How to Buy Art

[Fozzie_DeBear]

If this evolves into an all things art thread I’d be interested in advice for early stage artists who want to make it a career.

[Faust]

Does anyone know much about Calgary artist Jason Gogo - he passed away suddenly in 2018:

https://globalnews.ca/news/4668248/p...dies-suddenly/

I have a picture of his - but don’t know a lot about him.

[surferguy]

I met him a couple of times. I didn’t know he had died.

[Locke]

With...Money?

[firebug]

Originally Posted by Cappy

Thanks for all the great advice. It’s very helpful.

In response to some of the questions related to the type of art, I’m looking at originals for David thauberger. I would say it’s both due to me liking the artist as well as the investment side. His stuff isn’t cheap but it also moves if it needs to. I would like to look at owning original art pieces as opposed to heading to ikea for some generic pieces

I’ve seen his stuff in a lot of galleries. Masters runs quite a bit. Plus I’ve looked in galleries in Canada and in US.

I just started looking at auction sites but unsure which ones are more legit or likely to service his work

An honestly if some art snobs want to tear him apart or suggest other artists with similar styles etc. I’m all years.

Not sure if you are still looking at David's pieces, but I've received a couple of alerts recently for a few of his pieces at auction.

https://cowleyabbott.ca/artwork/AW38599 (you'd need to budget shipping on this one)

https://hodginshalls.hibid.com/catal...ger&m=1&ipp=10 (these are available local here in calgary)

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by firebug

Not sure if you are still looking at David's pieces, but I've received a couple of alerts recently for a few of his pieces at auction.

https://cowleyabbott.ca/artwork/AW38599 (you'd need to budget shipping on this one)

https://hodginshalls.hibid.com/catal...ger&m=1&ipp=10 (these are available local here in calgary)

Yes! still looking, and have seen these alerts as well. Nothing for sale yet has piqued my interest.

[Oil Stain]

You have to buy something really avant-garde to show everyone how sophisticated you are.

I just happen to have an mango stapled to a board which I could let go for $50k.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

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I just happen to have an mango stapled to a board which I could let go for $50k.

That's over-priced plagiarism! You can have this banana for only $4,000. Unless, of course, your mango is much more expensive than this banana.