[topper]

FFS! And the reason it was such a struggle...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364216530752?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nkipsuhisk6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=caroB_OXSIy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This pisses me off. It's can't be impossible to stop this.

[sevrin]

Apr 12, 2023 21:19:12 GMT 1 topper said:

FFS! And the reason it was such a struggle...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364216530752?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nkipsuhisk6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=caroB_OXSIy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Indeed, these are not collectors buying prints from their favourite artists to hang on the wall, they are commodity traders! sad, but true 

[Tiago]

It was a f***ing nightmare but 300 people made it, in about half an hour.
The site administrators certainly don't care about improving things as everything was sold out.
Anyway, well done to all those who made it!

[sevrin]

Apr 12, 2023 21:29:36 GMT 1 Tiago said:

It was a f***ing nightmare but 300 people made it, in about half an hour.
The site administrators certainly don't care about improving things as everything was sold out.
Anyway, well done to all those who made it!

I would say less than '300 people made it' as there was nothing to stop you adding multiples to your cart and checking out, which I am sure was the case here, especially at quite a reasonable release price, too tempting for the commodity traders! I think they should have done what a lot of artists do and limit it to one copy per customer.

[draphael4]

If you guys wanna buy something the Takeru Amano drop with Avant Arte is not sold out yet 😅😂

[sevrin]

Apr 12, 2023 21:51:13 GMT 1 draphael4 said:

If you guys wanna buy something the Takeru Amano drop with Avant Arte is not sold out yet 😅😂

Hmmmm, I wonder why 

[Tiago]

Apr 12, 2023 21:47:36 GMT 1 sevrin said:

Apr 12, 2023 21:29:36 GMT 1 Tiago said:

It was a f***ing nightmare but 300 people made it, in about half an hour.
The site administrators certainly don't care about improving things as everything was sold out.
Anyway, well done to all those who made it!

I would say less than '300 people made it' as there was nothing to stop you adding multiples to your cart and checking out, which I am sure was the case here, especially at quite a reasonable release price, too tempting for the commodity traders! I think they should have done what a lot of artists do and limit it to one copy per customer.

I thought the purchase was limited to one per customer but you must be right, my mistake.

[bumf]

If anyone mistakenly nabbed more than one could you please message me. Gutted I missed out on this.

[sevrin]

Apr 12, 2023 22:10:07 GMT 1 bumf said:

If anyone mistakenly nabbed more than one could you please message me. Gutted I missed out on this.

There are currently already 5 on ebay from 1K to 2.5k if you really want one!

[sevrin]

Apr 12, 2023 21:19:12 GMT 1 topper said:

FFS! And the reason it was such a struggle...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364216530752?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nkipsuhisk6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=caroB_OXSIy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This pisses me off. It's can't be impossible to stop this.

I guess one way of doing it is by lottery, at least then it's completely random, everyone can also play their part by not paying 2/3 or even 4 times release price on secondary market shortly after primary release..........that might help, if people cannot make the quick flip, they won't be so eager to buy!

[bumf]

And that’s why I don’t want to buy on eBay.

[shanev999]

If any one has a spare.hit me up I missed it

[Art Fan 2011]

One of the best rat prints to date

[Buttercup NYC]

Apr 12, 2023 19:47:15 GMT 1 Someone Like You said:

Me too If anyone gets duplicates, happy to take one off them, send a PM.
^_^ 

Same here!

[BigScore]

Wow! That was the hardest fight I’ve ever put in to buy an item. Finally scored it at 38 mins after going on sale. I have some Blek le Rat X Shepard Fairey X Sylvia Prou(bleks wife) but this is my first solo Blek Le Rat piece. Super stoked. Thought that website was going to give me a heart attack or something.

[Newar]

Wow my bad it's really soldout congrats to all collector who manage to acquire one are in place

[Man from Castle]

Price is rising...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[alberti]

All this shit show for a print measuring 23 X 31 cm, ahahaha!!


So excited, it's a fine giclée
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[Deleted]

The next hype.A lot of for 1000 Euro with offer by eBay unsold, 1 print sold ?
I think its a ugly print but only my opinion, for 500 Euro ok, but not for 1000 Euro.
The hype machine is running, put the name of his new galerist from UK Mr. Steven Sully in Google, amazing Story's about this guy.You find some articles like this
www.gripeo.com/steven-sulley/

[morleys]

Hi All,

I can give you more information about the 500error on the website yesterday.
We have a lot of connexion in the same time, at 10 sec before the drop, there is about 900 simultanous people on the website. At the drop time, too much personn would order and the server down. We tried to upscale ressource in live, it was the first time that happening, and in 25 minutes, for people have chance to access at the website every screenprint were sold out. I think the print would be sold out in few seconds.
We have upscale the Server, and I cross my fingers, there is not the same trouble the next time.

Sorry for this problem

Have a nice day all

Best

[Art Fan 2011]

Bleks previous small rat prints sell for between 1 - 1.5k anyway, this being probably the best one, alongside Crooner Rat should easily remain at the upper end. Unlikely to see many go unsold at 1k

[alberti]

Apr 13, 2023 8:36:08 GMT 1 @bulldog said:

The next hype.A lot of for 1000 Euro with offer by eBay unsold, 1 print sold ?
I think its a ugly print but only my opinion, for 500 Euro ok, but not for 1000 Euro.
The hype machine is running, put the name of his new galerist from UK Mr. Steven Sully in Google, amazing Story's about this guy.You find some articles like this
www.gripeo.com/steven-sulley/

Well, check for Robert Devereux, Richard Branson's partner.  A multimillionaire who specialised in African art, he opened several art centers and Trust in Africa and have one of the largest collection of African paintings (actually, he is selling it)...  These new blue chip centers/Trust organised several pristine auction in luxury hotel in Africa with bidding guests having their plane and hotel ticket fully paid.   Then, when you scratch a bit, you realised that most of his connections are bankers or guys from the bank sector; actually Tate Modern had several partnerships with Nigerian banks (GTBank), it is a win-win situation for both... emerging market is always appreciated by museum and galleries and banks were local money is volatile enjoy having assets in foreign currencies.   

