Urban Art Association

Nothing on Ebay? Great to see these went to collectors!

believe what you want.... when the tweet went out, the page was not updated with a buy button or inventory (go back and read this thread if ya want).  it was loaded later.  the buy button appeared.  you either carted or got a message saying there were too many people ahead of you.  it wasn't marked as "SOLD OUT" when everything was carted.

Maybe interesting: Here is an another print:
wunderkammern.bigcartel.com/product/invader-invasion-of-roma

Signed by him and available

I wasted time too today..

Stop whining, he's not running a bloody charity. Mostly flippers complaining as well.

Well that's rather disappointing! ; )

I can confirm that standing outside the gallery trying to imitate high frequency trading is of no advantage

Almost every online drop is a pain.
Beyond luck, it's about perseverance and commitment (bots excluded).

I've learned to never give up when when I see the Sold Out sign. These days they'll tell you on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram when they're really done.

Credit cards get declined, people try their luck with no real interest to buy, people hit refresh at a critical time. Every drop has its own deficiencies.

This 1 star member is fairly chuffed today. No interest in selling.

And to add just a touch of positivity to this thread, here's my RVE just back from MFM.

Dont be surprised if only 1 or 2 pops up, 80 have no doubt gone in the hands of Steve's mates and people who know invader, ready for a bumper pay day in years to come

Looks great. The more I look at the RVE the more it gets under my skin, I love it. Maybe its the monochrome, I'm liking simple, clean images at the moment.

Tried my luck as well but was not even able to find the right page
Maybe next time and hopefully there is more to street art than invader (even if I love his work)

Good little interview, Who's in the 5% then?

I Have been preaching for years to anyone that will listen about the global interest and potential of Urban Art as an investment yet due to finances I missed the (best) early years of collecting so am now playing a bit of catch up with a limited budget.
I find it fascinating that we are actually seeing this movement happen and for most of us on here we have seen it from the get go.....I liken it to those who saw and were able to buy pieces from the guy's who were part of the New York school (mainly the action painters) in the 40s, 50s and 60'. Or there at the start of any art movement for that fact.

This may be a daft question but we have had various movements such as impressionism, post Impressionist, Modernist, Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Cubisim, Pop art etc etc so my possibly dumb question is "do we actually have a name for the Urban Art movement"? I suppose the obvious would be Urbanism?

What I find interesting and often spend many a minute thinking about is will we see a decline at some point or less of an interest in the market whilst people venture into other art investments (I cannot imagine what though)and then ultimately see a revival in say 20-30 years where prices will really rocket.

Just thinking out loud...

I often wonder the same, especially for Banksy if he really is all about what he allegedly claims to be. My hope is Banksy is a collective of artists and that is revealed at some time or he plays a cruel joke on everyone, say flood the market or something to devalue his work. But art is subjective, look how Basquiat surpassed Warhol as most expensive American artist. You do have to wonder if Invader will hold its value over time given the simplicity of the work. All it takes is the artist named Pong to come along and unseat him by blasting his works off the walls in some political message. But fun to see a movement happening.

«Art dealing is a low turnover, capital intensive business, mostly run by amateurs and dreamers. The art market itself is entirely behavioral, driven by desire and groupthink. Market makers, grafters, and outright crooks all know this, and love to ‘paint the tape.’ The addition of MBAs, algorithms, charts, and graphs aren’t likely to change the fact that financial success often hinges upon the sale of a sprinkling of high value artworks and the mood swings of a handful of ‘high net worth’ collectors. » - Christopher Varley