[p4nash]

Newbie here on the forum but I came across this and wanted to hear the community's thoughts on some of the pieces (Morons, Toxic Mary, etc.), and also just to share with everyone that this is out there.

Thanks!

www.artsy.net/auction/juliens-auctions-street-art-now

[artbrut22]

Newbie as well, but prices seems gallery retail. Estimates are high so they can attract bidders... Love the Morons though.

[Matt]

How people can buy these framed is beyond me...

[p4nash]

Yeah, love the morons too. Love the gold.

Signed toxic Mary for $8k...does that look expensive or is that in line with "market"?

[beenrhymin]

kind of sad artsy is giving this some form of legitimacy by posting it on their site.... guess its always pay for play....

[beenrhymin]

eastern realm for 6K plus premiums..... either i, or they, are on crack

[Amber Halo]

They are on crack, methinks. I seem to consistently see Retna prints overpriced at auctions of this level, paddle 8, etc.

[beenrhymin]

Feb 17, 2016 20:36:17 GMT 1 Amber Halo said:

They are on crack, methinks. I seem to consistently see Retna prints overpriced at auctions of this level, paddle 8, etc.

even paddle 8 puts them at 3K.....

[seventy8woodside]

m.artsy.net/auction/doyle-80s-downtown-art

check it out some nice pieces on there.

[Pattycakes]

Just as a little warning, the cap with the drawing on might be right, but then again it's most likely not. I have seen hundreds of things like this and in the most part they're fake. Don't want to be a killjoy but just so people are aware.

[bsimkin]

To those in search of this Faile gem, just came across Bret the Hitman edition of 50 via Doyle Contemporary auction. Ends in 30 minutes. Only one bid at $1,200


www.artsy.net/artwork/faile-bret-the-hitman

GL

[soam24]

A bunch of works

www.artsy.net/auction/juliens-auctions-artist-spotlight-mr-brainwash

[soam24]

Happy bidding!

[erinkim]

Hi there, my name is Erin Kim, and I manage consignments at Artsy. I’m dropping by to let you know that my team and I are curating street art auctions year-round, featuring both established and emerging names in street/urban art. If you would like to participate and consign to any upcoming auctions, please don’t hesitate to post here or email me, and I’d be happy to walk you through how this all works. There is no fee to submit and obtain estimates and proposals via Artsy Consignments.

We have a huge street art collecting audience on Artsy based all over the world. Some of the artists that we are looking to include in our auctions are Banksy, Vhils, Stik, Invader, Sandra Chevrier, Pejac, among many others.

If you are interested in working with Artsy, you can submit today by clicking to this link here; if you have any questions, please feel free to email [e-mail], with a line in the email saying that you found us through this post! 

[sfnyc]

FUCK ARTSY, organisations like these are the reason why street art and graffiti came to be in the first place. They don't care about anything but $.

[maxamaxa2]

May 24, 2018 19:13:24 GMT 1 sfnyc said:

f**kARTSY, organisations like these are the reason why street art and graffiti came to be in the first place. They don't care about anything but $.

Seems good if they are the reason street art and graffiti came to be?
And to be honest, thanks to the $ there are a lot of writers being able to do what they do full time. Lots sold in auctions do also render revenue to the artist, which private sales do not.

[Pattycakes]

May 24, 2018 19:13:24 GMT 1 sfnyc said:

f**kARTSY, organisations like these are the reason why street art and graffiti came to be in the first place. They don't care about anything but $.

you are actually talking rubbish and I'll assume clearly don't know what you're saying. Take your gibbering elsewhere. 

[sfnyc]

Well for a fact they ignored /rejected for a long time most small galleries that represented many urban artists that have since blown up a bit. They only added urban arts after their big gallery clients began adding them. Talks for itself imo.

[met]

Apr 4, 2018 22:27:57 GMT 1 erinkim said:

Hi there, my name is Erin Kim, and I manage consignments at Artsy. I’m dropping by to let you know that my team and I are curating street art auctions year-round, featuring both established and emerging names in street/urban art. If you would like to participate and consign to any upcoming auctions, please don’t hesitate to post here or email me, and I’d be happy to walk you through how this all works. There is no fee to submit and obtain estimates and proposals via Artsy Consignments.

We have a huge street art collecting audience on Artsy based all over the world. Some of the artists that we are looking to include in our auctions are Banksy, Vhils, Stik, Invader, Sandra Chevrier, Pejac, among many others.

If you are interested in working with Artsy, you can submit today by clicking to this link here; if you have any questions, please feel free to email [e-mail], with a line in the email saying that you found us through this post! 

Thank you for posting.

Although this is not specifically auction-related, I would encourage Artsy to incorporate more stringent vetting procedures for sellers. It looks like fraudsters are currently able to slip through with relative ease. They're using Artsy as a platform to offload fakes to naive buyers who place their trust in the company.


One specific example is Travelogues Fine Art (apparently based in New Mexico and run by Daniel North and Sherri North), which is selling fake Banksy canvases, street pieces and ephemera.

www.artsy.net/travelogues-fine-art


Some of the imagery isn't even by Banksy.

And when both:

(i) the large number of fakes sold; and

(ii) the various stated provenances (Dismaland, Central Park stall during Better Out Than In, public sculpture intervention with wheel clamp, VISA sign described as a late-90s piece)

are taken into account, there ceases to be any reasonable possibility that Travelogues Fine Art is unknowingly dealing in forgeries.









__________


Are there any Chicagoans here who plan to visit SOFA Chicago in early November? If so, please say hello to Daniel and Sherri.

