Seriously??? Is this a joke? http://www.amazon.com/Crease-Constellation-2/dp/B00E67R24U/r...
This one is pretty neat: http://www.selbyfleetwoodgallery.com/artwork/raptor/5
A bronze casting of an origami bird.
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#62The only thing I discovered after browsing through that site is that I am too poor to own art.
The example of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel shows that that's not true if you're willing to work at it: http://mentalfloss.com/article/48844/how-working-class-coupl...
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#63Would something like this actually be painted by Andy Warhol? http://www.amazon.com/Muhammed-Ali-II-180/dp/B00E6HWXRG/ref=...
No, because that's a screenprint, not a painting.
Snark aside, I would think there are fairly stringent quality controls on making sure that everything listed (and priced!) as an original actually is. Amazon's not going to mess around with their reputation when people are shelling out five (or six, or seven, or...) figures for Warhols.
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#64I'd like to do an affiliate sale on this one... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DV8CMCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Even with the lowest rate of 4%, that would be $194,000 in my pocket. (disclaimer: affiliate link)
Tsk, had it in my cart and was about to place my order but it wasn't eligible for Prime 2nd day shipping =(.
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#65I've worked for a string of online art retailers and publishers over the the last decade, and I'm a bit baffled by this move by Amazon. I just don't think it's a very good way to browse for art. That said, if you know specifically what you want, it's a pretty good way to connect with galleries.
My guess is "soon" we'll have a 500 dpi full color e-ink kindle to admire rentable art. And perhaps a giant e-ink kindle to hang on the wall for exactly that purpose. One of my long term "in my infinite spare time" projects has been to build a nice small (well, what passes for small now...) HDTV size digital picture frame and rotate artwork on it. I figure if I can keep the capital cost under a couple hundred bucks (…
Oh wow. I have been thinking of exactly the same idea. To that end, I just started playing around with Raspberry PI to see if it can work out. Looking online, seems they also have color E-Ink available which should make the cost even less.
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#66I just don't get it, 20k for pieces like this: http://www.amazon.com/Firecracker/dp/B00E70BZ3K/ref=sr_1_22?... I wonder if people would appraise it quite as highly without context, and the painter's life story.
A lot of collectibles' value comes not from the objects themselves but from the exceptional contexts which spawned the objects
Wouldn't you pay more for a prop that was actually used on the set of your favorite movie instead of an identical reproduction?
Wouldn't you pay more for an object that was a key during an important historical event even though there are many objects like it used by unknown people in unknown contexts?
Wouldn't you pay more to collect an original tool invented by your favorite pioneer scientist even though there are much better versions of this tool in use today?
Wouldn't you pay more for works by an artist that invented new innovative techniques than artists who just reuse others' techniques even if the later artists arguably get better results because they are using the techniques after they have matured and have been perfected?
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#67Seriously??? Is this a joke? http://www.amazon.com/Crease-Constellation-2/dp/B00E67R24U/r...
Did you see the material? It's cast aluminum.
Here's one that seems perfect for the study of some aerospace engineer:
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Planes/dp/B00E67R8MQ/ref=art_owf...
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Link to poor people art please? (And please don't let it be Homer Simpson art---i.e. garbage smashed together. And I don't count digital prints as art.)
Find your local art college and attend their graduation show.
Good suggestion.
Group shows at a small gallery, or benefit auctions for local arts-related organizations are another idea. You can get access to more mature work that way.
You don't generally want solo shows at galleries, but at group shows, people will show smaller works. You have to be well-informed enough to know the gallery and their artists, of course.
Benefit auctions often feature works that local artists have laying around in their studios and donate to the auction (partly for the tax write-off, although that is monitored now). You have to be confident of your eye, and choose the right auction, one that is connected to local artists with actual talent.
All of the above requires footwork and an independent interest in contemporary art. This disqualifies 99.9% of people.
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#69I just don't get it, 20k for pieces like this: http://www.amazon.com/Firecracker/dp/B00E70BZ3K/ref=sr_1_22?... I wonder if people would appraise it quite as highly without context, and the painter's life story.
A lot of collectibles' value comes not from the objects themselves but from the exceptional contexts which spawned the objects Wouldn't you pay more for a prop that was actually used on the set of your favorite movie instead of an identical reproduction? Wouldn't you pay more for an object that was a key during an important historical event even though there are many objects like it used by unknown people in unknown…
No on all counts. Maybe I just lack some sort of collectors spirit.
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#70I really wish they would separate Archival Ink-Jets from the rest of traditional printmaking. As someone who runs these printers professionally (trade show , not fine art) and does classic printmaking, I just don't respect the output the same way. There is craft in printmaking, and in some methods a limitation on total number of prints possible. Ink jets are mainly making sure your printer is color calibrated and doing a little color correction while doing a run. Archival Ink-Jets should be another category priced somewhere between mass produced posters and original art. It's especially a problem at art and wine festivals...