Lazar Christening, advise and costs
 

Advise how much you can pay for these pictures:


Author - Lazar Krestin 1868-1938

oil on canvas,

sizes: 12x26 and 18x30.

Honestly?

That's how much I paid, if I had a wish?

Or do you need the indices of the artist Artpraysu?

Indices I looked. Paintings L. Krestina leave expensive not only in Lithuania, but also in the United States and Israel. But that adds more value - this is an early painting L. baptisms and domestic landscape. I want to say that these pictures I look like on the Lithuanian painting ( L. Krestin born in Kaunas). Because the price for us is different. It is unlikely that I can show the result for the price , these paintings were sold, and say - what is the result , and such a price. You would pay for these pictures $ 7000 in my place?

Judging by Artpraysu all 5x works offered for sale in 2011 - 2012. were not sold.
In 2010 , in Berlin, is not bad still life of 45 x 55.5 cm was sold for 3,500 euros .
Judging by the price trends Artprayse if you buy yourself personally to the collection + really like $ 3000 - $ 3500 for the work you have shown to be just right.
If you buy to resell, including trends and risks today, I would be more than $ 1,000 did not return.

Yes, even with the information that you

http://www.artvalue.com/auction-resu...htm?cp_checked =

Apples 2006 Estimate: 100 GBP - 200 GBP

Apples + Landscape 2007 Estimate: 1500 GBP - 2000 GBP


For the year this growth ....

And as for another 6 years ..

This still life I would estimate to be around $ 10 000-15 000.
There are lots of pictures of Lithuanian artists much worse christening, bought for big money unit.

Prices in Lithuania for the good surprise.

My personal opinion, if L. Krestin continued to paint landscapes, in terms of art, he was standing near Levitan.

in due time, in its subjective opinion, bought paintings, currently on the wall.
Sell ​​off , but the desire to at least partially change the " wallpaper" on the face.
Actual demand for the right and left , found that if I want to sell it, at best, get 50-60%of the costs incurred.
conclusions:
- Subjective opinion=personal opinion, nothing more and nothing less
- Even before you buy , you must have to think about how to sell

Rarely see a man who called his painting existing wallpaper.
Though quoted.
And the rest ....
You are not alone.
I am your follower, and it seems not the first, and God forbid, not the last.
On this subject, the forum is excellent theme.
:rolleyes:>

I understand you very well . But there is something wrong when the price of an unknown Lithuanian artist from New York exceeds the price Levitan. The Lithuanians, sits in the context of millimeter and even enable logic can not.
Of course , I'm not about dealers here - they already know how to buy for pennies and sell high.

Forget all of that was before 2008 - such an abundance of easy money is not and is unlikely in the near future will be!

The money you never get
Red price of 500-600 dollars lap with all the "extra" nuances such as " this is an early painting " and
 

With this assessment, I can not agree.
But took a $ 600 nedumal :)>

Added after 13 minutes
Here is one example - work Antanas Zhmuydzinavichyusa:


http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...nian-1876-1966


estimate: $ 500-700, and the starting price of $ 250!
The painting was sold for $ 14,000.
But his painting, I think, less Litvak - Lithuanian Jews.

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By the way, this little 2012/10/13 portrait (http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...-of-hasid-1898) Krestina sold for $ 4,800.
Add 21%"buyers premium" - is now $ 5800.

Impression: Lithuania own, separate market, which is not really even affect how the crisis.
This is beautiful.

It would be fine - if the market is there - the trouble is that it is virtually no, that's all the isolation ...