Urban Art Association

Rule #1, you have to love it. Search around for artists with her and get a sense of style, because if the investment doesnt pan out, she may be stuck with it so she'd better like it.

Purely for investment, I'd guess any "Big Name" artists prints at source. Easier said than done...

Failing that, get her to buy what you like and let her hang it in your house. Your budgets just gone up a fair bit!

$1000 can buy you a small original of an up and comer, so long as you do the research properly. But get her style and artists she likes, then put them here.

Yes, I think Invader would hold its value but not sure if the mother in law would like it. I know mine wouldn't. I agree with a couple of the other posts, you must buy what she likes as she may be stuck with it on the wall. Ben Eine seems to hold is value, I like the Tenderloin series, would be in the price range, decent size print, great colors and great if she has grand kids. They can learn the alphabet but would need to include a W.

I like to buy art work that I can afford and can hopefully get my money back if I need to, Its not been easy as a lot of the popular artists of the day pump prints out every 6 months. Hence why I said Banksy to you, I know its more money but definitely got the staying power and I know she won't want to sell it. I am certainly sympathetic to her budget and would suggest if you can get a bigger pool of money it may be an option.

I've bought Hush, Whatson, Shane Turner, Dot Dot Dot, Priest and Paul Insect in the last few years. They haven't appreciated but my Banksy has. Just my experience, but I wanted to be straight with you.

Lots of good advice.. I have liked micallef since I got into this game around 2007, would have loved one of his works back them but they were beyond my reach. He's a great talent and not sure (it's been discussed on here) why his prices have fallen a lot?

If I had 1200 notes spare today I would be buying this print :

m.ebay.co.uk/itm/121486957751?nav=SEARCH

Okay it 200 over your budget but its huge print and framed ready..
without researching the google machine I'm sure these were selling for over 3k. An artist with talent will always be around. Hopefully next year I can pick up a few of his pieces..

Here's some advice about investing in art. Don't.

More advice, take double the money and buy 1 of the new Gerhard richter multuples at Serpentine.

Personally I think dface Faile etc... are nice but a but trendy.

Richter is livable and demonstrably a good investment.

If it was my mother in-law and i liked her i would advice to go for a HF on paper from Sandra Chevrier as i have a feeling her work is only going to get more expensive in the short mid term but i would also caution her on the reality of making money off the purchase best to just go with something you really love at least that way you win regardless as the value is in the way it makes you feel each time you look at it. Happy hunting,

Hi smokey, fair question! But please; Don't invest in art mate. Buy art because you love it. When you love it, surely a lot more people will love it and if you are 'lucky' it will rise in value so you can sell it in the future for the same amount you bought it for or even with a 'profit'. So you can trade up in piece or be able to buy a bigger piece. But most likely you will never sell the piece as you loved it in the first place and have grown custom to it and really don't want to sell it because you would never be able to buy it back again for the initial price you bought it for. Sometimes it is even worth less than the original price, but still you would never sell it because you simply love it to much.

If you truly want to invest in art and hope to make a large profit: Buy something most other people 'like' a lot. Buy at source and stick it in a folio (because you hate it and don't want to 'damage' it or spend the money on a good frame with decent glass). Then go online and tell everybody how much you love it and hype the price. Preferably do this with all others who bought it. Talk about how beautiful the piece is. Continue this for a week or so, price will therefor skyrocket after launch. Sell quick because people will notice that the piece is crap and the secondary market will be flooded with the piece within months of release for original price or even below cost.

So there you have it, my 2¢ and 2 options. If i were you i would go for the first option. As you wrote in your original post. You have had luck during your record collecting days. Did you only buy to make a great purchase for the future or did you mainly bought records because you loved having?

Good luck mate!

If buying for yourself you have to get something you love but art can be used purely as investment vehicle if you know what you're doing, much like investing in vintage cars or antiques surely?

I don't think it's sad. I was going to buy one of the emin releases from counter editions for £450 as I knew that it would be a great long term investment, even though I didn't particularly care for the print and I knew it wouldn't make the wall. Didn't have the readies in the end but that would have been an 'investment' decision much like smokey is contemplating. (It is now for sale for £1200)

Perhaps 'urban art' isn't the best place to look though.

This is a multi faceted forum and people should be able to raise discussions without being told to go away.

Now this is the most sane post I have read on here for a long time.

Where's the suggestion box? We should have a thumbs down button for some comments.

Like many of the other buy something you both love. If you want an investment I would look to the stock market, if you really need it to be in art buy into a fund that trades in art as they will have all the expertise.

Although with art you get something to put on your wall and love to look at, I regularly find myself stopping and looking at the works I have, but who knows if any of them will be worth a lot in a few years. I'd personally try and get an original if you can, but then it would need to be a newish artist at that budget, but then if you pick the right one you might get lucky and make a fortune

thanks Json for understanding this was simply a thread asking for advice on investing which is new to me. For those that it upset I do apologize. Hey it beats me just asking out of curiosity the average age of most people on here. Yes mother in law is a lover of the arts but is mainly(I assume from her use of the word invest) looking to make money. I had some artists in mind to show her their work in the hopes she might actually enjoy it ad well & that was part of the reason for this thread. Perhaps get some names I'd missed or even a non urban art or two that might be more to her liking. As for my record & music memorabilia collecting, like w/ art, I never bought anything I didn't enjoy. Whether an early Spacemen 3/Spiritualized pc to La Monte Young's rare releases. I liked them. Only when I decided it was difficult to enjoy them once I had my daughter did I decide to let certain ones go. Hard to justify disappearing w/ headphones on when your child wants to play. I had a feeling there'd be a negative comment or two hence my initial apology. Nothing may come of it, she may up her initial investment & go for an unsigned, or even better may find something she loves & will display it proudly. Obviously being an art lover(she's a big supporter of the arts here too) I'm hoping for the latter. Been on here several months & even though I've responded to a few, this is my first thread. I appreciate the support & positive advice . Knew some of you from other posts wouldn't mind a simple discussion. And again, for those I've upset, apologies all around.