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Banksy, Murmure, Obey, Kai, Whatson, and More for sale!, by NYart on Jun 20, 2023 12:03:09 GMT 1, Listings updated , prices availability
Listings updated , prices availability
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Banksy, Murmure, Obey, Kai, Whatson, and More for sale!, by NYart on Jul 12, 2022 14:30:14 GMT 1, Sold one of the tabby prints, all other pieces listed still available. Feel free to message with interest!
Sold one of the tabby prints, all other pieces listed still available. Feel free to message with interest!
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Pez ‘MC2 au CM2’ to be released by a lottery very soon, by NYart on Mar 20, 2022 23:09:29 GMT 1, Given the edition size, the price seems reasonable. That being said I’d have much preferred a larger edition and more affordable price.
Given the edition size, the price seems reasonable. That being said I’d have much preferred a larger edition and more affordable price.
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Selling art pieces, by NYart on Feb 15, 2022 22:14:11 GMT 1, Just wanted a list of places people use to sell art? There's art brokerage - terrible customer service Artsy - minimum $2000 price piece, and 25% cut of the sale Ebay - risk of seller claiming damage or not received Heritage auction - Need to sell total of $5000 worth of goods. Any other websites at all? In particular ones I can use to sell art worth $500-1000 I think a lot of people over estimate the risks with eBay. Insure the package and require a signature upon delivery nearly eliminates risk on the sellers end all together. That being said, here, eBay, and heritage are generally my go to for both buying and selling.
Just wanted a list of places people use to sell art? There's art brokerage - terrible customer service Artsy - minimum $2000 price piece, and 25% cut of the sale Ebay - risk of seller claiming damage or not received Heritage auction - Need to sell total of $5000 worth of goods. Any other websites at all? In particular ones I can use to sell art worth $500-1000 I think a lot of people over estimate the risks with eBay. Insure the package and require a signature upon delivery nearly eliminates risk on the sellers end all together. That being said, here, eBay, and heritage are generally my go to for both buying and selling.
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Edgar Plans 🇪🇸 Sculpture • Madrid • NBA Basketball , by NYart on Jan 16, 2022 21:33:35 GMT 1, I ran off with my WL profit. $7700 not a bad for a Sunday afternoon watching football.
I ran off with my WL profit. $7700 not a bad for a Sunday afternoon watching football.
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Martin Whatson • THE CRACK & SNEAK PEAK , by NYart on Dec 23, 2021 14:23:46 GMT 1, I don’t understand the thing of “12 hours open edition”. Seems a bit confusing. The 12 hours make you think it is a time limited edition, which is not Unsigned open edition. NO TIME LIMITED EDITION
Right, they need to at least number them if they want transparency. Otherwise even after they’re sold out publicly, they can trickle them out indefinitely.
I don’t understand the thing of “12 hours open edition”. Seems a bit confusing. The 12 hours make you think it is a time limited edition, which is not Unsigned open edition. NO TIME LIMITED EDITION Right, they need to at least number them if they want transparency. Otherwise even after they’re sold out publicly, they can trickle them out indefinitely.
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Martin Whatson • THE CRACK & SNEAK PEAK , by NYart on Dec 23, 2021 13:07:02 GMT 1, I’d buy right away if they were signed. But £195 isn’t worth his Hancock?
I’d buy right away if they were signed. But £195 isn’t worth his Hancock?
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Banksy, Murmure, Obey, Kai, Whatson, and More for sale!, by NYart on Nov 1, 2021 14:02:29 GMT 1, Sold a few pieces so updated post with current availability
Sold a few pieces so updated post with current availability
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Murmure 🇨🇵 Print Release • Show News • Art For Sale, by NYart on Sept 18, 2021 23:16:18 GMT 1, Yepp that’s pretty accurate. I sold mine for $12-1300 something like that.
Yepp that’s pretty accurate. I sold mine for $12-1300 something like that.
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NFT Art
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NFT Art , by NYart on Sept 13, 2021 15:58:57 GMT 1, Most of the big fish aren’t investing fiat into their purchases. When you invested a chunk of your BTC profit into ETH at $50, dropping 10 ETH on a jpeg isn’t too big of a deal 😂
Most of the big fish aren’t investing fiat into their purchases. When you invested a chunk of your BTC profit into ETH at $50, dropping 10 ETH on a jpeg isn’t too big of a deal 😂
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Damien Hirst NFT "The Currency", by NYart on Aug 17, 2021 18:57:11 GMT 1, I'm transferring the DAI from Palm to the maimmet Ethereum using the bridge. Is it normal it staying in step 3 for a long time? It says: Transferring assets (0/1 signatures needed)
Yeah in the past it’s taken hours. Can check your MetaMask wallet periodically too though, could go through without that page updating.
