We tell our customers these things when we sell art, but we might as well write it down in black and white. Call it a an official policy.
Your Guarantee:
We unconditionally guarantee our art to be genuine and as described at the point of sale.
We handle a variety of media, oils, watercolors, vintage hand colored prints, lithographs, etchings by listed artists and other talented artists, both vintage and contemporary. We are acknowledged experts in several of these fields.
For the last 16 years we have been buying, selling, studying and appraising Harold Newton's work, and can spot the difference between modern copies and the real ones.
5 Year Exchange Plan:
If for any reason, you are no longer happy with your art, you can return it in its original condition within five years of the purchase date and you can receive credit at the amount that you originally paid for the art (less sales tax and shipping) towards the purchase of any other item for sale in our gallery. Be sure to keep your receipt. One of the easiest ways to store your receipt is on the back of the art. Put it in an envelope and tape it to the back of the frame.
Payments Accepted:
You can purchase directly from this website or contact us by phone or email. We accept cash, check or PayPal payments, which can be sent to our email, hwymnbnb@aol.com
Lay Away:
We offer a very generous lay away plan. It is just 10% down and at least that much each month. There are no finance charges. This gives you a down payment and up to 9 months to complete payment. Of course, you can pay more so that you can enjoy your art sooner. After the last payment, you can pick up the art or it can be shipped to you.
You have 30 days from the initial payment to receive a refund of your deposit if you change your mind for any reason. After the first 30 days, you would receive a credit for any payments made if you needed to end the agreement. If three consecutive monthly payments are missed, then the art will be placed back up for sale and all monies paid will be forfeited.
Shipping:
Crating, shipping and insurance rates depend on the size, weight, value and destination. We prefer UPS and will ship by that method unless requested otherwise. US mail and FedEx are other options. International shipments are sent by US Mail unless requested otherwise. .
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Highwayman artist......or not ?
A little tidbit of information for everyone as copy pasted from an email yesterday.
Why is Willie Reynolds Sr.'s name not listed on the Highwaymen list? I know he painted along with some of the names on this list.
Because Gary Monroe did not see enough of his work when he did his research for the first of many highwaymen books by various writers.
His was the list of 26 used by the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, thus carving it in stone.
I happen to have seen only two of his paintings out of the many thousands of vintage highwaymen works I've seen on upson board.
His nick name was "Po' boy", according to Sam Newton (who wishes to be NOT included on the list)...... Go figure.
I imagine Willie's not the only one who drifted in and out of the group. Another is Earl Barber who was "re-discovered" by Jim Fitch several years ago. I met him at one of the Safety Harbor Museum things, came in from California if I remember correctly.
Norman Wright, Horace Foster, I've seen older upson board works by them, too. I had a painting once, years ago, by all indications a highwayman painting, signed Rader. Never saw or heard of another by him (or her). They all missed the boat as well.
Why is Willie Reynolds Sr.'s name not listed on the Highwaymen list? I know he painted along with some of the names on this list.
Because Gary Monroe did not see enough of his work when he did his research for the first of many highwaymen books by various writers.
His was the list of 26 used by the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, thus carving it in stone.
I happen to have seen only two of his paintings out of the many thousands of vintage highwaymen works I've seen on upson board.
His nick name was "Po' boy", according to Sam Newton (who wishes to be NOT included on the list)...... Go figure.
I imagine Willie's not the only one who drifted in and out of the group. Another is Earl Barber who was "re-discovered" by Jim Fitch several years ago. I met him at one of the Safety Harbor Museum things, came in from California if I remember correctly.
Norman Wright, Horace Foster, I've seen older upson board works by them, too. I had a painting once, years ago, by all indications a highwayman painting, signed Rader. Never saw or heard of another by him (or her). They all missed the boat as well.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Fake H Newtons on eBay
Once again, for the umpteenth time, we are offered a couple of fifty cent yard sale paintings of Florida palms and water that some genius has signed and dated H Newton on the verso.
First of all, if you like these, if you'd be proud to enjoy them on the wall of your choice in your home, by all means, buy them. However, if the auction doesn't get canceled, I'd be surprised.
Secondly, if you like these, well, what can I say ?
Here they are:
Since the link won't last, I copy/pasted their description.
WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER THIS BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF FLORIDA OIL PAINTING BY THE GODFATHER AND FOUNDER OF THE LEGENDARY FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN ARTISTS, HAROLD NEWTON (1934-1994). THEY ARE A VERY UNIQUE SMALLER SIZE AND IN AN ALMOST NEVER SEEN RARITY, THEY ARE DATED!!! THEY FEATURE LOVELY BRIGHT COLORED PALM TREES AND GORGEOUS BLUE SKY AND WATER. THE SIZE OF THE PAINTINGS ARE ABOUT 9" X 11", THEY ARE BOTH SIGNED VERSO, "HAROLD NEWTON 1964".
