Shepard Fairey Artwork, VALUATION

[budoukiba]

I am thinking of selling my Peace Tree, Peace Goddess and These Sunsets Are To Die For prints. I am the original owner of all. How much do you think these would go for these days?

[budoukiba]

I am thinking of selling my Peace Tree, Peace Goddess and These Sunsets Are To Die For prints. I am the original owner of all. How much do you think these would go for these days?

[Ruskr]

Peace tree - 900-1200 i think. I sold one for 900 a year ago.

[Ruskr]

What do you guys think? SSI Prints, all with the Same Numbers, i think thats quite rare!

[Ruskr]

Nobody an idea?

[Ruskr]

Feb 4, 2016 16:22:30 GMT 1 Collection 1 said:

anyone one knows how much the HPM Flags are going for?

About 12-15k USD!

[stillborncrisps]

Embarrassingly I have to ask - what's HPM stand for? Seen it on a few Shep pieces.

[dreadnatty]

Feb 5, 2016 1:19:32 GMT 1 stillborncrisps said:

Embarrassingly I have to ask - what's HPM stand for? Seen it on a few Shep pieces.

Hand Painted Medium

[Mister Whisper]

Feb 5, 2016 1:19:32 GMT 1 stillborncrisps said:

Embarrassingly I have to ask - what's HPM stand for? Seen it on a few Shep pieces.

Hand Painted Multiple.  Usually very low editions that are hand sprayed or hand embellished.

[WOOF]

Feb 5, 2016 1:32:32 GMT 1 dreadnatty said:

Feb 5, 2016 1:19:32 GMT 1 stillborncrisps said:

Embarrassingly I have to ask - what's HPM stand for? Seen it on a few Shep pieces.

Hand Painted Medium

Also, hand painted multiple.

[kid]

Low number Arab Woman (Red) 2006?

Any information I can find online is dated or unreliable.

[probored]

Does anyone know the value of Shepard Fairey's Large Format Mandala prints (edition of 50)?
Thanks for your help!

[probored]

Thanks Whitefish

[bigv]

I've got a matching numbers Home Invasion I&II set and I see them going for about $400 on ExpressoBeans sale tracker. Is there a premium for matching numbers and if so, what kind of percentage would it be?

[Mister Whisper]

If you're checking under "Set Edition," matching numbers is already implied.

[Whitefish]

Feb 27, 2016 19:46:19 GMT 1 bigv said:

I've got a matching numbers Home Invasion I&II set and I see them going for about $400 on ExpressoBeans sale tracker. Is there a premium for matching numbers and if so, what kind of percentage would it be?

You have to be very very careful when analyzing the EB sale tracker because they are manipulated, but are good for a spot reference...

For this particular piece, Home Invasion,  There was a sudden up-surge in value and interest after it was shown on television.  Someone brought it into that pawn shop in Vegas and it was on the show Pawn Stars on the History Channel.  They did a little cameo on Fairey and suddenly this piece became very popular.  

To answer your question about premium for matching numbers, yes they are more valuable.  However it depends on how many matching number sets were actually released.  If the pieces were not released at the same time and though out these years collectors have found the paired number they are much more valuable;(example Slave Driver and Regular Bob Marley).  Sometimes he releases a said number of matching number editions (example Power and Glory skulls red and gold).  Other times he releases a piece and if you buy all of them at the same time they just send you matching numbers(example Rise above and Raise the Caliber), in this case it is unknown how many matching sets exists for that particular edition.

These newer Shepard Fairey prints are hard to gauge the value because there are just too many of them out there right now and are so cheap.  Very very few 18x24's are worth >$1,000 so they will all have to age for about 15 years before this conversation becomes pertinent, because otherwise you are just splitting hairs. This is just my 2 cents

[bigv]

Thanks Arthunter! I plan on holding on to them for a good long time, and I do remember that Pawn Stars episode. I picked up the pair for about what a single one is being asked for on eBay right now so I feel pretty good about the purchase in general, but more importantly, I really like how they're going to look on my wall whenever I get around to framing them.

[burgerman]

Anyone know current price for Obeys retro series in 2006 edition of 89 in large print format

[spongerob]

Price check on these little beauties? First is x/300 and other an AP

[bigv]

Can I price check/appropriate price for Peace Bomber Gold and Red? My assumption is $600 and $350 respectively but I'm seeing prices in the order of $800-1000 and $400-500 respectively. How far off am I?

[Howard Johnson]

Mar 6, 2016 10:50:08 GMT 1 burgerman said:

Anyone know current price for Obeys retro series in 2006 edition of 89 in large print format

These usually sell for around $1,000 each. That number may be slightly higher or lower depending on the image. Full set would be around $4,000, but you may have to drop the price a bit to account for a bulk discount. 

[Deleted]

Mar 31, 2016 17:57:28 GMT 1 Howard Johnson said:

Mar 6, 2016 10:50:08 GMT 1 burgerman said:

Anyone know current price for Obeys retro series in 2006 edition of 89 in large print format

These usually sell for around $1,000 each. That number may be slightly higher or lower depending on the image. Full set would be around $4,000, but you may have to drop the price a bit to account for a bulk discount. 

