>>>>Having seen the pictures in the artilce I was a bit surpised to see that the Foundation's authentication board felt they had the right to stamp the back of a piece of work they did not own. Twice! You would'd imagine they would need the owners permission to do that. It's tantamount to criminal damage and I'd be suing them for that alone.<<<<<

It's a disclosure statement on the authentication form which Simon signed when he submitted his painting. The Foundation stated (at the time, not sure if they still do) that anything that is denied will be stamped on the reverse. I recall reading many years ago that this stamp even showed through to the front of the canvas if you looked close enough which adds further insult to injury. Simon can't sue for that as he willingly entered that process but he can and is suing for the other obvious reasons. Fwiw, most people I discussed this with years ago felt he had little chance of winning.

Thanks for clarifying lee3. Figured there would be some sort of terms and conditions allowing it somewhere allong the application process. Be careful what you sign up for I guess.

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Have you tried the Sunday B morning editions?

We have a Sunday B Morning "Warhol Flowers" hanging in our house...if you get the framing right, they make fantastic pieces of affordable decorative art...the quality is excellent.

Rico....not entirely sure that Sunday B Morning do or did Soup Cans, they are not displayed on their website. The difference BTW SBM and a poster is that they are silkscreens (printed on museum board) using more contemporary colour interpretations of Warhol's work.

I think the SBMs were actually made on Warhol's screens.

The SBMs were to my understanding made on his screens, I think with these prints you still need to do your homework as I have seen a few claiming to be SBMs and are clearly not.

That he is!

Thanks to ruggs. Soup cans as well...porfolio or singles.

Thanks ppl.

And thanks for the link Ruggs to Opus, does that mean the're half that price elsewhere?

From *my* vantage point the Sunday B Morning prints are nothing more then licensed (and therefore expensive) copies . It's like buying a new car and the minute you walk off the lot, its lost half its value. They are expensive because they are licensed through the Foundation. If one can tell the difference between a SBM print and a nice $40 ebay copy, you've got a better eye then I do and neither is going to appreciate much from the price you pay while both will probably depreciate over the long term.

As for the price of Warhol prints, many are quite affordable (if one defines a $2,500 print as affordable) within the silly context of art price discussions due to the enormous edition size. The original soup cans have never achieved prices anywhere near the Marilyn's or Mao's which are his two most expensive. There are 5k signed soup can prints with 20 different kinds of soup each numbered to 250. Depending upon condition those will cost you from $5k to $30k with Tomato soup being the expensive. Average price today is probably around $15k for the 20 signed soupcan prints completed in '68 and '69. Unfortunately, your timing isn't terribly good right now as Warhol prints went through the moon last week at auction (your best avenue to source his prints imho) and given what's coming up in May, we may all have sticker shock in short order.

As I mentioned previously, *I* wouldn't pay up for the SBM prints which may not be the same case for you. If $15k is way out of the budget for this image, which it would be for most, then I would look for as nice of a sub $100 replica that you can find. Understand that aside from the two editions completed in '68 & '69 none of the others will retain their value over the long term. This site is a wonderful tool to look around and see what you like and you may be surprised to learn just how many of them can be hanging in your home signed for well under $5k.

www.warholprints.com/Image.Gallery.html

Appreciate that lee3, ditto above.

>>>What's your take on the numbered lithos? <<<

Disco, I'm afraid I don't know what you are talking about. I'll put it simply, from my perspective if one is investing in the image buy the official print run, AP/TP or the unique one offs that are authenticated by the estate/foundation. Otherwise, if one enjoys the image and can not afford the official releases, buy the cheapest one that looks the best to you as nothing else (imo) is going to appreciate over time.