This eBay seller has 100 percent positive feedback. Almost 1200 happy deals made.
Looks good, eh ? Makes you feel comfy ?
I check these things for you, constant followers, so you don't have to waste time.
Perhaps they googled H Newton images, studied a handful of his actual works, and said, "Damn, these HAVE to be legit, they are SO THE SAME. They have PALM TREES""
It's also interesting to note that the same seller recently listed an Andrew Wyeth watercolor which they successfully sold for,.................. wait for it.................. $ 129.00. Heh heh heh.
At least they had sense enough to put a question mark in that listing.
I guess they weren't sure about it ?
They seem pretty sure about these two Florida paintings, though, as you read in their description.
Once more I warn you, be careful out there.
OK, they ended it already, I checked an hour later. 9:33 am.
Apparently the seller did the right thing. I now tip my cap to them.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Harold Newton's Vehicle
In case you didn't know, I get around. (cue the Beach Boys).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcb2vIFVCLA
I didn't get involved with highwaymen art until I saw a Newton landscape bought by John Phillips in a Hood Auction and then read Fitch's article naming them "the highwaymen" in 1995, so I never had the opportunity to meet Harold Newton.
But, for the last fifteen plus years, I've been meeting people who knew and dealt with Harold Newton, speaking with them at the shows I attend around Florida, or talking with them via phone and exchanging emails. These people number in the hundreds, maybe more, a never ending procession, it seems.
Usually their story is the same. "Oh, I worked in a bank and he'd come in and put his paintings around and we'd buy one or two for $ 20 or $ 25."
Or they worked in a lawyer's office, a doctor's office, a furniture store and he'd come around, haul his paintings out of his van or the trunk of his car and spread them out. People would buy them or he'd trade them for services, groceries, dental work, whatever he could get away with.
He would show up anywhere, from Jacksonville to Miami, from Vero to Sarasota.
Obviously he was successful in doing this, as it has been speculated that he created and sold or traded 40,000 to 50,000 paintings in the four decades of his career, mid-1950's to mid-1990's.
Some of the stories, but not many, deviated from the norm.
One guy I spoke with about a year back, who is now in California, piloted a small plane and told me he would fly Harold to the islands with Backus. That surprised me, as I thought Backus allowed Hair to come along on these trips, but I didn't know that Harold would accompany him. I found the old guy to be credible, after all, he showed me two classic 1960's four footers on upson that were both drop-dead gorgeous, the only two he kept for himself having had many. He also told me Harold gave him paintings on consignment to sell for him, as his other job was as a furniture salesman who would visit stores around the state on a regular basis and show the art along with his tables and chairs. He claimed sales were good back then.
Sales have been pretty good for me, too, so his claim was believable.
Since I titled this little interlude "Harold Newton's Vehicle", I should probably get to the point. I originally talked to this lady at the fairgrounds show in West Palm Beach last year and she told a truly amusing tale. She reappeared at my recent Melbourne Auditorium show and repeated the story. This was not unusual, as I KNOW that I've patiently listened to the same people telling me their same story again and again, show after show.
I didn't remember her face, but I remembered her story, and so will you.
When she popped up this time in Melbourne, I was ready for her with this blog in mind and I flat out grilled her for details. Luckily her husband was with her and she dragged him over to my booth to fill in a few facts. I put my reporter's cap on and took notes on an amusing tale.
All for you, gentle reader, all for you. I mean, I'm already amused, now it's your turn.
Harold bought a 1969 white four door Ford from the Bev Smith automobile dealership in West Palm Beach. I imagine he put down a stack of cash, but I know he financed the balance.
The lady I spoke with is Jeanne Harris and she introduced me to her husband Charles Harris, who is known as "Bill". Now, I know some Charleses who are known as "Chuck", but this was the first time...............ah, I digress.
Bill, who worked for the finance company, Commercial Credit in West Palm, told me that Harold made his payments on a regular basis for about the first six months, then stopped. They didn't see him around, so the deal graduated to a repossession situation. Somehow they tracked him down and eventually spotted him and his vehicle across the state in St. Petersburg, of all places.
The car was a little beat up and scratched and the Repo man secured it for the finance company, but here's the good part.
Harold had painted his car not only with typical flames emerging from the engine area, but also with "Rio Mar" beach scenes on both sides as well as the hood and the trunk. He did the same on the interior, embellishing the dashboard.
Now here's the best part. On these painted beaches, running about in the sand, all around the car and on the dashboard he added a bunch of nude voluptuous young women.
