How should I go about trying to sell this painting?
March 31, 2011 12:21 PM Subscribe
How do I sell a piece of artwork that was painted on a vinyl couch (and has now been cut off)?
I have seen the old threads similar to this, but the circumstances here are a bit different.
My old apartment had a huge patio, which contained a lot of junk the other tenants had left behind. One piece of junk was an old vinyl couch - sort of like a booth you'd see in a dive bar. On this couch was a painting, done by Marco (it's not signed, but it's very obvious - he has a distinct style and is well-connected to the Lower East Side of NYC). When I moved, I cut the vinyl off the couch before I tossed it and I now have it rolled up inside a closet.
I am having a hard time figuring out how to sell this, since it's not just a pristine framed print. It is a dirty piece of vinyl, but potentially a fairly valuable dirty piece of vinyl. (On this site, prints are going for $4-10,000) Can anyone give me any pointers on where to start?
I have seen the old threads similar to this, but the circumstances here are a bit different.
My old apartment had a huge patio, which contained a lot of junk the other tenants had left behind. One piece of junk was an old vinyl couch - sort of like a booth you'd see in a dive bar. On this couch was a painting, done by Marco (it's not signed, but it's very obvious - he has a distinct style and is well-connected to the Lower East Side of NYC). When I moved, I cut the vinyl off the couch before I tossed it and I now have it rolled up inside a closet.
I am having a hard time figuring out how to sell this, since it's not just a pristine framed print. It is a dirty piece of vinyl, but potentially a fairly valuable dirty piece of vinyl. (On this site, prints are going for $4-10,000) Can anyone give me any pointers on where to start?
1. unroll it, like right now, at the very minimum store it flat with nothing touching the face and keep out of sun/overly warm situations.
2. find some place to appraise it, in writing.
3. take it to a good frame shop, ask them how to have it mounted/preserved
4. make sure they are insured and then pay the professionals to mount it and frame using archival material/methods.
posted by edgeways at 12:58 PM on March 31, 2011 [1 favorite]
2. find some place to appraise it, in writing.
3. take it to a good frame shop, ask them how to have it mounted/preserved
4. make sure they are insured and then pay the professionals to mount it and frame using archival material/methods.
posted by edgeways at 12:58 PM on March 31, 2011 [1 favorite]
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posted by vitabellosi at 12:25 PM on March 31, 2011