I'm transferring the DAI from Palm to the maimmet Ethereum using the bridge. Is it normal it staying in step 3 for a long time? It says: Transferring assets (0/1 signatures needed) Yeah in the past it’s taken hours. Can check your MetaMask wallet periodically too though, could go through without that page updating.
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Mark Drew 🇭🇲 New Print Release • China Heights Gallery, by NYart on Aug 13, 2021 1:56:06 GMT 1, Alpha males have central air conditioning
Boilers suck - no vents run .. ductless air conditioning system isn’t so bad though.
Alpha males have central air conditioning Boilers suck - no vents run .. ductless air conditioning system isn’t so bad though.
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on Aug 12, 2021 19:26:33 GMT 1, If everyone had to sign a legally binding and enforceable contract to never sell their art, how many people would actually buy art? Everyone will sell art at some point in their lives and anyone buying some art hopes that one day it will be worth more than you pay. Sometimes you have to wait a lifetime, sometimes the value increases immediately. If 5 minutes after you buy something, that piece of paper is worth 5 times what you paid, you evaluate the profit against your enjoyment from keeping and displaying it. It's just common sense. The only downside of all the flipping going on is that it jacked up the prices for most prints and now galleries expect you on release to pay secondary or tertiary prices for unproven artists. Something that was $250, two years ago is now $2000+ on release. It's ridiculous.
For me it’s pretty simple whether I buy something at retail, or keep/sell after I purchase. Do I like it for the price/value, or is there something I’d enjoy more for that money? I bought the Hirst Currency for $2000 because for that amount of money I’d love a small Hirst original. I ended up selling the NFT already because for the prices they’re going for I can buy something I’d like way more. I had full intentions of exchanging it for the physical piece in two months, but money talks, I’ll get something else with the proceeds and enjoy the hell out of that instead.
It definitely does suck getting priced out of artists I enjoy thanks to the secondary prices but, that’s life I suppose.
If everyone had to sign a legally binding and enforceable contract to never sell their art, how many people would actually buy art? Everyone will sell art at some point in their lives and anyone buying some art hopes that one day it will be worth more than you pay. Sometimes you have to wait a lifetime, sometimes the value increases immediately. If 5 minutes after you buy something, that piece of paper is worth 5 times what you paid, you evaluate the profit against your enjoyment from keeping and displaying it. It's just common sense. The only downside of all the flipping going on is that it jacked up the prices for most prints and now galleries expect you on release to pay secondary or tertiary prices for unproven artists. Something that was $250, two years ago is now $2000+ on release. It's ridiculous. For me it’s pretty simple whether I buy something at retail, or keep/sell after I purchase. Do I like it for the price/value, or is there something I’d enjoy more for that money? I bought the Hirst Currency for $2000 because for that amount of money I’d love a small Hirst original. I ended up selling the NFT already because for the prices they’re going for I can buy something I’d like way more. I had full intentions of exchanging it for the physical piece in two months, but money talks, I’ll get something else with the proceeds and enjoy the hell out of that instead. It definitely does suck getting priced out of artists I enjoy thanks to the secondary prices but, that’s life I suppose.
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Edgar Plans 🇪🇸 Sculpture • Madrid • NBA Basketball , by NYart on Aug 12, 2021 0:28:23 GMT 1, Sorry for spamming this topic guys but I’m starting to get really worried that my COA hasn’t appeared yet (U.K.-based) I’ve tried to contact BW multiple times with no response. I’m honestly tempted to claim through my credit card at this stage but want to give them every opportunity (as I really would prefer the COA rather than the money back) Please can you let me know if: 1) you are in the U.K. and have received your COA; and 2) if you have received yours (even if you aren’t in the U.K.) please can you let me know if you got a tracking number through or notification from the shipping company before your COA arrived. Thanks!
I just today got notified by the shipping company it is on the way. I’m located in the US but considering I have stateside friends who recieved theirs last week and earlier it seems they may be going out in waves. I wouldn’t worry too much.