[erinekim]

Thank you for letting us know. We have passed on your comments to our internal teams. 

[1970hopper]

Oct 3, 2018 17:08:35 GMT 1 erinekim said:

Thank you for letting us know. We have passed on your comments to our internal teams. 

With respect.

You should go through a lot more galleries than this one on your website. 

Spend some time on the banksy art for sale with the galleries

people are getting ripped off by many on your website

If you or the rest of your staff care this should be done today not tomorrow 

[erinekim]

Thank you again so much for your note. Artsy takes the vetting of galleries and authenticity of works very seriously and we've taken note of your claim. If you have any additional information about this, please don't hesitate to contact the customer support team directly and they will review accordingly as well. They can be reached at [e-mail].

[Poster Bob]

Oct 3, 2018 17:08:35 GMT 1 erinekim said:

Thank you for letting us know. We have passed on your comments to our internal teams. 

You shouldn't have to. You should have employees who can spot forgeries from a mile away. Police your own market place, don't make others do it for you and don't underestimate the potential legal costs for aiding and abetting forgery and fraud.

[1970hopper]

Oct 9, 2018 21:31:09 GMT 1 Poster Bob said:

Oct 3, 2018 17:08:35 GMT 1 erinekim said:

Thank you for letting us know. We have passed on your comments to our internal teams. 

You shouldn't have to. You should have employees who can spot forgeries from a mile away. Police your own market place, don't make others do it for you and don't underestimate the potential legal costs for aiding and abetting forgery and fraud.

erinekim have you seen this ? 


www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-bombhugger-1



Your artsy site is full to the brim with forgeries. 



Are you telling us you or your staff never knew ?



There is forged art from a few hundred to millions on your artsy site

[1970hopper]

Oct 9, 2018 11:49:56 GMT 1 erinekim said:

Thank you again so much for your note. Artsy takes the vetting of galleries and authenticity of works very seriously and we've taken note of your claim. If you have any additional information about this, please don't hesitate to contact the customer support team directly and they will review accordingly as well. They can be reached at [e-mail].

They should be reviewing it right now


You are trying to brush this under the carpet

www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-sweeping-it-under-the-carpet



Have you seen how many of these fakes at 3 grand a pop Travelogues Fine Art have sold ? 
Funny i can tell you. I seem to know more about your artsy site than you or your staff.
met reported this gallery to you yet they are still selling these fakes

www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-banksys-dismaland-canvas-radar-rat

www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-bomb-love-15

Juliens auctions one of the biggest for selling fake Banksy works to the jet set

www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-graffiti-rat

www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-umbrella-rat-4


Go and talk with your team about all these fakes



then do the decent thing



remove all the fake art off the artsy website  

[sfnyc]

Best practice is to stay away from Artsy (as many of us know already)

[1970hopper]

Oct 9, 2018 11:49:56 GMT 1 erinekim said:

Thank you again so much for your note. Artsy takes the vetting of galleries and authenticity of works very seriously and we've taken note of your claim. If you have any additional information about this, please don't hesitate to contact the customer support team directly and they will review accordingly as well. They can be reached at [e-mail].

No you don't take the vetting of galleries seriously. Do not come on here with those bullshit stories. 
All the art we have shown you is still for sale on your website. Take your time to read this one and the next one because i will post them here every week until you take them down.

Do note the bullshit the seller is saying about Banksy not disputing the signature. Tell us what you think about this one. Do you think this is art by Banksy?  We all wait for your answer


www.artsy.net/artwork/banksy-bomb-love-15

This is what the seller is saying about this one

An early example of Banksy´s "Bomb Hugger" when it was more common known as "Bomb Lover" or just "Bomb Love". Signed verso in pencil.

This work has been submitted twice to Pest Control. In 2017 with no response at all. Then again in 2018 where it received the

authentication request number: 46384. Only 4 days later the former owner received the "verdict":

"This is not eligible for authentication. It is not a commercial work of art".

And that´s kind of interesting as the work is signed Banksy verso.

Again, that’s not a question of authentication. If it was the artist should have disputed his signature and work. He did not.

Work was purchased by the original owner in London around 2002/2003 for 150 GBP. Possibly TomTom gallery that sold these kind of works around that time. A photo of the display window from TomTom gallery shows a similar work on the wall seen through the window.

The work is accompanied by a letter of provenance from the first owner and it comes with the original e-mails from Pest Control.

Private Collection Italy.

Signature: Signed verso. 

[artearte]

Apr 4, 2018 22:27:57 GMT 1 erinkim said:

Hi there, my name is Erin Kim, and I manage consignments at Artsy. I’m dropping by to let you know that my team and I are curating street art auctions year-round, featuring both established and emerging names in street/urban art. If you would like to participate and consign to any upcoming auctions, please don’t hesitate to post here or email me, and I’d be happy to walk you through how this all works. There is no fee to submit and obtain estimates and proposals via Artsy Consignments.

We have a huge street art collecting audience on Artsy based all over the world. Some of the artists that we are looking to include in our auctions are Banksy, Vhils, Stik, Invader, Sandra Chevrier, Pejac, among many others.

If you are interested in working with Artsy, you can submit today by clicking to this link here; if you have any questions, please feel free to email consign@artsy


Is more fakes in there than in gumtree...

[Wearology]

artsy erinkim its been 11 days since our community informed you about Travelogues Fine Art and many other individuals and entities that you have aligned your organization with - can you please let us know what your "internal teams" have done to rectify the situation ? You have asked us to "participate" & "consign" but we would like to know what steps Artsy has done since you have solicited our involvement in selling urban art to the upper crust of society.
Thanks

[Wearology]

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