And then, and then...DOB 06 Murakami
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talkingdeads
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are there really 6000 of these including all of the versions? That seems like a lot of prints to charge 900 a piece for. The entire run would have sold for 5.4 million dollars.
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aahnutz
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From sales I have seen - yes - there are 300 of each edition. They're selling in galleries now for three and four times the original price.talkingdeads wrote:are there really 6000 of these including all of the versions? That seems like a lot of prints to charge 900 a piece for. The entire run would have sold for 5.4 million dollars.
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talkingdeads
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selling or sitting in galleries for three or four times the original price?
Someday I'm gonna get someone to explain Murakami to me. Not explain the art, which I get and just don't like, but explain why the stuff is so high-priced and who's out there paying that much for it. I need to hear about the phenomenon, not the content.
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fluffhead13
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"In November 2003, ArtNews reported Murakami's work as being among the most desired in the world. Chicago collector Stefan Edis reportedly paid a record $567,500 for Murakami's 1996 "Miss ko2", a life-size fiberglass cartoon figure, at Christie's last May. Christie's owner, François Pinault, reportedly paid around $1.5 million in June to acquire "Tongarikun" (2003), a 30-foot tall fiberglass sculpture, and four accompanying fiberglass mushroom figures, that were part of an installation at Rockefeller Center. In May 2008, "My Lonesome Cowboy" (1998), a sculpture of a masturbating boy, sold for $15.2 million at a Sotheby's auction."
I dont understand it either.
I dont understand it either.
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phunmusicphan
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Its kinda cool looking but I couldn't see it on my walls not for thousands or 300 or what ever looks like mickey on acid to me.
WE ARE OFF LIKE A HERD OF TURTLES
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artsyfartsy
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I thought the original price on these was $300 and $450 depending on the variation...but not totally sure.
