How were the Robert Girrard Kinkade original paintings priced in comparison to the original paintings Thom released under the name Thomas Kinkade?
In 1984, when Cottage Gallery opened, Thom priced an original 24×30 Thomas Kinkade painting at $2000 and an original 24×30 Robert Girrard’ painting at $1800. This was a tiny difference considering that Thomas Kinkade had established significant recognition for the Kinkade’ name and was actively promoting Thomas Kinkade’ the artist. On the other hand Robert Girrard’ was an unknown. Girrard’ could not attend shows or other promotional events in his own behalf to build his reputation. Thom remarked at one point that he thought it would be fun to do a one man show for Robert Girrard’ at Cottage Gallery, and that he (Thom) would appear in disguise at the show as artist Robert Girrard’. However, such an event never occurred. After the introduction of the first Robert Girrard’ works in 1984, Thomas Kinkade steadily increased Girrard’ prices. In 1987 a 26×40 Kinkade Girrard’ canvas sold for more in March of that year than a 26×40 Thomas Kinkade canvas sold for in April of that same year. In 19
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