Awesome Graphite Drawing by Listed NC Artist

[JimDon]

I did my normal Sunday morning swing by the local flea market. As usual most of the same vendors selling the same junk but I did stumble upon one guy who had some really fine items. I picked up this very large original graphite drawing for $40. The artist is Richard Mayberry and he is a North Carolina artist with works in several museums and represented by a local high end art gallery in town. I can't imagine how long it took him to do this work which is very large. The original price appears to be on the back at $800 and that is probably 1980 dollars. Very nice work.

 

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[JimDon]

So the gallery got back to me and said they rep the artist and have 6 or 7 works currently for sale by the artist. They said they would price my item in their gallery at $7400.00. Apparently he is a top North Carolina artist. Whoa!!!!

 

[WhiteTornado]

So the gallery got back to me and said they rep the artist and have 6 or 7 works currently for sale by the artist. They said they would price my item in their gallery at $7400.00. Apparently he is a top North Carolina artist. Whoa!!!!

Holy crap!!! Nice score to say the least

 

[GibH]

Great score, congratulations!

 

[Paleo_joe]

Congrats!!

 

[RustyGold]

Wonderful!

 

[Lost&Found]

So the gallery got back to me and said they rep the artist and have 6 or 7 works currently for sale by the artist. They said they would price my item in their gallery at $7400.00. Apparently he is a top North Carolina artist. Whoa!!!!

Great find. The amount of work in drawing the picture alone would of made me investigate it's value.

 

[trdhrdr007]

Did you consign it to the gallery yet?

 

[JimDon]

Did you consign it to the gallery yet?

Unfortunately they were not interested in taking it has a consignment sense they are obligated to the artist to sell his new works.

 

[ARC]

40 into 7400,,,

Bim yah baby !

Well done.

 

[JimDon]

40 into 7400,,,

Bim yah baby !

Well done.

I doubt I could get even close to that. Maybe 1/3 if I'm lucky. Gallery prices are ridiculous.

 

[Coldshuz]

What an amazing eye for him to see that much detail and even more so to be able to transpose it to paper. Really magnificent skill this gent has.

 

[Paleo_joe]

Do you know how you are going to sell it? Auction house, ebay?

 

[tamrock]

Wow!!! I'd a never guessed that be worth that much. Not much of an eye for art on my end. There's so dang much of it on the 2nd hand market and most I see ain't worth buying imo, so who knows what all I've missed.

 

[JimDon]

Do you know how you are going to sell it? Auction house, ebay?

I am trying to find a gallery that will take it on consignment. If that falls thru possibly an art auction company. Final choice would be eBay.

 

[JimDon]

Wow!!! I'd a never guessed that be worth that much. Not much of an eye for art on my end. There's so dang much of it on the 2nd hand market and most I see ain't worth buying imo, so who knows what all I've missed.

A trick I use on art is I look at the frames first. High quality art is usually in high quality frames. Once I find a great frame I check the image.

 

[trdking]

Nice score and Nice ROI even if you only get a 1/3 of 7400. it is the witching hour in SoCal (Saturday 630 AM) I am off to troll the fields. Wish me luck?