This is my favorite search:
Paintings, original, oil, pre-1800-1969, $0-$200.
Here are a few favorites up for auction right now:
floral still life
seaside scene
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-eb8elkZP7vvY2Wmt8QU5irhRv0Q3UvpQIQYcux-SrhIGyL9R39LQmMMFW_UXKC8UuyA8luaXUva2yOOp2v2IPiq6znKjzDVx82V8GXZqnpwkKRq0QIVdYCmwXosZUxDvZnXUNfjSoaK/s400/Picture+13.png)
pretty landscape
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQkO5h7m-uIyfJi7SszQkqM7wxyMKwgiH5QoaXmSySQL_p5koOShQw0XFqTCpSgQvDjipG_vB3VrqI7DzX2a0K3UJdugekYeWj8faApilkRb7vHf6N8HFoLUR-j35eJ96jaqIDdZzhbJS/s400/Picture+14.png)
un-floral floral.
Another floral. Love this one.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kFjSBnKZhKBWiKMUNjRg5yj60garwU70DTRlqr6df6y5J-VsZj9h79HQ1sFHd6tIhXnyYd99LyO19ORSi7Do166IMWDSbafVkS0xgXjn3gjJuIf43ERqpb57T6JBFHBmgCKyAwkQwHcO/s400/Picture+15.png)
Village street
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Fp4SRYu38CWNkA3t93vLTi9wYj8Iy10s6aslvxkaTcyJWoNTNiOz0r92CnJvsUdipi8T0QrE1RtukBFZoPoOQpnThSEB3X7EBh6fZbDIagq4Ff2Alj9ubtVbTU1wxhdMevggKImQppM0/s400/354645884_tp.jpg)
Painterly hydrangeas in a bamboo frame? What's not to love?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBdU1p45EGMtG3C8IjyioHFo2pHn9PhSEghsWGZP2JjakeXh0D7Xh1Rrt4LgdhLqYI9ShyphenhyphenDad0fU3147RhO0fApyW6xbrAUKXTO6HqSilNzq9QT3QxSjXsINkrowdcusWFdcd4piCfqU3/s400/Picture+16.png)
Tiny lovliness
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpS4iwq5LC6hucJNF7uaHydW1AdK8-wPJEprrjYSkg6ftmqJMGRobvqo-wd-4dS0RkbokIWO4mEI6UsJdXRI8fDeNswxjEfLqjRD9_hsK9iFBacHQXb4xUCQFOf7XQ7SZ8dzosOn-pivb5/s400/Picture+17.png)
Moody abstract
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHzKzBvMpi_Y585osDUjcZku1YlTD1oCR6S0BQOgddD8DOlh0vkb_x_Ll9eo1oR4qrbhAMbwuUQvk90LmWJ_UOhD59zECuytbq5sfjA_o09DhEDEnRH9JdP4oC2QJBygz55Z1ATc2B4W0/s400/354383526_o.jpg)
This oil is my favorite piece of art in our home. I bought it on eBay last year for almost nothing - it felt sort of dishonest, I got it for so cheap.
I love the lady peeping out behind the flowers. And the colors just sing to me.
I think it's from the 20s or 30s. The canvas is pretty crusty and a little saggy. It could use a professional cleaning and it really needs to be restretched, but all that can wait a year or two.