What was your first ever Art Purchase?

[weeble]

Probably a Star Wars poster back in the day!

First 'urban' print was a Sickboy Love Supreme print, back when POW sold prints for £45!

[Daniel Silk]

James Cauty - Stamp of Mass Destruction - 1st Class - 1/150

Guardian - www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jun/04/post.artsfeatures
BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/2963414.stm
BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/2994418.stm

As it says in the Guardian only 23 were ever sold, and some of those would have been 2nd & 3rd Class, so I guess this could be pretty rare.
I was doing the London to Brighton Mini run that year (2003) and as a KLF fan, heard that James Cauty had his first ever print out at a gallery in Brighton ;D
Called into ArtRepublic and saw they had the 1st Class numbered 1/150 available I could not believe it! I had a choice of that or artists proof 3/5. Think I paid £595 with it all framed up. The very first, and second most expensive piece of art I have ever bought.

[hlarmy]

Banksy Trolleys - I bought it to flip ... I didn't make a good flipper as it's still hanging on the wall...

[menace2sobriety]

I have Eelus to thank for starting my art addiction!

Grey shat-at from POW for £50
Next was unsigned CND Soldiers from Art Republic which I recall was about £90!!

All downhill from there.... ;D

[Heavyconsumer]

Dreamscape posters for £5 a pop I think from some record shop or other in town, when my bedroom was covered in rave flyers 17 years ago!!! Fuck I'm getting old!

[silvermyn]

The first work of art I bought was a signed print by an artist called Victor Vasarely. Cost me around £1k at the time but I got into a bit of a bidding war at one of the big auction houses so I think I payed a more than it was probably worth. I still have it and love it as much as the day I bought it.

Vasarely came up with the concept of op art and this particular piece consists of gray dots. The guy was onto the whole dot thing long before Mr Hirst. Vasarely was also a big influence on artists such as Bridget Riley.

Still have a few Vasarely pieces in the collection but moved on since then.

[atomone]

Banksy - Bomb Middle England. Purchased from Tom Tom in Covent Garden already framed at £80!! recently reframed in conservation glass etc...Was going to buy Have a Nice Day at the same time for £50 but thought it was too expensive! I remember those Banksy prints for sale in Selfridges too and didn't buy any! Echoing fragile - we do live and learn!!

[Michael Jacob]

Andy Warhol "Lemon"
I was into restoring VW bettles and buses at the time. Sold it years ago, wish I still had it now!

[eddiedangerous]

May 14, 2009 16:51:26 GMT 1 Heavyconsumer said:

Dreamscape posters for £5 a pop I think from some record shop or other in town, when my bedroom was covered in rave flyers 17 years ago!!! f**k I'm getting old!

17 yrs ago
remember fusion?
only wish i could!!

[nacional]

A painting by a Uruguayan artist called Costigliolo.

Urban was going to be from Tom Tom, a Bomb Hugger stencil on wood that was in a perspex box. Balked at the 2K (2K!!!!) price tag and bought IFTL, HMV dog thingy and Soup Can all at the same time......

[wiz]

Ive been trying hard to think of this as its a special piece to me but i just cant think at all! bas***d memory and old age i hate it!!!.

[kitkit]

probably obey peace goddess still hangs up in my room absolutely love it

[rosstierney]

ignoring my kaws 'toys', i lost my art virginity to this:

[jh153]

Static - Chinock Chandelier (yellow version) -I saw a few of these prints floating around on eBay before I'd even heard of this place. I've always thought of it as a bit of a one hit wonder.

[banksman]

This was mine, bought it about 3-4 years ago from TomTom


Still my favourite!!!!!!!

B.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.

[outandabout]

Not sure if it was this one or a futura print. When I was a student the flat above left the bath on and flooded my bedroom and ruined the covers for half my record collection and one of the technics decks... I got this D.Edwards photo with some of the insurance money as not all the records could not be replaced.

