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  1. 67GTS

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    #1 67GTS, Jan 2, 2013
    Hi:

    I'm looking at buying a desktop sized bronze and marble prancing stallion sculpture. I have no idea of how much money I should pay for it. My upload attempt to FC failed. I found this at an estate sale and they want me to make tham a cash offer. They told me that the original owner got it in 1992 when he bought his F40. They are asking $3k.

    Thanks in advance to all of this forms' awesome members.
     
  2. vrsurgeon

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    #2 vrsurgeon, Jan 3, 2013
    Is is an original Giacometti? A Henry Moore (sp?)? What is their justification for the high $?
     
  3. kevfla

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    #3 kevfla, Jan 3, 2013
    Maybe Jerome (ArtNYC) can comment, but $3,000 wouldn't begin to cover the sales tax if it was an original Giacometti or Henry Moore!

    But...this discussion gave me a heck of an idea:

    Many of us have seen replicas of Remington's Western-themed bronzes of cowboys on raring-up horses. One that I have is called "Bronco Buster."
    Using that sculpture as a guide of sorts, sculpt a stylized Cavallino Rampante with a '50s era-looking F-1 driver in the saddle? A modern-era driver wouldn't capture the mood with a full-face helmet.

    KevFla
     

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