Urban Art Association

Agreed.. all 5 canvas, cost me a very shiny penny. I opted to keep only 3 of them and want to sell these two to help float my other 3. I got into a little bit of a credit pickle the last 3-4 months buying Murakami, Micallef and Banksy, so I guess I have to flip my Laker season tickets and anything to keep the flow going.

I may be mistaken... but I think ninja is trying to call me out as a ticket scalper which has crashed this art world. Dissaproving of the methods which I emplore to keep paying for my art addiction.

If you care to rudely post my sellers rating, you should also post my buyer's history too. I spend way more (on art) on ebay than I earn: feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=ikeamonkey&ftab=FeedbackAsBuyer

Also note, that I don't sell anything I BUY on ebay to make a profit to line my pockets, it pretty much goes back to my art purchases on ebay (Micallef's Minotaur Weapon don't come cheap.

If you care to post my sell record, then you may want to post yours as well. There was an extensive waiting list at Copro Nason gallery a few weeks ago for Audrey Kawasaki paintings and you were lucky enough to purchase one. If you were a true benevolent fan, then you wouldn't sell your original work for profit a 2k profit and just sell it for cost+shipping/gas and give it to a true Audrey fan.

So we should call you Pot if you call me Kettle.

Also, as some people on this forum already know, I'm one of the biggest sneaker collectors in the world, with over 1000 pairs rare kicks... I own Lakers season tickets... and I love video games... and have a bigger collection of Murakami artwork than most people under the age of 30. So please don't imply that I don't love art and stricly resell for money. I've spent more money in the last year on art than most people make in a year.

So if that's a problem for me to sell what I am familiar with to make some extra change to support my habits/lifestyle, so sue me. At least I'm honest about it. I don't try to hide my ebay name with a different message board name.

I just have the tact to call it as I see it and not try to post other people's ebay sales to waste people's time on this forum. I would just simply state: "he's a reseller and doesn't care about art" <--- at least I could have saved the time of replying to your poorly disguised undermining of my sale post.

I don't in anyway need to back ikeamonkey up as I think he's done a fine job of both explaining and defending himself (which by the way, I don't believe is something he should have had done), however, I sold him a Dalek print under cost a couple of weeks back - he called me somewhere around 12:30 at night from a hotel as he was in between cities for his job and we spent nearly an hour and a half talking art - he's as genuine as they come and passionate about what he collects as well - those of you who choose to bust balls in order to puff yourselves up should keep in mind this Easter what Christ said about letting he who is without sin cast the first stone -
When I do dive into the Murakami boat, which I've been eyeing from a distance for the better part of the last 4 years - I know who I'm going to for advice - ikeamonkey is a man of his word and wanted you all to know I stand by him.

Very fair question, since there seem to be questions about my intentions. Please reference people who know me personally: theS**t, Moses and Jamesmith77

Without exposiing my personal life too much. I am a consultant and I travel between LA (where I grew up) and where I currently work... NYC and Wash DC. So my Murakami's are with me in my pad in NY.

Any more cross examinations?

JonVespa, you have a right to question me, but did you also reconcile by recently purchased items with what I sell? I don't resell my ebay purchased art items. In fact, my Micallef Minotaur weapon and Paris Hilton CD are currently getting framed and I'll post up pictures when they come back from the framer. (Oh, and can't wait to get my Jack and Jill Signed from a member of this forum either!)

JonVespa, I see by your avatar that you like Murakami also. I know peeps who know peeps at KaiKaikiki... if you're coming up for the exhibition opening let me know, I'm going to the press night and may have an extra pass for a "photographer". =)

You too Ninjadude... we can discuss how to get you on the VIP preview list so you can buy an original, so you can flip it for a quick buck...

The latter was a joke, please don't pay for a ticket to fly to NYC... as Murakami originals start at around 200,000 nowadays.[/quote]

hey, i wasnt doubting anything, just thought it was odd that an owner of an item in NY has lakers tickets.

i went to the murakami preview night, bought both black and white as well....blacks on the wall, hoping to sell white to recoup both...

jon

i dont get these canvases, any1 care to explain ? to me they look like a LV pattern

yeah but its just the lv logo repeated on a pattern, is it just beacuse its an expensive artist and an expensive cloths maker coming together to produce a rare piece ?

Agree with you here,these leave me cold.Very fair price being asked though,should not have a problem finding a home.

Anybody who hangs this on their wall has no idea or does not give a s*hit about 95% of street art and what its message is about...

I believe they were US $8,000 if you pre-ordered them, or 10k if you bought them later.

the first 50 sold for $6000 plus tax, the second 50 of each design sold for $10,000 plus tax. just to be clear.

and that took some chutzpah to buy all five....

wasnt planning on it, but ill be out there for passover, and again for thanksgiving....when is it???

oh how america loves our educated hicks....who else would be pumping our gas and working at walmart.

you're doing a good job "rurualhick", just two more years and you will be done with community college...first one in your family to graduate with an AA! I'm sure your NA class would be proud.