Sorry for spamming this topic guys but I’m starting to get really worried that my COA hasn’t appeared yet (U.K.-based) I’ve tried to contact BW multiple times with no response. I’m honestly tempted to claim through my credit card at this stage but want to give them every opportunity (as I really would prefer the COA rather than the money back) Please can you let me know if: 1) you are in the U.K. and have received your COA; and 2) if you have received yours (even if you aren’t in the U.K.) please can you let me know if you got a tracking number through or notification from the shipping company before your COA arrived. Thanks! I just today got notified by the shipping company it is on the way. I’m located in the US but considering I have stateside friends who recieved theirs last week and earlier it seems they may be going out in waves. I wouldn’t worry too much.
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Banksy Welcome Mat, by NYart on Jul 19, 2021 23:04:20 GMT 1, With some debating glass or no glass, is B insinuating the latter with the canister of air comment? "Your mat is a hand made piece of art and should ideally be used for display purposes only. We would advise against walking on it extensively or rubbing dirty boots on it repeatedly. Avoid vacuuming and clean gently using a canister of pressured air."
One wouldn’t vacuum something hanging on the wall, so saying that would be moot point for something framed. So would stand to reason that he hasn’t anticipated or doesn’t recommend framing.
With some debating glass or no glass, is B insinuating the latter with the canister of air comment? "Your mat is a hand made piece of art and should ideally be used for display purposes only. We would advise against walking on it extensively or rubbing dirty boots on it repeatedly. Avoid vacuuming and clean gently using a canister of pressured air." One wouldn’t vacuum something hanging on the wall, so saying that would be moot point for something framed. So would stand to reason that he hasn’t anticipated or doesn’t recommend framing.
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For Sale- Martin Whatson "The Cycle" Acrylic #/10, by NYart on Jul 7, 2021 0:57:36 GMT 1, Martin Whatson is one of those "WTF is happening" artists! His OG's that size certainly don't sell for "well over" $20K, and are fairly easy to access...yet his prints sell for a ton! Very strange situation, as most other artists are the complete opposite - their prints don't even necessarily sell out at source, yet you often can't get a whiff of a canvas...and auction results are through the roof! I think the anomaly is mostly due to prints and canvases especially at those prices pretty much being two different tiers of collectors. Plenty of people that can swing 2k on a print can’t necessarily afford a 20k canvas. Would have to imagine most collectors that could buy a 20k canvas from Whatson are knowledgeable enough to know that’s a poor decision as well 😂
Martin Whatson is one of those "WTF is happening" artists! His OG's that size certainly don't sell for "well over" $20K, and are fairly easy to access...yet his prints sell for a ton! Very strange situation, as most other artists are the complete opposite - their prints don't even necessarily sell out at source, yet you often can't get a whiff of a canvas...and auction results are through the roof! I think the anomaly is mostly due to prints and canvases especially at those prices pretty much being two different tiers of collectors. Plenty of people that can swing 2k on a print can’t necessarily afford a 20k canvas. Would have to imagine most collectors that could buy a 20k canvas from Whatson are knowledgeable enough to know that’s a poor decision as well 😂
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Murmure 🇨🇵 Print Release • Show News • Art For Sale, by NYart on Jun 7, 2021 0:42:30 GMT 1,
It’s a great piece, got to imagine it’s mostly the size that’s preventing it from selling? I’d personally be a buyer for a scaled down one lol
It’s a great piece, got to imagine it’s mostly the size that’s preventing it from selling? I’d personally be a buyer for a scaled down one lol
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Murmure 🇨🇵 Print Release • Show News • Art For Sale, by NYart on Jun 7, 2021 0:40:14 GMT 1, I sold my picking v1 AP for $1400 a couple months back if that helps anyone
I sold my picking v1 AP for $1400 a couple months back if that helps anyone
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on May 21, 2021 2:09:13 GMT 1, If you look at Pejac, no one would argue he isn’t extremely talented. The main argument against him is that his management has set his retail prices at the true market value, and people are turned off by it. No matter how much you love the art, no one wants to buy anything for significant amount (to them) of money if it is potentially a poor investment. I don’t mind spending a couple hundred on something I may not get my money back as long as I can enjoy it for a few years. But when you hit a certain point, surely different for all of us, you want some assurance it won’t be a complete loss. Exactly. How many Hirst pieces did you pick up at 3k each to flip? I bought 2.. the plan was flip one to pay for the second. I sold the first with nearly enough profit to cover the cost of the second. Now looking at the market I’m probably going to sell the one I intended on keeping, simply because with those funds I can buy something else I’d enjoy more 🤷🏻♂️. Are you upset you were in meetings that entire week, and forced to pay resale?
If you look at Pejac, no one would argue he isn’t extremely talented. The main argument against him is that his management has set his retail prices at the true market value, and people are turned off by it. No matter how much you love the art, no one wants to buy anything for significant amount (to them) of money if it is potentially a poor investment. I don’t mind spending a couple hundred on something I may not get my money back as long as I can enjoy it for a few years. But when you hit a certain point, surely different for all of us, you want some assurance it won’t be a complete loss. Exactly. How many Hirst pieces did you pick up at 3k each to flip? I bought 2.. the plan was flip one to pay for the second. I sold the first with nearly enough profit to cover the cost of the second. Now looking at the market I’m probably going to sell the one I intended on keeping, simply because with those funds I can buy something else I’d enjoy more 🤷🏻♂️. Are you upset you were in meetings that entire week, and forced to pay resale?
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on May 21, 2021 2:01:13 GMT 1, Isn’t it set deliberately by the Artists themselves? Because they sell at well below the true market value for their work, knowing the flipper demand will be high, helping to create the hype and panic buying, that are all good to boost an artists career for future releases. Imagine Banksy first sold his prints for £500each, rather than £50, do you think he would be as famous today? I doubt it, I would imagine he would have sold none, and things would never had taken off. Example, I remember when Signed Banksy Prints were £150 from POW, and they told me how hardly anyone wanted to buy them at that price.
If you look at Pejac, no one would argue he isn’t extremely talented. The main argument against him is that his management has set his retail prices at the true market value, and people are turned off by it. No matter how much you love the art, no one wants to buy anything for significant amount (to them) of money if it is potentially a poor investment. I don’t mind spending a couple hundred on something I may not get my money back as long as I can enjoy it for a few years. But when you hit a certain point, surely different for all of us, you want some assurance it won’t be a complete loss.
Isn’t it set deliberately by the Artists themselves? Because they sell at well below the true market value for their work, knowing the flipper demand will be high, helping to create the hype and panic buying, that are all good to boost an artists career for future releases. Imagine Banksy first sold his prints for £500each, rather than £50, do you think he would be as famous today? I doubt it, I would imagine he would have sold none, and things would never had taken off. Example, I remember when Signed Banksy Prints were £150 from POW, and they told me how hardly anyone wanted to buy them at that price. If you look at Pejac, no one would argue he isn’t extremely talented. The main argument against him is that his management has set his retail prices at the true market value, and people are turned off by it. No matter how much you love the art, no one wants to buy anything for significant amount (to them) of money if it is potentially a poor investment. I don’t mind spending a couple hundred on something I may not get my money back as long as I can enjoy it for a few years. But when you hit a certain point, surely different for all of us, you want some assurance it won’t be a complete loss.
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on May 21, 2021 1:31:38 GMT 1, I’m not a liberal in most senses of the word, but those with an issue against flipping reek of privilege. I became interested in art, specifically street art after watching exit through the gift shop. On my blue collar manufacturing salary, I decided to splurge and grab a pair of Obey prints for resale, along with a Mr Brainwash spray can sitting in stock. It quickly became clear, if I wanted to pursue collecting I would need to sell as much as I bought to fund the hobby. I started flipping the occasional print, to fund the occasional purchase that I really wanted for myself. It got to the point where the occasional Obey flip, or GP flip wasn’t enough and I branched out into shoes, shoes turned into coins, cards, collectibles. I now have a collection I really enjoy, and am proud of. If I were in the position where my only issue was how much I had to pay for the print I wanted - not how I was going to fund it, I’d be in a good place. I understand the frustration of paying resale when I could’ve gotten lucky - or put in the extra time and effort and got it at retail. Sure there are some art flippers who have no interest in art itself, just as I have no interest in some of the other stuff I flip to buy art. But at the end of the day we’re all playing the same game. If you feel all high and mighty because you can afford to not sell anything until it’s worth more than the median yearly income, maybe take a minute to reflect on your good fortune. I love a lot of pieces in my collection, but even the piece I had commissioned for my wedding has a price, because I’m not well off enough for there not to be a price. I'm sorry, but those who profit off flipping reek of privilege. If I'm in a meeting when a Shepard Fairey print is released, I will have to pay more than release because of flippers. If I'm on site with a customer when concert tickets are released, I will have to pay more because of flippers. In both cases, if flippers didn't exist, I would have a much better position to purchase both items for retail cost instead having to spend more of money because someone who had no interest in either item happened to buy it first and is now trying to exploit a profit while doing literally nothing. The end result is going be the prices of goods will rise because the original source is losing out on what the market is willing to pay. .. Which will then negatively impact the flippers and the end consumer in the long term. So good job, because you're going to price yourself out what funded your collection in the long term.
Flippers don’t set the price, the buyers do. Have you seen what happens when supply exceeds demand? One of my favorite Obey prints and I’d argue best from the last couple years, “Fan the Flames” I actually managed to buy BELOW COST. Crazy huh? No just because eBay was completely flooded by resellers. On the other hand, you can have a very poor release, resell for the high because not many ended up in flippers hands. It’s supply and demand, you cant blame flippers any more than collectors who are willing to pay their prices. If they truly have no interest in the art, they can and will sell below cost if need be to get rid of it. Along with which, if that happened frequently enough they’d leave art alone. Obey releases at 1 EST on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, I am always at work during that time. If I’m privileged that I’m able to set an alarm on my phone to take a break and go for it, I’m sorry, your right. You are extremely oppressed that you’re stuck with a client and forced to pay resale because of it.
I’m not a liberal in most senses of the word, but those with an issue against flipping reek of privilege. I became interested in art, specifically street art after watching exit through the gift shop. On my blue collar manufacturing salary, I decided to splurge and grab a pair of Obey prints for resale, along with a Mr Brainwash spray can sitting in stock. It quickly became clear, if I wanted to pursue collecting I would need to sell as much as I bought to fund the hobby. I started flipping the occasional print, to fund the occasional purchase that I really wanted for myself. It got to the point where the occasional Obey flip, or GP flip wasn’t enough and I branched out into shoes, shoes turned into coins, cards, collectibles. I now have a collection I really enjoy, and am proud of. If I were in the position where my only issue was how much I had to pay for the print I wanted - not how I was going to fund it, I’d be in a good place. I understand the frustration of paying resale when I could’ve gotten lucky - or put in the extra time and effort and got it at retail. Sure there are some art flippers who have no interest in art itself, just as I have no interest in some of the other stuff I flip to buy art. But at the end of the day we’re all playing the same game. If you feel all high and mighty because you can afford to not sell anything until it’s worth more than the median yearly income, maybe take a minute to reflect on your good fortune. I love a lot of pieces in my collection, but even the piece I had commissioned for my wedding has a price, because I’m not well off enough for there not to be a price. I'm sorry, but those who profit off flipping reek of privilege. If I'm in a meeting when a Shepard Fairey print is released, I will have to pay more than release because of flippers. If I'm on site with a customer when concert tickets are released, I will have to pay more because of flippers. In both cases, if flippers didn't exist, I would have a much better position to purchase both items for retail cost instead having to spend more of money because someone who had no interest in either item happened to buy it first and is now trying to exploit a profit while doing literally nothing. The end result is going be the prices of goods will rise because the original source is losing out on what the market is willing to pay. .. Which will then negatively impact the flippers and the end consumer in the long term. So good job, because you're going to price yourself out what funded your collection in the long term. Flippers don’t set the price, the buyers do. Have you seen what happens when supply exceeds demand? One of my favorite Obey prints and I’d argue best from the last couple years, “Fan the Flames” I actually managed to buy BELOW COST. Crazy huh? No just because eBay was completely flooded by resellers. On the other hand, you can have a very poor release, resell for the high because not many ended up in flippers hands. It’s supply and demand, you cant blame flippers any more than collectors who are willing to pay their prices. If they truly have no interest in the art, they can and will sell below cost if need be to get rid of it. Along with which, if that happened frequently enough they’d leave art alone. Obey releases at 1 EST on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, I am always at work during that time. If I’m privileged that I’m able to set an alarm on my phone to take a break and go for it, I’m sorry, your right. You are extremely oppressed that you’re stuck with a client and forced to pay resale because of it.
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on May 21, 2021 1:06:48 GMT 1, I’m not a liberal in most senses of the word, but those with an issue against flipping reek of privilege.
