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Being Frenchy and knowing a little bit in the surroundings of the collectors who were there to buy, I can tell that "being hype" at Artcurial for showing off for a spot sale does not make prices on "collectors to collectors" market skyrocketing. Strong results, but not a trend IMO.
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I don't know, Artcurial seems to have pulled in strong results for a few years now.
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** GET UP GALLERY ** (Owner/Curator)
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eargasm wrote:As a heads up, there are some nice pieces up for auction here:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/bidapplet114963
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog ... t-auction/
I bid on a Nixon, Hello Kitty and Global Warning. They closed beyond where I was willing to go once you factor in a 25% auction fee. Nixon would have been $712.50 delivered when all is said and done.
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jjttdw wrote:
eargasm wrote:As a heads up, there are some nice pieces up for auction here:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/bidapplet114963
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog ... t-auction/
I bid on a Nixon, Hello Kitty and Global Warning. They closed beyond where I was willing to go once you factor in a 25% auction fee. Nixon would have been $712.50 delivered when all is said and done.
I bid on a few things myself that seemed to go for more than I wanted to shell out at the time... maybe next time we'll get lucky... haha
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dolamite24 wrote:
jjttdw wrote:
eargasm wrote:As a heads up, there are some nice pieces up for auction here:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/bidapplet114963
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog ... t-auction/
I bid on a Nixon, Hello Kitty and Global Warning. They closed beyond where I was willing to go once you factor in a 25% auction fee. Nixon would have been $712.50 delivered when all is said and done.
I bid on a few things myself that seemed to go for more than I wanted to shell out at the time... maybe next time we'll get lucky... haha
Tough with that +25%
on point like a decimalist?
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Some good deals on liveauctioneers.com tonight.

For a little over 2k I picked up:

MLK
Malcolm X Orange
Street Weapons
Arab Woman Gold
Peace Woman
Peace Mujer
Marcos Diagram
DOH 2
Global Warning
Celebration (Led Zepplin)
Debby Harry 05

Sadly the auction fees will add $500

Oh, and if you are the person I ran up on the Godfather series prints, I humbly apologize.

Sadly the soup cans print had mat burn or I would have hit it a lot harder.
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Hopefully folks find this thread a useful if incomplete repository of Shep's auction results. Haven't had time to update in awhile but ... pretty recently ...

Artcurial's Urban Art Auction on May 2, 2019 https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/o1gz3xlahj ... only some of Shep results ...

Joan Jett Pink
Screenprint, signed, dated and numbered 209/300
h: 61 w: 45,50 cm
Estimation 300 - 400 €
Sold: €390
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Bright future - 2012
Screenprint in colors ; signed, dated and numbered 40/50
h: 76 w: 76 cm
Estimation 700 - 900 €
Sold: €845
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Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité - 2016
Screenprint in colors ; signed, dated and numbered 227/450
h: 61 w: 45,50 cm
Estimation 2 000 - 3 000 €
Sold: €5,850
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Chinese soldier - 2006
Screenprint in colors ; signed, dated and numbered 26/300
h: 60,50 w: 45,50 cm
Estimation 500 - 700 €
Sold: €910
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Yes! - 2008
Screenprint; signed, dated and numbered 100/150
h: 45,50 w: 61 cm
Estimation 500 - 700 €
Sold: €1,820
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Obey Flavor Flav - Obey Chuck D (Public Enemy) - 2002
Screenprint on wood (diptych) ; signed, dated and numbered ; countersigned, dated and numbered on the back
24 x 18 in (each)
Estimation 5 000 - 7 000 €
Sold: €10,400
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Mixed media; screenprint and collage on panel; signed, dated and numbered 4/6 HPM; countersigned, dated and numbered 4/6 HPM on the back
h: 61 w: 45,50 cm
Estimation 8 000 - 12 000 €
Sold: €18,200
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Universal Personhood 1 - 2015
Screenprint and collages on paper ; signed, dated and numbered AP 2/4
Edition de 10 HPM + 4 AP
Estimation 9 000 - 12 000 €
Sold: €11,050
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Obey Eye - 2009
Screenprint and collage on wood; signed, dated and numbered; countersigned, dated and numbered on back AP HPM
h: 61 w: 45,50 cm
Estimation 3 000 - 4 000 €
Sold: €10,400
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Big Brother city - 2008
Stencil, spray paint and collages on paper ; signed and dated
h: 152,50 w: 111 cm
Estimation 40 000 - 60 000 €
Sold: €79,945
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Big Brother is watching you - 2006
Stencil, spray paint and collages on paper ; signed and dated
h: 105 w: 71 cm
Estimation 30 000 - 50 000 €
Sold: €37,940
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Lesser Gods Eagle - 2007
Stencil, spray paint and collages on paper ; signed and dated
h: 152 w: 111 cm
Estimation 50 000 - 70 000 €
Sold: €65,000
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Earth Crisis Drop - 2016
Mixed media (stencil, spray paint, screenprint and collage) on canvas ; signed and dated
h: 152 w: 111 cm
Estimation 50 000 - 70 000 €
[Sale price behind pay wall]
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Wow, some pretty strong results..! Thanks for sharing
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Why would that "Yes" screenprint go for over 1800 euro? No rhyme/reason in my mind.
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I was thinking the same thing about the say yes print.
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brintoul wrote:Why would that "Yes" screenprint go for over 1800 euro? No rhyme/reason in my mind.
I'm thinking it has something to do with the size of the run.
Other than that, I don't know either.
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Maybe someone just really liked it and didn't know any better? Sometimes people do dumb things :lol:
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no1gdman wrote:Maybe someone just really liked it and didn't know any better? Sometimes people do dumb things :lol:
This is something I nearly ALWAYS forget. :D
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Wow, nice. Thanks for sharing!
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Alright, what's everybody's guess on the final hammer price for Hope?
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jak88 wrote:Alright, what's everybody's guess on the final hammer price for Hope?
Already over the estimate, I'll guess $125,000
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I'll go with $178.5k. I wish I was loaded.
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durn! Incredible
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it'll go for at least $300-400k
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password wrote:it'll go for at least $300-400k
If so it will be a new auction record for the artist, the current one is $255k for a Liberté Egalité Fraternité canvas.
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password wrote:it'll go for at least $300-400k
I'm thinking the same thing.
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Cookie Head wrote:
jak88 wrote:Alright, what's everybody's guess on the final hammer price for Hope?
Already over the estimate, I'll guess $125,000

I have no idea. But I really like it.
Is this on canvas? would it be safe to say hat this was made with hand cut stencils? I also really like the collage work of this time,
this has some of the best Images incorporated, you could look @ this every day while having your morning coffee, and find something new. 3 of these in existence, all different collage, is one in washington dc, does Russell Simmons have the other?
My guess is that we may never see one of these come up again.

https://obeygiant.com/art-for-life/


Isnt this about the time EC post a picture of his, he has hanging up in a bathroon or something, and wishs all of us a nice day.
:D
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password wrote:it'll go for at least $300-400k
Also agree. If some nice Banksy paper can go for that much, I see a good chance that a unique collage edition of arguably Shep’s most famous image will fetch that much. Plus it’s right before an election - I suspect the timing is not accidental.
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