Aside from the beauty of the images, what makes An Evening Out and Boating Day rare and collectible?
Several things set these two prints apart from any other Kinkade prints. First, these are believed to be the smallest print editions of any Thomas Kinkade studio works. There are only 490 prints in each edition. Second, unlike most Thomas Kinkade print editions and the Kinkade Girrard’ print editions published by The Thomas Kinkade Company, there is no reservation of a right to publish future additional editions of these images, unaltered and in their entirety. There can never be more prints of An Evening Out’ and Boating Day’ than there are now. Third, at a point near the end of Thom’s Girrard’ period when most Kinkade Girrard’ images had already been created, these are the two images Thom personally selected to be the first Girrards’ published as limited edition fine art prints. Fourth, these are the only Thomas Kinkade print editions in existence that have both Thom’s original Kinkade signature and original Girrard’ signature.
