[Leica] The Art Market (Contd)

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
I am sure it will go into a private collection, not to be publicly seen for a generation! I will stick to collecting Modern Indian art and photographs, they suit my pocketbook!

For all the snarky comments on art that we hear regularly on the forum, it has given me the best compounded return of all my investments over the last 30 years, not fixed income, equity, gold or real estate. Even artists who have remained relatively unknown have appreciated at around 15-20% p.a. over this period! Quite satisfactory!
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 10-Nov-2015, at 04:47, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> PS Jayanand, I meant to say that there's a wonderful Modigliani being auctioned at Christie's later today. It's called The Artist's Muse and it's absolutely gorgeous.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Art Market (Contd)
> 
> 
>> Yes Jayanand, that particular Picasso wouldn't appeal to me that much - not
>> that I'd turn it down as a gift! However, there are many people who want to
>> show they've made their mark on the world by having one, and, in truth, who
>> could blame them.
>> 
>> We Leica aficionados bought Leica gear because of its reputation as being
>> the best camera gear in the world, and also, let's face it, because of its
>> fame, built on that hard won reputation. But is it still the best? That's
>> now arguable these days, and we're certainly doing that here!.
>> 
>> On Picasso, there's that great Jeffrey Archer anecdote about his house, and
>> the directions to guests in search of the toilet: 'Turn right at the Picasso
>> and it's just past the Monet...
>> 
>> For those of you who don't know Jeffrey Archer, then George Oliver Ogle can be a useful friend.
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 3:04 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] The Art Market (Contd)
>> 
>> 
>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2015/11/portrait-paintings.html
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
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