I became interested in art, specifically street art after watching exit through the gift shop. On my blue collar manufacturing salary, I decided to splurge and grab a pair of Obey prints for resale, along with a MBW spray can sitting in stock. It quickly became clear, if I wanted to pursue collecting I would need to sell as much as I bought to fund the hobby. I started flipping the occasional print, to fund the occasional purchase that I really wanted for myself. It got to the point where the occasional Obey flip, or GP flip wasn’t enough and I branched out into shoes, shoes turned into coins, cards, collectibles. I now have a collection I really enjoy, and am proud of.
If I were in the position where my only issue was how much I had to pay for the print I wanted - not how I was going to fund it, I’d be in a good place. I understand the frustration of paying resale when I could’ve gotten lucky - or put in the extra time and effort and got it at retail. Sure there are some art flippers who have no interest in art itself, just as I have no interest in some of the other stuff I flip to buy art. But at the end of the day we’re all playing the same game. If you feel all high and mighty because you can afford to not sell anything until it’s worth more than the median yearly income, maybe take a minute to reflect on your good fortune. I love a lot of pieces in my collection, but even the piece I had commissioned for my wedding has a price, because I’m not well off enough for there not to be a price.
I’m not a liberal in most senses of the word, but those with an issue against flipping reek of privilege.
I became interested in art, specifically street art after watching exit through the gift shop. On my blue collar manufacturing salary, I decided to splurge and grab a pair of Obey prints for resale, along with a MBW spray can sitting in stock. It quickly became clear, if I wanted to pursue collecting I would need to sell as much as I bought to fund the hobby. I started flipping the occasional print, to fund the occasional purchase that I really wanted for myself. It got to the point where the occasional Obey flip, or GP flip wasn’t enough and I branched out into shoes, shoes turned into coins, cards, collectibles. I now have a collection I really enjoy, and am proud of.
If I were in the position where my only issue was how much I had to pay for the print I wanted - not how I was going to fund it, I’d be in a good place. I understand the frustration of paying resale when I could’ve gotten lucky - or put in the extra time and effort and got it at retail. Sure there are some art flippers who have no interest in art itself, just as I have no interest in some of the other stuff I flip to buy art. But at the end of the day we’re all playing the same game. If you feel all high and mighty because you can afford to not sell anything until it’s worth more than the median yearly income, maybe take a minute to reflect on your good fortune. I love a lot of pieces in my collection, but even the piece I had commissioned for my wedding has a price, because I’m not well off enough for there not to be a price.
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Propper print storage , by NYart on May 9, 2021 14:56:31 GMT 1, Is all foam core acid free?
Nope, unless it specifies it specifically I would assume that it is not.
Is all foam core acid free? Nope, unless it specifies it specifically I would assume that it is not.
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Propper print storage , by NYart on May 9, 2021 13:01:58 GMT 1, What about for prints bigger than 27x41 (thanks Micallef)?
Gotta go for a flat file for anything larger. Unfortunately many flat files max out around that size too though. Cheap non professional option is two giant pieces of acid free foamboard. Stick the print between those and tuck it away flat and protected..
What about for prints bigger than 27x41 (thanks Micallef)? Gotta go for a flat file for anything larger. Unfortunately many flat files max out around that size too though. Cheap non professional option is two giant pieces of acid free foamboard. Stick the print between those and tuck it away flat and protected..
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Flipping Art • The Debate, by NYart on Apr 22, 2021 11:16:03 GMT 1, I’d argue the two of them are fortunate to be at places in their careers where they’re able to be picky over who they sell to. Good for them if they can use that to achieve whatever vision they see for their work, community etc. But it’s pretty bad advice for the 99% of artists who haven’t made it, and struggle to get by. Not really fair of him to ask that of artists whom he has no idea of their situations.
I think he also greatly over estimates the amount of money spent on art by people who love it and want to keep it forever. Even the 1% that could afford to buy all the art they want and keep it forever don’t. They didn’t reach that level of wealth by letting emotion and sentiment get in the way of their investing and profits. I intend on keeping a lot of my collection forever, as I don’t see it happening with many pieces, but if they reach a point where they’re worth more than I like them, there’s no reason not to sell. Also again not really fair of him to expect everyone to keep everything forever if selling could improve their situations. He’s fortunate that he can’t see a scenario where he’d ever need to..
If he got his way there’d be millions of artists sitting on piles of work with very few buyers.
