Probably saw invaders print releases snuff out his upward trend and decided to follow the Banksy model.

Is that just him advertising an auction again?

Oops

The ones ar christies did ok today, some online bidders and some in the room

13k for a red liberty, 9k for dancer, 11k for piggyback
All plus fees

Just speculation but I suppose by not releasing prints and when they are at auction and achieve 9-15kgbp it is easy to justify selling canvases at 15-30kgbp , he could be releasing canvases through different channels which would be more profitable to the artist than releasing prints .very easy to manipulate stiks market now if you bought in early and have multiples as majority of stik owners do

Shhh, leave the man work, your next fix will be ready when its ready.

And now you all know more about this than you do about the outcome of brexit. Scary no.

Absolutely constant. Is this man obsessed with auctions. Fucking boring. Is his Instagram sponsored by Sotheby’s?

I don’t understand this argument at all. I am ‘fully’ aware of the artists past to a degree. Thanks for thinking of me. However, my point is this. A serious question. Why the focus on auction results? I’m not out to cause offence. Though I have no idea why raising this question does. It is boring. To me at least. It distracts from his history and the good work that he does. It places a main focus on the financial result and not the charitable aspects that are often a lynchpin of his work. I have no doubt that many artists get a huge buzz out of seeing high prices raised at auction. However, I would prefer to see more work rather than the inside of an auction room with every post. Each to their own.

Its not like you get less work. If he wants to post work he does. He just posts auctions too. I cant say why he does, but i dont see why anyone would care either. All artists do it anyway, its in no way just him. Its just something that interests some people i guess, maybe not you, but there are others it does. I go and watch them! admittedly its another excuse for a day in London, but its cool to see his stuff in that surrounding, and to see the people that go to these things and the other stuff he is now aligned with. Pretty cool to see him with Haring, Miro, Warhol pieces and all the other tons of amazing artists his work now sits alongside. 

It’s also a modern way to be seen more broadly.

It’s so much easier to talk about money than art. That’s why the OVERWHELMING majority do. It requires no courage or vulnerability. This place is a perfect example.

How many artist discussions would actually exist here without talking coin? How many pages do you think a discussion would go?

Objectively it’s a sound strategy to be noticed more broadly In today’s times.

Wonderful. It’s a real shame these multiple billion dollar auction houses don’t have client lists; catalogues and many other tools at their disposal. Thank you for your post.

I sense a hint of sarcasm.

I feel like I’m having difficulty coming off as sincere in my posts. I was responding to your comment about the Auction houses having the resources to advertise a sale. A lot of people who follow an artist are casual fans and not collectors. They could, like I, see a post that motivates them to check out the auction. I felt like he was giving people an opportunity to keep up with his art for sale. There’s been times, looking on Artnet, where I just missed an auction and I really wish it was advertised to me. And I think as an artist if your auctions are promoted and do well, you’ll be more likely to sell out future works because successful auction results show that there is a healthy demand for his art.

Quite a few of those auctions were for charity fund raising