[streetgirl]

Evenin!
Not sure if there's already been a thread about this...apologies if there has....just wondering what people's thoughts are on the new print (which hasn't sold out):




PS: Big shout to Stuey for the beginners guide to posting images. Respect!

[stuey09]

Glad you managed to follow my rambled guidelines.

There was something posted on Saturday evening regarding the new print. I ended up buying it and breaking my resolution not to buy anything this month

[stuey09]

Here ya go

banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=othergalleries&thread=1180813113&page=1

[streetgirl]

In which case, apologies for the double thread, don't you just hate that? Thought it was weird that I couldn't see anything about it.
Am tempted to buy it but I couldn't decide whether I liked it for what it was or just cause it was a Stef...I've always promised myself I'd only buy a print cos I liked it, not for the possible worth/kudos later down the line.
I feel another thread brewing, what makes you buy a print, i.e. would you hold back on a Banksy (available for initial POW fee) if you didn't like it, or purchase it regardless?

[stuey09]

If you like it I would buy it. Stef's pictures normally sell out and I don't suppose this will be any different. Next chance to buy it, you'll be lining somebody's pocket on ebay.

[streetgirl]

That's what I've always tried to do...I have one friend, that literally eats up every new print released by current hot artists or breaking ones...whether he likes them or hates them, just for the name, the original print, the investment.
He drives me nuts, moreso cos he can afford them and has a knack of buying everything that moves, before it's moved.

[carlito]

kinda depressing just to buy everything...the fun is surely to find the ones you like..try to get what you can and if their value increase give yourself a pat on the back for having good taste...

..and even if they don't double pat yourself on the back for having better taste then everyone else

[Montubu7]

Yeh, cool print, like it.

[chappkp]

I havent made up my mind about this one. I know that if I buy it, I will hang it some day and be very happy, but if I pass I wont regret it

[nombei]

i've passed on a lot of prints because i didn't like the image enough eventhough i knew the prints would go up in value.

and sadly, i even passed on a number of Banksy prints that i liked because i didn't want to pay 70 GBP for them.....oops.

[tadghostal]

nombei said:

and sadly, i even passed on a number of Banksy prints that i liked because i didn't want to pay 70 GBP for them.....oops.

Sympathies my man. Hindsight and all that. . .

[nombei]

tadghostal said:

nombei said:

and sadly, i even passed on a number of Banksy prints that i liked because i didn't want to pay 70 GBP for them.....oops.

Sympathies my man. Hindsight and all that. . .

trudat. i think Laugh Now and GWB are the two i most wish i had grabbed. i really liked Napalm, but couldn't see that on my wall.

[siddhartha]

i only buy art that contributes to the ambience/mood i am trying to create... or that at least match the furniture.

[fecam]

I buy prints that will make plenty of profit! On the odd occasion, I'll buy one that I actually like.

[fecam]

Oh - and I like the print at the start of the thread...

[streetgirl]

I havent made up my mind about this one. I know that if I buy it, I will hang it some day and be very happy, but if I pass I wont regret it

Chapp...that's where I am on this print, totally.

[carlito]

fecam said:

Oh - and I like the print at the start of the thread...

but are you sure it'll make a profit - seeing as that's why you buy?

(what an enjoyable hobby this must be for u)

for me this image is so / so feel like i've seen it before and this doesn't really add anything

[corblimeylimey]

streetgirl said:

I havent made up my mind about this one. I know that if I buy it, I will hang it some day and be very happy, but if I pass I wont regret it

Chapp...that's where I am on this print, totally.

I'm getting very choosey in what I buy now, as I'm not buying for investment but for the wall and there's only so much space available.

I've had to think long and hard about a few recently, firstly you've got to like it, but I like a lot of prints, so the next decision is could I live without it or would I regret not buying it, this then leaves a few I must have/can't resist.

[shine166]

corblimeylimey said:

streetgirl said:

Chapp...that's where I am on this print, totally.

I'm getting very choosey in what I buy now, as I'm not buying for investment but for the wall and there's only so much space available.

I've had to think long and hard about a few recently, firstly you've got to like it, but I like a lot of prints, so the next decision is could I live without it or would I regret not buying it, this then leaves a few I must have/can't resist.

you cant buy everything for profit coz its just not possible. Shawly if you like the print uve already made a profit . The street art scene is gonna fall through its own arse at some point and there will 4-5 artists worth having, the rest will be worthless and thats when ppl wil regret buying everything in site, even tho they dont like it. At the minute, my nan could make a stencil of her shit n it would still sell on the bay

+ once upon a time street art was a subculture, which made it popular. But nowa days its mainstreem culture which means within time the bubble will burst and along comes a new subculture.......

[ell]

i buy if i like it. and of course the price has a huge effect. if theres a print i quite like and its cheap, ill buy it even if i dont love it. if its more expensive i will only buy if i love it. of course theres the investment idea in my head but thats not the reason i buy, its just like an added bonus if the price goes up.

[slowmo]

In terms of what makes me buy a print, it has to be the image. What I have found is that images I have liked a lot, like insects dead rebel series, have lost the power and impact they once had to me because of artists like Dface continuing the theme and in a way, diluting the message.

Really, now for me to get a print, I am looking for something that is very hard to imitate, so would love to get some Micallef, Sacha Jafri or similar. Less interested in stencil artists these days, but would always buy Banksy as he is the daddy.

The problem I have is that they cost loads of money, a commodity I don't really have a lot of at the moment. I am seriously thinking of trading in most of my prints to start again.

[streetgirl]

I agree slowmo...the more I indulge my interest in the er arts, the more each purchase feels like getting a tattoo.
It took me years to get my first, and it would have been the easiest thing to do to go right back and get a couple more.
I hope, that like my tat, most of the prints I buy will be keepers.