I’d argue the two of them are fortunate to be at places in their careers where they’re able to be picky over who they sell to. Good for them if they can use that to achieve whatever vision they see for their work, community etc. But it’s pretty bad advice for the 99% of artists who haven’t made it, and struggle to get by. Not really fair of him to ask that of artists whom he has no idea of their situations.
I think he also greatly over estimates the amount of money spent on art by people who love it and want to keep it forever. Even the 1% that could afford to buy all the art they want and keep it forever don’t. They didn’t reach that level of wealth by letting emotion and sentiment get in the way of their investing and profits. I intend on keeping a lot of my collection forever, as I don’t see it happening with many pieces, but if they reach a point where they’re worth more than I like them, there’s no reason not to sell. Also again not really fair of him to expect everyone to keep everything forever if selling could improve their situations. He’s fortunate that he can’t see a scenario where he’d ever need to..
If he got his way there’d be millions of artists sitting on piles of work with very few buyers.
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USPS suspension to and from certain countries due to Covid, by NYart on Apr 21, 2021 20:13:00 GMT 1, I had one of those show up in the US from France. In my case it was water logged which no doubt helped it get completely flattened.. I had one from Germany to US from UPS that was also soaked when delivered on a dry sunny day. Yeah mine was USPS and was stuck in customs for like a month where it likely happened. Had a note from the postmaster attached acknowledging it was f’ed but they still delivered it anyway 😂🤦🏻♂️
I had one of those show up in the US from France. In my case it was water logged which no doubt helped it get completely flattened.. I had one from Germany to US from UPS that was also soaked when delivered on a dry sunny day. Yeah mine was USPS and was stuck in customs for like a month where it likely happened. Had a note from the postmaster attached acknowledging it was f’ed but they still delivered it anyway 😂🤦🏻♂️
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USPS suspension to and from certain countries due to Covid, by NYart on Apr 21, 2021 17:47:52 GMT 1, I had one of those show up in the US from France. In my case it was water logged which no doubt helped it get completely flattened..
I had one of those show up in the US from France. In my case it was water logged which no doubt helped it get completely flattened..
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Artists that Sell Out Instantly, by NYart on Apr 12, 2021 11:01:30 GMT 1, I think any artist new or established shouldn’t have a problem selling quickly if their prints are priced right. I’d be willing to take a chance on an artist I enjoy who isn’t established yet for $100-150 or so. But too many as of late come in with their first print at $300+ with nothing to justify it, just using whatever galleries’ mailing list to hawk it to collectors. If I’m spending that kind of money and it’s a new artist I’ve got to absolutely love it and be happy keeping it forever. With an established artist I can often at least recoup most of what I spent when my enjoyment of it wanes.
I think any artist new or established shouldn’t have a problem selling quickly if their prints are priced right. I’d be willing to take a chance on an artist I enjoy who isn’t established yet for $100-150 or so. But too many as of late come in with their first print at $300+ with nothing to justify it, just using whatever galleries’ mailing list to hawk it to collectors. If I’m spending that kind of money and it’s a new artist I’ve got to absolutely love it and be happy keeping it forever. With an established artist I can often at least recoup most of what I spent when my enjoyment of it wanes.
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Banksy, Murmure, Obey, Kai, Whatson, and More for sale!, by NYart on Apr 11, 2021 15:52:37 GMT 1, Picking v1 sold! Rest still available
Picking v1 sold! Rest still available
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Damien Hirst H9 • The Virtues, by NYart on Apr 5, 2021 16:39:56 GMT 1, If you believe random statistics posted on the internet I’ve got news for you, you may be a bit dim yourself. They're not "random statistics". You're free to google this stuff as well as I am. But if you want to take offence at a tongue-in-cheek comment then be my guest. I personally don't take offense, but you can’t exactly call an entire group of people ‘generally dim’ these days. Fortunately said group was just Americans, and Christians who believe in creationism. Any other smaller group and you’d be a racist.
If you believe random statistics posted on the internet I’ve got news for you, you may be a bit dim yourself. They're not "random statistics". You're free to google this stuff as well as I am. But if you want to take offence at a tongue-in-cheek comment then be my guest. I personally don't take offense, but you can’t exactly call an entire group of people ‘generally dim’ these days. Fortunately said group was just Americans, and Christians who believe in creationism. Any other smaller group and you’d be a racist.
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