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Collecting American Prints.
An old print picked up at an auction or found in a little antique shop can be just an affordable method of decorating a home, or it if it happens to be a valuable print a simple buy could turn out to be a treasure.
Before investing in a decorative print, you will want to learn about the important names in the market. A few are the familiar works by Bessie Pease Gutmann and Maxfield Parrish.
Maxfield Parrish created almost nine hundred works of art in his sixty-five years as an artist. Now there are more than twenty million varies printed pieces bringing the artists work inside American homes.
For those collecting American prints some of Parrish's most valuable prints are the originals from the early 1900s. He is known for the dreamlike appearance infused into his gracefully posed characters. Most of the old prints will sell for over $150 and the more popular ones go for much more than that when they are available to buy.
Bessie Pease Gutmann created amazing paintings featuring babies, young mothers and children. These are very popular as color prints, and all her prints are known for being endearing. To own an original print, you are likely to spend several hundred dollars.
If you are not interested in investing for an original, reproductions are nice and can be bought for a much lower price. There are several reproductions on today's market. The cost of framing is something that most be considered when buying a new print.
Cottage prints are not only beautiful, but they blend well with several different styles of decorating. The ethereal look that seems to be taken from a happy child's tale is perhaps one of the reasons they became so popular in the Depression. Another plus for cottage prints is that they are very inexpensive.
If you prefer collecting American prints that are older and you are concerned about the reproductions, don't worry. Just be careful and buy what you like without spending too much and you won't go wrong. There are plenty of beautiful paintings that were not done by famous artists and still have a vintage look that collectors love. These sell for much less then famous artists painting too.
The prints that are yard long are a popular with those collecting American prints. Whether it's a painting of roses or of a lake, they add beauty and charm to any room.