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Andy Warhol ๐บ๐ธ Real or Fake? โข Sunday B. Morning Print, by spirit on Apr 7, 2010 0:08:01 GMT 1, OK thanks, I think I understand...so "portfolio of ten" essentially means "there are 10 variations on this theme"
I think yours is the nicest of the ten by the way...it's kind of a shame they are signed on the back!
OK thanks, I think I understand...so "portfolio of ten" essentially means "there are 10 variations on this theme"
I think yours is the nicest of the ten by the way...it's kind of a shame they are signed on the back!
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Andy Warhol ๐บ๐ธ Real or Fake? โข Sunday B. Morning Print, by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 23:42:08 GMT 1, very nice etched - please can you explain the "portfolio of ten screenprints"? Does this mean it was originally part of a portfolio of ten prints that have since been split up? If so were they ten all the same or ten different? please excuse my ignorance but I have seen this phrase a few times today and I don't understand exactly what it means...
very nice etched - please can you explain the "portfolio of ten screenprints"? Does this mean it was originally part of a portfolio of ten prints that have since been split up? If so were they ten all the same or ten different? please excuse my ignorance but I have seen this phrase a few times today and I don't understand exactly what it means...
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Price check threads...Please read, by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 23:02:52 GMT 1, expressobeans is good for some prints, not so good for others. Take Banksy's soup can for example. The unsigned soup can is not even listed on expressobeans and it the last price it lists for a coloured signed one is $1834 from march 09 - but I seem to recall one or more of these selling for around ยฃ4K earlier this year.
expressobeans is good for some prints, not so good for others. Take Banksy's soup can for example. The unsigned soup can is not even listed on expressobeans and it the last price it lists for a coloured signed one is $1834 from march 09 - but I seem to recall one or more of these selling for around ยฃ4K earlier this year.
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Parla WTL For Sale, by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 21:48:25 GMT 1, WTL now happy in it's new home - thanks to skanky who was a pleasure to deal with throughout.
If he decides to sell anything else, I recommend you buy it, if only for the opportunity to ogle at his incredible collection!
WTL now happy in it's new home - thanks to skanky who was a pleasure to deal with throughout.
If he decides to sell anything else, I recommend you buy it, if only for the opportunity to ogle at his incredible collection!
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Price check threads...Please read, by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 17:50:04 GMT 1, I don't think it's good idea because you will have to search through a long thread to find the info you want - and it might not even be there. Much easier to find when the thread title matches the print you want to find out about. Info will also become dated quickly. Currently this isn't a problem because the individual threads die away and people start new ones but in one big thread the older info would stay up.
By all means have a sub forum of the ebay forum for price checks to keep them organised
I don't think it's good idea because you will have to search through a long thread to find the info you want - and it might not even be there. Much easier to find when the thread title matches the print you want to find out about. Info will also become dated quickly. Currently this isn't a problem because the individual threads die away and people start new ones but in one big thread the older info would stay up.
By all means have a sub forum of the ebay forum for price checks to keep them organised
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BANKSY DON'T PANIC PRINT GIVE AWAY!, by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 13:12:58 GMT 1, Just to let those of you that have NOT yet recieved the print that more cardboard tubes arrived this morning from staples so i'll be putting them in the post tomorrow. However As i explained i was doing this for non profit and to help out forum members, i have though had a few rude e-mails from one or two people as A, i couldn't promise them an unfolded print and B, because the poster didn't arrive at top speed! To those people i just want to publicly OUT as being UN-GREATFUL BxxTARDS! You really showed yourselves to be the greedy S.O.B's that you really are. I will there fore be refunding there money via paypal, if anyone has NOT yet recieved a poster then please message me and i'll be more than happy to help you guys out.
unbelievable...some people...
