WE ALL KNOW ABOUT PICASSO BUT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MAI THU?
THERE ARE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD THAT ONLY DEALERS AND DEEPLY INVOLVED IN ART PEOPLE KNOW. AT THIS MOMENT AND TIME THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTIST WORLDWIDE IS PICASSO. EVEN RESELLING HIS ART IS AN ART IN ITSELF AND REWARDS ARE HUGE.
HOWEVER, VERY FEW CAN AFFORD HIS PAINTINGS BUT HIS PRINTS ARE STILL AFFORDABLE.
PICASSO PRINT SELLING TODAY AT SWORDERS AUCTIONS IN UK.
MAI THU MAKES THE HEADLINES
LET US THOUGH MOVE AWAY FROM THE MASTER AND TRY TO LOCATE OTHER LESS WELL KNOWN MASTERS SUCH AS MAI THU OF VIETNAM.
HIS AUCTION VALUE HAS BEEN METEORIC OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE.
I INVESTED IN THE ARTIST IN 2008 ON ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS. I PAID 2500 POUNDS AND THEN RESOLD IN HONG KONG FOR 4500 POUNDS IN 2014. THAT SAME PAINTING RESOLD AGAIN IN 2020 FOR 35,000 POUNDS.
THE TREND IN THE WORK OF THE ARTIST IS EYE CATCHING AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS ARE NOW EXCHANGING HANDS FOR HIS PAINTINGS.
CAN YOU SPOT A CHEAP ONE?
PETER CONSTANT