Don't look much at the Bay anymore...but yesterday I was bored and decided to take a look at what was up for sale in the Art Department
WHEN..the first thing staring me in the face was THIS!!!
The listing said "American School Docks, Oil on Panel 20 X 27, signed with an unreadable signature."
I stopped and said WOW! I know who that artist is!!! Its Rexford Brandt, Brandt was one of the MAJOR SO CA Water Colourists of the 2nd half of the 20th century. He was a prolific artist who is highly collected, however his works don't come up for auction very often. When they do its $2500 to 10K, While he was known as a Water Colourist, he did do Oils.... His buddy and fellow SO CA water colourist Phil Dike oils have recently come up for auction and have sold for 50K ++++.
So I left a Bid...I thought I would have to fight it out with somebody! That didn't happen, so for $181.00 I bought a painting. If the painting doesn't pan out I still have a great decorator item..like I said before the Bay is a good place to find GREAT DECORATOR ART for a small price.
BTW: If U look closely at the painting, it appears that the name "REX" appears on sign on the shack. Also the signature looks liked a mushed "Rex Brandt"To get this pic uploaded I had to scan and reduce the size of the file so the colour and detail is washed out in the pic.