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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 5:25 pm
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chemist661
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I bought a few pieces back in 1997. (Celebrity: Mercury sailing in the Western Caribbean). At the time, I paid approx $40-50/item and I got some freebies/$10 pieces. They looked nice. My late aunt bought some too. We only bid on pieces that looked nice (Rockwell prints, etc). Paid more to have them framed than it cost for the prints.

In recent years on NCL cruises, the prices Park West were asking were very high. Of course, they were hyping the Salvador Dali, Peter Max, Kincade, Picasso prints, etc that were in the 1000's. Way out of my league. Not too much sold that I could tell. Unlike 1997 when nearly everything sold at Auction.

The only painting I bought on land was a Thomas Kincade Christmas Cottage (1990) back in the mid 90's. I paid less than $300 for it and it looks nice. An art store was closing and they were originally asking $800 but for $275, I liked how it looked. I wanted to buy more paintings but I had limited funds at the time.
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