Hua Tunan (Chen Yingjie)

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Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:48 pm

Would love to see one up close, but find them pricey too.
I guess the hand finishing justifies the price tag, but I can't even tell what is hand applied besides some gold dripping on the bottom part. The eyes are focal and would have been a nice hand painted part to do.
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Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:51 pm

tranito wrote:Would love to see one up close, but find them pricey too.
I guess the hand finishing justifies the price tag, but I can't even tell what is hand applied besides some gold dripping on the bottom part.
Even so, last year his hand-finished pieces were ~$325-375. Quite a bump when Mae released theirs.
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Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:53 pm

Smaller run?
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Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:58 pm

tranito wrote:Smaller run?
Not by much. Here are the 5 releases prior:

Night Owl (2014): $275 / 35
Crouching Tiger (2014): $330 / 40
Prairie Fire (2015): $325 / 40
Life on Dusk (2015): $325 / 45
Sudan (2015): $380 / 45

Then at the start of 2016 with the Mae edition
Wisdom Eye (2016): $500 / 35

And now with SANS
Emerald (2016): $500 / 30
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:04 am

Quite the mark-up indeed. I believe he used to insta sell-out too. Now who knows how long he needs to find 30-35 takers.
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:14 am

tranito wrote:Quite the mark-up indeed. I believe he used to insta sell-out too. Now who knows how long he needs to find 30-35 takers.
All of his drops up until the bald eagle have been insta-sellouts. Pretty difficult drops actually. I have 3 of his prints and the hand finishing is pretty obvious. Looks rad.

The downside is both editions that SAN has sold did have some kind of damage across the run. I don't think anyone got a totally mint print.
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:01 am

punch wrote:The downside is both editions that SAN has sold did have some kind of damage across the run. I don't think anyone got a totally mint print.

My Night Owl is mint.
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:33 pm

phubar2 wrote:
punch wrote:The downside is both editions that SAN has sold did have some kind of damage across the run. I don't think anyone got a totally mint print.

My Night Owl is mint.
you sure about that? take a real strong look @ your upper left corner (if it's not framed).

lucky that my crouching tiger made the trek home safely - SAN ftl
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:09 pm

ThePhish1 wrote:
phubar2 wrote:
punch wrote:The downside is both editions that SAN has sold did have some kind of damage across the run. I don't think anyone got a totally mint print.

My Night Owl is mint.
you sure about that? take a real strong look @ your upper left corner (if it's not framed).

lucky that my crouching tiger made the trek home safely - SAN ftl
Damn bro, ease up; man cannot survive off bread and haterade alone. Phubar2, congrats; sounds like you were lucky; maybe you could share some pics with us. I don't think any of us have seen a mint copy and you might satisfy some of the doubters.
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:22 pm

It's been framed for almost two years. When I took it into Furthur Frames I don't remember noticing anything wrong with it, but if there was you can't tell now.
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:23 pm

phubar2 wrote:It's been framed for almost two years. When I took it into Furthur Frames I don't remember noticing anything wrong with it, but if there was you can't tell now.
That's all that really matters. Have you posted the FF frame-up? I'd love to see what they did with it
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:32 pm

Very nice. :clap:
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Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:27 pm

excellent frame up on that one!
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