Hi, I have 10 Paul Detelfsen prints and they are all in pretty good shape. They are framed and hung proudly in my living room. I am interested in collecting more. I don't have Days Gone By or any of the Iron Horse series. I find that picking them up at auction for a few dollars is my best option. I would also like to know about how much they are really worth. More information to whoever can help me.
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Paul Detelfsen
For a good 20 years I have tried to learn something of Paul Detelfsen, but just this morning did it occur to me that something might be on the internet -- so I punched it in. There were just two sites, yours being number one. Have you gotten any replies other than this?
I know nothing of the monetary value of his prints, just that I have always loved his rustic American values, the same qualities I find in the poet, James Whitcombe Riley.
Detelfsen never achieved any kind of "market value" I don't think. His prints were sold at "dime stores" almost exclusively and probably just to the poor folks who liked pictures but could not afford the well-known artists and could not relate to the modern artists.
I would like to know where the originals are. Has there ever been a Detelfsen exhibit? Obviously, there is no great following for him and, therefore, no market for his work. But I like him for his idealism which has long been out of vogue. Somewhere I have afew new prints bought many years ago, but I never see them any more, and, like you, I see them only at yard sales but even those are rare.
If you ever learn anything of Detelfsen would you let me know. Perhaps we can start a Detelfsen revival. All of the art market is manipulated anyway.
Thank you,
Gene Marlowe
Tryon, NC.
I know nothing of the monetary value of his prints, just that I have always loved his rustic American values, the same qualities I find in the poet, James Whitcombe Riley.
Detelfsen never achieved any kind of "market value" I don't think. His prints were sold at "dime stores" almost exclusively and probably just to the poor folks who liked pictures but could not afford the well-known artists and could not relate to the modern artists.
I would like to know where the originals are. Has there ever been a Detelfsen exhibit? Obviously, there is no great following for him and, therefore, no market for his work. But I like him for his idealism which has long been out of vogue. Somewhere I have afew new prints bought many years ago, but I never see them any more, and, like you, I see them only at yard sales but even those are rare.
If you ever learn anything of Detelfsen would you let me know. Perhaps we can start a Detelfsen revival. All of the art market is manipulated anyway.
Thank you,
Gene Marlowe
Tryon, NC.
Just do a search for Detelfsen on eBay, then view the completed items. They usually run from $25 to $60. If you want to know the true value of anything, check eBay, it always lets you know what you can sell an item for.
Hi.
I have not seen any prints, but I did pick up some jigsaw puzzles from 1968 that are of the series "The Seasons" by Detelfsen. His name is on each puzzle just as it was on the original painting. Each puzzle is in it's original box… I bought the whole set of 4.
I am trying, also, to find a market for his work as I would love to sell the puzzles to a collector.
If you are interested,
As far as information goes I have learned some of his history. He was born in 1900 and painted right up until he died in his mid eighties. He wanted to work in Hollywood and did do art for a few films and worked wit Cecil D. Demille among others.
He was concidered a great folk artist in the 50's and 60's and was compared to a cross between Mark Twain and Norman Rockwell. He used his children, and later his grandchildren, as inspiration for the children in the paintings.
Debbie.
I have not seen any prints, but I did pick up some jigsaw puzzles from 1968 that are of the series "The Seasons" by Detelfsen. His name is on each puzzle just as it was on the original painting. Each puzzle is in it's original box… I bought the whole set of 4.
I am trying, also, to find a market for his work as I would love to sell the puzzles to a collector.
If you are interested,
As far as information goes I have learned some of his history. He was born in 1900 and painted right up until he died in his mid eighties. He wanted to work in Hollywood and did do art for a few films and worked wit Cecil D. Demille among others.
He was concidered a great folk artist in the 50's and 60's and was compared to a cross between Mark Twain and Norman Rockwell. He used his children, and later his grandchildren, as inspiration for the children in the paintings.
Debbie.