Just to let those of you that have NOT yet recieved the print that more cardboard tubes arrived this morning from staples so i'll be putting them in the post tomorrow. However As i explained i was doing this for non profit and to help out forum members, i have though had a few rude e-mails from one or two people as A, i couldn't promise them an unfolded print and B, because the poster didn't arrive at top speed! To those people i just want to publicly OUT as being UN-GREATFUL BxxTARDS! You really showed yourselves to be the greedy S.O.B's that you really are. I will there fore be refunding there money via paypal, if anyone has NOT yet recieved a poster then please message me and i'll be more than happy to help you guys out. unbelievable...some people...
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Question about glaze/lacquer for the artists..., by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 12:33:50 GMT 1, I recently bought a couple of small collages that were described to me as being covered with a thick glaze. However, when they turned up, it turns out they are not covered in a glaze at all - they are just raw paper collages on a canvas board.
In a couple of places small parts of the collages have started to come unstuck and I want to stick them back down and then apply a glaze/laquer to protect them. I also think that although the collages look great, a glaze would improve the appearance.
So, can anyone give me any advice on what kind of clear glaze/laquer I should use, where I can buy it and how to apply it? Is there any reason why it might be a mistake to apply a glaze - might it damage the paper of the collages?
your thoughts/advice would be appreciated - thanks
I recently bought a couple of small collages that were described to me as being covered with a thick glaze. However, when they turned up, it turns out they are not covered in a glaze at all - they are just raw paper collages on a canvas board.
In a couple of places small parts of the collages have started to come unstuck and I want to stick them back down and then apply a glaze/laquer to protect them. I also think that although the collages look great, a glaze would improve the appearance.
So, can anyone give me any advice on what kind of clear glaze/laquer I should use, where I can buy it and how to apply it? Is there any reason why it might be a mistake to apply a glaze - might it damage the paper of the collages?
your thoughts/advice would be appreciated - thanks
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Brad Downey -BROKEN HORIZON , by spirit on Apr 6, 2010 11:50:35 GMT 1, Really like those pics you posted of Brad's work artpartment - always find your posts to be a breath of fresh air - thanks.
Really like those pics you posted of Brad's work artpartment - always find your posts to be a breath of fresh air - thanks.
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Is Banksy a sell-out? (Discuss), by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 23:16:30 GMT 1, I completely disagree. Is Banksy just an artist for hire? Will he do anything for money? If so, we should disregard his street art's social value. All those stencils done in Gaza would be meaningless. Criticizing Tesco would be hypocrisy. Is Paris Hilton getting a painting as well? Banksy would stand for nothing other than business as usual. Simon Cowell is the definition of cultural rot. Sadly, American Idol represents how low America has sunk. So it matters. What excited me about Banksy is that his work made you think. It was bigger than the establishment. The themes mattered and it was for a greater good. If all Banksy wants is to make money, than he's Damien Hirst. It matters.
Surely what matters is why he decided to take the money and what he did with it (if the story is true). Would your opinion change if you knew that he had given the money to charity for example? or used it to fund the Bristol Museum Show? or has it ear-marked for some as yet unrealised happening that he has in the pipeline?
I completely disagree. Is Banksy just an artist for hire? Will he do anything for money? If so, we should disregard his street art's social value. All those stencils done in Gaza would be meaningless. Criticizing Tesco would be hypocrisy. Is Paris Hilton getting a painting as well? Banksy would stand for nothing other than business as usual. Simon Cowell is the definition of cultural rot. Sadly, American Idol represents how low America has sunk. So it matters. What excited me about Banksy is that his work made you think. It was bigger than the establishment. The themes mattered and it was for a greater good. If all Banksy wants is to make money, than he's Damien Hirst. It matters. Surely what matters is why he decided to take the money and what he did with it (if the story is true). Would your opinion change if you knew that he had given the money to charity for example? or used it to fund the Bristol Museum Show? or has it ear-marked for some as yet unrealised happening that he has in the pipeline?
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SLINKACHU 'DEALER' PRINT FOR SALE!**SOLD**, by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 18:34:44 GMT 1, I want it. I just can't afford it... How much can't you afford Spirit?
the amount that ruggs gave me as a ball park
I want it. I just can't afford it... How much can't you afford Spirit? the amount that ruggs gave me as a ball park
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SLINKACHU 'DEALER' PRINT FOR SALE!**SOLD**, by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 17:03:29 GMT 1, Lots of interest in this, but no takers so far. Somone must want this beautiful print.
