Obama WSJ Article

[sleepboy]

online.wsj.com/article/SB121625710569060513.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

I know someone would write something about this eventually.

[oldfartatplay]

Sleep, thanks for posting that, you know there has been a lot of press about these political prints.
For example just google Fairey obama and check News.
Interesting article, WSJ no less. The author didn't do his research too thoroughly,
"In a sign of how the traditional art community has accepted these posters, this fall, fine-arts auction house Bonhams will sell one of Mr. English's prints with a presale estimate of about $2,000; they originally sold online for less than $200."
Upper Playground sold them for $200. I'm not too much into collecting prints (wall space is valuable), but this is a very important year in politics and many of the artists we love are getting involved so I've been collecting what I can. Ten years down the road many of these prints will be worth far more than we think.

[sleepboy]

Jul 17, 2008 15:41:11 GMT -8 oldfartatplay said:

Sleep, thanks for posting that, you know there has been a lot of press about these political prints.
For example just google Fairey obama and check News.
Interesting article, WSJ no less. The author didn't do his research too thoroughly,
"In a sign of how the traditional art community has accepted these posters, this fall, fine-arts auction house Bonhams will sell one of Mr. English's prints with a presale estimate of about $2,000; they originally sold online for less than $200."
Upper Playground sold them for $200. I'm not too much into collecting prints (wall space is valuable), but this is a very important year in politics and many of the artists we love are getting involved so I've been collecting what I can. Ten years down the road many of these prints will be worth far more than we think.

Yes, it had the feel of someone who was told to report on the story as opposed to someone who was a fan and volunteered to write it.

I too have had similar thoughts about buying the obama prints, i think it would have made a nice wall. Unfortunately, those thoughts came late and i feel that if i start now it will too expensive to get all the ones that i wanted. Also, i couldn't bear to buy all those and have him lose...it would be too much for me.