Banks A rat with the radar. 2004
Source: phillipsdepury.com

Among those who decided to embark on collecting works of art, many begin with the purchase of replicable activities - such as prints. The main part of this segment are very affordable things, the acquisition of which involves very little risk. However, the lottery market is huge and graphics, as everyone else, is subject to fashion.

The examples are not far to seek: one of the most famous contemporary artists, anonymous, known as Banksy (Banksy), presented at the market, mainly for its prints, the price of which has experienced a steep rise during the boom in contemporary art. In 2005 his work entitled "A rat with the radar" (75 copies) bought at Bonhams for 400 pounds (800 dollars) in September 2008, it brought at auction Phillips de Pury about 20 thousand (!) The new owner, however, enjoyed a short time: six months later, after the price correction in the segment of Contemporary, he managed to sell his Banksy's just 8.95 a thousand. However, it is worth noting that in general the market is the lottery charts was "speculative" the era of relatively sober: in the period from 2000 to 2010, prices for contemporary art have risen by 80 percent, while growth in the sub-segments of modern prints made up only 18 percent.

Most prints (60 percent) went to the auction for an amount less than one thousand dollars (in this price category are 55 per cent of contemporary prints). More than five thousand generate only 11 percent. Things of the same Banksy issued in large numbers (from 500 to 1000 copies) can be quite buy at a price no more than a thousand. Although there are exceptions: published an edition of 750 copies with a stamp depicting the inhabitants of the jungle, hunting for carts at the supermarket, was bought for 4,000 dollars - the whole point of celebrity. Four thousand - a significant sum, but a unique creation of Banksy was asked to be ten times more.

Contemporary artists often release prints, contributing to a "democratization" of the market, but the contemporary masters are responsible for just 7 percent market share of the lottery graphics. Is dominated by modernists (48,5 percent) and post-war artists (28.3 percent). It is their prints are valued the most expensive: in 2010 six prints by Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), Edvard Munch (Edvard Munch), and Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns) have brought at auction seven-digit sum. Incredibly prolific Picasso, who owns the "scenic" record (106.5 million dollars for the painting "Nude on a background of green leaves and bust"), is the author of one of the most expensive prints: 16 September this year, his "Battle of the Minotaur was saved at Sotheby's in January , 27 million pounds sterling. But fans of the masters that do not have this budget, you should not get upset: every month, his prints go to bid for a sum not exceeding $ 500.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artprice.com , artinvestment.ru