Comments on: Recognizing Value in Paintings: Signatures, Initials, and Unsigned Paintings

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:24:05 +0000

Wow, i felt the same way. Check out this old realistic painting of the New York city landscape. It’s really the most mind blowing paintings I have seen. So I bought it, even though it’s not signed. Yet, the signature might be hidden. Pictures here >> http://ubuntuhost.org/newyork if anyone has any comments they would like to share, feel free to contact me. adammapple@hotmail.com

By: מחשבים

מחשבים — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:40:41 +0000

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By: Tyson

Tyson — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:07:40 +0000

Hey there, I have a question about a large painting I have, I think it’s an oil painting it’s about 5ft tall and 4 ft wide. I believe it’s an oil painting but very textured, I also believe it’s from Ontario but not quite sure, it’s a sad looking painting with characters that resemble picasso type art it took me a while to find the initials but finally found them in the dark bottom of the left hand corner it sais CLA then tapers off and you cant read the rest. The date beside the name is 1989 pictures of a man dying with a stab wound, skeletons flying above, a mom holding an evil child with a evil cat and pointing down a river of lava and fire, I know that sounds very evil but it’s a big nice painting none the less and I need to figure out the artist:) thx for reading my long post hope to hear from you.

By: FM

FM — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:01:59 +0000

You talk of a “serious mistake” but would you have been happy in yourself to give the family a mere $250 when the painting was worth $10,000?

By: john castagno

john castagno — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:55:51 +0000

To Whom It May Concern:

I never used the pyseudonym “CZAKO”. Czako was the name of the cat pictured in my
my 1st volume on American Artists…..the painting of Czako was done by me…….
somehow someone mixed up the names.
PLEASE CORRECT YOUR ERROR.
John Edward Castagno

By: Tricia Barker

Tricia Barker — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:29:08 +0000

I recently have acquired several painting that are approximately 100 years old. Some of the artists are Cushman Parker and Karl Anderson. They wood slat backings. They are extremely old looking, but in decent shape. I don’t know where to start to find the values of approximatley 70 paintings. Please help.

Thank you,

By: beth

beth — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:38:44 +0000

I wonder if they will ever have some sort of over the counter “carbon dating” system that can take place on a chip of the paint?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:24:01 +0000

i have a painting that i have no clue about because i bought my house and it was in the crawl space i was wondering if you could tell me a little about it? its a nature ouil painting and it is signed W. WLK

By: john castagno

john castagno — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:03 +0000

WorthPoint:

I just came across your article, and it is very informative with many important notes.

I like it very much.

And, thank you for your kind comments about my “signature books”.

John Castagno

By: fred connor

fred connor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:45:25 +0000

Hi i read what you have to say about paintings not signed i have two one is of a ship out at sea it is done on glass,i think it is done in water,the other is oil again a ship out at sea i bought this one because i liked it so much the detail was so good it is small not sure of size 12ins across maybe 8ins down the frame is done in heavy gold,i no this not much for you to go on im on holiday at the moment and when i go home i could take photos of them and send them to you.
please oblige
fred connor