This is a lacquer painting that we have had for many years,It has been hanging on my mothers wall for over 25 years. I have searched everywhere that I know to and cannot find out a value for it. Can anyone help. Thanks.
2006-08-22 15:18:48 · 5 answers · asked by auauaududu 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Lacquer paintings and crafts like lacquer music boxes have been coming out of Southeast Asia by the thousands for many, many years. They are produced for very little money, the artists and craftsmen creating them get paid little, and they are sold as tourist items.
American soldiers serving in Viet Nam bought these by the thousands and either hand carried them or shipped them back home to loved ones. I personally sent back at least a dozen samples of lacquer art to my family.
This does not mean that it doesn't have a large market value somewhere in the world but it means it's highly unlikely. The true value, at least to people like my family, is in the memories such art conveys.
However, who knows? There may just be someone out there who personally collects Viet War era lacquer art and would be interested in it.
2006-08-22 16:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a tough call. Original paintings always are. I have several original paintings that aren't worth a penny because the artist wasn't well known. But that's not the point. the point is that the painting moves ME. That's all I want.
Last year one of those news shows had a second grade class paint watercolor paintings during their recess time. This news show took these paintings to a high-end artists judging. They told the judges nothing about where the paintings came from. Some of the judges said the paintings were some of the most stunning and remarkable paintings they had ever seen. When they were told thet were done by second graders, the judges walked away with red faces.
just goes to show you. A painting is special and valuable only to YOU and nobody else.
2006-08-22 15:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanh Le laquers traditionally come from the Vietnamese village of Tu Do Mot, where designs traditionally were handed down from father to son. I have one that I bought from the Thanh Le shop in Saigon in 1965. I think I paid something like 25 dollars for it, a lot of money for me at that time.
2013-11-02 05:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by John Klawitter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The value is what the market is willing to pay for it. Put it up on eBay... you don't have to sell if you have an ungodly reserve, say a million bucks. You'll soon learn what millions of people think of your painting. Make sure your photos justify a good price... include close-ups of parts of the painting as well. If you have any kind of authentication, have that online as well.
2006-08-22 15:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to a local art gallery or antique auction house for appraisal
don't think that 1970 Vietnamese art is very valuable since we were still fighting the Vietnam war then.. But
Good Luck
2006-08-22 15:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