It may have been his vision of heaven.
Having read all I have about Harold and his appetites, and as brother Sam says, "He never put down his paint brush or knife", I have no reason to doubt this story.
Jeanne and Bill are credible witnesses and knew Harold as personable and friendly . They would have no reason to fabricate the story, as they told me he sold them a jumbo beach scene for five dollars. Sure sounds like a friendly price for the size. 75% off, just like a jewelry store.
It still hangs in their home.
No, I didn't go see it. It might be one of the great ones.
I did ask them if there were any naked chicks in it.
God only knows what happened with the car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcb2vIFVCLA
I didn't get involved with highwaymen art until I saw a Newton landscape bought by John Phillips in a Hood Auction and then read Fitch's article naming them "the highwaymen" in 1995, so I never had the opportunity to meet Harold Newton.
But, for the last fifteen plus years, I've been meeting people who knew and dealt with Harold Newton, speaking with them at the shows I attend around Florida, or talking with them via phone and exchanging emails. These people number in the hundreds, maybe more, a never ending procession, it seems.
Usually their story is the same. "Oh, I worked in a bank and he'd come in and put his paintings around and we'd buy one or two for $ 20 or $ 25."
Or they worked in a lawyer's office, a doctor's office, a furniture store and he'd come around, haul his paintings out of his van or the trunk of his car and spread them out. People would buy them or he'd trade them for services, groceries, dental work, whatever he could get away with.
He would show up anywhere, from Jacksonville to Miami, from Vero to Sarasota.
Obviously he was successful in doing this, as it has been speculated that he created and sold or traded 40,000 to 50,000 paintings in the four decades of his career, mid-1950's to mid-1990's.
Some of the stories, but not many, deviated from the norm.
One guy I spoke with about a year back, who is now in California, piloted a small plane and told me he would fly Harold to the islands with Backus. That surprised me, as I thought Backus allowed Hair to come along on these trips, but I didn't know that Harold would accompany him. I found the old guy to be credible, after all, he showed me two classic 1960's four footers on upson that were both drop-dead gorgeous, the only two he kept for himself having had many. He also told me Harold gave him paintings on consignment to sell for him, as his other job was as a furniture salesman who would visit stores around the state on a regular basis and show the art along with his tables and chairs. He claimed sales were good back then.
Sales have been pretty good for me, too, so his claim was believable.
Since I titled this little interlude "Harold Newton's Vehicle", I should probably get to the point. I originally talked to this lady at the fairgrounds show in West Palm Beach last year and she told a truly amusing tale. She reappeared at my recent Melbourne Auditorium show and repeated the story. This was not unusual, as I KNOW that I've patiently listened to the same people telling me their same story again and again, show after show.
I didn't remember her face, but I remembered her story, and so will you.
When she popped up this time in Melbourne, I was ready for her with this blog in mind and I flat out grilled her for details. Luckily her husband was with her and she dragged him over to my booth to fill in a few facts. I put my reporter's cap on and took notes on an amusing tale.
All for you, gentle reader, all for you. I mean, I'm already amused, now it's your turn.
Harold bought a 1969 white four door Ford from the Bev Smith automobile dealership in West Palm Beach. I imagine he put down a stack of cash, but I know he financed the balance.
The lady I spoke with is Jeanne Harris and she introduced me to her husband Charles Harris, who is known as "Bill". Now, I know some Charleses who are known as "Chuck", but this was the first time...............ah, I digress.
Bill, who worked for the finance company, Commercial Credit in West Palm, told me that Harold made his payments on a regular basis for about the first six months, then stopped. They didn't see him around, so the deal graduated to a repossession situation. Somehow they tracked him down and eventually spotted him and his vehicle across the state in St. Petersburg, of all places.
The car was a little beat up and scratched and the Repo man secured it for the finance company, but here's the good part.
Harold had painted his car not only with typical flames emerging from the engine area, but also with "Rio Mar" beach scenes on both sides as well as the hood and the trunk. He did the same on the interior, embellishing the dashboard.
Now here's the best part. On these painted beaches, running about in the sand, all around the car and on the dashboard he added a bunch of nude voluptuous young women.
It may have been his vision of heaven.
Having read all I have about Harold and his appetites, and as brother Sam says, "He never put down his paint brush or knife", I have no reason to doubt this story.
Jeanne and Bill are credible witnesses and knew Harold as personable and friendly . They would have no reason to fabricate the story, as they told me he sold them a jumbo beach scene for five dollars. Sure sounds like a friendly price for the size. 75% off, just like a jewelry store.
It still hangs in their home.
No, I didn't go see it. It might be one of the great ones.
I did ask them if there were any naked chicks in it.
