Rudolph Colao Painting

[Kentuckiana Jones]

While out yardsaling I cut through an average old neighborhood in town to get to one last sale. I saw some guys unloading boxes on their porch and backed up to ask them if they were going to have a yard sale (it wasn't advertised anywhere and they had no signs out.)

They said yes and I got out. Didn't look promising but I picked up this small painting because it was original, signed, and most importantly only $1.

I looked up the artist and prices are all over, some quite high. I came up with my own guesstimate but I know nothing about art and there really isn't anywhere I can go in this small town for help that I can think of.

Is there somewhere online I can get a ballpark estimate based on photos and description? Is there anyone here that can give me some advice or a good estimate? Just don't want to sell myself too short.

Thanks, Lee

 

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[GibH]

Ok, I'll preface this by saying I am NOT an art expert. I have doubts that this is an original. If you look at the texture, it seems the "strokes" were laid down in a rather uniform manner. They don't match up with the actual picture.

 

[Kentuckiana Jones]

Oh I see what you mean. (I think) As I said I know nothing about art.
So this was a textured medium and they printed it onto it?

edit: Or is it the type of reprint that adds the texture?

 

[Drmad7]

I was thinking the same thing...textured print art. I'm no expert either but I've sold a pretty nice amount of art in the last three years. When I check paintings, I run my fingers across the paint to see if it's a slightly rough or irregular. The "smooth" swirls are a giveaway that it's a print. But some prints are worth money. I'm sure yours is worth at least 10 times what you paid! Art is subjective and like anything, is only worth what someone is willing to pay. So buy what you like or what you are willing to get stuck with.

 

[Kentuckiana Jones]

Thanks! Sound advice.
I enjoy learning as much as anything.
If the yardsaling is going slow and I am not finding much, I will usually buy a couple of $1 items that I "like" or "think" might bring $10 or so. Then I'll look them up the next day to see if I have anything. I've been learning a lot this way. I do the same with higher-priced items, too. I just don't buy them first, haha.

Thanks, Lee

 

[Drmad7]

I spotted this painting on the Yardsale App this weekend in Tyson's Corner Virginia. Address was incorrect but the owner finally responded to my inquiry. He wanted $500 for it but was willing to negotiate because he's moving to California and it's too expensive to ship. He has several rugs also. I thought it was a Eugenio Zampighi original. Those are worth $10k and above. I bought and sold a watercolor last year and was excited over this. Then I looked closer at the pics and didn't see the realism and awesome almost 3D effect of his paintings. And the figures themselves didn't match his "happy family" people as well. So I didn't meet. It may well be a Zampighi, but you live and learn.
The watercolor I sold last year (made about $400).

 

[Paleo_joe]

Barnabys.com is good for seeing what items have sold for at auction.