<ramble> Art is so completely subjective. In a house I bought, we found a painting by an artist named Marshall Merritt - we see his paintings being sold for $1

<ramble> Art is so completely subjective. In a house I bought, we found a painting by an artist named Marshall Merritt - we see his paintings being sold for $10k - very similar in size and composition. But when we had it appraised, the appraiser told us $300. Go figure. Aside from a portrait of my wife, my favorite art purchases have been from Robert Tinney, who did the covers for Byte Magazine from the early 80s. He sells his "limited edition prints" directly. But the point is not that it is an investment, but that I actually just really find pleasure in his work. His is the only art that I've bought online - and only then because I already had a copy of the work in question as a magazine cover! </ramble> I notice that the Amazon works are all sold and shipped by individual galleries. I wouldn't be surprised if you could purchase directly from them for considerably less than via Amazon.