This sales thread has been squashed.

I put it to the seller....do you agree with my statement? Im more than happy to show the Forum the evidence via emails in order to prevent potential fraud...

I was in the process if completing a deal for the Kusama Pumkin print..i asked the seller for provenance, any receipts of purchase. They told me the purchased the print at Sukura Fine art in Japan...

I contacted this Gallery and they said they had never sold Kusama prints nor heard of the seller. When i put this to the seller they immediately dropped £1000 on the deal and said that they acutally had purchased it from Hiroshima Gallery.


Read more: urbanartassociation.com/thread/142622/kusama-pumpkin-prints-sadamasa-motonaga#ixzz4SPxdti00

Perhaps the seller can qualify to us, exactly where the provenance is from, to put our minds at ease.

Agree

QFT

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I have nothing but respect for CAT. If he says stay away, then stay away.

Hi all,
thought I would share with you a nice way to get in on a Yayoi Kusama collectable.  All information is as gathered by me and please feel free to add information or suggest corrections if I miss something.

A while back I noticed some small Kusama pumpkins showing up in auctions. I was interested as most Kusama pieces are very pricey and these were oddly affordable at $1200-1400 for two pumpkins.   Artsy, artnet, paddle8 I believe  all had one or more  pass through. Currently Artsy has a set on auction through Julians  - Image #1 - I took images rather than linking as the link would go away when the auction ends.




These are pretty neat right!  And a reasonable price point given the artist and price of other limited edition works.  Well, being intrigued I wanted a few but wanted to know more.  So, off to Ebay, where there are dozens for sale at various prices and many well below the auction and gallery prices - which made me all the more curious.  So, where are these coming from?  After some digging it turns out the auction houses and Ebay sellers are auctioning off a product that is still readily available at the source - and is an open edition.

Image #2 -- LammFromm The Concept Store :   www.lammfrommstore.com




Price at source works out to :  $210  USD   ..

I contacted the store about this.  They were  a bit slow in responding but then I did send them an email in English and they are in Japan .so seems fair enough.  At one point the yellow was not available - so I thought maybe they were out of stock and that was why the price was climbing at auction. But then, I received this email.  Here is there response.

"Dear David,
Thank you for your shopping at lammfromm The Concept Store.
The yellow Pumpkin Objects are available now.
These Pumpkins are made under the instructions by Yayoi Kusama.
The production amount is unlimited.

Thank you again.
Regards,

Atsushi
lammfromm The Concept Store"


So, I pass along to the forum   #1 - these are pretty nice and look great ( i purchased a pair for myself and gave a few away as gifts over the holidays). The shipping price was fair and they arrived quickly in good order.   #2 - do not get sucked in on the auctions.. they are just wasting their money   #3  As of today Feb 19, 2017 - still available at source.


And my set as displayed ..




note that I have also seen early versions of these pumpkins in a blue box. I have tried to get more information on that but from what I can tell it is the same edition of pumpkin in different packaging - no need to pay premium for a blue box in my opinion.

so, if you cant visit the Hirshorn - and don't have $800,000 for a nice original - you might save some of your budget for these little collectibles.

-David

Great stuff David. My girlfriend loves this artist and it's her birthday in April so I'll deffo pick up one or a pair of these. Cheers

Awesome, thanks for posting! I have considered these at a few sales I have seen but never pulled the trigger. Just grabbed 2 of them shipped to the US for sub $500

Nice of the OP to post source for these, but I'm surprised by peoples response, as these have been knocking about for ages. I would of preferred them to be a limited edition at that price.

They're a resin paper weight in a fancy box.

Glad you like the little pumpkin and source it at a good price.

These pumpkins were first released by Benesse Museum at Naoshima Island, Japan to celebrate the launch of the large pumpkin sculpture by the sea.
The Benesse edition is in blue box. I've visited Naoshima Island last year and managed to get both yellow and red, and the plush cushion too

Me too. Not bothered being unlimited, it's an affordable official product for mortals. Kaws open editions were very high at a similar Price and they've sold tens of thousands probably, and the limited versions were not too many multiples more (understand the point on bootleggers).

Both relatively affordable official product.