I was quoted $6000 for the obey 89 on its own from
A gallery in Miami!

a full set sold in 2009 at Phillips for £2750,

Not really any recent sale results for these, nice tho.

Btw bugerman is a scammer

[lockandkey]

Hi guys, 

Back in 2009 I bought a Barack Obama Inauguration print by Obey, it's one of the first run of 1000 signed and numbered limited prints (Which he also made an additional 10,000 that weren't signed or numbered). 

obeygiant.com/inaugural-art/

It's a proper piece of history that I'm super proud of owning. Does anyone know what it might be worth and if I should insure it? 

Thanks all. 

[Nick]

according to expressobeans which logs sales data you'll be lucky to get your $500 back



Seems a few are being offered there at $400. Worth remembering though that price manipulation can occur on these sites as someone has to manually report the sales that are logged.

[lockandkey]

Oh wow! I still love it though. It'll stay on the wall for a long time
Thanks for the info Nick.

[J Kwon]

I know there are  a lot of variables when it comes to pricing art.  But I was wondering how much does having the 1st in an edition of a print affect the price?  I rarely see any #1s.  Any thoughts would be helpful. I just acquired a #1 Shepard Fairey Print.  I'll take photos when I get it! 


Thanks,

Jooho 

[Howard Johnson]

May 13, 2016 22:55:47 GMT 1 J Kwon said:

I know there are  a lot of variables when it comes to pricing art.  But I was wondering how much does having the 1st in an edition of a print affect the price?  I rarely see any #1s.  Any thoughts would be helpful. I just acquired a #1 Shepard Fairey Print.  I'll take photos when I get it! 


Thanks,

Jooho 

Numbering doesn't really make a difference unless it has some other sort of importance. For instance, last year someone shared a #1 Banksy "Rude Copper" which would essentially be the first print every created by the artist. In situations like this sellers may expect a premium. Lower numbers on older pieces may be more valuable as well as they tended to be better impressions with the screen or plate deteriorating slowly throughout the edition. Nowadays thats not really a concern, and its impossible to tell if #1 was the first or last print of the edition.

[thisisit]

May 13, 2016 23:09:08 GMT 1 Howard Johnson said:

May 13, 2016 22:55:47 GMT 1 J Kwon said:

I know there are  a lot of variables when it comes to pricing art.  But I was wondering how much does having the 1st in an edition of a print affect the price?  I rarely see any #1s.  Any thoughts would be helpful. I just acquired a #1 Shepard Fairey Print.  I'll take photos when I get it! 


Thanks,

Jooho 

Numbering doesn't really make a difference unless it has some other sort of importance. For instance, last year someone shared a #1 Banksy "Rude Copper" which would essentially be the first print every created by the artist. In situations like this sellers may expect a premium. Lower numbers on older pieces may be more valuable as well as they tended to be better impressions with the screen or plate deteriorating slowly throughout the edition. Nowadays thats not really a concern, and its impossible to tell if #1 was the first or last print of the edition.

Personally if i wanted a print and someone had no1 I would be willing to pay bit more for it, or more easily commit to the current price of it and not try lowering the price as i would think its more desirable for me. 
Also i am usually willing to pay more for numbers that would look nice on my wall 45/450 etc. 

[stillborncrisps]

May 13, 2016 23:09:08 GMT 1 Howard Johnson said:

Numbering doesn't really make a difference unless it has some other sort of importance. For instance, last year someone shared a #1 Banksy "Rude Copper" which would essentially be the first print every created by the artist. In situations like this sellers may expect a premium.

Well not really, it would be the first one he numbered (assuming he did it chronologically, and assuming it was even him who numbered them).

The order they were signed is highly unlikey to be exactly the same order they were printed/taken off the drying rack.

Did someone really pay over the odds for #1 Rude Copper?

[Mister Whisper]

The notion that lower numbered prints are worth more is purely subjective, but it's rooted in practicality.  Once upon a time (and I mean centuries ago), when printmaking was done with a malleable matrix like an engraved plate or woodblock or a lithograph stone, the best quality prints were the lowest numbers because they were the first ones struck.  As printing went on, the matrix would wear down over time, or develop cracks or scratches, and these flaws were often transferred the later, higher-number prints.  That's why etchings and prints by Renoir and Rembrandt exist in so many "states" -- when the plates wore out and could no longer print capably, the artists would re-work and re-compose the matrix, and thus the next "state" (or latest alteration) of the print would begin, with numbering reset to 1 because the plate was refinished and the composition was essentially new.

Today, most materials are sturdier and matrixes can be easily replaced with identical copies on the fly, so the quality is consistent throughout the run.  Some people still believe that lower numbers are better quality, some like the nod to tradition, and some just like low numbers, and there may be other factors involved, but in terms of quality, prints from a decent shop will be no better or worse throughout the run.  So like everything else, the worth of a low number is simply what the market will bear.