Just before Christmas I bought a sweet couple of signed miniature portraits in their frames. One frame damaged and one intact and I stashed them away for listing.
On Sunday evening we were watching the Antiques Roadshow when someone had a very similar pair of miniatures valued. The expert said that they were by the most famous portrait painter of the time "Cosway".
I nipped upstairs to take a look at the pair I had bought and "VOILA!!" they are signed COSWAY.
Well I haven`t been so excited since at the age of 14 in the girl guides when we were off on a camping weekend and I got on the boy scouts coach by mistake!!!!
But then I looked closer....they are prints and not hand painted. HUH!
Oh well.......c`est la vie.....I still adore them!
a la prochaine mes belles
bisoux
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I have had similar experiences when I've acquired something that I believe will bring in big bucks, only to be dashed by reality. Sod it!
RépondreSupprimerI tend to not publish pics of myself, yuck!
There is one however on my ABOUT page, I'm hiding behind a camera.
How are you this fine 2013?
Di
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Drat...too bad, I can only imagine your excitement.
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