I had to buy dob on ebay for high price

I do not understand you

Anyway, all items that were released through Frenzy were available to anyone in the world without having to attend Complexcon. You just needed to know how to do it. I was on the east coast of Australia at the time and saw it with my own eyes. That's all I'll say.

What were the prices of the Madeski vs Murakami prints please?
Thanks

Someone was asking me for some of the app info so they could get it from a different state. I know it was Shopify and I’m sure you could find some browser extension for it.

However it was frustrating that there were locations on the floor that were not considered the drop zone. Cost me a print by having to keep moving around trying to get it to work.

OK, just off WhatsApp with my colleague, he attended ComplexCon as a VIP through Adidas and has a number of industry connections. Confirmed numbers from him, it turns out the $500 is an edition of 2000 and the $750 is an edition of 1500. So higher than last year. He said demand was crazy but managed to secure both via a 'VIP' list.

Apologies for my previous post where I stated it was open edition.

Gonna try and cop one from eBay, prices will drop as the majority will have been purchased by flippers so potentially 3000+ will hit the market.

If thats true, those are Insane edition sizes. Complexcon's greed just increases exponentially yearly. If suckers continue to buy this year, editions will be 3000 and priced at $1500.

Last year's look much better I think, this year's are cool but overdone...

Edition is big, and a huge portion are bought to flip judging by eBay, so these will be affordable in a few months time

There was a lot of doubt about these last year. An unsigned, unnumbered Ltd edt sculpture, coupled with a lengthy delivery date. And this was before the condition issues were realised.

But if you were comfortable enough to shell out for one set and wait out the eventual delivery (replacement process included), you did OK.

For us that are old enough, Murakami blew up back in 2008 at auction with his Lonesome Cowboy sculpture. He was collected by the older generation. As you can see, the release last year was to a new crowd, a predominantly sneaker/streetwear culture not known for their art collecting. I feel that in general, their awareness up to this point of contemporary artists would be limited to the artists that have collaborated with brands like Kaws, Banksy, Koons, Futura and Murakami just to name a few. Also they would most definitely include the artists mentioned in Jay-Zs lyrics like Picasso, Basquiat, Warhol. But if I were to mention to them about Kiefer, Kippenberger, Oehlen, Trockel, Viola, the YBAs and (insert literally hundreds of contemporary artists' names in here) they would probably recognise only about a handful of them.

So in a way, this mixture of commerce and art can help expand the art scene, even if the money sullies art.

Edition of 2,000 / 1,500? Jesus, Murakami figure market isn't that big. Already 100+ on eBay so I guess that makes sense.

is there any chance that the new sculptures make their way online like last year?  or were they all presold at the event?

Everyone is going crazy about the sculptures (which will definitely drop in price) and I'm over here picking up all the prints I wanted at the MCA shop at retail prices. I'm kinda surprised they are still in stock

There's also prints on the Perrotin website for very little more... and maybe some cheaper.
Murakami knocks out prints in editions of 300 at a steady rate, so they often pop up in auctions for little more than cost usually.
Nice though!

That one is sold out.  I got one before they sold out.  That's a shame they only ship to the US. I wouldn't mind reshipping them for cost if any forum members wanted one. I even have the membership so the discount would apply, but i think it's one design per household but two of the three I bought are already sold out.