Rob, I think the issue here is using commercial/market tastes as a measure of artistic merit. Tastes change, artistic merit is more clearly identified after some time and perspective of trends is clear. The second issue that runs thru this thread is an undercurrent of calling somebody's work junk and saying it won't sell, which I find insufferably arrogant. Regards, Bob S.
On 7/3/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3 Jul 2005 at 21:30, Graywolf wrote: > > > I think it has more to do with he's dead. He didn't produce any duplicates. > > There are a very limited number of his paintings available. In fact if it > > is an > > original Van Gogh it does not matter whether it is good or not, although the > > better ones do usually sell for a bit more, at least I hope so <grin>. > > Exactly, its a really bad example for this discussion. The value of VVG art- > works as art has been far exceeded as its value as an investment, if fact I'd > bet the people who have been pointed towards this type of investment would buy > one regardless of what was painted on the canvas. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >
