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03/17/2019 at 11:46 am #58753
Found some gold at the thrift store last night. Super cool sculptures but have no idea what one of them is. The rhino is a loet bronze and I found similar ones on ebay. Im 99 percent sure it’s real. The other I have no idea about, its clyde ball but I see nothing like it online. How do I even start pricing or describing it? Thanks for any help
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03/17/2019 at 11:53 am #58754
I google “Clyde Ball artist” and get plenty of results:
https://www.google.com/search?q=clyde+ball+artist&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS616US617&oq=clyde+ball+artist&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.2690j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8Many of the sold pages need a log in, but they seem to sell well:
–$800 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bronze-Sculpture-by-Clyde-Ball-Surrealist-Brutalist-Art-/113669826692?oid=113601629616
–Asking $2300 https://www.1stdibs.com/search/furniture/?q=clyde%20ballYou found something good.
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03/17/2019 at 12:05 pm #58755
Thank you, I did google him and found some results but nothing like what I have. He actually lived near me I guess a few cities over so thats cool. Was curious as to the style and maybe if anyone knew some more specifics about the piece. I’m lost as to how to price it, maybe just go high and hope I get some good offers.
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03/17/2019 at 12:11 pm #58756
The style is called Brutalist or Brutalism. Not sure if anyone here will write your title and price it for you, but you might get lucky 🙂
Have you ever sold art before on eBay? It’s fun because there’s a lot of value in researching unique pieces.
Did you find a bio for the artist?
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03/17/2019 at 12:29 pm #58759
I’m not looking for someone to write my title haha. I researched this lots last night but can’t find much. I found a bio on the artist, he lived in gary growing up and went the art institute of chicago, then moved to michigan later. He died in 2017. I’ve just never sold anything this expensive before and want to make sure I get my details right. I just thought maybe someone might be familiar with this type of art and could give some more input on it.
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03/17/2019 at 1:59 pm #58765
Totally understood. Hopefully some other scavengers more knowledgeable in art can help.
Sounds like you’re doing all the right things.
–research, research, research
–take good photos and a lot of them
–List with a high price with make offer
–Be patientWe just got a $500 offer a piece of art that we have listed for $3000. We countered. But are we crazy to ask so much? Should we take the $500 and be happy? It’s a difficult thing to know for sure. Art is very much subjective.
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03/17/2019 at 2:08 pm #58769
Thank you, maybe I did come off a bit like I wanted someone else to do my research but it was not intended. I was up all night looking for more of this artists sculptures but couldn’t find very much. I think the two pieces must have been donated by the same person, I have the rhino up now for 800 and it would be nice if it sold quickly haha, I need to pay my taxes. I did see clyde’s other stuff was labeled was labeled as brutalism but didn’t know if this was the same style. It appears it is so that helped. I think I might just do 1500 – 2000 obo and see if anyone bites.
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03/17/2019 at 2:15 pm #58772
Maybe even do $3000 best offer.
Someone can offer you $1000 and you can choose to take it.
Again, all depends of how hungry you are.Good eye finding those items. Cant believe someone just gave them away. How much were they?
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03/17/2019 at 2:24 pm #58777
1.99 each lol, I think the normal pricer wasn’t in work that day because stuff is never that cheap but lucky for us. I didn’t know what they were at the time but knew they had to be special. We normally focus on vintage toys but I have a pretty good eye for unusual stuff so I grabbed these up quick.
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03/17/2019 at 3:45 pm #58779
Those sculptures are all magnificent.
I think you’re right on with the pricing, though it never hurts to aim higher! -
03/17/2019 at 9:38 pm #58807
Thank you, I really like them. If they weren’t worth so much I would definitely keep them. I just might throw it up for 3k and see what kind of offers I get.
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