[lexo]

I am in the process of setting up a Banksy gallery online and so far have some nice pieces for sale Including
2x christ with
1x angel cop
napalm
pulp fiction signed
napalm ap
Poss De-faced canvas happy choppers
David Blunkett
Radar rat
(Street Pieces)
and loads of other signed an unsigned prints, I am going to set up shop online, but the gallery will be based at Pinewood Studios In Bucks.
Pieces will have to be collected or dispatched from there, as i believe that the whole ebay thing is getting beyond a joke with people being ripped off left,right and centre

The gallery should be open by the end of the month so if anyone else has pieces that they would like to sell please contact me asap and I can add them to the site before launch


Many Thanks

Lex

[mcnuts]

interesting idea and timely business model, what, might I ask is your cut in the process? Will you charge a listing fee or just do a % of sale price? Also, if the ebay prices are out of hand, how will you set your prices? Wont many people use the ebay sale price as a benchmark for what the piece of paper with pretty colours and an embossed stamp is worth?


good idea, just a few questions

[monochrome]

these ebay rip offs - tell us more about them. have there been lots??

[dotdot]

interesting idea.
Best of luck with your venture.
There's already a few folks out there doing something similar - the shop
that is - though not the gallery. (TomTom for one.. though I've never been to the 'location')

Gallery idea is , in fact , a good one.

People like to see what they are buying as we've seen in thread
get your banksys out. Having the chance to see a few in context
would be, I think, quite a good idea.

I agree with your notes about ebay.
I've been using ebay for purchasing (having missed out the pow) ... for
a period and have become somewhat concerned though I am
still - an occasional 'user'.

..

[Daniel Silk]

;D hmmm! interesting idea It will be nice to see a proper gallery anyway ;D
I think the stumbling block could be having the stock to fill a gallery, and then find after about a month its all sold and having nothing to replace it with

[monochrome]

but everyone's an art dealer these days.... it's become passé.

[Curley]

lexo said:

as i believe that the whole ebay thing is getting beyond a joke with people being ripped off left,right and centre

Not that i am in any way cynical but......

Does this mean you will be undercutting e bay prices or charging double for a coffee and sit down while you look the prints ?

[RBK]

An art dealer is someone who does it full-time. Most people on this forum have a hobby that makes them some extra spending money.

[tomhills1]

it would be nice to have somewhere reputible you can trust, and go and buy a classy print in a frame etc or just browse and have a wank!
could end up being the bridge between the bay and the likes of sotheby's if you play your cards right. it'll be hard work like silky said to maintain consistent stock as well as being the market leader in the field.
you gonna sell banksy exclusively or a range of artists? there are already a few who cater for everyone so your gonna have to find a unique selling point. good luck.

[mido]

what do you mean by 'street pieces'?? e.g. blunkett. how can you have that?

[Mobu]

Hope you will post us the URL of your gallery once it is up and running. If the prices are reasonable, no doubt you will sell out in no time.