OT: You folks are smarter than the people on the OF, I'll bet you can help!

Aethelred

With these.

Thank you!

SYRACUSIAN

I can't help, but I like them a lot.

satootoko

I don't think we're any smarter than the average OF member - just better educated and more polite and considerate of others.

I agree with Shiroh that the subjects are Kabuki actors, and my inclination would be to date them as late Tokugawa Era - perhaps 1820-65.

There is no question that they are not Hiroshige or Hokusai works, although they are very nice, with (very) slight style similarities to Utamaro, particularly in the shape of the faces.

If they were mine, I would send images to Rolf Degner in Germany for his expert opinion.

Aethelred

That last bit of advice is the best I have gotten so far! Thank you Roy!

MacCrimmon

Dear Mortus-san,

....in case nobody mentioned it over there.


<< <i>"Die in a fire." >>

Udo

<< <i>Dear Mortus-san,

....in case nobody mentioned it over there.


<< <i>"Die in a fire." >>

>>



But how can he die when he's dead already?

Udo

Oh and Mac, you forgot "horrible"

Aethelred

Mac, can you tell me what sort of fire you have in mind? I would hate to go to the trouble of smoking while filling my gas take only to find out you had bought me Great White tickets.

MacCrimmon

<< <i>Oh and Mac, you forgot "horrible" >>



I humbly beg the Forum's forgiveness for this oversight.

Don't tell Thiggy.

Mortus, I'll pass this thread along to Machiko upon my return to work.....

Aethelred

<< <i>Mortus, I'll pass this thread along to Machiko upon my return to work..... >>




Vielen dank fur der Mac!

laurentyvan

Probably fairly contemporary (for the period-i.e. when Goldbergs existed-40's or 50's?). My parents had similar reproductions from that time period that they framed and hung on our walls that I remember to this day. If they are older, the intrinsic value they have is attached to their relative older age as an early 20th or late 19th century reproduction and are probably not original prints.

The collector market in this field is strong enough that as an original print (s) they would have gone for serious money. Having said that, maybe every one was asleep at the switch and you have a real bargain. I wish you well!

satootoko

<< <i>The collector market in this field is strong enough that as an original print (s) they would have gone for serious money. >>

Not necessarily. It would depend on the auction house, and whether it was advertised in a manner to attract serious woodblock print collectors.

I've seen (and even bought) some fantastic Japanese art bargains when an item's owner doesn't know what it's worth, or even what it is (think inheritor), and the gallery has no expertise in the class of goods being offered.