BRITISH ARTISTS WHO ARE TOP AUCTION SELLERS BUT…
HERE IS A HOCKNEY BY BACON
WOULD YOU LIKE TO OWN A BANKSY OR A HOCKNEY?
HOW ABOUT A FRANCIS BACON OR A DOIG?
THUS YOU ARE THINKING BUT…
I CANNOT AFFORD ANY OF THEM BUT I DO WANT TO INVEST IN SOMETHING THAT MIGHT APPREACIATE IN VALUE SOONER THAN LATER.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IN COLLECTING AND CREATING A COLLECTION OF ART IS SIMPLER. WE INVEST IN WHAT WE LIKE AT THE LEVEL OF MONEY WE CAN AFFORD AND HOPE THAT SOME OF THE COLLECTED PIECES WILL APPRECIATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR PERHAPS IN THE LONGER FUTURE.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD ANY OF THE ABOVE BUT YOU LIKE LOWRY’S WORK, WHICH ALSO YOU CANNOT AFFORD. HOW ABOUT A PRINT OF HIS THEN?
THEN YOU HAVE TO SELECT LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT, STILL LIFE, MARINE, ABSTRCT ETC AND THE CHOICE IS LIMITLESS. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WILL ROAM THE NET, YOU WILL VIEW AUCTIONS AND FIND SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS TICKS ALL THE BOXES OR MOST OF THE BOXES OF CHOICE.
REMEMBER, WE LIVE WITH ART AND THEREFORE ANYTHING YOU HANG UP ON YOUR WALL MUST MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, GIVE YOU SATISFACTION AND IF POSSIBLE MAKE YOU A LITTLE HAPPIER. MONEY DOES NOT PLAY A ROLE, YOU NEVER THINK OF THE MONEY YOU PAID AFTER A WHILE AND YOU LOOK AT THE ART AND ENJOY IT. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE COMFORT OF PAYING LOTS OF MONEY FOR ART ARE ONLY A FEW, THUS THE REST OF US MUST SATISFY THE PRIMARY REASON ART EXISTS AND INFLUENCES:
BUY WHAT YOU LIKE AND LIVE WITH IT HAPPY!!!
I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY WITH A MARY FEDDEN, IF I COULD AFFORD IT AT ABOUT 20,000 AUCTION PRICE!!! THEN AGAIN THERE ARE LESS EXPENSIVE FEDDENS IN THE £2-5000 BRACKET! FURTHERMORE I HAVE SOME GREAT STILL LIFE ART IN MY COLLECTION THAT COST ONLY £500 THIRTY YEARS AGO.
MARY FEDDEN, £2000-30,000 AUCTION PRICES
VASILIS MASTORAS, NO AUCTION PRICES BUT AN UP AND COMING ARTIST. A BEAUTIFUL STILL LIFE OF 100X 80cm ON CANVAS, ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST IN 1992 AT THE THE HIGH PRICE OF £1500
PETER CONSTANT BA MA