I want it. I just can't afford it...
Lots of interest in this, but no takers so far. Somone must want this beautiful print. I want it. I just can't afford it...
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Price Info Please - Unsigned Barcode, by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 15:45:01 GMT 1, I bought mine for ยฃ1100 3 months ago
now that was a bargain!
Edit: Not really.
I bought mine for ยฃ1100 3 months ago now that was a bargain! Edit: Not really.
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Is Banksy a sell-out? (Discuss), by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 15:17:16 GMT 1, No disrespect but Simon Cowell is a very shrewd businessman, do you really think he would pay 1 million $/ยฃ for that?? I can't stand the stuff he churns out, yet massive kudos for his tenacity
i thought the story was that it was bought as a present for him by Sony.
No disrespect but Simon Cowell is a very shrewd businessman, do you really think he would pay 1 million $/ยฃ for that?? I can't stand the stuff he churns out, yet massive kudos for his tenacity i thought the story was that it was bought as a present for him by Sony.
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Is Banksy a sell-out? (Discuss), by spirit on Apr 5, 2010 11:51:13 GMT 1, depends on what he did with that $1 million dollars.
Exactly. Banksy does a lot of stuff that is expensive to put on but free to the public (Cans festival, Bristol Museum show etc). If he can get $1m from Sony/Cowell to do more of that then all's good.
depends on what he did with that $1 million dollars. Exactly. Banksy does a lot of stuff that is expensive to put on but free to the public (Cans festival, Bristol Museum show etc). If he can get $1m from Sony/Cowell to do more of that then all's good.
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LV & Others Still Available & Prices Reduced, by spirit on Apr 4, 2010 17:42:25 GMT 1, Well yes and no. I understood what you were saying but I was thinking about the LV child canvass (which Gary is also selling and of which there are a few on the market at this time) whereas you were talking about Herakut (as was everyone else on this page!)
so more a tangent than a misunderstanding really...;-)
Well yes and no. I understood what you were saying but I was thinking about the LV child canvass (which Gary is also selling and of which there are a few on the market at this time) whereas you were talking about Herakut (as was everyone else on this page!)
so more a tangent than a misunderstanding really...;-)
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LV & Others Still Available & Prices Reduced, by spirit on Apr 4, 2010 14:51:31 GMT 1, On the other hand, you ALL like to see the paintings that you bought increase in value over the weeks, months, years, and one of the only ways to do this is to limit the amount of work for sale at one time on the open market, if the markets flooded no ones buying, everyones undercutting, and selling for below gallery price, your paintings are worth less and less, people panic and sell leading to a collapse in price. Its nice to see galleries that try to place their artists paintings, you know then that when you pay 5k for a painting you're buying a good investment for the future.
I agree with you but classic as this particular image is, I think that there are too many editions of it for it ever to be a good investment at ยฃ5K - however much the owners try to limit the amount of them on the market at any one time.
On the other hand, you ALL like to see the paintings that you bought increase in value over the weeks, months, years, and one of the only ways to do this is to limit the amount of work for sale at one time on the open market, if the markets flooded no ones buying, everyones undercutting, and selling for below gallery price, your paintings are worth less and less, people panic and sell leading to a collapse in price. Its nice to see galleries that try to place their artists paintings, you know then that when you pay 5k for a painting you're buying a good investment for the future. I agree with you but classic as this particular image is, I think that there are too many editions of it for it ever to be a good investment at ยฃ5K - however much the owners try to limit the amount of them on the market at any one time.
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FS Micallef 'Head' ยฃ500, by spirit on Apr 4, 2010 14:46:10 GMT 1, Hi there, which version is this, the ugly one or the other one? ;D
Hi there, which version is this, the ugly one or the other one? ;D
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New Banksy Regents Canal, by spirit on Apr 3, 2010 0:27:17 GMT 1, great reply by robbo. But gagging for "FUC" to be added now...
