Looking forward to hopefully receiving the print next week (yes sacked i couldn't say with dci (operation whats he bought now) lisa in tow last night!), Blake's prints always look far better in the flesh, oh S** here she comes must dash!

there's some thing about the eye's on this that put's me right off ....

The next batch are up now for £500 a pop.

Wow that's a huge jump in price, I was expecting them to go up £50-£100! Be surprised if this 100 sells out any time soon, sure they'll be loads on ebay before long.

Not the best blake image imo and at £500 pretty steep - makes the £200 run look like a bargain mind you ..........

Yeah just thought people would be less inclined to pay that much knowing that the first 100 were so cheap in comparison... Was a bargain at £200!

Don't forget people are selling / buying the car boot fair mini print for £250-300 so this is a steal in my opinion. Plus it's a Blake iconic image with an interesting story for those who read that FT article. If you like the Beatles and you like Blake it's a no brainier if you want to make a quick buck you will probably struggle, if youre looking for long term investment you'll probably do well even @ £500. Don't think there will be much flipping as I've only seen 1 of the first 100 on eBay, though must say I'm happy I grabbed one of the first 100 but if I didn't I would probably still grab it at £500. 20 layers is impressive work

I reckon this print could be his 2nd most iconic if the FT theory is correct after Sergeant peppers of course.

Can't argue with anything but the last comment. So just because he churns out a lot of prints that makes him the british mbw? Lets be honest...

Must say that the stuff is not like mbw, i was referring to the amount of prints that come out.
PB is legend

www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9aeab282-bc87-11e1-a470-00144feabdc0.html#axzz20GM3ulMy

"In 1963 Blake travelled to California with Jann Haworth, the American artist who had become his wife. Driving along Venice Beach in a cool Corvette Stingray, he heard The Beach Boys, and the following year made a screenprint based on the front cover of one of the group’s albums. With hindsight, we can see that this interest in covers must have helped to prepare Blake for the momentous task of designing the sleeve for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – perhaps Blake’s most famous image.

The year was 1967, and The Beatles had already commissioned a cover for their album from a Dutch design collective called The Fool. But the art dealer Robert Fraser urged his friend Paul McCartney to commission Blake instead. His design was a tour de force, blending waxwork figures and life-sized photographic cut-outs of more than 70 iconic figures. Selected by Fraser and The Beatles as well as Blake and Haworth, they range from James Dean, Marlene Dietrich and Marlon Brando to Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Indian gurus admired by George Harrison. The entire set was assembled in the studio of the photographer Michael Cooper, and the total cost amounted to a hefty £2,868 5s 3d. It was then the most expensive album cover ever made, and yet Blake received a fee of only £200, without royalties.

Perhaps that is why his painting of “The 1962 Beatles”, which he finally completed in 1968 after a five-year gestation, looks strangely subdued. Based on a photograph of the group published after they returned from an early residency in Hamburg, it portrays them with neat haircuts, collars and ties. Only George is grinning, and even his face remains oddly blurred. John, Paul and Ringo all look tense and muted. The white boxes above their heads were intended by Blake to contain their autographs. But the boxes were never signed and remain empty, adding to the distinct air of unease in this haunting image."

I guess if 5 years ago you had the bailiffs turn up at your door and was broke, you would want to milk it now as much as possible.

Not a good place to be for anyone, but at 75 that must of knocked the wind out of him.
Good luck to him i say and milk it as much as you can.

Tax and death are the only certainty in life.

All three still available! Very reasonably priced. £500 for all three basically.

Had a good offer on the 2011 print. Will take £185 for the 2012 print and £150 for the 2009 print. Any takers!