[Dellboyy]

Mine was this:



I found out about pow from a couple of guys at work who were into Banksy, i preferred the Faile stuff which was sold out, stumbled across the faile site and bought this for about £120.. remember thinking it was a stupid amount to spend on a picture at the time! :-)

[Heavyconsumer]

May 14, 2009 17:14:12 GMT 1 eddiedangerous said:

May 14, 2009 16:51:26 GMT 1 Heavyconsumer said:

Dreamscape posters for £5 a pop I think from some record shop or other in town, when my bedroom was covered in rave flyers 17 years ago!!! f**k I'm getting old!

17 yrs ago
remember fusion?
only wish i could!!

;D Remembering hasn't been my greatest strength for the past 15 years or so either! ;D I think I remember Fusion. It was associated with World Dance at one stage. It's all a bit blurry though!!!

[retardthebear]

POW's Faile Bunny Girl
Thought £25 or whatever it was was a con but liked the image so much. Had it hanging in a ikea frame for years. To be totally honest I actually wished it didnt say 'Faile' at the bottom when I got it lol
£75 for a signed one just seemed like daylight robbery!

[curiousgeorge]

May 14, 2009 18:46:32 GMT 1 Heavyconsumer said:

May 14, 2009 17:14:12 GMT 1 eddiedangerous said:

17 yrs ago
remember fusion?
only wish i could!!

;D Remembering hasn't been my greatest strength for the past 15 years or so either! ;D I think I remember Fusion. It was associated with World Dance at one stage. It's all a bit blurry though!!!

Remember Fusion very well, still see part of the fusion crew, just yesterday in fact.Trying to do a one hour job and started listening to some old mixes with him, about 4 hours later the job was completed.

I think hand on heart if i had a time machine forgot all that go back and buy Art nonsense, I would go back to the good old days of raving, but this time remembering not take another 'one' so quickly and wait another 30 minutes or so

I'm stuck either Applause or Morons

[Andy'77]

My first limited edition prints were by Kozyndan and bought from Magic Pony in Toronto. The 2nd from top and 2nd from the bottom:


Dellboyy, I love that print, still remember seeing a full colour version sitting on the Laz site for £320... Regrets, I had a few....

[jimbob68]

my first original was from a spaniard street artist in Montmartre back in the 60s. Its been long lost now but i think i probbably hav better memories of it than what it actually was!!!

[Karl Read]

My First original was, well actually 2 paintings i bought in indonesia
and my first print was this:

[pointblank]

Banksy CWS

[Martin Whatson]

I bought theese two at the same time from POW at £25 a pop!
Im still very pleased with them and they hang above my bed!
The reason I pulled the trigger on something I thought was a bit expencive at the moment was that I saw them for sale in a shop in Oslo at 7 times the price!

[thorkil]

My first original was by Icelandic artist Sjøfn Har on our honey moon and the first prints were by Venezulian maestro Carlos Cruz-Diez. As for street art the first originals were signed by SPQR and the first print by Jef Aerosol. Who will be next...

[instinct]

First was a futura original from marharishi store, managed to get another futura original for free with it... i wanted to hang both together so was pressing and pressing for a price on the second. After much pressing i got a call from Hardy Blechman (owner Maharishi) saying "futura did that for us for free, we couldnt possibly sell it to you so just come and pick it up... its yours". I thought to myself if thats the culture behind this whole scene then i am hooked!
and i was... many more paintings and prints later im still going, trying to carry forward and promote that same idea!

[walters]

May 14, 2009 18:44:50 GMT 1 Dellboyy said:

Mine was this:



I found out about pow from a couple of guys at work who were into Banksy, i preferred the Faile stuff which was sold out, stumbled across the faile site and bought this for about £120.. remember thinking it was a stupid amount to spend on a picture at the time! :-)

jesus fucking wept!! my favourite print ever that is,and you got it for £120 i'm very,very jealous.

my first was ghostboys hooch girl print,from red prop.cost me way more than its worth now,but i still love it.

[Winter]

Mine was Damien Hirst's Opium for £500

[Sliding on the Walls]

Banksy - Happy Choppers for around £45