I wish this Banksy bloke wouldn't keep nicking my ideas...
Image originally from here via NoLionsInEngland on WK
great reply by robbo. But gagging for "FUC" to be added now... I wish this Banksy bloke wouldn't keep nicking my ideas... Image originally from here via NoLionsInEngland on WK
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WTB Originals + kates, banksy, dface, walker , by spirit on Apr 2, 2010 23:53:54 GMT 1, I know it would probably make more sense financially to go for a canvas, but I think a Kate would give you far more pleasure than most canvasses in that price range - would me anyway...
I know it would probably make more sense financially to go for a canvas, but I think a Kate would give you far more pleasure than most canvasses in that price range - would me anyway...
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FS Nick Walker LTS 1100ono, by spirit on Apr 2, 2010 21:41:38 GMT 1, cant imagine it would have done the print any favours being kept flat. I don't normally use lol, but lol ;D
cant imagine it would have done the print any favours being kept flat. I don't normally use lol, but lol ;D
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Banksy No Ball Games Framing Advice, by spirit on Apr 2, 2010 20:18:07 GMT 1, Ricardo at Pauli frames is very good and reasonably priced. Particularly if you want a box frame as he hand makes them all, sands them down and sprays them so you get invisible joins at the corners. They are also a lot more hard wearing than "off the shelf" frames which tend to chip at the slightest knock.
Ricardo at Pauli frames is very good and reasonably priced. Particularly if you want a box frame as he hand makes them all, sands them down and sprays them so you get invisible joins at the corners. They are also a lot more hard wearing than "off the shelf" frames which tend to chip at the slightest knock.
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LV & Others Still Available & Prices Reduced, by spirit on Apr 2, 2010 10:59:42 GMT 1, Just out of interest Gary, did you place any restrictions on how long it was before it would be acceptable for them to spend the cash you paid them, or perhaps what they could and couldn't spend it on?
I know I'm being flippant but I find this whole situation ridiculous...
Just out of interest Gary, did you place any restrictions on how long it was before it would be acceptable for them to spend the cash you paid them, or perhaps what they could and couldn't spend it on?
I know I'm being flippant but I find this whole situation ridiculous...
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LV & Others Still Available & Prices Reduced, by spirit on Apr 2, 2010 10:04:36 GMT 1, Don't get why this frowned on! Surely its yours to do whatever and its not buying to sell for a profit, also its not like these where brought last week or last month... why should courtesy be brought into this, unless you where offered these as a one off from the artists, but from the prices been banded about I can't see that this was an offer or that only certain people where offered this painting? I'm sure a commission would be around that now...Could be way off the mark , I had the same with my Parla, Galleries and agents can be odd sometimes, I understand they want to stop flipping but years down the line whats the problem? Its so elitist imo and not sure why...anyone? Wasn't Frankie selling his herakut drawings last year if I'm not wrong? Anyway good luck with the sale very strange situation to me! Peace MA
Completely agree. If they're that bothered about what happens to it later perhaps they shouldn't sell them in the first place - leasing sounds like it might be a better idea. Sounds to me like they know their audience is fairly limited and they are afraid that if a secondary market develops then they might not sell many new ones.
I'm all for artists/galleries doing what they can to stop quick flipping but if someone tried to tell me what I could/couldn't do with something I bought over a year ago I would find that very rude and intrusive and I would be inclined to tell them where to stick it!
