Bob Dylan Art - Good Value?
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I've seen a limited edition signed print by Bob Dylan that Mrs G and I really love.
It's not cheap so was wondering if anyone had knowledge about these things'as to value for monay? I'm not worried about the thing going up in value because it's a piece of art that we both really like BUT I'd prefer not to buy something that's over priced and will lose value.
The print is called Manhattan Bridge, Downtown New York – 2017.
It's not cheap so was wondering if anyone had knowledge about these things'as to value for monay? I'm not worried about the thing going up in value because it's a piece of art that we both really like BUT I'd prefer not to buy something that's over priced and will lose value.
The print is called Manhattan Bridge, Downtown New York – 2017.
At least you didn't 'invest in' a Rolf Harris. 
Personally not keen on the 'famous person can now paint' stuff. Appears to be a bit too 'cash in now honey...' for me. You are paying a few hundred quid for the pic and the rest for the name on it. His skill isn't that good IMHO anyway.
Try a french artist called Daniel Castan for cityscape stuff. Originals at a much smaller price and a much better painting (again IMHO).
Taste is subjective but do you really want to give the gallery that much or indeed the millionaire Dylan some more mulah?
Personally not keen on the 'famous person can now paint' stuff. Appears to be a bit too 'cash in now honey...' for me. You are paying a few hundred quid for the pic and the rest for the name on it. His skill isn't that good IMHO anyway.
Try a french artist called Daniel Castan for cityscape stuff. Originals at a much smaller price and a much better painting (again IMHO).
Taste is subjective but do you really want to give the gallery that much or indeed the millionaire Dylan some more mulah?
Edited by Ace-T on Saturday 16th December 13:15
Resolutionary said:
Ten grand!? 
sold for 3k, so i guess the op is buying at 3 times already.i'm not a fan of limited edition prints, proper artworks will always be more desirable as an investment as well art piece.
i just looked up what Giclée means.
''Giclée is a neologism coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art digital prints made on inkjet printers.''
lol people really pay anything for a 'signed LIMITED EDITION', no wonder real art has gone done the s
tter people paying thousands for crap ,like this. I mean 10k would get you an original commission, and if you choose the right artist could be worth a hell of a lot, or at least you have something nice to own.Edited by The Spruce goose on Saturday 16th December 13:22
soad said:
otherman said:
And it's a print for heavens sake. Why would you want a print?
Cost. The original might not be available? Or your taste changes frequently. 
A friend had a limited edition print by Picasso - that was worth a few bob!
soad said:
otherman said:
And it's a print for heavens sake. Why would you want a print?
Cost. The original might not be available? Or your taste changes frequently. We saw the paintings first and then the price and the artist.
Sounds like not necessarily the best place to store some wealth
By the way there are smaller ones that are £3500, this one has always been £10k.
Sounds like I'm best off looking for some original'artbrather than limited prints and that makes perfect sense!
Ace-T said:
At least you didn't 'invest in' a Rolf Harris.
Try a french artist called Daniel Castan for cityscape stuff. Originals at a much smaller price and a much better painting (again IMHO).
Dodged the Rolf bullet luckily Try a french artist called Daniel Castan for cityscape stuff. Originals at a much smaller price and a much better painting (again IMHO).
Thanks for the link - really like the look of his stuff.
My only prints are taken from photos, as I personally cannot see the value in an original photo at £10k. I do however, fully appreciate that others will and that value is in the eye of the beholder.
After reading this thread and hearing (for the first time) that prints could offer a potential investment prospect, I have just googled my only limited edition print. It is currently being offered by an ambitious eBayer at £859.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eve-Arnold-Marilyn-Monr...
I paid less than £150 about ten years ago, assuming it to be a valueless commodity, but I bought it because I liked it. Incidentally, I paid twice the price of the print for a bespoke frame.
Having said that, none of my paintings are prints and I would not entertain such. I also think that "hand-embellished" prints are tragic and nothing more than a massive money spinner for the artist.
After reading this thread and hearing (for the first time) that prints could offer a potential investment prospect, I have just googled my only limited edition print. It is currently being offered by an ambitious eBayer at £859.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eve-Arnold-Marilyn-Monr...
I paid less than £150 about ten years ago, assuming it to be a valueless commodity, but I bought it because I liked it. Incidentally, I paid twice the price of the print for a bespoke frame.
Having said that, none of my paintings are prints and I would not entertain such. I also think that "hand-embellished" prints are tragic and nothing more than a massive money spinner for the artist.
I'm no art expert but I do know that a lot of the Mumbling Bob prints were signed in pencil by Dylan. That will give them some kind of value. I viewed some at a gallery in Norwich a couple years ago, some of them were quite good, some not so.....
If nothing else these will be highly sought after by Dylan collectors (who tend to be pretty obsessive) if not art collectors. Lets face it, love him or loathe him he will be remembered as one of, if not the most prominent and influential songwriters of the 20th century.
If nothing else these will be highly sought after by Dylan collectors (who tend to be pretty obsessive) if not art collectors. Lets face it, love him or loathe him he will be remembered as one of, if not the most prominent and influential songwriters of the 20th century.
B17NNS said:
£10k for an inkjet! You'd expect litho for that.
you imagine a less unscrupulous person knocking a few of these out, add a vit of provenance and making thousand profit, all done on a computer. I think Banksy has given stuff like this credence, prints are hip, modern, actual painting seem old fashioned. How much work goes into ink jetting a image and then getting the artist to sign on enmass.B17NNS said:
£10k for an inkjet! You'd expect litho for that.
I think it's actually a Silkscreen on Paper if that's any different. 
https://www.castlegalleries.com/art/manhattan-brid...
If it's from that gallery I can say you can trade your 'art' back in against other 'art' at quite good trade in values, in most cases what you paid.
raceboy said:
B17NNS said:
£10k for an inkjet! You'd expect litho for that.
I think it's actually a Silkscreen on Paper if that's any different. https://www.castlegalleries.com/art/manhattan-brid...
If it's from that gallery I can say you can trade your 'art' back in against other 'art' at quite good trade in values, in most cases what you paid.
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