There are many sports fans who want to show their love and support for their favorite team or sportsperson by decorating their homes with portraits and various other art pieces. This article speaks of how sports art can be an investment.
All of us at some point of time or the other have watched a sports game in action. Some of us are ardent sports fans who follow a particular sport, say golf, with oodles of zeal and fanaticism. We have our own favorite stars whom we hero worship and adorn our walls with sports art of all kinds. A great deal of such artwork can be seen in many homes.
Although being an enthusiastic baseball fan myself, I am nowhere close to beating the rage of some of my good friends who are so obsessed with the game that they have portraits of the legendary Babe Ruth and Ted William adorning their room walls along with other golf sports art which is a testimony to their golf mania. Nothing more can justify your passion for a game other than the paintings, posters and a variety of sports art of your demigods hanging from the walls. For the younger lot, this is one way of building their image among friends. This has a lot of times resulted in clash of ideas between parents and children. I am saying this out of experience as I have seen it happen at my own home between my parents and my brother.
On the other hand, it could actually be a good idea to encourage your kids to follow and learn a sport and also invest in sports art. It develops a number of positive qualities in them and helps in building a strong and confident character. Your child can hone his athletic skills and cultivate an active routine to keep him fit and agile.
However, with changing times and seasons, your priorities also undergo a shift. Naturally, your choice of sport and sport stars may also undergo some sea change. If you think all your valuable investment in sports paintings and portraits are going to go waste, let me give you a piece of good news. Like all other paintings, your sports paintings too have good resale value. The older the painting, the more money it can fetch as there is always a huge demand for anything antique.