Something that you have to remember about art is that it is NEVER a short term investment.
The names of prolific master artists who died poor and destitute goes on for pages and pages.
Works that some of the worlds greatest masters sold just to buy food are now worth millions of dollars.
Original Thomas Kinkade paintings - NOT embellished prints on canvas - but actual original one of a kind paintings will indeed be worth a million some day.
However, the embellished prints on canvas may be worth $1,000's or $10's of thousands someday - but right now with the market still full of mass quantity productions, you WILL NOT get out of the works what you paid for them. You won't even get 1/2 of what you paid for them.
You would be better off wrapping them in a sheet and putting them in the attic - and mention them only in your will. You won't find someone to pay over $4,000 for an embellished print on canvas right now.
Art is not a short term investment - and paying retail for art is rarely if ever a good decision.
If a person was hoping to retire on gains from the sale of an art collection - the economy will most certainly prevent that from happening any time soon.
Thomas Kinkade is a pop artist - yes, he paints in a classical style - but in all reality his work 'hit the mainstream' which makes his work common - and available to the mass market. Should he be respected as an artist, yes - he is extremely talented. However, he should be more respected as a business man. He's a millionaire!
The Disneyland 50th anniversary work is beautiful, but unlike the vast majority of Kinkade's painting, it has a very limited/niche market. So your investment may not realize for another 50 years or so when Disneyland turns 100!
Hate to bear the bad news - but that's the art market.... especially these days!
Must be the economy? These paintings are considered luxury purchases so maybe people just aren't buying them these days.
