Looking for a Redlin print

Mark W

Mark W

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Actually looking for my wife. She has been trying to find either ?Comforts of Home? or ?Golden Retreat?. They are out there but seem to be a very high priced item. I?m not an art dude and don?t understand why this is so. I thought Redlin prints sell for a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand dollars.

Are there different sizes? Seem I can find them from $200-3,000. Sorry for the dumb questions.

Any suggestions?

Mark
 
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The history of the artist is a good read. Mr. Redlin stayed home and did the art. His wife filled the (I do believe station wagon) with his work and went from gallery to gallery. It is very hard for a artist to create and sell art on their own. Only so many hours in the day, and plenty of lean times before the $$$$$ starts coming in.

Redlin hit paydirt with DU and Wildwings, and never looked back.

As a DU committeeman and volunteer for many years. I have seen and handled about every Redlin print there is. At DU banquet auctions they fetched big bucks. Way past what Reneson's were going for and I favor Reneson.

$200 is a good deal, as framing and matting is very costly so the print is almost free.

If you have a chance stake out ares where there are/were DU chapters. Many of the prints go into estate sales and local auctions. I have even seen them at garage and yard sales.

Most of the owners of the prints are getting up in years, and more will come into the market. Especially high number prints. Usually the matting and framing are good, but should be checked before ya buy.


my 2 cents
VP
 
The difference is the encore size( I think that is what it is called) vs the large size and/or numbered prints... Or canvas.... You are retired... Buzz over to Watertown, SD and go to his museum.. it is great, and they sell his art there too.
 

If ya go to Watertown, SD try it during hunting season.

It's been a few years, but the waterfowl and range rooster hunting can be enjoyable if ya stay long enough.
 
When io have been searching, most of the prints I can find don't list the size This is where I am running into trouble. We certainly don't need a canvas and since we are not collectors, we just want a print. Doesn't matter if it is signed and numbered. Just something to hang over our mantle at the cabin.

Vince - where did you see a framed print for $200?

Thanks for the info.
 

Mark,

The $200 was from what you wrote in your post, concerning what your looking for.

The ones that your searching for "Comforts of Home" and "Golden Retreat" are two that were/are in demand, and favorites. Because of that the prices will be high. Unless one crosses your path in ways I already wrote about.

The print market at this time, for many prints is a buyers market. Recently I had the chance to purchase five duck stamp prints, with stamps and remarqued by the artists - $500, for the lot. I have no need for them and passed.


When one searches for a specific print, that is when it's possible to pay more then you may want. Never be shy about dickering over the price, no matter where you find what your looking for. Many times it works, others not so, and you pay what the seller wants.

I hope that you find what your looking for. It will be a interesting hunt.


Best regards
Vince
 
If you go to the Redlin Art center site they have all the prints in various formats, sizes. etc: https://redlinart.com/
 
I just went to the big online auction site and searched for "Terry Redlin print". I got 4,791 results. So you might wanna look there, too. By and large, the print market is flatter than a pancake these days. An Ogden Pleissner woodcock hunting scene (limited edition) that I paid 1800 for back in the '90's can pretty easily be found for less than 300.
Prices for comforts of home range from 90 bucks for unframed, unsigned 20X14 print to 265 for framed, unsigned 32X22 to 600 for signed and framed and ridiculous prices beyond that for "Legacy canvas editions." Those are the fun ones (for the company); they can digitally print them one at a time whenever they need one for next to no money; you pay the freight, so to speak. I did a lot of work with wild wings and others as director of development and assistant director of marketing for the Turkey Federation back in the day.

Gary
 
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When the print craze really took off many years ago. I was amazed and the amount of $$$$$ folks were paying for a reproduction, no matter what it was deemed, limited edition, artist proof, etc.,etc. Much of the money generated by the sales went to conservation organizations, and that was a plus.

But as a artist and decoy carver. I always wondered if the same folks knew that they could get very good original works for the prices that they paid for reproductions. I imagine most spent the money because they liked it, and to support the organization. I do not know if future collectible value entered their decisions when buying.


