Pace always rinsing people with their tiered pricing. Even on Basquiat FFS!

Yes all those older ones like Ernok Rinso, Cabeza, Charles the Ist, Rome Pays Off, Per Capita etc were done in 2001 and 2005 in two sets of 4. They were authorised by Gerrard Basquiat when he administered the estate. They are signed by him. Off the top of my head I don't recall who published them, but it wasn't Pace. They make upwards of $45,000 at auction each! Which makes the new ones "value for money" if such a thing is possible. Oh the horror the horror.

I bought one of the original estate prints many years ago - Cabeza - its one of my more painful art experiences . i bought it because it was bad ass basquiat. it was huge - it forced you to look at it. My gallery friend in NYC told me not to buy it because it was just ' a fancy poster' and they wouldnt even carry something like that in their gallery.. i think i paid 7K for it with framing or something like that. i sold it on a few years later - my wife didnt love it - and the comments from galleries about it being 'just a fancy poster' really stung a bit - i listened to other people and that eroded my enjoyment of something that i really did like for what it was.. a Basquiat - in my house and still, i sold it. Now, 10 years later - the gallery that soured me on it pumps these things like no tomorrow at 45k , 50K, 60K an impression.. The art world is a tough thing. i am just rambling at this point but i guess the point is - if you like it - its as close as you are going to get to a basquiat in your house so go for it and enjoy it. with the trend i think we have to assume the estate will milk this cow every few years until they run out of steam.. and a whole generation of art collectors will never know that these werent always in the market and they wont much care.. doesnt make it right. just is what it is..

The one you had is much nicer than the current release.

maybe it's because one looks awesome, and the other ones suck.

maybe, I suppose it's just a point of view.
anyway, "awesome" seems a bit too much to me as well as "suck".

the point is, if you want to own an original piece of art by Bansquiat, there they are. If you want a nice picture, 50k$ seems quite a lot to me, but even that is definetely just point of view.

You could buy a signed book from one of his gallery shows in New York. Ironically, this one actually contains all the drawings from the new set...

www.ebay.com/itm/282589767982?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649

Is Mugrabi behind these prints?

People who can afford to pay 50K for these don't need the money and I can't see their value. Similar to the unsigned editions knocked out after Dali died by a few cronies working together, sold to rich professionals under the guise of investments by greedy galleries and we all know what happened to those editions.

Far be it from me to discuss people tastes and the way they spend their money.

My comment was just referred to possibility to own an "original" piece of art by Bansquiat at the same (or even less) cost of one of these (high quality, limited) reproductions, that' s why I quoted just that part of the message.

...but in my very personal opinion they are just two completely different "things".


I cannot think of any other artist whose postumous and not original works are so sought after.

I might be wrong but no museum, or at least not one of the major ones, would collect these reproductions, whereas many of them own the prints from the leonardo portfolio.


That said, I'm sure this is a good investment (at least in the short-medium term), the images are nice (maybe even nicer than the ones of some original prints) and for sure the quality is super super high.


PS: except for the monetary value (either as cost or as investment), just from an artistic point of view, what's the difference with these high quality prints licensed by the estate?

www.kingandmcgaw.com/prints/jean-michel-basquiat

I wonder if the 4 new prints that were released last week will do better in resale than this edition did. I believe the smaller format (20x30) of the new ones will have a bigger buyer pool in the future at the same price... not everyone has the space to put such a big piece of art on their wall and the color will help. Time will tell.

Well, these are easily the worst two images of the set.

Surely that’s why you want to sell these two no ?

So why’d you buy the prints?

Doesn’t seem like it was for the art.

You don't think it's odd to randomly pick 2/4 prints of a set to put on a wall. "Oh I love them all equally so this was the best way for me to handle that." Pointing out oddities is I'm most people's nature.

Anyway would love to see all of them framed once up