And if you scratch further, you realise that Devereux was also the director "New Forest Company" (NFC), a British company investing in green forestry in Africa.  NFC was reprimanded by Oxfam and the United Nations for  stealing lands and evicting people, Devereux was even on BBC to respond to these accusations. www.oxfam.org/en/research/new-forests-company-and-its-uganda-plantations-oxfam-case-study

And all directors of NFC were actually directors of African banks and global investment companies, and basically the same ones being CEOs or partners in art centers and trust - www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Forest_Company

[Deleted]

Apr 13, 2023 9:04:03 GMT 1 Art Fan 2011 said:

Bleks previous small rat prints sell for between 1 - 1.5k anyway, this being probably the best one, alongside Crooner Rat should easily remain at the upper end. Unlikely to see many go unsold at 1k

www.ebay.com/itm/275786143674?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230105140155%26meid%3D4427353b1d944b40a3dfef4a576cb215%26pid%3D101666%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D275786143674%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101666.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3A4b1f9101-d9d3-11ed-be57-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A79aeaeee1870a6e5989ca579fffefb62%7Ciid%3A1

[random.jes]

Just received a notification that one that I was observing has been sell at 1200 euro!

[Deleted]

Apr 13, 2023 9:21:39 GMT 1 random.jes said:

Just received a notification that one that I was observing has been sell at 1200 euro!

Wrong, the offer was with a price suggestion, so unfortunately you can't see what the true price was.

[alberti]

Apr 13, 2023 8:43:27 GMT 1 morleys said:

Hi All,

I can give you more information about the 500error on the website yesterday.
We have a lot of connexion in the same time, at 10 sec before the drop, there is about 900 simultanous people on the website. At the drop time, too much personn would order and the server down. We tried to upscale ressource in live, it was the first time that happening, and in 25 minutes, for people have chance to access at the website every screenprint were sold out. I think the print would be sold out in few seconds.
We have upscale the Server, and I cross my fingers, there is not the same trouble the next time.

Sorry for this problem

Have a nice day all

Best

What about pre-registration on website and ultimately IP control and limit user online.   Or even better, have a robust session manager; your solution here is called "session queue" - the idea is simple, every person going to your website is given an a session key; then they are redirected to a waiting room (on another server) and throttle back to the main site with a link to purchase at the rate you choose.    Very popular in gaming actually to allocate and reserve slots in game party -https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-sdk-client-api.html#gamelift-sdk-client-api-create

This will prevent your server to crash, it also guarantees a fair chance for users to purchase what they want and ultimately a better experience.  The user in the waiting room is shown position in queue and a timer... so he/she can patiently wait without pressing F5.   Any other lucky users coming after them will be automatically added at the end of the queue, so no queue jumpers! 

[morleys]

Apr 13, 2023 9:26:49 GMT 1 alberti said:

Apr 13, 2023 8:43:27 GMT 1 morleys said:

What about pre-registration on website and ultimately IP control and limit user online.   Or even better, have a robust session manager; your solution here is called "session queue" - the idea is simple, every person going to your website is given an a session key; then they are redirected to a waiting room (on another server) and throttle back to the main site with a link to purchase at the rate you choose.    Very popular in gaming actually to allocate and reserve slots in game party -[...]

I totally agree with you, but it's really the first time that we have had such a big influence, and we didn't think it could happen. So yes we will discuss it and see what would be the best solution so that it does not happen again in the future.

[Carl Cashman Art]

Apr 5, 2023 20:55:28 GMT 1 blurp said:

I say this as a Blek "fan" and one of my favorite prints that I own is Blek's sheep. The hands here are just horrible. 

Apr 5, 2023 19:47:15 GMT 1 mrizzle said:

Kinda have to agree here, those front paws (particularly the one closest) are pretty 😬 

Sheep and beggar are his best prints imo

[Art Fan 2011]

Apr 13, 2023 9:16:03 GMT 1 @bulldog said:

Apr 13, 2023 9:04:03 GMT 1 Art Fan 2011 said:

Bleks previous small rat prints sell for between 1 - 1.5k anyway, this being probably the best one, alongside Crooner Rat should easily remain at the upper end. Unlikely to see many go unsold at 1k

www.ebay.com/itm/275786143674?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230105140155%26meid%3D4427353b1d944b40a3dfef4a576cb215%26pid%3D101666%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D275786143674%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101666.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3A4b1f9101-d9d3-11ed-be57-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A79aeaeee1870a6e5989ca579fffefb62%7Ciid%3A1

Nice - that's another one that will sell for upwards of 1250 (GBP)

[Art Fan 2011]

Apr 13, 2023 9:38:51 GMT 1 Carl Cashman Art said:

Apr 5, 2023 20:55:28 GMT 1 blurp said:

I say this as a Blek "fan" and one of my favorite prints that I own is Blek's sheep. The hands here are just horrible. 

Sheep and beggar are his best prints imo

Beggar is a nice one

Of the Rat prints, Crooner Rat and now King Rat are the best two