Comments on: A Thrift-Shop Jackson Pollock Masterpiece?

Ex-Trucker Claims She Scored A Multimillion-Dollar Painting For $5

[ubikvalis2]

"This kind of painting took no talent, or imagination to create"

Jackson Pollock spent years perfecting his "drip" technique and is considered one of the greatest American painters of all time. I think an art historian would disagree with you.

[justfacts2]

The only reason the art world is discounting her is because they don't want to shell out the $50 million dollars. THAT is the bottom line. They're cheapskates!

[asor1-2009]

This is almost as funny as the jesusCheeseBurger of a few years ago.

[rjs1955]

The art world is as crassly $$$$$ oriented as any other business. The "art business" has a vested interest in figuring out a way to get this painting into the "business" for a song. If this old lady sells it to a collector for even $2,000,000 and it is declared a hoax, it will go for a vast sum of money within months as the "art experts" will miraculously discover that it IS a real Pollock. This whole scene reeks like hell. Notice how there is very little discussion of whether this piece bought for $5 is even very good at all?? But it would all of a sudden be goooooood if someone verifies it as a Pollock, which will in no way happen as long as it is owned by someone "outside the fold." Bueffel scheisse!!

[armor19e]

Ms. Horton, I am tired of people that think they know everything, coming up short. They have great insight to intelligence, they have great insight to leadership, they are experts on the artwork that does have the an autograph that states who did it.
Ma'am, if you do do not get your money for for the painting, a fair price as you asked for, fine. They will wait. They will figure that when you pass, your estate will gladly get what they can for it.
My suggestion is...leave it to no one. Burn it. Have it destroyed. Evidentily there are too many Jackson Pollacks and this is not important enough to warrant serious consideration. Then have ashes dropped on the cars of these art experts, the last great act of Jackson Pollack.

[asor1-2009]

If she GAVE it to me I would NOT put it in my house. This is major league ugly and only goes to prove that money and taste are not necessarily served on the same plate.

[akpals]

Well, this painting is a prime example of what a fool can do with his money. This kind of painting took no talent, or imagination to create. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder in this case, but I don't think I would want to know the kind of person who could look at that all day. It's no wonder we associate "creativity" with serial killer these days! To Teri, I hope you get your millions! And may God bless all the rest of you truckers with this kind of wealth!

[cathaleen]

These art people are such snobs. They know this painting is a real Pollock, you could tell they weren't telling the truth. I admire her for not being taken for a fool. There are alot of dishonest people out there especially with the black market that goes on in the art world.
I wish her the best of luck.

[grammawhamma]

I thought the so called "art" was awful but I also think it is authentic. Stick to your guns lady and demand the right price. I felt Teri was a work of art herself....I would love to have her as a friend. She was delightful.

[johnfcook]

Go to eBay and see what I found the thrift store a few months ago! Priced at $6.5 million. Search ebay stores for item #150088010397. The title may change but right now the title is "HRH KING KALAKAUA Kaiulani ANTIQUE HAWAIIAN FURNITURE". I%u2019m getting a similar reaction here. Once "white trash" touches great art it becomes contaminated and it is no longer worth preserving. The elite here in Hawaii would rather see it destroyed.

[whinee2]

ALWAYS ALWAYS QUESTION AUTHORITY! (They are human and make mistakes and errors the same as everyone else!) We need FREE RESEARCH AND AUTHENTICATIONS by the BEST PEOPLE we can find!

[tunman-2009]

The self absorbed snobs that pass as experts in the art world cannot and will not admit that she has a treasure in her hands. I hope you get the validation and sell it for 100 million dollars!!

[whinee2]

The art world wants Provenance...and even then it has to be authenticated at the mercy of these illiterate snobs that barely know what's real or not. Provenance often has huge gaps.They hate thrift store,garage sales and ebay findings..How misguided! HISTORY and Masterpieces could be LOST FOREVER!! They look no further than they have to. On behalf of collectors, museums etc,they're afraid of lawsuits for selling fakes and humiliation. If a painting is not listed in the Catalogue Raisonne where it's rather easy to check,then it must not be the real mccoy. Many paintings were not logged, missing at the time of publication or passed from one family member to another until the present owners don't even have a clue. The best resources admit there are missing artworks unaccounted for. Who's in charge? Credentials? Auhentications guaranteed?Comparing many paintings of any artist will leave questions on some works as to authentication. Masterpieces are becoming fewer. Save our history for our children and grandchildren.Curators,historians and research organizations need to do more and dig deeper.Why aren't there FREE AUTHENTICATIONS backing up research on art just as an anthropoligist or geologist would for mankind and prehistoric finds.Why does it cost so much? We need grants and fundings for free research!

[rjcooley1]

In response to many...

Art can be art without being good art. It's subjective and debatable. That is the point of art, to make people think and to create conversation. Pollocks paintings are valued for many reasons, but the original being that it was a new idea. Would peoples children being making splatter painting without him doing it first?

I don't believe that this is a Pollock. The point of his paintings (one at least) was the loosening up of brush strokes and to fight formal, traditional compositions. This painting has a defined composition. From what I can tell the artist or whoever seemed to feel restricted when creating this, as though they had to keep the paint on the canvas. The other possibility is that it is an early work...

Beyond that the art world is not always snobby, but more skeptical. Even finger prints can be subjective and we only have the word of one person that it matches up. Even scientists disagree sometimes. This, of course, is all my opinion.

[bookworm19]

My husband thinks it's a fake, should take the $2 million and run; I think the fingerprint information makes it the real thing. I hope Teri takes it to an auction house, gets $50-100 million and then has a blast with the rest of her life.

[stampandgo]

You Go Girl! Stick to your guns - that thing is genuine and worth a bunch. Have you considered loaning it for a time to an important museum - that would lend it authenticity.

[olivia1010-2009]

This is art?

I have a painting my 2 yr old did that looks quite similar.

Think I can get $50 million for it?

Good Luck Teri, hope you get the last laugh (and the money)

[tswheel]

I think its real, the size is right, looks like a real Pollock to me. the finger print is there that should seal the deal...........the art world should honor the print..........seeing the finger print would had been really hard to copy...pay the woman what she deserves for finding the painting..............this is what America is all about rags to riches.............

[jwebber37]

I don't think it is authentic. The image online is too small for a good analysis, but even at that scale the rhythms seem wrong. The colors also seem to be wrong. Biomorphic forms have nothing to do with it. If the design is obviously incompetent, the artist is incompetent. Pollack was not an incompetent artist. This was done by a person who knew nothing about art.

Don't know how to explain the fingerprint analysis except that it must have been botched. The reason the experts aren't interested in the fingerprint analysis is that they simply don't want to waste their time chasing down such things on an obviously wrong painting.

Teri should have taken the $2M. A bird in hand is better than two in the bush. Suggest she put it on Ebay with a reserve of $5M and see how things sort.

[jwebber37]

I don't think it is authentic. The image online is too small for a good analysis, but even at that scale the rhythms seem wrong. Pollack was not that incompetent, even when drunk. This was done by a person who knew nothing about art. Don't know how to explain the fingerprint. I think both the fingerprint analysis and the painting are botched. She should have taken the $2M. A bird in hand is better than two in the bush. Suggest she put it on Ebay with a reserve of $5M and see how things sort.