Antique Oil Painting landscape signed by Gerasco 24x48

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You are bidding on an antique oil painting of a landscape signed by the artist, A. Gerasco. This lovely landsape is set on a river bank including bushes, trees, 8 figures, 2 buildings in the distance, and a mountain range further in the distance. The canvas measures 48'' x 24'' I bought this painting from a man, Michael Buccola, who was selling the contents of his deceased father's estate. He was 55 years old, so I am assuming the father was at least in his 70's. Supposedly the father (Annthony A. Buccola) was a collector of art. I believe this could possibly be over 100 years old. The canvas from the back is dark yellow/light brown in color. It is definitely aged as the items that would normally be white in a newer painting (such as the clouds) are yellowed. The canvas is extremely extremely dry and delicate. If you were to push on the canvas ever so slightly with your finger you would definitely tear the painting. I believe the painting was originally stretched on something else because of the crude way the stretchers are stampled together at the corners. They don't seem to join at the seams as they should. Also the lengthwise stretchers do not seem to match the stretchers for the width. One of the lengthwise stretchers is stamped in black ink 48 ANCOBILT GELNDALE NY. The other lengthwise stretcher is not marked. Both the width-wise stretcher are incised with the makers mark of an artists palette and the number 24. There are some spots where the paint is cracking. There is a tear on the center about two inces from the frame which goes through the canvas. The tear is almost one inch in length. Overall the painting seems in great condition for its age. I would rate it a 6.5-7/10 because of the tear and slight cracking. It is a really amazing piece that you can tell was painted by a very skilled artist. The painting also comes with the beautiful ornate gilt frame surrounding it. The frame measures 31.5'' x 55.5'' from corner to corner and is 4'' deep measuring from the front to the wall. Overall I would rate the frame 7/10 for its condition. Being so large, there is some damage to the frame, including small dings here and there. Most are on the outer edges. The corners the face of the frame has 2 places where a piece of the frame has been completely chipped off / is missing. Both spots are less than one 1/2 inch in size. All four corners look not to have been filled, but to have been repainted/gilded? as the color of the paint/gilt does not match perfectly to the rest of the frame. The frame is absolutely gorgeous and heavy, weighing 20 pounds. The frame has the #944 written on it in black ink as well as a piece of very dry and yellowed masking tape with "944 GERASCO" written on it also in black marker. I can only assume this piece was up for auction at some point and 944 was possibly its lot #? I am starting the bidding at the price I purchased the painting for. There is a similar piece in the same size by the same artist currently listed on ebay with a whopping price tag of $99,000.00 but I will leave it up to you to determine the final worth of this splendid work of art! I have described this item to the best of my ability, I am by no means and expert in art. If you have any hesitations or questions about this item, please ask before bidding as I am not taking returns on this item. I am only shipping domestically excluding hawaii and alaska. I will only ship to aresidental or business address, not po/apo boxes. I am only accepting paypal for this item. Please do not bid if you cannot Thank you and read more

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