peter scott painting (1 Viewer)

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joejoe

New member

• Jul 20, 2011

• #1

Hi all,
just wondering if anyone could help?
I have found an original peter scott painting tucked away in my old garage, it is an oil painting of geese over marsh land in the evening. signed and dated in 1936. any ideas what i should do with it????
Thanks for your thoughts.
Joe

 

apbarr

Well-known member

• Jul 20, 2011

• #2

joejoe said:

Hi all,
just wondering if anyone could help?
I have found an original peter scott painting tucked away in my old garage, it is an oil painting of geese over marsh land in the evening. signed and dated in 1936. any ideas what i should do with it????
Thanks for your thoughts.
Joe

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My first move would be to have it professionally valued and then make a decision on whether to keep it or sell it depending upon how much you like it.
Have to say I'm a bit jealous, all I have are a few of his signed prints.

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• Jul 20, 2011

• #3

I read one old for £7,000 and smaller paintings go for £300. Donate it to the wildfowl and wetland trust.

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Jul 21, 2011

• #4

Hi Joe
Great find and I'm very envious. As Alex suggests, get the painting assessed and valued and Sir P is very desirable (!). Any chance you could post a pic - especially down in the wildlife art forum - we'd all be delighted to take a peek.
Cheers - Tim

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Jul 21, 2011

• #5

that's very exciting indeed! Yes, we want to see a photo!

 

Adam W

Well-known member

• Jul 21, 2011

• #6

My advice would be to hang it on the wall and enjoy looking at it every day, and probably best to get it valued.

 

Bees in Art

Active member

• Jul 21, 2011

• #7

A good start would be to email a photograph to the natural history specialists at Bonhams, Christies or Sotherby's, or even better all three. You can easily find the email addresses by visiting their websites. Another thing to do is look on the back for any information. There's often a card or sticker placed there by the gallery that sold it, which would give you info such as title and date and the gallery's name etc. Sometimes the artist will have made some notes himself. Send any such info, including size to the specialist. They'll give you a free valuation of what it might reach at sale and might even offer to take it of your hands. There'll be no obligation to sell btw.

Good luck,

Andrew

 

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Geoff Brown

Well-known member

• Jul 21, 2011

• #8

Keep it and enjoy it. Make sure it is well insured.:-O

 

eagle golden

Well-known member

• Jul 21, 2011

• #9

Hi just to say dont forget to tell your insurer, as to the value, otherwise you would not be covered, for loss or damage. MC

 

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sailor101

Member

• Sep 6, 2011

• #10

peter scoot

joejoe said:

Hi all,
just wondering if anyone could help?
I have found an original peter scott painting tucked away in my old garage, it is an oil painting of geese over marsh land in the evening. signed and dated in 1936. any ideas what i should do with it????
Thanks for your thoughts.
Joe

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I also have an original water color on paper peter scott 1948 ducks coming in to land, no information on it,, did you ever find out about yours, thanks Paul at [email protected] let me know

 

NoSpringChicken

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #11

The original poster has never visited the site since his original post. I wonder if we were 'being taken for a ride'?

Ron

 

timwootton

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #12

NoSpringChicken said:

The original poster has never visited the site since his original post. I wonder if we were 'being taken for a ride'?

Ron

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Quite possibly, Ron - it's no skin off my nose. Or he may have really got an original - had it valued and is still recovering from the shock :-O

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• Sep 6, 2011

• #13

NoSpringChicken said:

The original poster has never visited the site since his original post. I wonder if we were 'being taken for a ride'?

Ron

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What would be the benefit in him doing that?

 

NoSpringChicken

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #14

scary-canary said:

What would be the benefit in him doing that?

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No benefit, just a laugh and a good way to waste other people's time. I am probably jaded by what happens all over the internet and am probably completely wrong, in which case I apologise unreservedly to him. It just seems a little odd that he didn't return once to see if he had any responses to his post.

Ron

 

timwootton

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #15

Or he's been back to view the replies under his 'real name' (sorry folks but I just don't get these pseudonyms people seem to need to hide behind) under a different account.

 

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Juan Varela

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• Sep 7, 2011

• #16

Just a quick comment. Sir P. Scott had is first exhibit in 1933 but in 1936 he was probably preparing his participation in the Berlin Olimpic games where he won a bronze medal. He was probably capable to paint and sail all togheter but all this story sounds very strange anyway.