God only knows what happened with the car.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Highwaymen show in Jax
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
If you're in northern Florida go see it.
I'm not very good at posting images.
If you click on it it should enlarge and hopefully you can read it.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Florida highwaymen websites
So here we sit, January 2011.
Yesterday, aces were wild, 1/11/11, and coming soon in November, well ...........I don't have to tell you.
Every so often AOL (damn them, once again) sneaks into my computer overnight and scrambles up and scatters all my bookmarked favorites, some go north, others go south, there's no rhyme or reason. And they also restore some favorites that I have long ago deleted.
It's like the episode in that Larry David show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm", where, in a meeting, the brilliant Mel Brooks is sitting next to the brilliant, yet anal-retentive obsessive David, who carefully lines up all his pens, pencils and notepads in parallel lines and has them just perfect.
The instant he's distracted, or turns his head, Brooks immediately reaches over and messes with them, scattering them about. This happens several times and nothing is said, David simply fixes his stuff, lines them back up. Dueling obsessions.
Despite the money I give them every month, AOL becomes Mel Brooks every few months.
Maybe they think it's funny. I don't.
The point of all that claptrap is that I was reminded of how many highwaymen web sites have come and gone in the last decade because they have reappeared due to this AOL cyber-mischief. There have been quite a few dealers, artists, wannabes and copy-cats who have drifted into this market only to drift back out.
Speaking of wannabes, I just can't stop myself from mentioning this. If you watch eBay, you may have noticed that there's a new clown in town and he's wearing a cowboy hat. Sheesh.
Gone, but not forgotten (by me, anyway), are sites by Roy McLendon Sr, Mary Ann Carroll and the Buckner Brothers (done by Ellis Jr.).
And who could forget dealer John Phillips and his FLART ? Great name.
I was also reminded that we are still standing after a full decade of putting our main web site http://www.highwaymen-buy-sell-trade.com/ up there for the world to find.
When AOL restores sites I had marked in the past, I tend to click on them to see what's what.
All are no longer valid, their former domain names available for sale, which is, of course, why I deleted them in the first place.
So, of course, I delete them all once again.
Every morning I monitor all things "highwaymen" on the Internet, art shows, antique shows, dealers, auction houses, artists, and any news articles or new publications.
If I'm going to be ON TOP OF THE MARKET, I feel as though it's nothing less than my duty to do this. So I do it.
I do hereby officially pat myself on the back for having the perseverance to keep on keeping on, staying with this market and the art that I truly love.
Yesterday, aces were wild, 1/11/11, and coming soon in November, well ...........I don't have to tell you.
Every so often AOL (damn them, once again) sneaks into my computer overnight and scrambles up and scatters all my bookmarked favorites, some go north, others go south, there's no rhyme or reason. And they also restore some favorites that I have long ago deleted.
It's like the episode in that Larry David show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm", where, in a meeting, the brilliant Mel Brooks is sitting next to the brilliant, yet anal-retentive obsessive David, who carefully lines up all his pens, pencils and notepads in parallel lines and has them just perfect.
The instant he's distracted, or turns his head, Brooks immediately reaches over and messes with them, scattering them about. This happens several times and nothing is said, David simply fixes his stuff, lines them back up. Dueling obsessions.
Despite the money I give them every month, AOL becomes Mel Brooks every few months.
Maybe they think it's funny. I don't.
The point of all that claptrap is that I was reminded of how many highwaymen web sites have come and gone in the last decade because they have reappeared due to this AOL cyber-mischief. There have been quite a few dealers, artists, wannabes and copy-cats who have drifted into this market only to drift back out.
Speaking of wannabes, I just can't stop myself from mentioning this. If you watch eBay, you may have noticed that there's a new clown in town and he's wearing a cowboy hat. Sheesh.
Gone, but not forgotten (by me, anyway), are sites by Roy McLendon Sr, Mary Ann Carroll and the Buckner Brothers (done by Ellis Jr.).
And who could forget dealer John Phillips and his FLART ? Great name.
I was also reminded that we are still standing after a full decade of putting our main web site http://www.highwaymen-buy-sell-trade.com/ up there for the world to find.
When AOL restores sites I had marked in the past, I tend to click on them to see what's what.
All are no longer valid, their former domain names available for sale, which is, of course, why I deleted them in the first place.
So, of course, I delete them all once again.
Every morning I monitor all things "highwaymen" on the Internet, art shows, antique shows, dealers, auction houses, artists, and any news articles or new publications.
If I'm going to be ON TOP OF THE MARKET, I feel as though it's nothing less than my duty to do this. So I do it.
I do hereby officially pat myself on the back for having the perseverance to keep on keeping on, staying with this market and the art that I truly love.
Friday, December 24, 2010
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