iAmCxxx
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Eventually we'll just have our knobs in our hands , by iAmCxxx on Jun 10, 2008 22:00:35 GMT 1, Discuss.
Clearly the print buying market is at a phenomenal point at the moment.
People are buying/flipping prints like nobody's business. This has never happened before. Warhol I think is the only historical big-name 'printmaker' and people certainly weren't F5'ing his works.
We're seeing prints change hands for thousands and portfolioing away for retirement funds but..... with so much 'unoriginal' art out there, when the bubble bursts, which it inevitably will... will it all be worth bollocks.
"If you're buying for an investment then you're a bas*ard"...yeah, yeah...
But when we all buy prints, it's because we're buying what we consider to be a piece of art and successful art is something that has a market value. There's a hell of a lot of incredibly competent 'art' in existence but unless it has third party appreciation then it's just pictures on walls...pun intended.
Even Banksy... how many 'original' prints has he done? Five figures worth. Are there going to be enough people in the future who give a rat's ass (and again)?
Question is... is this the only point in time where buying and selling prints is viable?
Discuss.
Clearly the print buying market is at a phenomenal point at the moment.
People are buying/flipping prints like nobody's business. This has never happened before. Warhol I think is the only historical big-name 'printmaker' and people certainly weren't F5'ing his works.
We're seeing prints change hands for thousands and portfolioing away for retirement funds but..... with so much 'unoriginal' art out there, when the bubble bursts, which it inevitably will... will it all be worth bollocks.
"If you're buying for an investment then you're a bas*ard"...yeah, yeah...
But when we all buy prints, it's because we're buying what we consider to be a piece of art and successful art is something that has a market value. There's a hell of a lot of incredibly competent 'art' in existence but unless it has third party appreciation then it's just pictures on walls...pun intended.
Even Banksy... how many 'original' prints has he done? Five figures worth. Are there going to be enough people in the future who give a rat's ass (and again)?
Question is... is this the only point in time where buying and selling prints is viable?
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iAmCxxx
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Eventually we'll just have our knobs in our hands , by iAmCxxx on Jun 10, 2008 22:09:24 GMT 1, P.S....I'm off out to throw some paste-ups now.
Feel free to 'ice' tag them.
You know who you are....
P.S....I'm off out to throw some paste-ups now.
Feel free to 'ice' tag them.
You know who you are....
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Eventually we'll just have our knobs in our hands , by nombei on Jun 10, 2008 22:16:12 GMT 1, whew! at first i thought i must be on CCTV...
as to your question, i think only a handful of these "urban artists" will retain any sort of notoriety even 2 or 3 years from now.
that's why most of this stuff should have just been printed on skateboards and scraped away on the curbs and railings of the world.
DISPOSABLE!!!
whew! at first i thought i must be on CCTV...
as to your question, i think only a handful of these "urban artists" will retain any sort of notoriety even 2 or 3 years from now.
that's why most of this stuff should have just been printed on skateboards and scraped away on the curbs and railings of the world.
DISPOSABLE!!!
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Eventually we'll just have our knobs in our hands , by illy on Jun 10, 2008 22:17:47 GMT 1, agree to an extent! Personally, I think Banksy prints have reached a ceiling level now and will only increase in price value along with inflation (if at all). With regards to other artists PRINTS, I can't see anyone coming close to Banksy (maybe Neate).... Micallef proved that last year with his 2600 one day release.
I originally bought prints for investment having no idea what the 'urban scene was' 2 years ago and have thankfully realised my mistake. I now buy things I like and therefore reduced my 'collection' from 10 to 6 pieces (3 of which are originals). When the people who are jumping on the urban bandwagon now have the same realisation as I did 6 months ago, it'll all go tits up and a lot of peoples fingers will be burnt.
Take Nick Walkers latest print as an example.... someone sold theirs for 8k on ebay and within a month one went for just over a grand.... its the uneducated, ill-informed and 'too much spare cash' investors who are creating their own downfall as it is they who inflate the price and then trip themselves up.
My opinion... but I'm happy with the things I have and if they make me rich in the next 5-10 years, bonus!
agree to an extent! Personally, I think Banksy prints have reached a ceiling level now and will only increase in price value along with inflation (if at all). With regards to other artists PRINTS, I can't see anyone coming close to Banksy (maybe Neate).... Micallef proved that last year with his 2600 one day release.
I originally bought prints for investment having no idea what the 'urban scene was' 2 years ago and have thankfully realised my mistake. I now buy things I like and therefore reduced my 'collection' from 10 to 6 pieces (3 of which are originals). When the people who are jumping on the urban bandwagon now have the same realisation as I did 6 months ago, it'll all go tits up and a lot of peoples fingers will be burnt.
Take Nick Walkers latest print as an example.... someone sold theirs for 8k on ebay and within a month one went for just over a grand.... its the uneducated, ill-informed and 'too much spare cash' investors who are creating their own downfall as it is they who inflate the price and then trip themselves up.
My opinion... but I'm happy with the things I have and if they make me rich in the next 5-10 years, bonus!
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