Blek le Rat - Homeless in Paris Canvas

[nopocketsinashroud]

Reluctantly selling my lovely Blek canvas. 

650 x 535 x 40 mm (approx)

Documentation from both Black Rat Press and Leonard Street Gallery. 

PM with best offers - i've told you everything i can so no tyre kicking, please  



Carriage can be negotiated between us once a price is agreed - it's precious cargo and i know folk have different ideas about what's best so happy to let buyer decide how they want me to get it to them.  

 








on stranger tides plot

[Johnny Sarcasm]

Love this, any ballpark?

[avec art]

not sure we've been told 'everything' I'm sure there is something missing but I can't think what:)

[Viking Surfer]

May 14, 2019 14:25:29 GMT 1 avec art said:

not sure we've been told 'everything' I'm sure there is something missing but I can't think what:)

Does it rhyme with rice?

[nopocketsinashroud]

i genuinely don't know what the price should be! i've tried looking for recent sales but come up with nothing so thinking it will just find it's price if people make sensible offers. there's one up for auction somewhere with an estimate of 4-6K Euros but that's all i can find and an estimate is just a guesstimate, as anyone who's bought at auction knows (to their joy/dismay!)

Sorry if I seem vague but I just don't know what number to stick on it - "I'm noo here" so not au fait with best practice. Would people prefer i put a big number on it and try to beat me down?  I can if that's the protocol, but it seems unnecessarily complicated ...?

[tab1]

May 15, 2019 10:33:43 GMT 1 nopocketsinashroud said:

i genuinely don't know what the price should be! i've tried looking for recent sales but come up with nothing so thinking it will just find it's price if people make sensible offers. there's one up for auction somewhere with an estimate of 4-6K Euros but that's all i can find and an estimate is just a guesstimate, as anyone who's bought at auction knows (to their joy/dismay!)

Sorry if I seem vague but I just don't know what number to stick on it - "I'm noo here" so not au fait with best practice. Would people prefer i put a big number on it and try to beat me down?  I can if that's the protocol, but it seems unnecessarily complicated ...?

As you have already researched and found nothing of recent to compare , you are most likely to get lowball offers as to the buyers advantage , you know what you bought it for , put a rough figure you would like so you can get offers around that figure otherwise offers will be wildly random , blek has a following but nothing excitable in high prices in the secondary market.
This canvas of yours is one of the better examples of his work and instantly recognisable as blek and would say a future classic ,the artist is getting old😉

[rodgro]

May 16, 2019 1:56:02 GMT 1 tab1 said:

May 15, 2019 10:33:43 GMT 1 nopocketsinashroud said:

i genuinely don't know what the price should be! i've tried looking for recent sales but come up with nothing so thinking it will just find it's price if people make sensible offers. there's one up for auction somewhere with an estimate of 4-6K Euros but that's all i can find and an estimate is just a guesstimate, as anyone who's bought at auction knows (to their joy/dismay!)

Sorry if I seem vague but I just don't know what number to stick on it - "I'm noo here" so not au fait with best practice. Would people prefer i put a big number on it and try to beat me down?  I can if that's the protocol, but it seems unnecessarily complicated ...?

As you have already researched and found nothing of recent to compare , you are most likely to get lowball offers as to the buyers advantage , you know what you bought it for , put a rough figure you would like so you can get offers around that figure otherwise offers will be wildly random , blek has a following but nothing excitable in high prices in the secondary market.
This canvas of yours is one of the better examples of his work and instantly recognisable as blek and would say a future classic ,the artist is getting old😉

Totally agree with Tab1. What’s “unnecessarily complicated” is to say you have no idea. At least give potential buyers something to work with such as “offers above x” or something on those lines. Best with the sale. R

[rodgro]

May 15, 2019 10:33:43 GMT 1 nopocketsinashroud said:

i genuinely don't know what the price should be! i've tried looking for recent sales but come up with nothing so thinking it will just find it's price if people make sensible offers. there's one up for auction somewhere with an estimate of 4-6K Euros but that's all i can find and an estimate is just a guesstimate, as anyone who's bought at auction knows (to their joy/dismay!)

Sorry if I seem vague but I just don't know what number to stick on it - "I'm noo here" so not au fait with best practice. Would people prefer i put a big number on it and try to beat me down?  I can if that's the protocol, but it seems unnecessarily complicated ...?

I could be wrong but I would say that “auction somewhere” reference you made with an estimate of 4-6K is wildly optimistic. My guess, again I could be wrong, is that a piece that size would be primary market priced with 2 or 3 in front of it and who knows on secondary. Blek is 100% the real deal and arguably one of if not the best but his market is not crazy. Gorgeous piece though. Hope it finds a great new home. R