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David Byrne Reading Each Other deluxe signed book limited 50

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Huge ripoff imho when I was able to get two of his books signed through bn and bam in the recent past…

There are signed copies of another one of his books for 29.99 on that site.

I don't get it. what's going on here that would even vaguely justify its price tag?

Good question. Especially considering he has multiple signed book options already on the market. 

This isn’t an item that is being marketed at a premium on the strength of Byrne’s signature alone.  It is not a regular signed edition, and their target audience is not collectors of £20–£30 signed books.  As has been pointed out, there is already a signed standard edition to cater to that demographic.

Instead, this is being marketed, via the inclusion of the limited edition signed print on high-quality paper, as an art piece, with a gallery-level price to match.  Whether of not one values Byrne’s visual art that highly is subjective, but the art market operates on just such terms.

Personally, I don’t find the drawing sufficiently aesthetically pleasing to justify a £750 outlay, but there might be some well-heeled fans who do.  £250–£300 would seem a more realistic price point, IMO.  But my opinion, or yours, doesn’t matter much in the grand scheme of things.  If 50 people buy it, then the edition will be considered a success.  Whether it will later hold its value on the secondary market is another matter entirely.

Further reading on this deluxe edition:

https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2022/january/20/david-b...

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