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william persona oil painting

By lovechild13, 25 May, 2008
Description

My name is Tamara Tackett, my e-mail address is [email protected]. I am attatching a photo of both the front and the back. Thank you for your time and trouble.

Category
Paintings
Medium
it's on a hard board
Distinguishing marks
william persona
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
11x14 inches
History
I found it at a Salvation Army
eBay Auction Link
For Sale?
No
Photos
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Lovejoy

17 years 1 month ago

Re: william persona oil painting

Nobody, and I repeat, Nobody can appraise fine art without physically examining the piece in question. Original Art is not something one should mess about trying to find free appraisals for. I would suggest contacting Sotheby's or Christie's, they have regular appraisal clinics where you can bring your piece in for an examination.

 

Lovejoy 

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Anonymous (not verified)

16 years 3 months ago

In reply to Re: william persona oil painting by Lovejoy

Re: william persona oil painting

I would agree with LoveJoy if this was a Red Skelton original by someone well known or by a listed artist worth big bucks.......but a William Persona oils sell between $100 and $250 on eBay all the time. So in this case I do not agree. He is a "listed artist" with a published RETAIL ( what art galleries charge ) value of $350-750. Just because a painting is an original oil does not mean it needs a "professional" appraisal. Why would you want to pay $100-150 for an appraisal to find out a painting will sell for $300 in a gallery, but if you wanted to sell it you would likely get only $100-150 ????

JT

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Anonymous (not verified)

15 years ago

In reply to Re: william persona oil painting by Anonymous (not verified)

Re: william persona oil painting

I have 8 paintings by William Parsons, aka Persona. His original art often had financial themes, such a a clown looking at a newpaper, regarding financial crisis, or Ronald Regan, or Mexican art themes. Most of his paintings sold for several hundred dollars, even the finest in his early career only brought a thousand or so. Most of his late work was of poor quality. His financial theme art and clown art were most appealing, and he spent considerable energy about the eyes. Another collector has 20 clown paintings by Persona. I like his work but even the galleries on Maui did not do alot of sales in the later years. B Newnan

Average: 5 (1 vote)
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