MORGAN HILL, CA—In just 20 hours from the end of the dealer allocation, the entire canvas edition of Thomas Kinkade’s “Tinker Bell and Peter Pan Fly to Neverland” available to dealers sold out. This marked the fastest-selling image in Thomas Kinkade Company history.Since the beginning of the year, more than 80 dealers have joined the Kinkade Company to represent and sell works to previously unexplored markets.
When asked about the developments at the Thomas Kinkade Company, Senior Vice President of Retail Development Rick Barnett said, “It has long been established that Kinkade’s work sells in a normal economic retail environment and now it is evident that even in the most difficult times, his message of hope and simpler times resonates with the consumer. ”
“Tinker Bell and Peter Pan Fly to Neverland” is part of The Disney Dreams Collection, in which paintings are based on Kinkade’s inspiration from classic Disney films and characters. The first two pieces in the collection,“Snow White Discovers the Cottage and Pinocchio Wishes Upon A Star, have been the most popular images ever released by the Thomas Kinkade Company, creating record sell-outs at the publisher for both images.
“As with the first two paintings in my twelve piece Disney Dreams Collection, I try to tell the whole story in a single image—what I refer to as a ‘narrative panorama.’ We see Neverland in the distance, just below the “second star to the right,” as the full moon bathes the scene with its silvery glow. The lights of London twinkle along the river Thames, as the clouds take shape, if only in our imagination, as characters from the adventure—Captain Hook, Smee, the Lost Boys and the ubiquitous ticking crocodile. But for me, the central character of the story will always remain Tinker Bell, the enchanted fairy princess who makes the entire journey of imagination possible,” Kinkade related about the piece.
For more information on the work of Thomas Kinkade, visit http://www.thomaskinkade.com/.
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