Top artists to invest in right now? What do you all think - i've got my couple but I want to see what everyone else thinks.

Pejac
Banksy originals
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Calleja at the start of the year was a good buy, now primary prices gone up 33%.

Madsaki end of last year was priced ok, now prices doubled at primary. His auction result makes everything look 3-4x.

Guidi has quadrupled in several years, and doubled primary on the secondary market.

Keep the Hirst. Pejac looks like something you’d see on a cheap graphic T.

I would take with a pinch of salt, any investment advice on this forum. Hirst is mega wealthy thanks to Saatchi and also thanks to auction house boys, hedge fund managers and dealers working together with Hirst. Cocaine cowboys riding the money horse. Publicity and hype working together too.

It looks to me like Hirst is trying to prove himself to his peers as an artist by painting with his own little hands using a paintbrush and at the same time lacking confidence hence playing safe and painting splodges which are just another way of doing his dot paintings. Which other artists did way before him but Hirst hijacked dot paintings as his creation and it's what he is known for to the blue chip and mega rich collectors who have so much money they buy for the name and never need to re sell.

Personally I would rather paint my own version of the splodge painting and hang it on my wall and impress my friends with when I tell em how I saved 2.5K ,( which some imply is just the same as paintings by other artists before Hirsts efforts ) and not waste the money on a flat print.

The reckoning behind buying Hirst print is all about the name and about making quick money.

The people who sell potential investors these prints are the ones making the money.

If I had between 5 and 10K to spend on a print to collect long term etc as a solid investment. I wouldn't buy any urban artists at that money.

I would on the other hand buy a Picasso ltd edition ceramic or one of the small authenticated drawings Picasso drew quickly and gave away to friends etc.

In other words if investment do not limit yourself to "urban artists"

You are not in total agreement with Bobby as he not overly enamoured with Stik but seems you are.

This we agree on.

I notice the sothebys auction this week his 2 works, originals of course, blew past estimates, way past them. Im not keen on the investment side of things, does that bode well for his prints as well?

Personally, I only love Hirst when his artwork is concerned with death. So if he thinks death is a splattering of lovely pastels and brilliant blues, then he's got another thing coming in the afterlife.

Great thanks for the info guys, I just didnt know if the price of prints was correlated to the prices of originals thanks for the insights, his originals were getting incredible money.

Don't forget Mr Hirst has The Biggest Collection of original Bankys....

i agree, not sure i understand that post?

It means RESPECT THE NAME, RESPECT THE GAME.

... please stop posting drivel ...

There is no buzz around anything Hirst does today. He's an old art fart. His print prices can go up and down. The fact that his latest releases seem to only attract quick flippers shows that many think Hirsts best days are over and long term his prints could be hard to sell to recoup the money as in art bought by people when his prices were high at auction a few years ago.