Charity shop bargains?

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David

I agree with Oneput , I feel quite strongly that we shouldnt profit from the charity. I have worked in charity shops and a lott of hard work goes on behind the scenes. The volunteers cant be expected to recognise artists of note and offer them in good faith to the public. A donation to the charity seems the right thing to do. The charities these days need every penny they can get. I agree though it is grest fun to rummage.

Shall I take them on 'Flog It' do you reckon, or hang them on my sitting room wall in our little 'place in the sun' as planned?

Well done but don't hang them in the sun, they will fade.

peedee

I have just checked with my conscience and she tells me that I wouldn't get much pleasure from them unless I shared the good fortune with the charity. I can imagine that look every time she dusted !

I would definitely share with the Charity if I sold what I had found - but if I was just enjoying it at home not so sure.  But I think I would put a note on the back to say when sold to share with the charity.  I think my children would honour that wish probably.

Well, they're all packed up in bubble wrap now and in the car, so whether they're 'real' or 'fake', they are still lovely pictures and will be in pride of place on our wall in France.  I don't want to cash in on them, so they will be considered to be worth what we paid for them.  

However if some expert should come along and tell us that they are genuine, then I may sell them, replace them with similar prints, and give a large donation back to the charity shop where I bought them.  Like others, once I knew their true value, I would have a conscience about buying something valuable for which the charity could have got a lot more money. (It was the PDSA shop)

Surely its all a bit of serendipity? I make the assumption that Val, amongst her other talents, is not a world renown art dealer? A little bit of curiousity led to the possibility that the paintings could be by a well known artist or at worse a copy of a well known artist. The shop could have done the same research? I don't think anyone should have a conscience about it but if they do turn out to be of more than face value a donation to the charity would be welcome but not an absolute requirement.

David 

Serendipity + Acts 20_35 = result

Surely its all a bit of serendipity? I make the assumption that Val, amongst her other talents, is not a world renown art dealer? A little bit of curiousity led to the possibility that the paintings could be by a well known artist or at worse a copy of a well known artist. The shop could have done the same research? I don't think anyone should have a conscience about it but if they do turn out to be of more than face value a donation to the charity would be welcome but not an absolute requirement.

David 

agree here, the shop should have done its homework, they sold them at that price and were happy to get that. If it were me then it would depend on how much they would be really worth before and if I gave a donation.

As I said earlier, we went back to the shop today, to see if they had any more 'hidden away'.  A different assistant said 'Oh yes, there are two more brightly coloured paintings back there - and my heart jumped'.  He brought out two hideous pictures of Disney type princesses in lurid pink, yellow and purple - and even the 'art dealer' in me didn't want those!