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Post by Greg B on Jun 3, 2010 11:26:38 GMT -5
From Pharyngula: You may be saddened to learn that his Signature Gallery stores are dying like starving puppies and he's being successfully sued for million dollar judgments to such a degree that some of his companies are declaring bankruptcy. You'll be appalled to hear that some people are saying rude things about him. www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-kinkade-20100603,0,1292119.story >"Kinkade is a ... deadbeat," said their lawyer, Norman Yatooma, who accused the artist and his Los Angeles attorney, Dana Levitt, of "breaching their agreement" to pay up. "Kinkade's word is as worthless as his artwork. His lawyer is no better." I don't know, I kind of like his later work  |
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Post by j on Jun 3, 2010 11:30:52 GMT -5
anything with a Cthulhu theme is good in my book.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 3, 2010 11:59:20 GMT -5
Well, he's going to have to sell lots of paintings then. Maybe he should open up some galleries that sell his stuff exclusively.
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Post by millring on Jun 3, 2010 12:24:20 GMT -5
 Well, hello Dali This is Thom, Dali It's so nice to cop your chops with such aplomb I'm painting swell, Dali Light from Hell, Dali Sheep don't know it, fire's a glowin', still they come So, golly gee, fellas Sign another check to me fellas Charlatan, your dream's alive today! |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 3, 2010 12:37:11 GMT -5
Funny, John!   "While My Guitar Gently Wilts" |
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Post by Supertramp78 on Jun 3, 2010 13:17:06 GMT -5
"Kinkade's word is as worthless as his artwork. "
and
"Kinkade agreed to pay the award after moving vans hired by the plaintiff's lawyer, Yatooma, showed up at the company's headquarters to take artwork to satisfy the judgment."
but I thought the stuff was worthless.....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2010 15:14:24 GMT -5
John, forget about pottery. You are the next Al Yankovic.  |
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 15:54:22 GMT -5
In Al's dreams.
Heh.
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Post by Ann T on Jun 3, 2010 17:00:41 GMT -5
That's a sad ending, but I don't see how this business' failing is any different than any other flopped franchise. It happens. A lot of companies have gone under in recent years, especially those that sell overpriced purely discretionary purchases...think Sharper Image. Does anyone really need that $1,500 light-up full size replica of a 1930's gas pump that dispenses jawbreakers to place in their rumpus room next to that overpriced pool table that is now stacked with boxes of unused junk that have no other storage place in the house? People have, at least until the economy improves, cut back on the frivolous purchases.
The religious angle to investing is an old sales ploy, and anyone with any sense should know that that is basically worthless as any kind of assurance of success (there is nothing in the Bible about God warranteeing the success of franchises).
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Post by Supertramp78 on Jun 3, 2010 18:11:49 GMT -5
I think their biggest claim is that once they spent all the money on the franchise, Kinkade turned around and undercut them by selling through other outlets at cheaper rates than they were allowed to match. This effectively killed their business by competing with them directly.
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 19:08:27 GMT -5
A total sleazeball, really. An unprincipled flim-flam man. That his "art" refelcts that sleaziness is just icing on the cake.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jun 3, 2010 20:44:05 GMT -5
Looking at a piece of his original art, it's jsut so hard to imagine he would be anything but totally honest. I mean, he was the painter of light!
Or as Arlo would say, "I'm sitting here on the group w bench..."
Mike
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 20:58:05 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 3, 2010 21:00:24 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 21:05:46 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 21:06:22 GMT -5
Hey, I think I'm starting to like him after all.
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Post by Ann T on Jun 3, 2010 21:07:15 GMT -5
I think their biggest claim is that once they spent all the money on the franchise, Kinkade turned around and undercut them by selling through other outlets at cheaper rates than they were allowed to match. This effectively killed their business by competing with them directly. Hmmm. Are retailers not allowed to discount their merchandise in these agreements? (Is this why you can never find Apple products at any kind of discount, other than a token $5 or $10 off at Costco or Fry's?) Are the franchises able to do something special to attract customers? Paradoxically, people are willing to pay extra for buying things in a luxury setting or at a luxury price, because it makes them feel more special or some such marketing psychobabble. Maybe the franchises were supposed to trade on that special cachet of a buying in a gallery experience. Maybe Thomas Kinkade stuff is more on par with Starving Artists than they wanted to admit! Personally, I equate it with QVC and Avon special edition Christmas scene resin tabletop fountains than with Picasso. |
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 21:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 3, 2010 21:16:18 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Jun 3, 2010 21:16:23 GMT -5
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