I've always admired Mr. Pleissner's work. A woman who's husband passed, called our DU print chairman to donate all of her late husbands prints to DU as she did not want them. There was a very large Pleissner print of a flying Tundra Swan, that had mat and frame issues. Long story short it came into my care. I liked it very much, but repair would be to costly. It sold at the auction at the Ohio decoy show for a good sum that went to DU.

There are many good prints in my care, some framed, most are not, and some migrated elsewhere. Well framed and matted, $90 was the most I paid. Artists live in lean times most of their lives, and what they do acquire is usually for personal good reason. The prints fit in well with all the original artwork in our home. So it's All Good.


My wife keeps asking me to provide info and tags on my "collections". Cuz... well you know. I've done it with some decoys but that's it. When I'm gone they will go somewhere else, but it sure is nice having them part of my life. [smile]


Best regards
Vince
 
For another reason, I recently counted up the framed LE's around the house - 43. None purchased (if purchased) for any reason other than I liked it. I'm fortunate to call guys like John Swan, Luther Hall, Adriano Manocchia, C.D. Clarke, Tom Daly and others friends, so I often hear the artist's side of things...which is never good, at least these days. I miss the late John Betts very much...he could do/make anything, and lost money at all of it. LOL, good thing mama was an MD.


When I worked for the NWTF, a fellow who purchased LOTS of LE's at our local events, came up to me and asked for the value of a long list of prints he had. Asked him why, he told me he was being audited by IRS because of the values he claimed for the art. He always overpaid, and declared what he paid as the value. Wrong. I told him I was not a licensed appraiser, so anything I had to say would be meaningless. He needed to come up with fair market values. Ultimately, it was another case of a guy buying LE's as an investment. Wrong again. If you like it and can afford it, buy it and enjoy it.


BTW, if you'd like to hear John Swan and Luther Hall discuss art with each other, you can find their talk in the midst of this 2-hour youtube video that we did as an "Atlantic Salmon Celebration 2021." Also a look at Charles Defeo's work in there too. Actually, lots of good stuff...and since it's on youtube, you can skip right through me as the "live" host!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0-zUrjl6og


Gary

 
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Thanks for all the great advice. I have learned from these replies and have done much research myself as well. While I'm not the biggest fan of Terry Redlin, my wife is from SD and her family all have Redlin prints. This is not an investment but two prints she likes. Her requirements are that it is a sunset, with a log cabin and rustic. Mine is that it has ducks in it rather than all the bear and moose stuff currently decorating the cabin. She wants to replace the big mirror currently hanging above the fireplace and as you can see in the picture, it kind of needs to be a bigger sized print. I'll let you know what we end up with when we get it.

Thanks again -

Mark



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Mark,

Your a smart man to search for what your wife prefers, and enjoys in your home.

I'm certain you will find what your searching for.


Best regards
Vince
 
Gary,

I have been around artists all my life, some successful, and some not so much. Yet they do not give up.

TAD lives not far from me. We have met, and have had wonderful conversations mostly about fly fishing, decoys, and hunting. Then the state of, and world of art. Not usually a uplifting conversation... He once said a friend of his said. "These are the dark ages of art."


I recall reading a quote long ago about when a famous artist was asked. What does it take to be a successful artist?

The reply - "To be independently wealthy."

Certain folks make large amounts of $$$$$$$$$ on art. Seldom is it the artist. Forgers on the other hand have a fairly steady income. [;)]


Best regards
Vince
 
Mark,
I have the Winter Haven print I?d be willing to sell you. It is a numbered print, framed 21x18
Doesn?t exactly meet all of your criteria though. Features geese, rustic barn and more of a
sunrise background. If you are interested I could text u some pics

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Bill Schmitt said:
Mark,
I have the Winter Haven print I?d be willing to sell you. It is a numbered print, framed 21x18
Doesn?t exactly meet all of your criteria though. Features geese, rustic barn and more of a
sunrise background. If you are interested I could text u some pics


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Thanks for the offer. I know this may be hard t believe but my wife is kind of particular when it comes to decorating. I like the print but I am pretty sure it won't meet her requirements.

Mark
 
I have a few in the attic and not sure what they - now I?ll have to look.



Only have Autumn Run left and an old Phil Agnew painting left.

Hope you find it, always enjoyed seeing a Redlin hanging on a wall.
 
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