Vintage and antique art covers original paintings in oil and watercolour, drawings in pencil, charcoal and pastel, printed work such as engravings and lithographs, and the framed pieces that do not fit any of those.
The appeal is straightforward. An original painting was made once, by hand, by somebody who stood in front of it, and nobody else has the same one on their wall. Older work also costs a fraction of what new art of similar quality costs, and it usually arrives framed, so it can go straight up. Plenty of people buy a piece because of where it was painted rather than who painted it, a stretch of coast they know or a town they grew up in.
Signatures are worth a look but not the whole story. A lot of good nineteenth and twentieth century work is signed with initials only, or not signed at all, and unattributed pieces are judged on how well they are painted rather than on a name.
Frames matter more than people expect. An original period frame is part of the piece and is often worth something on its own, which is why we photograph the frame as well as the picture.
Art comes in a few pieces at a time rather than in bulk, so what is here changes. It is worth checking back if nothing suits at the moment.
