absolutely a big price difference.. maybe even till 12k USD

If you ask me this is another house of cards waiting to collapse, another hyped up bubble. I would buy Shep on the secondary market with extreme caution

I think his career is completely entrenched and in the long-term he'll be very established. But there is a short sighted price bubble going on at the moment with prices increasing rapidly that I don't think is sustainable. I might be wrong but it would be the first time it didn't happen to one of these artists. It even happened to Banksy and there's a long way to go before prices get back to what some people were paying a couple of years ago, particularly when they were buying any old crap.

I don't disagree on many of your thoughts Afroken but on this one I do.

You can still pick up large Shep original in the region of $11k-$30k. The price tag on a Banksy original a few years back was way in excess of this and even though his prices have reduced by over 50% in some cases, his prices are still way ahead of Sheps.

His prices over the last year have risen slowly but steadily.

I have to say that both these artists already command a small paragraph in the history of art. The unanswerable question is will it be more.

I was only talking about secondary market prices. As much as I like Shep's work you'd have to have a screw loose to spend $10K or $12k for a HPM on wood. Primary prices remain pretty reasonable if you can get one.

I think Shep's prices will see a sharper increase (followed by perhaps a slight decrease) in his prices on the secondary market once the Deitch show opens. Unfortunately, with Deitch's move to MOCA, I think Shep's immediate future (price-wise) is a bit uncertain. However, in the long run (which is all that really matters), I think his importance and prices will continue along a steady upward trajectary. Nonetheless, as others have suggested, with Shep, it's all about the strength of the particular image.

As far as primary source for his works, you really need to contact galleries that have previously shown his work (White Walls, for example, seems to have a large paper piece for sale). Otherwise, it's all about the secandary market. Unless you can afford the prices Deitch will be asking ...

One tip is to search the inventory of every gallery that you stumble across. You might be lucky, like I was, to find something from him at a gallery that typically caters to a much different crowd/shows much different types of work. In my case, it turns out the gallery owner was selling a piece from his personal collection. Needless to say, I scored a great piece (imo) at a fraction of the going rate.

Just my $.02. Good luck in your search.

RPM

i've got two hostile takeover prints (red & black) for sale if you want one or both to quench your craving

cool, no worries. think i'll stick them on ebay. good look with the hunt!

i have owned a few shep fine art pieces and have to say its very easy to get caught up in the hype and over pay for pieces.

i would buy shep all day long at primary but i am not on the supposed 2 year wait lists so no chance of that ever happening. As afroken said be careful buying at secondary pricing as i also believe that there is a bubble waiting to burst. people who buy at primary are safe but i can see some people who paid a lot for not great images will get burned somewhere soon down the line. end of the day quality always speaks volumes so hold out for the right image and good luck.

Does anyone know the prices for originals in the new show ? Are they all on canvas or any on paper ?

Commercial factors always win at the end of the day which is why people like war hole and hirst won and are winning the race, joe public would rather have a butterfly on his wall over a boot squashing an army.

Where would you guys value 'Hostile Takeover' on wood. There are 4 or so of them out there, 2 black 2 red and a ap or 2 i think. Many thanks for all the info. Its a reat help. There was a mention the the new show would already be sold. Do you think this will be the case?