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Post by jB on Aug 5, 2012 9:56:11 GMT -8
such a lovely work there A. Shouldnt be around for long.
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Post by origo on Aug 27, 2012 6:34:42 GMT -8
Lowered the price on the Amory for a quick sale.
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Post by mike on Aug 27, 2012 7:14:00 GMT -8
What exactly motivates you to buy art as it rarely seems to last very long in your 'collection'?
It's pretty depressing seeing artists work being marked down, down and further down in your attempts to move on to whatever you've been lead to believe is the next best thing.
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Post by grotesqueanimal on Aug 27, 2012 7:57:25 GMT -8
What exactly motivates you to buy art as it rarely seems to last very long in your 'collection'? It's pretty depressing seeing artists work being marked down, down and further down in your attempts to move on to whatever you've been lead to believe is the next best thing. I know it is none of my business, but I have been asking myself the same thing. |
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Post by origo on Aug 27, 2012 8:02:23 GMT -8
What exactly motivates you to buy art as it rarely seems to last very long in your 'collection'? It's pretty depressing seeing artists work being marked down, down and further down in your attempts to move on to whatever you've been lead to believe is the next best thing. I have pieces that has been in my collection for several years, but I might turn the question and ask you what drives you to judge what is long enough and what isn´t. And my motivations for buying has never been whatever you might think is the reason, in fact I find your thoughts pretty boring and somewhat predictable. If any of you two wish me to elaborate this further you are more than welcome to pm me. |
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Post by mike on Aug 27, 2012 9:55:28 GMT -8
I'm certainly not accusing you of buying to profit as you rarely seem to make any money when you sell on whatever your last love was. As for what's long enough, I'd certainly think that, when spending several thousand dollars on a piece art, that I'd be wanting it on my wall for longer than a few months. Or I'd not buy it, full stop.
It was a genuine question as when I buy art I make sure it's because I want it on my walls. So, rather than attempt to guess what my 'boring and predicatable' thoughts on your motivations are why not humour me with a response? What causes someone to buy art is too interesting a topic to lock behind PM's..
I mean, there are plenty of art buyers out there who flit from artist to artist, following trends or artists as the mood/scene changes, and who are always very keen to show off their latest purchase, bask in the glowing accolades of those playing the same game, but who then seem very happy to sell and move on. I find it incredibly difficult to sell art so very rarely do so find this coldness to art to be quite unnatural.
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Post by origo on Aug 27, 2012 10:07:48 GMT -8
Hi mike,
Thanks for your genuine and relevant questions.
The short answer is, I can be a very impulsive person, agreed. I do have a elite in my collection so to speak, pieces that I would never part with and there are about 6-7 pieces of those.
My motivation for moving a few pieces lately have been a few. First of I loved peetov´s Berens ever since I first saw it and it would instantly move in to the aforementioned elite should I be able to buy it from him. I am not in a position where I can buy everything I want, sometimes I have to part with a piece which I actually like a lot (like the Amory) to make financial room for a new piece.
I can say, hand on heart, that I never follow any trends, there´s no such thing as the next best thing in my world.
To give you an exampe, I am a passionate collector of Ryan McLennan´s work and probably spent close to 20.000 USD on Ryan´s work over the last two years and I wouldn´t exactly call Ryan´s work the next big thing or hyped in any way. That was just to give you an example, McLennan is the artist I have most pieces by and I haven´t bought my last painting from him.
Guess what I am trying to say in short words, limited amount of money, too much beautiful art. And on the personal level me and the gf are trying to have a small one, so trying to prepare financially for that as well.
Thanks for your thoughts (and I mean that).
Allan
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Post by anodyne13 on Sept 2, 2012 6:23:23 GMT -8
I want to give an answer too even though it's none of my business. Most all collectors of anything deal with this frequently when they have limited funds. If you keep everything on the walls that you buy, you either have a very big house, cluttered walls, or you don't buy that much stuff.
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