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Folk art beauty in the eye of the collector
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Chicago Sun-Times
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January 14, 2001
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Folk art is called "naive" and often rightly so. Since it became a
fashionable collectible in the 1970s, a wide range of categories such
as sculpture, painting and pottery-old and new-became classified as
"folk art." You can spend a little or a lot. However, there are
several things to consider before spending too much.
These days, age doesn't necessarily make an item worth thousands
of dollars. Some pieces are obviously worth every penny, from hand-
carved decoys to fancifully painted whirligigs. Other items are
questionable, and you have to ask yourself, "Did someone's kid do
it?"
Folk art comes in many guises. Twentieth century art can be stone
carving, chain saw carving of wood, simple ...
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