Don't get why this frowned on! Surely its yours to do whatever and its not buying to sell for a profit, also its not like these where brought last week or last month... why should courtesy be brought into this, unless you where offered these as a one off from the artists, but from the prices been banded about I can't see that this was an offer or that only certain people where offered this painting? I'm sure a commission would be around that now...Could be way off the mark , I had the same with my Parla, Galleries and agents can be odd sometimes, I understand they want to stop flipping but years down the line whats the problem? Its so elitist imo and not sure why...anyone? Wasn't Frankie selling his herakut drawings last year if I'm not wrong? Anyway good luck with the sale very strange situation to me! Peace MA Completely agree. If they're that bothered about what happens to it later perhaps they shouldn't sell them in the first place - leasing sounds like it might be a better idea. Sounds to me like they know their audience is fairly limited and they are afraid that if a secondary market develops then they might not sell many new ones. I'm all for artists/galleries doing what they can to stop quick flipping but if someone tried to tell me what I could/couldn't do with something I bought over a year ago I would find that very rude and intrusive and I would be inclined to tell them where to stick it!
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A few pieces, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 20:09:00 GMT 1, very impressed! - this kind of thing is not really my cup of tea but I fully respect the time, effort and skill that has gone into it!
very impressed! - this kind of thing is not really my cup of tea but I fully respect the time, effort and skill that has gone into it!
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Mau Mau "MASK FOX" Print, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 17:10:16 GMT 1, mmmmmm....fish & chips....just spiffing!
mmmmmm....fish & chips....just spiffing!
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Mau Mau "MASK FOX" Print, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 17:05:04 GMT 1, complex? far from complex. i don't even like complex. that orange mount is just terrible. if you can't handle public opinion, don't publicise. if the mount is really a must, you could make it better by putting a bigger black mount underneath, vice versa. or just lose the mounts altogether & frame the print up to the edges Hmmm... the whole "complex" part was sarcasm
Hang on - you're American aren't you? - you're not supposed to even understand sarcasm let alone USE it!. Stop shattering my stereotypes!
complex? far from complex. i don't even like complex. that orange mount is just terrible. if you can't handle public opinion, don't publicise. if the mount is really a must, you could make it better by putting a bigger black mount underneath, vice versa. or just lose the mounts altogether & frame the print up to the edges Hmmm... the whole "complex" part was sarcasm Hang on - you're American aren't you? - you're not supposed to even understand sarcasm let alone USE it!. Stop shattering my stereotypes!
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GO GO GO... NEW BANKSY UP!, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 12:38:22 GMT 1, My favourite one was a Heineken TV ad from my youth, which due to an "amazing advance in technology" allowed them to fit a pint of beer in a half pint can. Very simple ad that showed a pint glass being filled up by the small can - looked on youtube but it seems to be gone forever...
My favourite one was a Heineken TV ad from my youth, which due to an "amazing advance in technology" allowed them to fit a pint of beer in a half pint can. Very simple ad that showed a pint glass being filled up by the small can - looked on youtube but it seems to be gone forever...
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GO GO GO... NEW BANKSY UP!, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 12:14:40 GMT 1, 10 mins too late dude...
10 mins too late dude...
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Jose Parla FRAMED, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 12:00:31 GMT 1, I like the trinity framing that I have seen but just not sure about white frames on these Parla's - think darker frames work better. These pics are from someone's sales thread (can't remember who now sorry) but thought they should be posted here as they are the best example of WTL framing I have seen. (If they are your pics, let me know and I will be happy to credit/remove them as you wish.)
I like the trinity framing that I have seen but just not sure about white frames on these Parla's - think darker frames work better. These pics are from someone's sales thread (can't remember who now sorry) but thought they should be posted here as they are the best example of WTL framing I have seen. (If they are your pics, let me know and I will be happy to credit/remove them as you wish.)
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Price Check - Napalm A/P, by spirit on Apr 1, 2010 11:19:29 GMT 1, PEGGY, ARE YOU WIFE OF BONGO, OR ARE YOU BONGO POST OP?? UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HAD CHANCE TO MEET HANDSOME BONGO. BUT I DO LIKE TO PLAY WITH TENNIS BALLS
How do you know he is handsome then?
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PEGGY, ARE YOU WIFE OF BONGO, OR ARE YOU BONGO POST OP?? UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HAD CHANCE TO MEET HANDSOME BONGO. BUT I DO LIKE TO PLAY WITH TENNIS BALLS How do you know he is handsome then? fetch...
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