I checked similarity here in Denver CL. I'll say it's a fair price. You can negotiate to price you're comfortable with. Start at $300 and see how far you can get from them and look at it closely for any damages, etc.. Many of them want to get rid because of the move or ? and/or just need money. Good luck! Let us know...

All the "art" I've picked out myself are pictures that hit my heart in some way. It's like "Love at first sight." You know it when you see it Yep. Most of my faves are of the "I paid very little for this" variety. My latest treasure came from a little junk shop in Suffolk, England. It was marked as a print, but I had a sneaky suspicion it was an original. I paid the equivalent of about $46 for it, got it back to my cottage and took it out of the frame, and sure enough - original acrylic, and the subject matter is a door in St. Ives, Cornwall - where I visited on a wonderful holiday last year. So win-win-win: Affordable original of a place that has special meaning to me. I just got it back from my framer last week and am even more in love with it, now that it's been given the perfect mat and frame. I guess the most I've ever paid for a painting was $2,400 (or was it $2,600? I forget. ;-)). It's a large canvas of a Native American gentleman, and I bought it directly from the artist, himself a young Native American. I felt really good about supporting his work, and having had the painting for a number of years now, I still absolutely love living with it and can't imagine my wall without it. Art has to really speak to me in some way before I want to live with it.

I am not sure about the wood... not my area of expertise. It does have lots of knots. My husband guessed, "pine?" I see the color variation in the photo you mentioned, but I can't see it in person. It definitely needs to be touched up. I wouldn't want to refinish if it were a true antique, but am undecided since we need to fix/clean it up, anyway. We have mostly dark walnut (color) wood in our home. Hubby mentioned he'd prefer the piece was darker. I think it is quite lovely as is. I am currently planning on putting it in our laundry/dog/mudroom, which is primarily white and beige. It fits an open space I have and would serve as a nice spot to set clean clothes when I pull them out of the dryer, set down keys since it is next to the garage door, charge cell phones, etc. To my eye, the color of the wood is a nice contrast to all the light, painted surfaces we have in there. Suggestions or ideas are definitely welcomed...

I tried to google "hexanglare" but Google said there were "0" results. I am assuming one is the window leaf type and the other are the hard, aloe-like Haws? Which is which? nevermind! Found it. I think my Google is broken or they are messing with the coding again...or something. http://www.haworthia.org.uk/haworthia.htm