Cooper A-2 with Art - An Opinion

[442RCT]

I saw this painted Cooper A-2 for sale on E-bay. Lately there's been many painted A-2s for sale, some with what I consider good artwork. The jackets were in what would be the lower tier of repro A-2s, but the art was nice. These painted jackets have been priced from $ 175 to $ 325.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT
http://shop.ebay.com/mp38u40/m.html?_nk ... ksid=p4340

This Cooper looks like it's been modified by the addition of side panels...if it's still a size 44R, there was no reason to add material, none of the Cooper's I own have side panels.
Whoops my mistake, it looks like Cooper did start adding underarm panels to their jackets,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123

The artwork is uninspired, the artist made no effort to 'blend' or incorporate the art onto the jacket. He painted a square / rectangular frame and painted the scene in that area. There's no lettering, etc...

If this jacket were in my size and less than $ 75.00, I might consider it...only because I would have modified the paint job by adding lettering (a motto and sqn, etc.) and repainting the squared off frame into a flag...or something that's supposed to be rectangular.

But for what this seller is asking... :lol: i'm guessing it's gonna a long time before they can find a buyer. What are they thinking ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Painted-A-2- ... dZViewItem

 

[deand]

Like the cakes you can buy at the large grocery stores with an image on them, without any sense of the aesthetics of cake decorating.





dean

 

[CHECK6]

That's what i call the artist 's imagination limits ,sad for him