Any art collectors on here ?

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As per the title really.

I’m
Looking to purchase a few originals for the house which is close to refurbishment and was wondering what kind of discounts can be generally be sought from dealers ?

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I genuinely don’t get the ‘investment’ thing so the pieces we are looking to purchase from the gallery are ones we like first and foremost, although it they happen to hold their value that would be good.

The gallery is bringing a few pieces round to the house next week to see them in their intended positions before we make a final decision.

I quite like the idea of having some nice pieces around the house, ideally originals.

Looking at a largish piece by James Preston, another by Paul Kenton, a Danielle O’Connor Akiyama, and a couple more who’s name eludes me (probably because I don’t like them but the wife does).

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bennno said:

Note art from the likes of whitewall galleries is ‘mass produced’ thats not collector grade and is being sold at a 4-5x mark up.

Find an independent gallery, go on holiday for a week in the uk, plenty of little galleries in wales, jersey or West Sussex etc.

Buy what you like, assume it’d not be possible to resell.

Appreciated, and is certainly the intention to buy what we like.

Assuming we are looking to make purchases from galleries of the type you mention, what sort of discounts would be available do you think ?

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Pheo said:

Usefully timed thread as I was thinking about buying some art by a local artist but was all muddled up between original artwork, limited edition signed prints, and just a general licensed print.

Sounds like I shouldn’t worry too much, as it’s a total lottery as to whether you happen to buy the next Banksy or not

I appreciate a lot of the decisions are financially led, or based on financial restrictions, however my thoughts is that I want mainly originals as opposed to limited edition prints. Obviously that will limited the number of pieces I purchase, so will likely have a few prints also, but my drive will be to save for originals moving forward as they are just 'night and day' when you see them side by side.