derby hats, well some how my nephew ended up with the too, one sign, and when we cleaned up and moved, they some how went to Goodwill-----DANG IT, I was going to save them and pay for someones college.
I can't blame anyone but my self, went back to retrieve, and YEP---GONE.
The sign one was John Blushi.