Best Place to Purchase Icons Online?

[jsgnpdx]

Hello,

Does anybody know the best places (least expensive) to purchase icons online?

I'm on disability, so I can't afford a lot...seems like many of the icon sites I have seen were rediculously expensive. I have the ability to professionally print an icon, but haven't been able to find good quality jpegs of the ones I like.

Thanks,

IC XC NIKA,

:crossrc: Joseph

[InnerPhyre]

I asked in here a few months ago and was directed to www.comeandseeicons.com (http://www.comeandseeicons.com) Their prices are good and I was very happy with the icon they sent me.

[jsgnpdx]

I am also trying to find a clean copy of, or where I can purchase this particular icon....I just love it, but can't find it anywhere

[nicodemus]

www.skete.com is another option.

also, sometimes you can buy the paper prints of these icons (much cheaper) from different icon sellers. they may not offer them for sale that way on thier site, but sometimes will sell them to you if you ask.

I can't remember where I got them, but I got some paper icons several years back. also, the deacon at my old parish mounted icons...i will ask him where he gets the paper originals...

[ShiFuBill]

www.religiousmall.com (http://www.religiousmall.com)
I just got some there at good prices. They got incense and other stuff, too.
S.

[moses916]

why don't u guys talk to micheal the iconographer? he writes icons, he'll make u some great deals!

[gzt]

Whatever you do, DO NOT purchase from Monastery Icons. DO NOT purchase from them under any circumstances.

[Photini]

I recently purchased several Icons from here and was VERY pleased.
http://www.rus-sell.com/russian+icons+crosses+pasch+eggs/russian+icons/catalog766.html

[jsgnpdx]

Whatever you do, DO NOT purchase from Monastery Icons. DO NOT purchase from them under any circumstances.

Por Que? If I might ask?

Joseph

[tdcharles]

Por Que? If I might ask?

Joseph
I did a google search on it.

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/monasteryicons.aspx

Scary stuff.

[jsgnpdx]

I did a google search on it.


Scary stuff.

OOoooh ICK YUK..I C what U mean....reminds me of the quacks I came into Orthodoxy with HOOM/CSB...although a few have now truly become Orthodox and are in the OCA there are a bunch out there that I would definetely consider dangerous....monastery icons seems to fit that bill as well. eeeewwww!:crossrc:
Hey...anybody ever notice this little guy is crossing himself in the wrong direction? <GRIN>:angel:
Joseph

PS...how come it won't allow me to post links in my messages?

[Marjorie]

:crossrc:
Hey...anybody ever notice this little guy is crossing himself in the wrong direction? <GRIN>:angel:

It actually used to do it the right way, but the Catholics petitioned for their own sign of the cross icon and I guess Erwin just reversed it, not thinking that now there was only a female EO one... lol...

PS...how come it won't allow me to post links in my messages?

You're new. :) It will let you do so when you have more posts.

In IC XC,
Marjorie

[nicodemus]

Yikes, I think I have one of their icons! What is the name of their "iconographer?" It looks similar in style to one in my icon corner! :eek:

[Photios]

reminds me of the quacks I came into Orthodoxy with HOOM/CSB...

That's how my priest and his wife came in. I also know another priest that came in through HOOM. I don't really know what happened to them(HOOM) afterwards though.

[katherine2001]

If you like the Russian icons (from Sophrino), a good place to get them is Not of This World Icons at www.NotOfThisWorldIcons.com (http://www.NotOfThisWorldIcons.com). I called them and got a catalog from them. He just asks that you call him before you order to make sure that they are available. He only gets them in once a year. They have this one particular icon that I was looking for and couldn't find on the other sites I looked at. Matushka told me about them at Pascha when I told her that I was looking for a particular icon.

E-Bay has a lot of the Russian icons also. Look under Collectibles, then Religious Items (or something similar to that), and there is a listing for Icons. There are a lot of Catholic icons too, but you can usually tell those from the Orthodox icons. You can get a really good price there as well. One good thing about doing this is that they at least end up in Orthodox hands instead of being collected as works of art by others.

[Demetrios The Greek]

www.skycanvas.com (http://www.skycanvas.com)

[Maximus]

I did a google search on it.

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/monasteryicons.aspx

Scary stuff.

The U.S. certainly is fertile ground for nutball religious groups of all kinds.

Good grief!

[nicodemus]

The U.S. certainly is fertile ground for nutball religious groups of all kinds.

Good grief!
Yup. I was thinking of applying for a position in Greece to teach English as a second language. One of the questions on the application was, "Why do you want to come to Greece?" My answer was/is going to be "I thought it'd be nice to live somewhere for a while where I don't have to constantly try to convince people I'm a Christian."

[Xpycoctomos]

www.skycanvas.com (http://www.skycanvas.com/)

I don't understand the pricing. What exactly do you get for 9.99? I card? A wooden icon? Handpainted (or a copy of one?). What size? What's this "bidding" about? I love many of the icons there, but I have no idea how what I would be getting and what the prices are.

John

[Maximus]

Speaking of teaching ESL in foreign countries, I taught English in Russia (Moscow) for a short while.

Now there one can get the most wonderful icons imaginable for practically no money (by U.S. standards anyway).

They are for sale everywhere, even in the Metro.

The best ones are found in the monasteries and convents, where they are also incredibly inexpensive.

Next time I go, I'm packing a steamer trunk.

[Demetrios The Greek]

I don't understand the pricing. What exactly do you get for 9.99? I card? A wooden icon? Handpainted (or a copy of one?). What size? What's this "bidding" about? I love many of the icons there, but I have no idea how what I would be getting and what the prices are.

John

I have purchased from skycanvas. They are mounted on wood. The bidding refers to icons on eBay.

The icons I purchased from skycanvas are great.

[Rilian]

The icons I purchased from skycanvas are great.

Who are those people? I can't find anything about what their community is that they talk about. The obvisously must take other peoples prints and mount them, because these are icons from other sources. There's even completely non Orthodox images in there.

Something seems a little odd.

[jsgnpdx]

HEY THANKS for all the great responses...lots of icon sites to look at now!

IC XC NIKA,

the sinner Joseph

[Michael the Iconographer]

why don't u guys talk to micheal the iconographer? he writes icons, he'll make u some great deals!

So sure you are of my generosity! Just kidding! :)

[ExOrienteLux]

Speaking of teaching ESL in foreign countries, I taught English in Russia (Moscow) for a short while.

Now there one can get the most wonderful icons imaginable for practically no money (by U.S. standards anyway).

They are for sale everywhere, even in the Metro.

The best ones are found in the monasteries and convents, where they are also incredibly inexpensive.

Next time I go, I'm packing a steamer trunk.

Thanks for the info, Maximus. I'll bring a big box with me when I head to Novgorod next spring. I'll start a thread before I go asking people what icons (if any) they want. It'll be fun.

XB!
-Philip.

[Xpycoctomos]

The only problem with Russia is, accordignt o my friend who went there, that they will confiscate any antique icons you have bought because they feel these are part of their national heritage. I don't know what the age limit is, if this is always enforced and if there are special ways to get around this. Anyone else know anything? It could be customs just stealing icons... but my friend seemed to think this was actually russian policy (he went a couple years ago) and he's generally pretty distrustful of people's motives.

John