Oct 27, 2022 - Sale 2619

Sale 2619 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
"QUALITY IS . . . THE CHIEF FEATURE IN DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A PICTURE" PARRISH, MAXFIELD. Typed Letter Signed, to J.J. DeMario, offering to notify him when his painting Twilight again becomes available, explaining that determining how to price a painting is not an easy matter and stating that quality is the main factor to consider. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; hole at center with loss to three words of text, mounted to sheet trimmed to size, moderate brittling overall due to acidic backing, folds. Sold as is. Windsor, 8 June 1937
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". . . Should the painting TWILIGHT be again on the market I shall be very glad to let you know.
"As to what constitutes a 'fair' price for such a painting, Heaven only knows. Its wicked to ask as much as I do, but people seem to overlook the crime, and in most states there seems to be no law compelling them to buy.
". . . [I]n a little exhibition I had in New [Yo]rk over a year ago the prices ranged all the way from 1000 [fo]r small paintings up to the price of this one. Paintings of this size, 24 x 30 are priced all the way from 2000. to 4000. according to their quality, rather an arbitrary method, but quality is a hit or miss affair, generally a miss, and it is the chief feature in determining the value of a picture."