INVADER - Rare ed of 50. Reduced £699. OFFERS?, by confused2 on Jul 12, 2012 10:00:59 GMT 1,

Jul 12, 2012 7:21:07 GMT 1 Phear Loathing said:

Is it just me or is our little urban art market in a slump>?

I think you're right and was having this disussion with someone last week.

The secondary market is pretty flat at the moment, and even the relative safe haven of Banksyland seems to be stalling a little, especially in the unsigned department. That said, I have seen more unsigned Toxic Marys for sale in the past 6 months than ever, so market saturation has to come into it at some point. Sellers are having to be more realistic about the prices they "need" from their sales as folks don't seem to have too much spare cash lying about. Or perhaps, people are just developing/ refining their tastes, and reliasing that they don't need 50 prints stashed under their bed. There has to come a point where people need to sell to buy, the market will slow down and prices will fall.

Of course, there will always be a higher end market that is self sustaining, but anything priced under £2k seems to be suffering slightly.

I'd love one of these Invaders, but it would never make the wall and I'm trying to only buy stuff that'll be displayed. Best of luck with the sale Zippy.

Jul 12, 2012 7:21:07 GMT 1 Phear Loathing said:

Is it just me or is our little urban art market in a slump>?

I think you're right and was having this disussion with someone last week.

The secondary market is pretty flat at the moment, and even the relative safe haven of Banksyland seems to be stalling a little, especially in the unsigned department. That said, I have seen more unsigned Toxic Marys for sale in the past 6 months than ever, so market saturation has to come into it at some point. Sellers are having to be more realistic about the prices they "need" from their sales as folks don't seem to have too much spare cash lying about. Or perhaps, people are just developing/ refining their tastes, and reliasing that they don't need 50 prints stashed under their bed. There has to come a point where people need to sell to buy, the market will slow down and prices will fall.

Of course, there will always be a higher end market that is self sustaining, but anything priced under £2k seems to be suffering slightly.

I'd love one of these Invaders, but it would never make the wall and I'm trying to only buy stuff that'll be displayed. Best of luck with the sale Zippy.