Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Wall Street Journal wrote an article quite a while ago saying the only investment possibly better than an investment in art is real estate. They said all you have to do is invest in a mediocre artist and all that artist has to do is remain mediocre and your investment triples in a very short time I forgot the stated amount of time. Needless to say if that artist improves in time as they tend to do your investment does a lot better than that. And if they should god forbid DIE then your investment goes through the roof.... In a good way. Just get your art from a real artist. A sidewalk artist even. Real paint and real canvas or a legitimate print making form. Not something that comes off an offset press costing them a penny which you pay ten bucks for and is in the league of what gets put in picture frames when you buy the picture frame. On 11/9/15 9:02 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Douglas, > Stunning painting. > > Modern Indian Art has increased in value hundredfold since I started > buying in 1987. About 15 years ago I switched to buying limited > edition photographs, as well as one off editions, among my collection > are purchases from many Luggers as well. Of course, taking part in > various print exchanges over the last 10-11 years has also given me a > collection of over 1500 A4/Letter sized original prints, which has > value as a collection, but these are essentially to be seen in the > hand, and not on the wall. > > I found that a very good way to begin acquiring original photographs > (though "open" editions) is through the Lenswork Special Edition > Folios, which deliver great bang for the buck, and that is what I > advise youngsters who wish to begin collecting: > > http://www.lenswork.com/specialeditions/lwfolios.htm > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> Jim, Jayanand, I watched it live from Christie's website being bid to >> USD152,000,000 plus fees in a matter of minutes. The most amount of money >> I've ever seen spent on art in such a short time! Mind you it is a >> stonking >> painting. Unfortunately, it's not coming to my wall :-) >> >> I agree Irish art has been one of my best investments too. I stopped >> buying >> in '02 and only started to buy again in '10. Missed the mad years. >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" >> <jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:27 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Art Market (Contd) >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/