Urban Art Association

Expect the banksy prints should all exceed the higher estimate. Nice price on the faile dog too. Some fantastic pieces..cheers for sharing

LOL, Somewhere in the ether I can hear a friend of mine, who is after summat there, reading this and thinking FFS! its on that fkin forum now!! .

Would suggest people be a bit careful with this lot and Mary McCarthy

I bought a piece at the last auction they did and Mary gave me a condition report on it. She said in good nick and no marks etc. So I bought it.

Paid them

Took loads to actually get it off them as they were Mickey Mouse and my shipper could not collect for ages ( know some others had the same problem with Digard).

Anyway eventually got it sent and received. When it arrived the condition was no where near as promised with marks and chips to the paint etc.complained etc

Mary blamed the shipper......which was all good but actual photos proved it was not them. They did nothing about it Mary disowned it.

Terrible auction house to work with and would not trust anything Mary says again. If your there to view the pieces etc fine but if not and on the phone or net be very careful

Crikey what a crappy deal that was J. Mary was ok when she was at Dreweatts, what happened Mary?.

"Signed within image"... I guess means it's not signed. Just their name in the print!!
And why's in mounted on board?
Is this a paste-up that someone's stuck to card?

Well I did wonder about keeping quiet....but I've had some good leads from the forum and I was sure someone would post it at some point....


Guess I'm just a great guy :-)

Some interesting prices and estimates.

There again it's France.

Some nice stuff, but a lot of it is from 2013, looks like many are just looking for quick cash when they buy from galleries... not a good sign for street art 

No, I think he introduced this style at his last exhibition and that's not that long ago. 

Interesting johnnyh thanks for the heads up.

I love the Ian Francis.

Anyone knows where the Martha Cooper/JR/Bolin print was first released? I never heard about it.

Yes, I know a couple of others who like it as well.

Don't look down...



Yves Klein
Title FC1 (Fire Color 1)
Description Yves Klein (1928-1962)
FC1 (Fire Color 1)
Dry pigments and synthetic resin on scorched cardboard on panel with artist's frame
55½ x 117¾ x 1 in. (141 x 299.5 x 3 cm.)
Executed in 1962
Size Height 55.5 in.; Width 117.9 in.; Depth 1.2 in. / Height 141 cm.; Width 299.5 cm.; Depth 3 cm.
Sale of Christie's New York: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 [Lot 00034]
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Estimate 30,000,000 - 40,000,000 USD
Sold For 36,482,500 USD Premium 

Provenance Collection of the artist
Pierre Restany, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

To my knowledge nothing would prevent DRAN from re-joining his crew anytime he wants, my understanding was that it could (or not) be only temporary ;-) As for DRAN's artworks being rarely consigned at auction, there's a good reason for that : early collectors just stick with the beauties they own ! Hence every piece that has been auctioned up to now has only ever been a minor / not so appealing one...